Microsoft's rumored Spartan browser may be a little more enticing than originally thought as it may include support for Chrome extensions. We may not have to wait long to find out for sure either as the browser is expected to be revealed at tonight's Windows 10 event. A report from …

It has finally happened, the business model for The Elder Scrolls Online has been revised. The game will be re-launched on the PC and Mac on the 17th of  March as The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, requiring a one-time game purchase and then no subscription fee after. Those who …

Sky, TalkTalk and Three are all interested in acquiring the O2 network. Sky and TalkTalk both want to launch their own mobile businesses in order to compete with the likes of BT, which recently snapped up EE, the largest network in the UK. Hutchinson Whampoa, owner of Three, is planning …

Towards the end of last year the Counter Strike: Global Offensive pro scene was hit with controversy following huge cheating allegations. Now things are riling up again after it was discovered that two teams fixed a match and then placed bets on the outcome in order to profit. The Counter-Strike …

Sky is backing David Cameron's mandatory porn blocking system with a new mandatory adult content filter, which will roll out to customers over the next ten days and switch itself on by default. In order to turn these blocks off, you will need to log in and manually switch off …

The Interview has now managed to generate more than $40 million from around 5.8 million purchases and rentals since the film's initial release. However, while the movie is still doing fairly well sales-wise, things are starting to taper off and slow down. The film made its initial $30 million within …

UK mobile service provider, EE, will be refunding a small portion of its customers after they were wrongly charged for using data abroad. The company blamed the issue on a “configuration error”. Those affected by the problem should receive a text message confirming that a refund would be tacked on to …

The Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition PC port has finally had its region lock patched out in a new update on Steam. The most recent update was announced by a Dark Souls developer on the Steam Community page. In an update on the Steam page, a developer wrote: “A …

Sony has announced that it will be closing down all of its stores in Canada within the next six to eight weeks. From now on, Sony will be selling and supporting its products through a series of authorized retailers and its own online store. Sony confirmed the cost cutting move …

Virgin Media, Vodafone and EE have signed up to support the Broadband Stakeholder Group's voluntary code for an open internet. The three providers are actually a little behind as Sky, BT, O2, TalkTalk and six others signed up all the way back in 2012. While the trio of providers might …

2K and Gearbox Software have announced Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for release on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The collection will contain Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel along with Borderlands 2 with all of the DLC included. The remastered titles will launch in the US on the 24th of March while …

It is pretty common for Steam sale veterans to accumulate an ever growing backlog of titles that will unfortunately remain uncompleted for the weeks, months or maybe even years following the initial purchase. At one point in time you have probably thought about conquering your backlog, and now you can …

If consoles don't work out then I suppose Sony could always get in to the Space exploration business as the CPU from the original PlayStation is currently powering a probe to Pluto. The old MIPS R3000 CPU was repurposed by NASA back in 2006 to monitor sensors, power thrusters and …

A man has been arrested at the Chinese border for attempting to smuggle in 94 iPhones strapped to himself like body armour. The man was a Hong Kong citizen and had strapped the iPhones to himself in rings around his torso, crotch, thighs and calves using masking tape and plastic …

Despite a couple of delays and a really long wait for PC gamers, Rockstar still wants you to pre-order its 2013 hit game, Grand Theft Auto V. Following this week's delay announcement, the company has decided to offer up a free game to those who pre-order for the PC, in …

Sony Online Entertainment launched its long awaited survival game, H1Z1 on Steam Early Access last night, unfortunately, the game people ended up buying didn't turn out to be the one that was initially promised in the months leading up to launch. There has been plenty of evidence going around, showing …

Hatred has caused quite a stir since its initial announcement, there have been petitions to stop its development, it was removed and reinstated on Steam Greenlight but the development team is still keen to release the game. Although it may have trouble getting on to consoles as the ESRB ratings …

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe apparently don't want to go to trial in April over a no-poaching class action lawsuit, filed by over 60,000 employees several years ago as the companies have all agreed to a $415 million settlement deal. The four tech giants originally offered $324.5 million to settle …

HTC's One (M7) and One (M8) flagship devices have been incredibly well received and were an integral part in turning around the company's fortunes. HTC is hoping to continue this winning streak with this year's HTC One flagship, which is due to launch on the 1st of March. HTC just sent …

The UK police have arrested a second member of online troll group, Lizard Squad, following the Christmas day DDOS attacks on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. An 18 year old was taken in to custody today after being linked directly to the attacks. The arrest was carried out by …

HMV is expanding on its new digital offerings by stocking game codes for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 games in store. The company has said that stocking individual titles, rather than specific amounts of digital currency, makes it easier for consumers to understand exactly what they are getting for their …

Yesterday, Nintendo announced the new 3DS XL for the US and UK markets alongside a brand new Majora's Mask themed edition. It turns out, people really really wanted the Zelda themed hand-held as it has pretty much sold out everywhere, just a day after pre-orders went live. Over at GameStop, …

Google has detailed new developments on Project Ara, the company's modular smartphone concept. At a Module Developers Conference this week, the company said that it plans to launch the product as a pilot later this year in Puerto Rico in order to get a feel for the market. This Project …

Last year, Naughty Dog began heavily teasing Uncharted 4, with a big focus on 60 frames per second gameplay on the PlayStation 4. Unfortunately this year, some of that enthusiasm appears to be gone as Naughty Dog developer, and Director of Uncharted 4, Bruce Straley, has said that the frame …

Google is reportedly pulling the plug on its Google Glass Explorer programme, which allowed those with $1500 handy to buy and help test out the smart glasses. However, despite Google calling it quits on Glass in its current form, it will continue to focus on the future of the product …

This month's Windows 10 briefing is swiftly approaching and will hopefully bring us all up to speed on the latest developments for the operating system. Including Phil Spencer's news for PC gamers. Those that can't be at the event won't have to wait for websites to deliver the news through …

Twitch has announced a new library of license free music tracks for streamers to use on broadcasts and VODs. There are just over 500 tracks in total for streamers to pick from and use without fear of having their video flagged over copyright concerns. This comes just a couple of …

Mark Zuckerberg caused quite a stir last year when Facebook acquired Oculus for $2 billion but since then, the CEO hasn't really offered much insight to his future vision for Virtual Reality. However, at the latest Facebook Q&A meeting, he did give a few words. According to Zuckerberg, current VR technology …

Turtle Rock Studios revealed its pre-order and future DLC strategy for Evolve earlier this week and there are a fair few gamers that aren't too pleased about it. However, studio co-founder, Phil Robb, wrote a few words on the Evolve forum to clear things up a bit. The studio co-founder …

WhatsApp has turned in to a very popular messaging platform, so much so that people send more WhatsApp messages per day than they do traditional text messages. Around 50 per cent more messages are sent via the Facebook owned WhatsApp than texts these days. WhatsApp recently announced that it had …