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There has been plenty of discussion around the ethics of loot boxes over the last couple of years, to the point where governments around the world have been launching their own investigations and some politicians have been calling for outright bans. In an effort to keep the games industry self-regulated, …

We’ve seen Alphacool’s Eisball pump/reservoir combo a couple of times already this year- once at CES in January and again at Computex in May. Both times, Leo seemed enamoured by it and now, the Eisball is officially hitting the market. It takes a lot to deliver something truly unique in …

Last month, we teamed up with the folks at Lime Pro Gaming and Genesis Gaming Zone to give away a full set of gaming peripherals. There were three different prizes to be won and now after going through the entries, we are pleased to announce our three winners. Genesis has …

AMD has today officially launched its new range of Zen 2-based EPYC datacenter CPUs, codenamed Rome, introducing the world's highest performance x86 processor.

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 …

Phanteks has made some of our favourite PC cases over the last few years, particularly when it comes to high-end cases. This week, our attention is turning to the other end of the spectrum, as we are seeing the launch of Phantek’s new wallet-friendly Eclipse P400 AIR range. The Eclipse …

Back in April 2016, Blizzard shut down Nostalrius, one of the most popular vanilla WoW private servers around. This kicked off a lengthy discussion for Blizzard, with the studio ultimately announcing plans to launch WoW Classic. That announcement came in late 2017 but after much waiting, the game is finally nearing release …

Over the last couple of years, the topic of developer crunch has been gaining much more traction, largely due to developers opening up about their experiences working on some of the biggest games. Rockstar was drawn into the conversation last year in the wake of Red Dead Redemption 2’s launch …

Psyonix has been through some major changes this year. First off, the studio behind Rocket League was acquired by Epic Games and now, another major change is coming, with Rocket League set to cut out randomised loot boxes. Crates in Rocket League were first introduced in 2016 as a way …

Capcom kicked off this year with the excellent Resident Evil 2 Remake and it looks like another new game in the series is already well on the way. Over in Japan, members of the Resident Evil Ambassadors program have begun receiving invites to alpha test a new Resident Evil game. …

The folks at 343 Industries are still working away on the PC version of the Master Chief Collection. The latest developer update gives us a quick look at what the game looks like running on an ultrawide monitor and a breakdown of some of the bugs the team is currently …

The violent video game debate has sprung up again this week, although notable members of the industry have been speaking out against recent comments from politicians.

The latest GeForce, Quadro and Telsa drivers address five security flaws, making now a good time ensure you are up to date.

Over the last couple of years, Apple has phased out Touch ID and replaced it with Face ID. The change is partially driven by the new reduced bezel design, although there were also reports that Apple couldn’t get an under-display version of Touch ID working properly. Now, it looks like …

Right back at the start of this year, Leo reviewed Thermaltake’s WaterRAM memory kit, essentially delivering RAM pre-configured for water cooling enthusiasts with a full block that covers all four DDR4 dimms. At the time, the kit we had was 32GB running at 3200MHz but now, a faster version is …

Update (05.08.19): Samsung Unpacked 2019 is taking place in just a couple of days but as is often the case with smartphones, leaks have come ahead of time. Last month, we saw a few images pop up for the Galaxy Note 10, now a new leak confirms the Galaxy Note …

Back at E3, Ubisoft gave us a small teaser for the next Rainbow Six game, titled ‘Rainbow Six Quarantine’. This is essentially a fully fleshed out, standalone version of the limited time ‘Outbreak’ mode from Rainbow Six Siege, focusing on PvE co-op in a fight for survival. At the time, …

43-inches of 4K, high refresh rate, HDR goodness will be hitting store shelves in just a few weeks.

No Man’s Sky has had quite the impressive turnaround over the years. While the game initially disappointed at launch, the team at Hello Games put their heads down and got to work on various improvements, leading to several huge free updates. At this point, No Man’s Sky has better crafting/building, …

Within the last couple of weeks, Apple has found itself in the middle of another privacy and security misstep. A report surfaced stating that contractors were given access to Siri recordings and would often hear private conversations while trying to ‘grade’ Siri commands in order to improve the service in …

Back in June we learned that Black Mesa, a remake of Half-Life 1, was going to be getting a public beta for the Xen section of the game very soon. A limited beta has been available for a few weeks now but today, the full Xen Chapters have been pushed …

Modern Warfare returns this year for the Call of Duty franchise, bringing back classic multiplayer modes, a single-player campaign and as you might expect, Battle Royale. Previews of the game have now gone live across the web and Activision has announced the dates for the game’s open and closed beta …

It has been almost two months since Bungie first announced Destiny 2’s next expansion and plans to make the base game and first-year DLCs all free to play. At the time, the new expansion and free to play transition were due to take place in September but a small delay …

We’ve known for a couple of years now that a team over at Respawn has been focusing on creating a first-person combat game for virtual reality. The title will be released in partnership with Oculus and while we haven’t heard much about the project since its announcement, that will be …

Throughout July, we teamed up with the fine folks at Deepcool to run a competition for not just one, but TWO Castle 360 EX all-in-one liquid coolers, featuring Deepcool’s new anti-leak technology. We had a lot of entries for this one but today we are pleased to announce our two …

Earlier this month, we launched a huge competition to thank our loyal readers, giving one lucky winner an EVGA RTX 2080Ti XC Hybrid graphics card with all-in-one liquid cooling pre-installed. We had thousands of entries for this one but there can only be one winner, whom we are announcing today. …

High-end Navi appears to be on the way after all

We are used to seeing a lot of video game remakes and remasters nowadays but what about De-makes? In an interesting video, one YouTuber recreated a section of Cyberpunk 2077 in the style of a PlayStation 1 game, giving us a look at what something like this would have looked …

With the jump to 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and the X570 chipset, RAM speeds have greatly improved on AMD’s platform. As a result, we have already started seeing new ‘Ryzen optimised’ memory kits hitting the market and today, G.Skill is launching its fastest yet. The new G.Skill Trident Z Neo …

Amazon Prime Day may have passed but there are plenty of other tech deals floating around for those after a summer-time upgrade. Today, the Overclockers UK red hot sale has launched, with decent savings to be had across everything from pre-built PCs and laptops, to DIY PC components and peripherals. …