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Over the last couple of years, Sega has been making a big push for its Yakuza series in the west, and so far, it has been paying off nicely. Both Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 6 rated highly in sales charts on the PS4 and soon, all seven Yakuza titles will …

Since its announcement back in 2016, Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding has seemed more like a dream with its weird and wonderful cinematics. Now, the game has come to life with a complete gameplay showcase during this year’s PlayStation’s E3 panel, as Death Stranding introduces more stars into its Hollywood line-up. …

Bethesda ended its E3 presentation by announcing the long-awaited Elder Scrolls VI. While many rejoiced at the title finally becoming a reality, countless more breathed a sigh of relief that this would likely be the end of Skyrim’s limitless re-releases. Unfortunately for that crowd, Bethesda has transcended the meme, announcing …

With Computex 2018 now over, we have just a couple more stories to bring you from the show floor. One of these comes from Riotoro, as it showcased its very unique Project Morpheus case that can be resized from ATX to Micro ATX form-factors, and vice versa. In practice, this …

It was announced recently that Microsoft would be buying GitHub, the repository sharing service, for an eye-watering $7.5 billion. A few days ago, the future GitHub CEO, Nat Freidman, did an AMA on Reddit answering the community’s burning questions about the acquisition. On Reddit, Nat Friedman decided to do an …

While original company BlackBerry Limited has begun its legal crusade against Facebook and Snap, TCL-owned BlackBerry Mobile is continuing to produce Android smartphones. Following on from the mildly successful KeyOne, the BlackBerry Key2 is available to pre-order in the UK before shipping later in the month. The BlackBerry Key2 was …

For the past five years, the title of ‘world’s fastest supercomputer’ belonged to China thanks to Sunway TaihuLight in Wuxi. Now, the United States has peaked once again with the introduction of Summit, an AI-powered supercomputer Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tennessee. To put things in perspective, China’s TaihuLight has …

Apple doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to batteries, from reports of swelling in the iPhone 8 Plus to being caught red handed intentionally slowing performance in favour of extending battery life. In its latest debacle, iPhone users are complaining that iOS 11.4 botched their battery life, causing …

Back in January, Tesla-founder Elon Musk debuted the Boring Company Flamethrower, selling all 20,000 in its first weekend. Now, the first 1,000 have made their way into the hands of owners who lived close enough to the SpaceX headquarters to manually pick theirs up. In an unsurprising, yet unfortunate turn …

At Bethesda's E3 conference last night, not only did we get a good look at Fallout 76 and a few other games heading our way in the near future, but we were also treated to two major announcements. For starters, Bethesda has announced The Elder Scrolls VI, but the studio …

Over the last six years, Playground Games has been helping to keep Microsoft's first-party efforts afloat with the Forza Horizon series. These huge open world racers tend to be crowd pleasers, but Forza Horizon 4 looks to be the best entry yet. The new game arrives in October and will …

Two years ago, Gears of War made its big return with Gears 4. The game went on to garner plenty of praise amongst fans and critics, but we've all been left wondering what's next since then. Fortunately, the franchise made a huge splash at E3 this year, with three games …

After dropping a new trailer during Microsoft’s E3 panel, Bethesda took to the stage for its own showcase, shedding light on Fallout 76. Approximately four times the size of Fallout 4, Fallout 76 will be an online-only survival game akin to Day Z and Rust, set just 25 years after …

Cyberpunk 2077 was first teased all the way back at the start of 2013, and five years later we finally have our first look at what the game has in store for us. Last night during the Xbox E3 conference, CD Projekt Red finally unveiled the game, with a new …

E3 has arrived, and while there will be announcements aplenty, unfortunately not all series will get the same attention. Here are 9 of the most wanted sequels that likely won't appear at the event.

At Computex this year, Noctua took the opportunity to show off some new prototype coolers currently in the works. Nothing here is quite ready for market yet, but it gives us a good look at what is coming up, and the key differences between current models and newer ones. Oh, …

One of our final stops in Taipei this year was In-Win, who as always, had some very stylistic and visually pleasing cases to show off. Some are intended for the mass market, while one in particular can only be described as a showpiece, with a whopping £5,000 price tag. We'll …

Computex has officially come to an end, but we still have a few bits left to talk about from our week in Taipei. At the show, we had the chance to check out the EK Water Blocks suite at the Hyatt, giving us a good look at upcoming water cooling …

Over the course of Computex, we reported on a number of new Cooler Master launches, including the new Extreme XG750 power supply. The Computex booth was actually our second time seeing this PSU, as a few days before, we were invited to visit Cooler Master's design studio in New Taipei …

We're finally in the home stretch of Computex coverage. One of our last stops this year was Lian-Li, with a couple of good cases on show. The big takeaway from Lian-Li this year is that the company is finally moving into the RGB space, with its own case lighting and …

Earlier on in the week, Leo went to visit Seasonic, and while he was there he came across something quite interesting – an entirely passively cooled Mini ITX chassis from Monsterlabo. The chassis, inventively named ‘The First' because it is Monsterlabo's first case, may be of the Mini ITX form …

While the centerpiece of G.Skill's Computex presence is the Overclocking World Championship, the ultra-fast memory maker had plenty of other interesting things to show off at their booth. For starters, there is a 5GHz DDR4 kit on the way for consumers, some very sleek mechanical keyboards on the way, and …

If you saw Leo's recent video where he builds a mega £10,000 dual system rig, you will have noticed plenty of Alphacool gear. Naturally, Leo jumped at the chance to take a look some new liquid cooling hardware from the German company, including an all new lineup of radiators. The new …

While we already had a private run down of the new Level 20 case series from Thermaltake earlier this week, today at Computex LEO had the chance to swing by and check them out for himself, alongside some rather impressive modded PCs. Thermaltake's level 20 case series is arriving to …

On our last day at Computex 2018, Leo was able to visit ASRock to see a range of new B450 motherboards, ASRock's new family of graphics cards as well as some showcase systems. Starting with new B450 motherboards, the first model we saw was the B450 Gaming-ITX/AC. This continues ASRock's …

With Computex 2018 now officially over, our man Leo was at the closing press conference to gather any final nuggets of information. As usual, TAITRA – the organising body behind Computex 2018 – had plenty of facts and figures to share. Foremost among these is the fact that, as of …

Before heading home after a long week in Taipei, both Leo and Briony stopped by MSI's booth at Computex 2018. They got hands on with all sorts of tech, including X399 motherboards, 240Hz monitors with RGB lighting, as well as a whole range of new peripherals. The first thing to …

While Computex has now come to an end, we have just a couple more stories to bring you from the show floor. The first of these is definitely one for any mechanical keyboard enthusiasts out there, as we went hands-on with new models from both Varmilo and Ducky.   Starting …

Following on from the European Commission fining Google a record-breaking €2.42 billion over its Shopping search engine last year, the tech giant found itself under investigation for antitrust allegations against Android. The decision of the case is expected to be revealed next month, however Google could be breaking records once …

Amazon’s Fire TV Cube has been rumoured since September last year, with whispers that the new smart device would be powered by the company’s personal assistant, Alexa. The shopping giant has now made the Fire TV Cube official, endowing the streaming box with the ability to push 4K content while …