Tag Archives: Software & Gaming

China-based games publisher NetEase has been on a bit of an acquisition spree in recent years, picking up a bunch of international studios across the US, Europe and other regions. Unfortunately, NetEase is now rethinking its investments, putting a number of studios at risk of closure.  According to Venturebeat and …

CES begins today and Intel is starting things off with a range of new processors. The new Intel Core Ultra 200HX and H series mobile processors are the focal point, but we also have new 65W and 35W Core Ultra 200S desktop processors.

An all-new gaming hardware brand is making its debut this week. APNX is a newly formed company with a team of experts in creating gaming and PC hardware products. Today, APNX is unveiling its first PC case, the APNX C1. For those wondering, APNX is an acronym for Advanced Performance …

Compared to many other creative industries, the video games market is one of the youngest. Even so, it has been maturing at a rapid rate, seeing explosive growth especially in the past few years. On a national level, the industry has broken records, with 2021 being the biggest year ever …

Apple has shown interest in the gaming market a number of times over its history. The company's most recent effort in this area is Apple Arcade, a subscription service offering a library of ‘premium' iOS games. Soon, Apple may try to crack the console market again, as the company has …

Daedalic Entertainment has been working away on Lord of the Rings: Gollum for a while and now, the game has found a publisher. This week, Nacon announced that it has acquired Daedalic Entertainment for $60 million. Nacon has been around since the early 2000s, but the company has been particularly …

Back in May, we learned that Netflix was mulling over a bigger push into the video game industry and was looking to hire experienced industry veterans to help. Now, it seems that Netflix has made its first big gaming hire, putting former Oculus exec, Mike Verdu, as VP of game …

Earlier this year we saw AOC take its first steps beyond monitors and into the PC gaming peripherals market. AOC already has two headsets and now, there are two mechanical keyboards, two gaming mice and a new mousepad to add to that line-up. In total, the new AOC Gaming series …

In 2020, the Game Developers Conference survey showed that a third of developers have had projects delayed due to COVID-19. Now, a full year later, almost half of developers say the pandemic has led to game delays.  The annual GDC survey results went live this week, showing that 44 percent …

The Dutch Gaming Authority has officially fined EA and demanded that the publisher remove “addictive gaming elements” from its FIFA games. As you would expect, this concerns FIFA Ultimate Team and the expensive card packs/loot boxes EA sells for that mode.  Over in The Netherlands, the Dutch Gaming Authority has …

With E3 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19, game studios have been moving to other venues to make their big summer game announcements. IGN was due to host a ‘Summer of Gaming' event starting this week, while CD Projekt Red was going to host ‘Night City Wire' next week. Both events …

The Razer Blade 17 makes a big return this year with an all new model packing Nvidia RTX graphics, Intel 10th Gen CPUs and on top of all of that, a 300Hz display option for ultimate responsiveness in competitive gaming. There are three separate Razer Blade 17 models to choose …

ASUS is looking to stand out from the crowd with its new gaming headset. The ROG Strix Go 2.4 is the world's first gaming headset with a 2.4GHz USB-C dongle for an ultra-stable wireless connection across PC and consoles. It also boasts a high capacity battery and AI-powered noise cancellation …

Today at IFA, Acer unveiled a new lineup of Nitro XV3 monitors, catering to QHD and FHD PC gamers who need blistering fast refresh rates. Each new monitor has a high refresh rate, starting off at 144Hz with options going all the way up to 240Hz. The Nitro XV3 series …

Gamescom is underway this week but this time around, there seems to be an increased focus on PC gaming gear, with ASUS ROG taking the opportunity to launch a ton of new stuff. We've got a new trio of gaming monitors, a trio of new motherboards and new wireless peripherals. …

MSI has always set its sights across the wider PC gaming hardware industry, focusing not just on the components to build a system, but the peripheral side too. Today, MSI is expanding its Gaming Gear line of peripherals with a new lightweight, foldable headset. The MSI GH30 fits into the …

ASUS ROG is no stranger to peripherals, with different options to suit a range of budgets. This week, the ROG team is launching a new mechanical keyboard, targeting high-end FPS gamers. The ROG Strix Scope has been spotted before, after being briefly announced at CES this year under the name …

After a few years of leaks and various rumours, Google is set to sit down and talk about its gaming plans more at GDC this month. Ahead of the big event, Google has revealed that Jade Raymond has joined the team as a VP, after leaving EA Motive. Jade Raymond …

Over the last few years, some esports teams have transitioned from endorsing specific peripherals to designing their own. Ninjas in Pyjamas was amongst the first teams to do this with the launch of ‘Xtrfy'. In 2017, we saw the first Xtrfy gaming headset, which appeared to be inspired by the …

Over the last few years, Microsoft has been very focussed on community feedback- particularly where gaming and Xbox are concerned. Right now, Phil Spencer and the Microsoft gaming team are looking into improving Windows 10 for games. In order to assist these efforts, a community feedback page has been set …

Back when Nvidia announced that RTX graphics chips were coming to laptops, the company also boasted that more than 40 new laptops were already set to carry them. We've seen new models from Razer, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and more. Now today at CES, Lenovo announced that it is also jumping …

CES 2019 is off to a great start, we've already seen some interesting new announcements from ASUS for laptops and GPUs, but those aren't the only things drawing our attention this week. ASUS is also launching three brand new ROG monitors, each one with a big display, high refresh rate, …

Aside from RTX 2060 and G-Sync news, Nvidia also had announcements for gaming laptop enthusiasts at its CES 2019 keynote today. Soon, RTX graphics are going to be available in laptops, with over 40 different models set to hit the market so far- this will include both Max-Q and regular …

Niantic has become a big name on the mobile gaming world thanks to the continued success of Pokémon Go. Now, it looks like Samsung wants a piece of that pie, as the smartphone maker is reportedly planning to invest $40 million in Niantic in order to get ‘exclusive' games. Exclusive …

In 1983, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released, introducing a technological marvel that hooked an entire generation of gamers. Imagine what it would be like to show one of today’s 4K-resolution, VR-capable powerhouses to someone from that era, who believed Super Mario Bros. was about as high-tech as video games …

The inclusion of a GTX 1060 might make the Surface Book 2 a capable laptop for games, but it's power supply seems to hamper that.

If you've been planning on making the jump to Intel's Skylake platform or even the X99 chipset, then chances are you're planning to spend a fair bit on a new motherboard. Fortunately, right now MSI is running a cashback promotion, which should help lessen the burden on your wallet when …

If Minecraft's biggest selling point is its accessibility, then Gameband + Minecraft is designed to make it even more so. It's a wearable wristband that carries the game of Minecraft in its USB connected guts and can connect you to your save game too, meaning that wherever you are in …

One of the wonderful things about the Steam platform is that it is incredibly open with its statistics, showing how many people are playing different games and how many users are online at all times. This is something that is pretty unique amount digital distribution platforms and it allows us to …

Well, well. The time has come. Over 20,000 of you sent through responses to one of our biggest competitions of the year, to try and win a brand new MSI GT70, 2OD gaming laptop worth over £2,500, and now the task lies with me to let down 19,999 of you. For …