For many fans of survival games, DayZ has fallen into irrelevancy over the last few years as development continued to stall and the illusive ‘beta' build continued to get delayed. Now five years later, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, with the DayZ beta build …
Read More »Sony has quietly begun shipping a revised PS4 Pro to fix noise issues
While the PS4 Pro might be the most powerful console on Sony's roster, it doesn't come without drawbacks. Initial launch units of the PS4 Pro get notoriously loud, especially when playing newer games like Spider-Man, God of War or Red Dead Redemption 2. Sony has been quietly revising the PS4 …
Read More »Square Enix cancels future Final Fantasy XV DLC, game director resigns
Following on from Square Enix's $33 million loss yesterday, the publisher has held a Final Fantasy XV livestream, essentially to announce that future DLCs are now cancelled. The game was set to get another set of character focussed ‘episodes' in 2019 but this will no longer be the case. On …
Read More »Controversy sees Mr Game & Watch altered for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Nintendo seems to have caused quite the controversy with last week’s Direct presentation, as new footage of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate showed Mr Game & Watch don an insensitive Native American sprite. The developer has since apologised, stating that it will be altering the animation from its anticipated brawler via …
Read More »Facebook CEO pressed to attend international hearing despite initially declining
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has declined the invitation summoning him to a joint hearing in London on November 27th, on the grounds that Facebook has already appeared before the UK’s committee. Politicians from five different countries are putting the pressure on the platform, deeming the flippant nature “not good enough.” The …
Read More »Zen 3 and 4 are “on-track” as AMD demonstrates its 7nm EPYC Rome processor
Intel attempted to get ahead of the curve earlier this week, unveiling its 14nm 48-core Cascade Lake-AP Xeon processor for datacentres. Just one day later durings its Next Horizon event, AMD not only lifted the lid on its 7nm 64-core EPYC CPU within the Zen 2 family, but revealed that …
Read More »AMD launches two new 7nm Vega GPUs at Next Horizon event
AMD took to the stage last night to launch two new Radeon Instinct GPUs, both built on the 7nm process.
Read More »Square Enix reports a staggering $33 million loss
Japanese publisher Square Enix has had a few hits under its belt this year, from Shadow of the Tomb Raider to Octopath Traveler, but that hasn’t stopped the firm from losing a considerable amount of money. Its latest fiscal report shows a staggering loss of ¥3.73 billion ($33 million), which …
Read More »Current and former employees launch discrimination lawsuit against Riot Games
Gender-based discrimination has been the topic of many conversations regarding Riot Games, as the League of Legends developer promised a new “zero tolerance policy on discrimination, harassment, and general toxicity.” At least one current and one former employee feel that these words are hollow, taking it upon themselves to launch …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 holds steady as highest selling game in the UK
Red Dead Redemption 2 launched not only to great critical acclaim, but to record-setting weekend launch sales too. Immediately at launch, the game was billed as the 2nd biggest entertainment launch ever, second only to GTA V. Rockstar has continued to dominate charts in the week following, with Red Dead …
Read More »Fallout 76 final beta patch introduces new frame rate cap and FOV lock
The Fallout 76 beta is coming to a close this week, with the final slot scheduled in for tomorrow. Before the finale, Bethesda has rolled out a 30GB patch for the game, which contains some bug fixes and also places limits on framerate and field of view. Typically, Bethesda's game …
Read More »Google has a fix in the works for Pixel 3’s memory crashes
Google has been experiencing a variety of bugs in its new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL devices lately, from a random second notch appearing on the screen to speaker distortion. Fortunately, the firm has announced that it has a fix inbound for its memory management issues that have been …
Read More »Intel announces 48-core Cascade Lake-AP processors
In an attempt to gain back market share taken by AMD’s EPYC line, Intel has unveiled its latest Xeon series of server-based chips. Codenamed Cascade Lake-AP, standing for Advanced Performance, the new line sports a whopping 48 cores and is due for release next year. Intel has made a number …
Read More »Samsung rumoured to open up Bixby to third-party developers
With the launch of the Galaxy S8 last year, Samsung also made a big push for its own alternative to Alexa, Siri and Google Now in the form of Bixby. Unfortunately, Bixby hasn't really matched the competition, which is something the company is hoping to correct by opening things up …
Read More »New filings point to upcoming launch for 2nd Gen AirPods
over the course of this year, various leaks and rumours have pointed to Apple launching a second generation pair of AirPods. We were expecting to see these launch alongside the iPhone XS and XS Max in September but despite reports, the new earbuds were a no-show. However, an announcement might …
Read More »Samsung is expected to debut its foldable Galaxy X to developers this week
Samsung might not be the first to launch a foldable device, but it looks like the long-in-development Galaxy X smartphone will finally be unveiled to developers this week. While many are hoping for a sneak peek at the impending device, the South Korean firm has at least promised to reveal …
Read More »Fallout 76 final beta dates and times announced
We are just over one week away from the launch of Fallout 76 but there is still one more round of beta tests to go. Over the last couple of weeks, players across PC, Xbox One and PS4 have had a few chances to try the game out and on …
Read More »Bethesda responds to Fallout 76 hacking concerns on PC
Troubling news emerged for PC players of Fallout 76 earlier this week, after a modder detailed various ways in which the game can be broken and manipulated by other players. Bethesda has since responded, stating that many claims are “either inaccurate or based on incorrect assumptions,” but has set out to …
Read More »Blizzard celebrates 100 million Hearthstone players
Since its release in 2014, Hearthstone has experienced a steady influx of players, reaching 70 million within three years. This number has surged exponentially in the past 18 months, with Blizzard now celebrating the notable 100 million players milestone. A large part of its growth is thanks to a growing …
Read More »Blizzard claims there were ‘no plans’ to announce Diablo 4 at Blizzcon despite what sources say
Blizzard landed itself in a bad situation over the weekend after choosing to close out its Blizzcon mainstage announcements with Diablo Immortal, a mobile spin-off. At the time, fans of Diablo have been left scratching their heads wondering why they didn't at least acknowledge Diablo 4. According to sources, acknowledging …
Read More »Samsung’s upcoming self-developed 7nm Exynos 9820 is confidently codenamed “Cheetah”
Although Samsung’s Galaxy S10 isn’t due to arrive until early next year, rumours are running rampant suggesting that there will be three separate devices. It’s believed that this will include at least one 5G-supported smartphone, while some if not all will house firm’s brand new Exynos 9820, confidently codenamed “Cheetah.” …
Read More »Tomorrow’s “Next Horizon” event could mean big news for AMD’s server market
AMD’s “Next Horizon” event is scheduled for tomorrow, with signs pointing towards an EPYC 7nm unveiling.
Read More »Seasonic announces US pricing changes
At the moment, the US is embroiled in a trade-war with China, with new tariffs set to come into play. This is going to have a knock-on effect for the tech industry, as these tariffs will drive up prices for companies doing business with manufacturers in China. We are starting …
Read More »Report claims GTX 1080Ti is no longer in production
While Nvidia's new RTX 20-series graphics cards have been selling well, quite a few people have also turned to the older GTX 10-series for a cheaper upgrade. The GTX 1080Ti has continued to be a popular seller but it looks like supplies are now starting to dwindle. According to ‘multiple …
Read More »Ubisoft promises to fix Just Dance Kids Mode after spamming subscription messages
Ubisoft has found itself in hot water with parents, after complaints that Just Dance 2019 was bombarding children with subscription messages despite utilising the supposedly safe “Kids Mode.” The publisher has since apologised, and claimed that it will rework its song listings to prevent such confusion in the future. Kids …
Read More »Warcraft 3: Reforged is a ‘complete reimagining’
While Diablo fans may have been let down at Blizzcon this year, Blizzard did bring along some better news for Warcraft fans. Rumours of a Warcraft 3 remaster have been floating around for a couple of years now but Blizzard is hoping to kick things up a notch with Warcraft …
Read More »Twitter cracks down on political propaganda before tomorrow’s US midterm election
In an effort to crack down on political misinformation, Twitter has culled another 10,000 propagators discouraging Democratic voters.
Read More »Blizzard co-founder speaks out on Diablo Immortal backlash
In the build up to Blizzcon this year, we knew that there were ‘multiple Diablo projects' in the works and that we would see at least one of them announced. Prior to the event, Blizzard did try to temper expectations, dashing away hopes for Diablo 4. So what exactly did …
Read More »Nvidia RTX is seeing an unusually high number of failure reports
Nvidia RTX hasn’t been the smoothest launch for the firm, with its flagship real-time ray-tracing held back due to Microsoft’s delayed Windows 10 October update and no titles currently supporting feature. It seems that there might be bigger problems afoot, however as an increasing number of reports show an unusual …
Read More »Blizzard announces new Diablo for mobile and fans are not happy
While Blizzard hinted that Diablo news was on the way, the firm did its best to temper expectations surrounding a fourth mainline entry in the run-up to its annual BlizzCon event. Sadly, these efforts were in vain as the newly announced Diablo Immortal for mobile has become one of the …
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