While EA's prized racing franchise has run into plenty of trouble over the current console generation, Need for Speed keeps coming back. The last entry in the series seemed promising but was bogged down by a microtransaction-riddled and randomised car modification system. This week, Need for Speed Heat has snuck …
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EK announce new Quantum FTL D-RGB reserviors
EKWB announced its new D-RGB GPU water blocks recently and now the company is adding more digital addressable RGB products to its custom water cooling components ranges, with a new series of reservoirs and pump-res combos available. EK has launched more products featuring D-RGB lighting, including a new line of …
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Read More »Norman Reedus says Death Stranding is “way better” than Silent Hills
Norman Reedus, who plays the lead character in the Kojima Productions game ‘Death Stranding’, was originally slated to be in the now cancelled Silent Hills game. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Reedus revealed that after being approached for Death Stranding, he was retroactively glad that Silent Hills never came to …
Read More »The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Scarlett will be cheaper than expected
For the last year or so, the US and China have been engaging in a trade war, imposing various tariffs on each country’s goods and services. What this has meant for the video game industry is that the upcoming PlayStation 5, Xbox Scarlett, and Nintendo consoles were threatened to have …
Read More »Asus annouce new TRX40 AMD Threadripper motherboards
AMD’s 3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper high-end desktop platform will be launching later this month, so it is time for motherboard manufacturers to roll out new products in support of this next generation of HEDT processors. Asus will initially launch three motherboards to support the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs and …
Read More »Shuttle releases new fanless, 1.3-litre DS10 range of PCs
German-based manufacturer Shuttle just expanded its barebones PC lineup with the new DS10 range, with four different models which all use a very compact 1.3-litre steel chassis. The DS10 range is the successor to the DS77 series, the previous 1.3-litre PCs from Shuttle. All of the models are fanless, meaning …
Read More »Rockstar expands bug bounty program with up to $10,000 payouts for vulnerabilities
Bug bounty programs are fairly common in the tech world, but it is rarer to see game developers participating. With GTA Online, Rockstar began a bug bounty program calling on white hat hackers and security sleuths to dig out reproducible instances of false positive bans. Now, the program is being …
Read More »PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan talks about the future of PlayStation
PlayStation has certainly had a busy day. They have appointed a new head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, they have also created a new initiative, focused on enhancing relations with indie studios, and now Jim Ryan, CEO of PlayStation, sat down with Gamesindustry.biz to talk about the future of PlayStation, as …
Read More »PlayStation launches new indie initiative headed by Shuhei Yoshia
Earlier today, PlayStation announced that Hermen Hulst, the managing director of Guerrilla Games, would become the new Head of PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios, replacing Shuhei Yoshida. It was also revealed that Yoshida will remain at the company, but will now be leading a new initiative with a focus on working with …
Read More »Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 augmented reality headset is finally shipping
Microsoft announced the HoloLens 2 augmented reality headset all the way back in February, with pricing and pre-order details arriving in May this year. Now after plenty of waiting, the HoloLens 2 is officially shipping, with an upgraded field of view and more powerful internal hardware. Under the hood, the …
Read More »Glorious Model O- Mouse Review
Mice are getting lighter and lighter - how good is the Glorious Model O-?
Read More »Razer introduce two new wireless Basilisk mice
Just the other week, Razer announced the Viper Ultimate wireless version and now the company has added another of its popular mice to its wireless range. The Basilisk Ultimate and Basilisk X HyperSpeed are the latest Razer mice to receive the wireless upgrade. Razer has introduced two new versions to …
Read More »New studio ‘Brass Lion Entertainment’ aims to diversify the industry
While the gaming industry has taken strides over the years to diversify the characters and stories we see, it still lags behind the other two major media industries: films and TV shows. Brass Lion Entertainment has been created by a group of industry veterans to help tackle that exact issue. …
Read More »Seagate plans to release 18TB and 20TB HDDs in 2020
On its last earnings call, Seagate showed its high-capacity HDD roadmap. On it, there are the company's hard drive plans for the foreseeable future, showing 18TB and 20TB hard drives to be released in 2020, and up to 50TB hard drives by 2026. After the recently released Exos X16 16TB …
Read More »Xerox considers HP takeover
Xerox, with a market value of $8.23 billion, is planning to make a cash-and-stock offer for HP, a $29.85 billion company. According to rumours, the company board analysed the possibility this Tuesday, and there's a major bank backing this offer. In October, HP had announced that it would cut up …
Read More »EKWB addresses customer wishes with new D-RGB products
The use of addressable RGB products in PC builds is commonplace these days, with the majority of motherboard manufacturers choosing to implement 3-pin 5v ARGB connections into their designs. EK has listened to its customers calls for the company to integrate D-RGB into its GPU water blocks and has announced …
Read More »Halo: Reach PC test build is being patched and current beta is extended by an extra week
Last week, Halo: Reach went live on PC for one full week, giving beta testers a chance to check out every major game mode and give the online multiplayer servers a good push. A lot of feedback was offered over the course of the week, so instead of ending the …
Read More »Microsoft’s Project Silica uses glass for long-term data storage
Microsoft has worked on some incredible research projects over the years, from desks with holographic displays, to a full room augmented reality effort reminiscent of the holodeck. This time around, Microsoft Research has focused its efforts on new forms of long-term data storage, with Project Silica storing data on quartz …
Read More »Epic Games Store DRM policy makes headlines and subscription service rumours begin to appear
The Epic Games Store is often in the news, primarily due to various store-exclusive deals for big games. This time around, EGS is making headlines for two reasons, the first is criticism over a perceived flaw with the launcher, allowing users to play games they don't own. The other is …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 PC performance issues creep up
Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally made its way to PC this week and while it is visually impressive, a lot of early players have run into bugs and issues at launch...
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 fixes its loot boxes
Call of Duty has suffered many controversies with regards to its loot boxes. For a number of years, the First person shooter would launch without any microtransactions in sight, only to add them in later, once sales began to slow down. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare seems to be breaking …
Read More »Thermaltake Level 20 HT Chassis Review
You like big cases? Thermaltake might have the very thing for you.
Read More »Biostar motherboard firmware enables entire AM4 range to support Ryzen 9 3950X CPU
AMD’s commitment to providing support for latest generation processors on the entire range of socket AMD motherboards is set to continue with BIOS updates being released by several manufacturers. Gigabyte recently announced a firmware update of its X570 motherboard lineup and now Biostar has new updates ready across its socket …
Read More »New Azure virtual machines powered by AMD EPYC
A year ago, Amazon added AWS EC2 instances powered by AMD EPYC processors. A few months later, Microsoft did the same to its Azure instances. Now, it's expanding the array of instances to choose from with new v4 Azure D-series and E-series with AMD EPYC processors, and the latest NV-series …
Read More »Thermaltake expands its Level 20 chassis series
Thermaltake is extending its Level 20 chassis range with two new additions. Both the Level 20 HT and HT Snow Edition takes Thermaltake’s latest case innovations and wraps them in a completely unique modern design that stands out from the traditional black box appearance. The new Level 20 cases feature …
Read More »AOC 24G2U 24in 144Hz Gaming Monitor Review
Looking for a 1080p high refresh monitor that won't break the bank?
Read More »Cray Shasta Supercomputer selected by AWE to support security and defence of the UK
Another day, another Cray. The HP supercomputer specialist subsidiary just signed another big contract on UK soil. Cray's latest supercomputer will be handed to AWE, Atomic Weapons Establishment, a company contracted by the UK government responsible for providing and maintaining warheads. Only last month, Cray was chosen by the UK government …
Read More »Custom 3rd Gen Ryzen power profile enables improved boost speeds, core load balance and idle temps
AMD has found plenty of success this year thanks to the launch of 3rd Gen Ryzen but there was at least one issue around launch that stuck out. Some early adopters found that their new CPU wasn't hitting its rated boost clock speed. AMD has been ironing out this issue …
Read More »EVGA GTX 1660 SUPER SC Ultra Review
EVGA comes to market with its SC Ultra GTX 1660 SUPER
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