Skype is down right now for many users. The communication service has been down since earlier this morning here in the UK and now it seems that people are being affected across the world. Those affected by the on-going issues won't be able to make any calls, all contacts will …

Apple is cleaning up the iOS App Store, following its first major malware attack. The attack embedded a program called XcodeGhost in to legitimate apps on the store, once several cyber security firms caught on, Apple let it be known that the company is working on clearing it all up …

The lead writer for Mass Effect has returned to Bioware after a three-year absence. Drew Karpyshyn joined the studio back in 2010 to work on Mass Effect 2, he was also previously involved in titles like Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire. The writer initially left Bioware three …

It looks like some publishers are starting to catch on as Ubisoft has announced that all future maps for Rainbow Six Siege will be free, rather than packaged and sold as DLC map packs. We also know exactly how many maps will be available for the multiplayer game at launch. …

Apple has won an appeal in its never-ending lawsuit against Samsung. The latest victory on Apple's part could mean that Samsung will either have to make changes to or stop selling some of its older Galaxy smartphones and tablets. A US court of appeals made the ruling on Thursday and …

It looks like The BBC is planning to expand in the US with its own TV streaming service in 2016. It won't be quite like the free to watch iPlayer that we are used to here in the UK though. Apparently, The BBC's US service will be subscription based and …

Konami wasn't too happy with the time it took to develop Metal Gear Solid V or the amount it cost to make. Now it looks like the publisher is looking to ditch video games all together- well, for the most part. According to new reports, Konami has now ceased triple-A …

Apple started rolling out iOS 9 to iPhone and iPad users less than 48 hours ago but already around 20 per cent of users have already installed the upgrade. By comparison, 21 per cent of Android device owners are running Android Lollipop, which began rolling out almost a year ago. …

Google has been working on its own self-driving car for quite some time now. In-fact, the vehicles recently made it out in to the public for testing. However, despite all of this effort that the company is putting in to its own self-driving car, Google doesn't actually want to make …

YouTube recently launched the YouTube Gaming app, in an effort to compete with Twitch. Aside from being able to stream from your PC, soon you will also be able to stream through Android thanks to an upcoming update for the app. The announcement was made this week at the Tokyo …

Much like the new Zelda Wii U game, Nintendo has now also delayed Star Fox Zero until next year after Shigeru Miyamoto decided on some changes, just ahead of the planned November release. Star Fox Zero has been shown off in detail this year already at trade shows like E3 …

Persona 5 has been delayed until the summer of next year, according to a new trailer for the game that launched today. The game will now hit the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in 2016, though publisher, Atlus, originally expected the game to release before the end of this year. …

Over the last two years, some of the larger publishers have attempted to break in to the MOBA market with their own games inspired by either Dota 2 or League of Legends. One of those publishers was Deep Silver, which launched Dead Island: Epidemic, which has been available as a …

There has been a lot of confusion surrounding the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter. At first, it was assumed that Sony would be footing a significant portion of the bill for development, considering the game's announcement on the Sony stage at E3. This idea was spurred along by the fairly small $2 …

Sony recently changed the name for Project Morpheus, the comany's upcoming virtual reality headset for use with the PS4. The headset is now known as PlayStation VR and the final specs have been officially nailed down. Now, Sony has confirmed that the headset will feature 90Hz and 120Hz display modes …

A few weeks back, we learned that Sony is launching the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium this year, the first smartphone on the market to feature a 4K display. However, it turns out that the display may rarely actually display things at that resolution. Sony has confirmed that the phone will …

Apple didn't just launch iOS 9 last night, but it also launched its recently announced tool to help Android users switch over to an iPhone. ‘Move to iOS' is Apple's first Android app and it does exactly what the name suggests, it helps Android users move their pictures, contacts, bookmarks, …

DICE recently announced the Star Wars Battlefront beta for October, though at the time some of the finer details were left out. Now, we know quite a bit more about the beta, for starters, it will be open to everyone on the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It will …

MSI and Corsair have teamed up to launch the GTX 980Ti Sea Hawk, combining the best of air and liquid cooling. The new GPU was officially announced at the Tokyo Game Show this week, combining MSI's expertise in graphics cards with Corsair's highly rated closed loop liquid coolers. The GTX …

Another game has been added to the busy October release line-up. This time it's TellTale's Minecraft: Story Mode, which was announced earlier this year. The game will be similar to TellTale's other titles in that it will also be a point and click adventure. The game is launching on the …

We seem to be learning more about Fallout 4 by the week as we get closer and closer to launch. While Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas had fairly unexceptional gun-play, Bethesda has taken a different approach with Fallout 4 and brought Doom developer, id Software, in on the project …

Apple was all set to launch Watch OS 2 and iOS 9 in just under two hours time. However, it seems that Apple Watch owners will now need to wait a bit longer for their upgrade as Apple has discovered a critical bug with its smart watch software at the …

Google is gearing up to launch Android Marshmallow alongside two brand new smartphones this year. One being the Nexus 5 from LG, which we have already heard quite a bit about and the second smartphone being the new Nexus 6 from Chinese company, Huawei. We haven't heard quite as much …

Apple may finally let you delete the pre-installed apps that come with iOS devices at some point in the future. According to the company's CEO, Tim Cook, Apple is currently “looking at” letting iPhone and iPad buyers remove the stock apps, which include things like Tips, Stocks, Compass, Podcasts and …

One of the biggest gripes players have had with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive up to now has been the hitboxes. The problem was made really apparent a few months back when someone made a gif of a crouched player being shot repeatedly at point-blank range and yet, taking no damage. At …

Yesterday Qualcomm made several announcements, one being its new Snapdragon 820 flagship mobile chip and the rest being the new features that come with it. One of those features is Quick Charge 3.0, which aims to solve the battery life problem by getting your device from 0% to 80% in …

A few weeks back we launched a competition to win Deepcool's unique Tristellar case, a 750W 80Plus Gold modular power supply and finally, Deepcool's Captain 120 liquid CPU cooler. We had thousands of entries for this contest but there can only be one winner. The entire bundle is worth around …

Last year it was revealed that The BBC would be making a TV show about the rise of Rockstar and their first game, Grand Theft Auto. It turns out that The BBC never actually got Rockstar on-board with the project, so a lawsuit was filed but still, the show aired …

Halo 5: Guardians is on the way next month from 343 Industries. It's set to be Microsoft's biggest exclusive launch of the year however, some compromises have had to be made throughout development. At first, local co-op was cut from the game in order to maintain 60 frames per second …

Sony has announced that it is shutting down its online store for Europe. From now on, Sony will only be selling its goods through its retail partners within the EU, likely in further effort to cut costs due to the company's poor financial state at the moment. The company confirmed …