It has been a long road but Square Enix is close to wrapping up development on Final Fantasy XV. Last year, Square Enix launched the game's demo and even updated it a little over the months that followed but the full game is set to come out this year and …
Read More »U.S. transport authority not phased by Google autonomous car crash
Despite politicians typically not being the most forward thinking bunch, the U.S. transport secretary, Anthony Foxx, hasn't jumped on a recent crash of Google's autonomous car into a bus, claiming that it was inevitable with new technology, but that the government would continue to drive it forward. The Obama administration, …
Read More »Pirate Party proves most popular in Icelandic polls
The Pirate Party may not have huge success in every country it operates, but the Icelandic branch is making great strides. Although the next parliamentary election isn't set to take place until 2017, the Pirate Party is currently polling with 38 per cent of the vote, putting it more than …
Read More »U.S. DOJ and Facebook/WhatsApp may clash over encryption
As the case of the FBI against Apple continues to draw eyeballs and backing for both camps from various parties, Facebook and its WhatsApp service may have their own clash with the U.S. legal system. The Department of Justice is struggling with a case where a wiretap cannot be performed …
Read More »Twitch channel purportedly exchanged as part of divorce
There's no denying that popular Twitch channels can be extremely lucrative. With enough followers and enough eyeballs on whatever game you're playing, those advertising dollars can really start to rack up. In what is a first for the platform though, it seems like one channel has changed hands as part …
Read More »Nvidia could debut Pascal ‘GTX 1080’ in May
Nvidia is gearing up to launch its new Pascal GPU architecture this year. While early rumours pointed towards a Q1 2016 release it is clear that the timeline has shifted a bit. The latest unofficial word on the street is that Nvidia may launch the GTX 1080 in May, with …
Read More »Hackers lose $800 million in bank heist after spelling error
Some hackers recently attempted to steal close to $1 billion from several banks only to lose most of it over a spelling error. The hacking group took over systems at a bank in Bangladesh and began their scheme by transferring money from accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New …
Read More »Blizzard has just patched Diablo 2 for first time in 5 years
We learned some time ago that Blizzard was hiring people to maintain and work on some of its older titles, patching them up to keep them working on modern operating systems. Well, now we are starting to see the fruit of that labor as Diablo 2 has just been patched …
Read More »Adobe patches Flash yet again after new security flaw emerges
This is becoming a very common occurrence. Today, Adobe has issued a new patch for Flash and is urging users to update their version of the software as yet another security flaw has been discovered. The patch fixes “critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge go on sale today
Samsung's new pair of flagship smartphones for 2016 are going on sale today. From today, you should be able to get hold of a Galaxy S7 or a Galaxy S7 Edge in the US, UK and Australia. If you have been following news on both devices, then you will likely …
Read More »The Division players no longer need to queue to use a laptop
Update: You can read our performance analysis of The Division on PC, HERE. The Division launched this week and while our performance review isn't up just yet, it will be landing soon! However, we're not here to talk about that right now. If you jumped into the game at launch, …
Read More »Napster founder wants to send new films to your home for £35
Although it's been a long time since Napster put the fear in the music industry, co-founder Sean Parker has been quietly influencing the world of tech ever since. As an early Facebook investor, he helped pioneer modern social networking and now he wants to do the same with getting new …
Read More »Sony is looking to recruit ex-Lionhead developers
Sad news hit long-time PC gamers this week, as it was announced on Monday that Lionhead studios, the company responsible for classics like Black and White and the original Fable, was being shuttered by parent firm Microsoft. Fortunately though, it looks like just having worked there will get you in …
Read More »Space X’s reusable rockets could cut space launch costs by 1/3
Among many advances, the biggest contribution Space X stands to make to humanity's space-faring efforts, is in bringing the cost down for launches. With its reusable Falcon 9 first stage rocket, Space X believes it can make savings on traditional launches of almost a third, once it nails the recovery …
Read More »Garry’s Mod developer has built a VR level editor
As much as game development engines have come on a lot over the past couple of decades, they are in some ways still rather clunky. Using a 2D interface and input peripheral to play with a 3D world isn't particularly intuitive, but what if you could step into that third …
Read More »Crytek’s VR demo Dinosaur Island 2 now available free on Steam
One of the earliest demos that got people excited for virtual reality, was Crytek's original Back to Dinosaur Island. It was short, but used some of the high-quality visuals Crytek is known for to woo VR and 2D viewers alike. It wasn't the only one Crytek made though and now, just …
Read More »AMD announces XConnect, new feature for external GPUs
A couple of weeks ago, AMD began teasing that it was working on something new for external graphics cards and today, the company finally put its cards on the table, showing off XConnect, a new feature aimed to make external graphics solutions as good as they should be. Starting from …
Read More »GALAX launches GTX 980Ti HOF GOC edition GPU
We have seen plenty of variants of the GTX 980Ti over the last 9 months or so but today GALAX has launched one that really caught our eye. Today marks the launch of the GALAX GTX 980Ti HOF GOC, an all white GTX 980Ti complete with a modified PCB and …
Read More »Sony admits PSVR doesn’t match the quality of the Oculus Rift
Sony is getting ready to launch PlayStation VR later this year, which will focus on the console side of things while headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive capture the PC audience. However, Sony isn't under any illusions and has admitted that the PlayStation VR headset doesn't match the …
Read More »Hitman won’t be releasing on disc until 2017
Square Enix and IO Interactive are taking a different approach with Hitman this year. The game comes out tomorrow but it will be released episodically for the first time, meaning content will be rolled out in chunks over the course of 2016. This has the knock-on effect of making Hitman …
Read More »Elite Dangerous will land on Oculus Rift at launch
Elite: Dangerous has often been touted as a SteamVR title so we knew it would be landing on the HTC Vive when that comes out in April. However, today, Oculus and Frontier announced that Elite: Dangerous would also be available on the Oculus Rift from the headset's launch on the …
Read More »CD Projekt Red reveals roadmap for upcoming releases
CD Projekt Red has swiftly become one of the most popular studios around with plenty of gamers waiting to see what the team will do next following on from The Witcher 3. Now we have a rough idea of what to expect and when from the studio as its five-year …
Read More »HTC could be set to make Nexus phones for next three years
Google has often switched between different smartphone makers on an almost yearly basis for its Nexus devices. However, this year that could change, we have already been hearing rumours that HTC is set to make this year's Nexus flagship but the company could be on board for the next two …
Read More »Oculus digital platform now supports Facebook
Although the specifics of how Oculus VR's digital store and home-hub platform will work are still mostly unknown, we do know that it can support Facebook. Although unsurprising considering the social network is the parent company of the VR startup, this is something that could really separate Oculus' Rift headset …
Read More »Virtual reality: the how, the what, the when (Part2)
You didn't think we were done talking about VR just yet did you? We're just getting started. In this, the second part of our discussion on the state of VR, we talk about some of the content that's coming up for virtual reality and how to effectively wear a VR …
Read More »Daesh leak sees 22,000 foreign recruits profiled
The details of more than 22,000 international recruits of terrorist group Daesh, have been revealed as part of a leak by a disgruntled former member of the organisation's internal security team. Of the total, four were said to come from the USA, while 16 Britons were found as part of …
Read More »The Division is Ubisoft’s biggest new game ever
If you've been getting bored of the marketing for Tom Clancy's The Division showing up just about everywhere online, get ready to see a whole lot more of it. Following its beta lead in, the game has managed to sell more copies in the first 24 hours after launch than …
Read More »ASRock re-enables overclocking on non-K Intel CPUs with new motherboards
Earlier this year, Intel issued a microcode update to motherboard manufacturers to close the loophole that allowed customers to overclock their locked, non-K series Intel Skylake CPUs. However, it looks like ASRock has found a way around this, re-enabling the BCLK overclocking option once again on two of its new …
Read More »This modular keyboard lets you mix and match mechanical switches
Having a good mechanical keyboard has become something of a staple for any PC gamer's setup. However, aside from the recent uprising of RGB lighting, keyboards haven't changed much over the years. However, EpicGear has quite an interesting idea in mind and has created a modular keyboard that allows you …
Read More »Sony finally giving out free games after lawsuit over PSN hack
Way back in 2011, Sony's PlayStation Network suffered a major security breach which knocked the service and 70 million PS3 owners offline for 23 days. As you might imagine, a class action lawsuit was swiftly put together in the US and back in 2014, Sony made a settlement agreement to …
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