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Back in August 2019, we reported that Sony had acquired Insomniac Games, the Burbank-based development studio which has shared a long history with the Japanese console manufacturer. At the time, it was unknown how much Sony had paid to make the studio a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Worldwide …

The new ToughArmour MB720M2K-B from ICY DOCK is a new four-bay removable enclosure for M.2 solid-state drives. This means that M.2 SSDs no longer need to be installed directly onto the motherboard or via a riser card and makes M.2 drives more accessible from the front of the system. ICY …

With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the series chose to abandon its old form of post-launch support in favour of introducing seasonal content. As the first-person shooter is set to debut its second season later today, Infinity Ward has detailed what fans can expect both in terms of free content, …

In the run up to Pokemon Sword and Shield's launch last year, there were a number of leaks revealing large numbers of Pokemon and unannounced details ahead of release. Nintendo has obviously been investigating the source of these leaks since then and in a rare turn of events, Nintendo has …

Intel has been celebrating another milestone recently, the company’s memory and storage group announced that last week, it had produced the number 10 million of its QLC 3D NAND based solid-state drive manufactured with the QLC NAND die. Production of the Intel QLC 3D NAND began in Dalian, China late …

When it comes to choosing a gaming keyboard, there are many factors that have to be taken into account before parting with your hard-earned cash. Rapoo is looking to change that though, with the introduction of a cost-effective mechanical gaming keyboard designed for exacting purists. The new VPRO V500Pro mechanical …

Following what Temtem did with Pokémon, Hokko Life seems to take some inspiration from Nintendo's Animal Crossing series. Hokko Life is a community simulation game where the players can unleash their creativity into building the “town of their dreams”. Developed by Robert Tatnell for the PC, Hokko Life focuses on letting …

AMD has announced the new Radeon Pro W5500 GPU and the Radeon Pro W5500M GPU. Using both the RDNA architecture and 7nm process technology, the new Radeon Pro graphics card is designed to deliver the best performance, while keeping high levels of stability and energy efficiency.  Nowadays, designers and engineers …

Back at CES, Intel showed off its first Xe-based GPU in action, but not the one we were hoping for. We are still waiting to see Intel's first high-power discrete graphics card and thanks to a leak this week, we know a little bit more about one of the bigger …

We are approaching the one year anniversary of Anthem's launch and over the last year, not much about the game has changed. First-year DLC plans were scrapped so that BioWare could quietly re-develop the game's core systems and deliver on initial promises better. Now after a lengthy period of silence, …

A few months ago, head of Xbox Phil Spencer stated in an interview that VR wasn’t a focus for the console manufacturer, and that Xbox is “responding to what our customers are asking for and… nobody’s asking for VR”. Since then, Spencer has returned to clarify the situation, claiming that …

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is set to kick off later this month, with smartphone makers and app developers scheduled to appear to show off what's next for 2020. Unfortunately, the coronavirus outbreak is thinning out the numbers a bit, with Nvidia, Sony and Amazon all pulling out. On the Nvidia …

Ubisoft recently held its quarterly financial call, and one of the most interesting pieces of information to come from the publisher was the news that the first-person tactical online shooter, Rainbow Six: Siege had officially amassed over 55 million registered players. The shooter, which originally released in 2015, continues to …

The folks at OtherSide Entertainment have been working on a long-awaited System Shock sequel for a few years now. System Shock 3 was due to release some time after the upcoming System Shock remake, which is being handled by a separate studio. Unfortunately, the sequel may now be shelved, as …

G.SKILL has announced a new range of DDR4 memory modules designed specifically to deal with the high demands of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 platform, with new high-capacity, low latency memory kits being prepared now, ready for shipping in Q2 2020. The new memory kits added to the G.SKILL Trident-Z …

While cracking efforts have sped up over the last couple of years, a lot of major game publishers still rely on Denuvo DRM to protect launch-period sales on PC. This has drawn criticism as Denuvo is often seen as overly heavy and harmful to game performance. Publishers counter this by …

The Resident Evil series is one of gaming’s most well known franchises, with over 93 million copies sold across over a dozen titles. The series has also seen a film franchise adaptation, which collectively grossed over $1.2 billion at the box office. It is no surprise therefore to hear that …

ASRock has announced that its X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX TB3 motherboard has received official Thunderbolt Host certification from Intel, to make it the first AMD motherboard certified for Thunderbolt. X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX TB3 motherboard from ASRock is the company’s high-end mini-ITX board for AMD’s AM4 platform that supports Ryzen 2000 and …

Established since 2005, Xigmatek has built its reputation on offering PC enthusiasts with high quality, innovative PC peripherals and thermal solutions. The Xigmatek product portfolio is growing all the time and the company has just released its latest CPU air cooler, the WindpowerPRO. Xigmatek has equipped the WindpowerPRO with six …

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is the latest video game in the long running anime series. Having released on the 16th of January in Japan, and the 17th worldwide, the game’s publisher, Bandai Namco, have now confirmed that the action RPG has sold over 1.5 million copies in its first week, …

There are few fanless graphics cards being released nowadays. Even single-fan coolers are becoming less common, with most AIB partners and GPU manufacturers typically using two or three fans for their cards. Going against this trend, Palit is launching a new card with a passively cooled design, known as the …

Last week, AMD released its flagship 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. As per our review, the Threadripper 3990X is an immensely powerful CPU out-of-the-box, regardless of the workload thrown at it. But how much extra performance can be squeezed out of this CPU through extreme overclocking? Some overclockers already had the chance to experiment …

AMD gave tech enthusiasts the first glimpse of its new Ryzen 4000 mobile processors back at CES 2020 in January. The new AMD Renoir CPUs were announced with five models listed, ranging from the Ryzen 3 4300U up to an eight-core Ryzen 4800U. At the time of the introduction to …

QNAP has added a new 24-drive bay to its enterprise ZFS NAS series. The new ES2486dc is QNAP’s first high-availability all-flash NAS to feature dual controllers with Intel Xeon D-2142IT processors for excellent I/O throughput and 10GbE Ethernet connectivity. The ES2486dc from QNAP features a dual active-active controller architecture to …

A new addition to the Silicon Power external hard drive range is designed to offer a blend of stylish aesthetics with excellent functionality. Silicon Power has styled the Stream S07 external drive bay around the appearance of stone with a textured surface finish. The reason behind this ‘stone-like' appearance is …

Microsoft launched its brand-new Edge web browser built on the Chromium open source project in mid-January with a goal to provide better compatibility and to create a partnership with the Chromium community to help improve the engine itself. However, performance improvements were not discussed at the time, according to PCMark, …

Owners of 2019 LG Smart TVs can now enjoy Apple TV on the big screen.

The Team at F-Secure Foundry has released a new version of its USB armory flash drive-sized computer. The latest USB armory USB device is suitable for a range of applications that require the flexibility of an embedded computer without sacrificing security such as cryptocurrency wallets, secure authentication and licensing tokens. …

New York based audio brand, Master & Dynamic has announced two new colour versions of its popular MW07 PLUS True Wireless Earphones. The new versions include Jade Green and Black Pearl colour updates to provide consumers with more choice. According to Master & Dynamic, the updated colour options are inspired …

Raijintek has updated its Samos full cover graphics card water block series with a new version that supports AMD Radeon RX 5700 series GPUs. The Samos AD5700 RBW completely covers the RX 5700 series PCB and includes RGB lighting. The new Samos AD5700 RBW from Raijintek is designed specifically to …