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The Dark Souls series is undoubtedly one of modern gaming's most highly praised franchises. Developed by FromSoftware, the series catapulted the Japanese studio to fame, thanks in part to its tough-but-fair attitude to gameplay, as well as its intriguing world. Though Dark Souls III released back in 2016, it would …

QNAP has just released the new stylish TS-230 NAS for your home media consumption needs. Available in baby blue, the TS-230 aims to be the perfect NAS for a living environment, working as your “daily central storage, back up, photo and video sharing” solution. With the TS-230, your data is …

As we all gathered from last week's teaser, 2K is re-releasing the Mafia Trilogy, complete with a remake for Mafia 1, a simpler remaster for Mafia 2 and of course, Mafia 3.  The new ‘Definitive Editions' for Mafia 2 and Mafia 3 are already out across Steam, Xbox One and …

LucidSound has announced that the LS50X Wireless + Bluetooth gaming headset is now available. Designed for “maximum comfort, noise isolation and audio quality”, the LS50X is fully compatible with Xbox One devices, and with the upcoming Xbox Series X. With both Wireless and Bluetooth connectivity options, the LS50X can be …

The CR-1000 Plus is the latest addition to Jonsbo's portfolio of CPU coolers. Featuring a dual-fan design, the new CR-1000 Plus uses the same heatsink as the CR-1000, but it comes with an extra 120mm RGB fan for a push-pull configuration. The 2x RGB PWM fans included are 120mm, with …

AMD has backtracked following its controversial Zen 3 support announcement earlier this month.

The reveal of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 being remade for current-gen hardware was certainly a pleasant surprise for many fans of the classic titles. Developed by Vicarious Visions, it is likely that the game will serve as an accurate recreation of the PS1 originals. That being said, …

Over the last 18 months, hackers have made great progress on opening up the Nintendo Switch console for piracy and homebrew software. Nintendo has been cracking down on these exploits with software updates but the latest tactic is to take things to the courtroom.  At the end of last week, …

Just recently, we saw a huge wave of limited edition hardware unveiled for the impending launch of Cyberpunk 2077. If you are more of a survival horror fan though, then you are in luck, as limited edition accessories for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II have also been …

Crytek's Hunt: Showdown has been out of Early Access for a while now, but the game is about to embark on a whole new chapter. Earlier this year, Crytek announced that Koch Media has signed on to publish the game on consoles and beyond that, cross-play support is also coming to …

Back in March it was reported that the French Competition Authority had dished out a £1 billion fine to Apple for monopolistic practices. Originally, the fine was delayed until the end of the year, but due to the stress that coronavirus has put on the economy, France has decided to press …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has continued to balloon in size since launching late last year. At this point, the full game install takes up over 200GB of HDD space, as another hefty patch has just been released.  The latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare patch is 30GB on PC, …

Though Apple have yet to reveal it, it is well known that the smartphone manufacturer’s upcoming iPhones set to release later this year will come in 4 variants. While we know some of the differences that will exist between the models, an industry insider has now provided insight into the …

The OnePlus 8 Pro has been shipping for a little while now and early adopters were quick to notice the new ‘X-Ray' filter in the camera application, which can see through certain plastics and clothing materials. As you might expect, a camera feature that can see through clothes kicked up …

Graphic processing units can be very fast when executing specific tasks. However, not every application can harness the power of the GPU, but this week Adobe has announced that it will enable GPU hardware acceleration in a new update, making video encoding on Adobe Premiere Pro up to five times faster. …

VR backpacks have been around for a while now but with each iteration, they get more powerful and user-friendly. Today, Zotac announced its new VR GO 3.0 backpack, improving performance by around 25 percent compared to the previous generation. The Zotac VR GO 3.0 packs a gaming PC into a …

Following on from its initial GOG release and expansion on to mobile platforms, GWENT is now officially available on Steam, just in time for The Witcher 3's five year anniversary. This isn't the only way CD Projekt Red is celebrating the occasion though, as there is also a big sale …

For a while now, it was well known that Minecraft was one of the best selling games of all time. The open sandbox creation game surpassed 100 million copies sold back in 2016. Despite releasing all the way back in 2009, the game continues to sell incredibly well each month. …

The Dimensity 800 SoC was announced in January 2020 and still hasn't found its way into any smartphones that are currently on the market. But things move fast in the world of technology and yesterday MediaTek unveiled Dimensity 800's successor, the Dimensity 820.  On May 18, MediaTek unveiled its latest addition to …

Robert Space Industries is giving gamers the chance to play Star Citizen for free, for a limited time only. In celebration of “Invictus Launch Week”, Star Citizen will be free to play starting May 22nd, until June 1st. During the Invictus Launch Week, you will be allowed to try an …

As we inch closer and closer to the inevitable release of the PlayStation 5, fans have started to wonder when Sony may be planning to have its big next-gen blowout event. Of course, the current global climate has no doubt affected the console manufacturer’s plans. That being said, recent rumours …

Back in March, Valve finally began talking about Artifact once again, detailing its plan for a ‘2.0 beta' and what changes are coming to overhaul the game. Now, the team is ready for public testers to get their hands on the new version of the game.  The game is still …

Tencent is continuing to increase its presence in the video games industry. According to a tweet from an ex-Ubisoft game director, Tencent plans to open a new studio to develop AAA games in North America. The tweet posted by Scott Warner also announced that the studio will be hiring people …

Earlier this month, it was reported that Nintendo was not planning a big Direct presentation for June to coincide with when E3 would normally take place. As it turns out, there are no Directs planned at all this year for the time being.  Japan is currently under lockdown due to …

Besides its gaming-centric business, MSI also creates systems for professional users. The MSI Pro 24X 10M and MSI Pro 16T are two all-in-one PCs built to meet the needs of commercial and professional users, delivering what MSI claims are two “powerful” and “reliable” systems. While the Pro 24X 10M is more …

We are back with another competition, and this month we have partnered with Seagate to offer you the chance to win not only a FireCuda 510 NVMe SSD, but a 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X CPU as well!

The trade dispute between the US and China is continuing this week, with reports saying that TSMC has stopped taking new orders from Huawei as the US attempts to limit chip supplies.  The US government announced last Friday that semiconductors making chips abroad with U.S. technology would require licenses for …

Respawn Entertainment is turning ten years old soon and as part of that anniversary, the EA-owned studio is expanding. Soon, Respawn will have a new office located in Vancouver, Canada, which will focus on Apex Legends. Unfortunately, Titanfall 3 doesn't appear to be on the cards though.  In a statement …

Ever since the announcement that Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn were coming to PC, there has been much speculation over what other PS4 exclusives may end up branching out. We've heard rumours about God of War and The Last of Us, but the latest report suggests that we will …

Back in April, as more and more people went into quarantine due to coronavirus, Netflix and other streaming services made adjustments to video quality in an effort to reduce bandwidth usage and avoid internet blackouts. Now, bitrates are slowly beginning to rise once again.  We are still some ways off …