Last year, Samsung partnered up with Oculus to launch the Samsung GearVR headset, for use with Galaxy smartphones. Now, CCP Games, the team behind Eve Online and Eve: Valkyrie, has announced Gunjack, a space shooter for the mobile virtual reality headset, set in the same universe as Eve. Gunjack puts …
Read More »Gears of War: Ultimate Edition comes with the sequels as well
Back at E3, Microsoft announced Xbox One backwards compatibility and now we are starting to reap the rewards of that. While only the first Gears of War game is being remastered for the Xbox One, those who pick it up will also get free digital copies of all of the …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V PC release date brought forward
Last year, it was announced that Metal Gear Solid V would also be heading over to the PC, though it would be arriving two weeks after the console version in order to give Kojima productions a bit more time to work on it. Now, just under a month before the …
Read More »The International Dota 2 tournament kicks off today, $18m prize pool
The time has come, as Valve's annual Dota 2 championship tournament, ‘The International' is set to kick off at 6PM today here in the UK. There are 16 professional teams all geared up and ready to go for a chance to make it to the finals, which take place on …
Read More »You probably wouldn’t want to work at Konami
Konami has been making headlines a lot this year. First the publisher had a pretty vague but very public falling out with Metal Gear Solid creator, Hideo Kojima, then we learned that the Silent Hills reboot was cancelled and now, it turns out that Konami in general is just a …
Read More »We know which Lumia phones will get the Windows 10 update first
Windows 10 for desktop systems is now out in the wild but at the moment, we still don't have the mobile version, though some devices are capable of preview testing it. While a release date for the mobile version of Windows 10 has yet to be announced, we do know …
Read More »Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ press image leaks
Samsung is holding an event on the 13th of August, at which we are expecting to see the reveal of both the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, ahead of Apple's own iPhone 6S and 6S+ reveal in September. As we know by now, pretty much everything leaks …
Read More »Microlab B77 Speakers Review
Microlab is back with a new line of speaker systems for 2015. Today we are taking a look at the B-77 bookshelf stereo speakers, making them a bit smaller and more suited for desk use than the giant Solo 8C speakers we reviewed last year. Microlab impressed us greatly last …
Read More »Mozilla isn’t too happy about Windows 10 browser choices
As you are probably well aware by now, Windows 10 launched last week, with 14 million people installing the update on day one. This time around, Windows 7 and Windows 8 users got a free upgrade to Microsoft's latest OS, though even if you use the upgrade tool rather than …
Read More »CD Projekt Red has detailed the next Witcher patch
CD Projekt Red has gone far above expectations with its post-release support for The Witcher: Wild Hunt. The game already launched in a decent state though it did have a few problems. Now here we are a few months later, and the studio is still going back and tightening things …
Read More »Fan releases schematic for 3D-printed Pip-Boy
If you couldn't get your hands on the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition, then all hope is not lost as a fan of the series has gone ahead and created a schematic to 3D print a pip-boy from scratch. The specific model is the Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV. Just as Bethesda's …
Read More »Microsoft backtracks on forced automatic updates in Windows 10
Windows 10 has been out for a couple of days now but ever since the insider preview days there has been something putting quite a few people off. With Windows 10, all updates are automatic and you can't select which ones you do and don't want to install. However, following …
Read More »EA to launch Unravel early next year
One of the highlights of EA's E3 press conference this year was the announcement of Unravel, a charming little platformer in which you play as a character made out of yarn and use that to help you make your way through the levels. It looks like the game is set …
Read More »Don’t Starve is getting an expansion next month
Don't Starve is all set to get a new single-player expansion in August, titled ‘Shipwrecked', bringing along some new game features and content. This is the first single player expansion for the game since Reign of Giants, which added in new characters, items and environments. Last year the developer behind …
Read More »Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns open beta next week
Guild Wars 2 is still knocking around and its first major expansion, Heart of Thorns, is coming along nicely. The expansion was first announced towards the start of this year and now players have a chance to try it out for themselves ahead of release. ArenaNet has revealed that those …
Read More »New Apple TV may launch in September
There is a new Apple rumour almost every other day, today we got wind of some news about the upcoming Apple TV. We have been hearing about Apple's latest set top box for some time now, which is currently expected to launch later this year alongside the company's new TV …
Read More »14 million people upgraded to Windows 10 day one
Microsoft released Windows 10 to the public earlier this week and now, according to the company, around fourteen million people have upgraded to the OS in the first 24 hours, a figure that was probably helped by the free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 owners. Over on the …
Read More »Start10 now available for Windows 10 users
Back when Windows 8 first launched, many desktop users were put off by the new start menu. Fortunately enough, third-party programs came to the rescue, bringing back the familiar start button that we are all used to and its functionality. Now Windows 10 is out and while it does improve …
Read More »Sapphire reveals ITX R9 380 Compact Edition
As small form-factor PCs rise in popularity, so do small form-factor graphics cards. Today, Sapphire has announced the AMD R9 380 ITX Compact Edition, a shrunk down version of the R9 380 graphics card. The compact edition has been developed with small ITX builds in mind, with a short 171mm …
Read More »Nvidia is issuing a recall for Shield Tablets due to fire risk
Nvidia has just announced a voluntary recall for some of the Shield tablets currently out in the wild due to concerns that the batteries may overheat and cause a fire. The affected models specifically should have been sold between June and July last year but if you want to double …
Read More »Windows 10 downloads accounted for 8% of internet traffic at peak
Windows 10 is officially out and it would seem that quite a few were eager to jump on the upgrade, as Windows Insider downloads of the new OS from Microsoft accounted for around eight per cent of internet traffic at its peak this week. According to sample data, preview testers upgrading …
Read More »Former Wii U exclusive ‘Zombi U’ is heading to PC
Back when the Wii U first launched, it had a few interesting titles, one of which was Ubisoft's Zombi U. At the time, the game looked fairly fun and it had some interesting gameplay ideas involving the Wii U gamepad, including using it as a sniper scope to aim your …
Read More »The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are getting a price cut
Samsung just had its latest quarterly earnings report and unfortunately for the company, it wasn't as great as it had hoped as profits fell by around eight per cent. It would seem that despite strong pre-order numbers and initial sales, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge have hit a …
Read More »EA announces Blast Mode for Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront is a few months away but there is still quite a bit we don't know about the game. However, DICE and EA do keep dropping bits of knowledge here and there. Today the duo announced Blast Mode, a new multiplayer game mode for the upcoming Battlefront game. …
Read More »Google starts injecting ads in to Play Store searches
Google has pretty much built its entire empire on the back of advertisement revenue since its early days starting out as a search engine, so it shouldn't be too surprising that the company is expanding that in to Android with the Google Play Store. Google now has sponsored listings on …
Read More »Razer’s Android gamepad is now available
Razer continues its step in to the world of Android gaming with the Razer Serval, the peripheral maker's new controller for smartphone games. The controller looks similar to Razer's Xbox controllers in many ways, which isn't a bad thing, if there is one thing Razer really excels at, it's appealing …
Read More »Prison Architect will leave Early Access in October
Prison Architect originally launched back in 2012 on Steam Early Access, since then, the developers have been very open with customers and have provided updates on a weekly basis showing the game's progress. Right now, Prison Architect is currently in Alpha Build 35 but by October, it will be officially …
Read More »Microsoft has turned Solitaire in to a freemium game
Windows 10 is out now, bringing with it many welcomed features, unfortunately, not everything has been changed for the better. Solitaire has been a classic time waster, which has come bundled with Windows since the early days of the operating system. Typically it has been basic and free but now, …
Read More »Android is getting an official Reddit app
Reddit is often referred to as the front page of the internet and for good reason, the site gets a ton of traffic. However, the site has had a pretty limited presence on smartphones and mobile devices, though that is set to change as an official Android app is in …
Read More »Dying Light is getting an expansion
Techland has announced that it will be releasing a huge expansion for its open-world Zombie game, Dying Light, known as ‘The Following', which will bring new vehicles, a new location, new gameplay features and new story. The new expansion will be free for those who bought the season pass as …
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