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Over the years, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines has become a cult classic. The game didn't fare particularly well at launch after going up against Half-Life 2 but nowadays, the game sits with very positive reviews on Steam and decent sales numbers. Now, the series is being given another chance …

Facebook has discovered and now fixed a glitch that stored as many as 600 million passwords in plaintext within internal systems. Without the required encryption to protect sensitive information, the passwords were accessible by up to 20,000 employees and could even date as far back as 2012. Although Facebook has …

Epic Games has taken to a GDC 2019 Q&A to reveal that it will stop with its controversial year-long exclusivity deals in the future, after poor reception to its efforts with Metro Exodus and a number of other titles locked to its Store. CEO Tim Sweeney has also assured fans …

As far back as 2013, we have been hearing about Valve's plans for a Steam UI overhaul. There have even been multiple leaks of what the new library screen might look like. Now this year at GDC, Valve is finally going forward with its plans, showing off the newly spruced up version of Steam for the first time.

It's another NETGEAR mesh solution, but with integrated Amazon Alexa functionality - worth £435?

Shadow of the Tomb Raider finally has RTX features - are they worth turning on?

Late last year, we heard rumours that Microsoft was planning to launch a cheaper ‘all digital' version of the Xbox One S without a disk drive. Now, that seems to be confirmed, with the retail packaging leaking, alongside details on pre-installed games. Microsoft's all digital Xbox One S will ditch …

During the first year of Microsoft's Windows 10 roll-out, many of you will remember receiving upgrade notifications on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Now, with Windows 7 support nearing its official end, those upgrade notifications are set to return. Windows 7's end of life update is pencilled in for the …

It's a 1TB unit from WD, but is it a worthy upgrade from the old Black drive?

Quantic Dream is well known for its interactive-movie style of story telling, with multiple games all featuring branching paths leading to a myriad of different outcomes. Traditionally, these titles have been PlayStation exclusives but that is changing this year, as Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls are …

While the flexible Galaxy Fold seems to be attracting a lot of attention, creases and all, let’s not forget that Samsung has a 5G variant of its flagship Galaxy S10 on the way. Unsurprisingly, Samsung’s home country of South Korea will be the first country to receive the new model …

At the start of the year, Netflix began tinkering with its prices in the United States, seeing customers pay an extra $1-2 depending on the tier of subscription. While prices in other regions initially remained the same, the United Kingdom wasn’t far behind its cross-ocean cousin as Netflix is now …

Blizzard downsized its Heroes of the Storm team at the end of last year, putting an end to the game’s stint as an esport. Shifting its focus, the developer is now overhauling the MOBA to expand on hero roles and do away with those pesky, controversial loot boxes. Loot boxes, …

Last week, we learned that X-COM creator Julian Gollop’s Phoenix Point was set to launch on the Epic Games Store for its first year despite promising keys for Steam during its crowdfunding campaign. The platform has netted itself another round of exclusives as Control, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey and The …

The specification of 8Pack OrionX2 has evolved from the previous OrionX (base spec £25k, typical spec £30k) with the main system migrating from Intel X99 and ten CPU cores to Intel X299 with 18 cores and 36 threads. The secondary system moving from quad core Kaby Lake to 8 cores of i9-9900K.

After some initial rumours late last year, we have heard very little since about the future for the Oculus Rift. That changed today with the announcement of the Oculus Rift S, a sequel headset that makes a few design changes to the Rift and bumps up its spec for a …

Disney has finally acquired Fox’s film and television assets for approximately $71 billion, reshaping the Hollywood landscape forever. Fox will continue to exist in a limited capacity, as it shifts its focus onto news, business and sports while a number of properties enter Disney’s monopolistic folds. The historic deal was …

Although Samsung gave users a closer look at its flexible smartphone during the annual Galaxy Unpacked event, it mostly kept the Galaxy Fold behind glass displays and in the hands of staff. As per usual, a user has gotten their hands on a device over a month in advance, showcasing …

Leo takes a look at ASRock's Phantom Gaming Alliance by building a showcase PC

It costs £200, but it VIBRATES - is this the new feature you need when gaming?

The European Commission hit Google with a record $5 billion fine last year, stating that its Android OS was anti-competitive with its pre-packed Chrome browser. In an effort to combat these claims, Google will now make more of an effort to ensure European users know that there are other options …

Back when Nvidia began showing off RTX and DLSS running in games for the first time, Shadow of the Tomb Raider was one of the few big titles supporting the technology. Unfortunately, the last six months have gone by without any word on when the RTX patch would arrive. That …

Today at GDC, Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, took to the stage to announce the company’s new gaming service, known as Stadia. Built on the technology tested last year as part of ‘Project Stream’, Stadia is Google’s cloud gaming platform, aiming to tie together playing games and watching games.

While we already knew that Halo Infinite would be launching on Xbox One and PC, there were still questions lingering over past games in the series- that is, until one week ago, when 343 Industries officially announced The Master Chief Collection for Windows 10 and Steam. Now, some of the …

When the first wave of Windows Mixed Reality headsets were revealed, HP was among the few early supporters for the platform. Now a few years later, HP has had time to develop a new and improved headset, featuring the highest resolution VR display we've seen in a consumer headset to …

While many more companies are currently working on their cloud services, Nvidia’s GeForce Now has been around for quite some time. Unveiling its “GeForce Now Alliance” banner, Nvidia has revealed its first two partners which will help bring the subscription-based service to two “major gaming markets” in the East. After …

Spotify has once again partnered with Google to give away a free Google Home Mini speaker to its Family Plan subscribers in the UK. The promotion is set to run until May 14th, but we expect stocks to possibly run out first given that users are netting the £49 device …

Call of Duty Mobile has been talked about as a possibility for years now but it looks like the success of PUBG and Fortnite has pushed Activision to finally make the jump. In partnership with Tencent, soon, Call of Duty: Mobile will see release in Asia, North America, South America …

Samsung managed to skip over the notched front-facing camera on its smartphones, thanks to the introduction of its Infinity-O screen on last year’s Galaxy A8s sporting a hole-punch cut out. It seems as though the design will be as short lived as possible, as the South Korean company hopes to …

It's a new £60 mATX chassis from Cooler Master - how does it stack up against the competition?