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Hardcore gamers' dreams of a white Christmas may have just come true since Asus has officially launched its ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti White Edition graphics card, with an all-white appearance and the oomph of the Nvidia 2080 Ti GPU core. The new ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti is lavished …

There has been plenty of talk around Intel's CPU shortages this year, with struggles to keep supply meeting demand. Intel itself has already issued a letter to apologise for the delays, which are impacting OEM financial forecasts for the year. Now, some reports indicate that Intel might be turning to …

According to Ryokutya2089, and translated by Gematsu, Capcom will have at least one, as of yet, unannounced title playable at Jump Festa 2020 in Japan. The event runs from the 21st to the 22nd of December. The company is slated to have 4 titles at the event available to play …

Rayman Legends is currently available as the free Epic Games Store game of the week, replacing last week’s offering of ‘Bad North’. The side-scrolling platformer developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, will be available to download for free from now until the 6th of December at 3:59pm, when it will be replaced …

The 2019 Game Awards are right around the corner, with the awards ceremony slated to occur on the 12th of December (13th in the UK). In previous years, the show has brought with it much more than simply awards however, having been host to many game reveals over the years. …

After 18 years since its last entry, Shenmue 3 finally released earlier this month. The game’s original reveal in 2015 was met with much anticipation, with the Kickstarter becoming the most funded video game campaign ever at the time, having raised over $6.3 million. It appears that an 18 year …

During XO19, Microsoft finally put Age of Empires IV back in the spotlight with a brand new trailer and a few new details. Now, additional interviews from XO19 are starting to make their way out, giving us more information on some of the newly shown games. Notably, we know a …

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ASRock announced its new range of mini PCs, the Mars Series. These new compact PCs are targeted at users with limited space requirements that want a computing device with a small footprint. The ASRock Mars Series of mini PCs come in three models, each with a different processor: the Intel …

Mechanical keyboards will be on the Christmas list of many hardcore gamers this year, HyperX has announced it will be adding to its line of mechanical gaming keyboards in time for the big day with the Alloy Origins Core. The new mechanical keyboard from HyperX will include the company’s red …

HP has identified a bug with its enterprise SSDs that is causing devices to fail prematurely, the company has released a support bulletin outlining a firmware update to prevent drive failure at 32,768 hours. Enterprise SSD devices affected by the premature failure problem are from certain models of the HPE …

With Stadia now out in the world, Google is going to need to expand its first-party games strategy with exclusive titles to bring players in. We know that Google is looking to open up a few first-party studios around the world at the moment and now, Stadia Games and Entertainment …

This week saw High-end desktop CPU launches from both AMD and Intel, with the new AMD Threadripper 3000 CPUs stealing the show. Intel is looking for a way to claw back some performance against AMD Threadripper and is working on a new microcode for the X299 platform. Details of the …

Yesterday, Codemasters announced the acquisition of Slightly Mad Studios, the developers behind the Project Cars series.  Codemasters had to pay $30 million upfront, “$25 million in cash, and $5 million in stock”,  to acquire the studio. Considering Slightly Mad's EBITDA over the next three years, this value can reach as high …

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Over the last few months, there has been plenty of talk surrounding Intel’s CPU shipment troubles, with 14nm processors hitting a supply issue. Last week, Intel published a letter addressing the problem, apologising for the prolonged struggles. However, Dell still isn't pleased with the situation, blaming the shortages for impacting …

In late 2017 and over 2018, Intel went on quite the hiring spree for its graphics division. Raja Koduri switched over from AMD to begin developing the Intel Xe discrete GPU architecture, while Chris Hook left AMD's marketing division to help Intel's GPU marketing. Now, there seems to have been …

Back in October, it was announced that the Humble Monthly bundle would soon be changing to ‘Humble Choice‘, a new version of the subscription that offers up to ten games and allowing users to choose the ones they want each month. We don't have an announced date for when this …

When No Man’s Sky first released in 2016, the game was mired in controversies surrounding alleged broken promises made by the game's developer ‘Hello Games’. Since then, the studio has released multiple large free updates, each one adding new content, refining features, and improving the overall experience. The latest free …

Today our resident CPU experts are back with another episode of Luke and Leo Get Technical, and this one is all about the recent Intel and AMD HEDT processor launches...

It has been one week since Valve officially announced Half-Life: Alyx, complete with a gameplay trailer showing off VR gameplay. Such a huge game announcement was always bound to sell some VR headsets and it looks like a lot of people are even opting for the more expensive hardware, with …

Man of Medan, the first title in The Dark Pictures Anthology by Supermassive Games, is receiving an update in the form of a free Friend’s Pass. Available on PlayStation, Xbox and PC, the update will allow for those who own the game to play online with another friend, without them …

Xbox announced its upcoming free Games with Gold for the month of December. The games that will be available to Xbox Live Gold, and Game Pass Ultimate members, are: Insane Robots, Jurassic World Evolution, Toy Story 3, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD. These games are …

Many of today’s devices including smartphones, computers and servers contain multiple smaller chips sealed inside a larger, usually rectangular package, communicating with each other via a complex multi-layered piece of silicon no bigger than a grain of rice. In the case of Intel powered devices, this communication between chips including …

PlayStation has announced the free games that will be gracing the systems of PlayStation Plus subscribers for the month of December. The two games that will be available to download are Titanfall 2, and Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame. These two games will be replacing November’s line-up of …

One of the big selling points for cloud gaming services is the removal of update downloads, as all patches are applied server-side, removing the need for players to sit around waiting. Unfortunately, it looks like somebody forgot to tell the NBA 2K team about this, as the game continues to …

Ever found yourself reaching the critical point in a PC gaming session, only to realise you have to pop out for an important engagement and leave the game behind, or even worse, lose your progress completely? Well, Samsung has come up with a new app that allows gamers to continue …

Cherry, a well-known manufacturer of computer input devices and mechanical switches, has announced the release of its new keyboard, the Secure Board 1.0. This keyboard was designed with security in mind, introducing various security features to reduce risks and threats to its users. The Secure Board 1.0 comes with a …

While Nvidia may still announce the 2080 Ti SUPER, it seems some people don't want to wait for that to happen...

We are heading towards the end of November and all of the deals are starting to roll in. Today, we caught on to a brand new gaming bundle from RAZER, packing together a gaming keyboard, mouse, headset and mouse mat for £110.  The RAZER Epic Gaming Bundle is now available …