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One of the most exciting game announcements at E3 this year was undoubtedly ‘A Way Out'. The game comes from the creators of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, except this time, there is a little more action involved as you and a friend attempt to escape prison and evade …

Given that there is a very public and ugly legal battle going on between Zenimax and Oculus/Facebook at the moment, Oculus Rift support for Bethesda's new virtual reality titles was in doubt. DOOM VFR is the first of Bethesda's VR games to land on PC and sure enough, it seems …

The week of Cyber Monday sales is coming to a close, but it isn’t over for MSI here in the UK. The company is giving one last slash to the prices of its desktop offerings, throwing in some free goodies for eligible purchases for good measure. First up is eBuyer’s …

While tempered glass cases are currently the ‘in thing’, open-frame cases are still somewhat few and far between. Thermaltake continues to expand its Core brand to include the P90, retaining the hybrid open-frame and tempered glass approach while changing up its shape. The unique triangular prism shape of the Core …

After splitting with Imagination Technologies, Apple is continuing its trend of bucking reliance on others in favour creating its own technology. Anonymous sources now state that the company plans to take power management chips into its own hands, eventually dropping Dialog Semiconductor as its supplier. The reports come from Nikkei …

Over the past month, Microsoft Edge has enjoyed a beta period across smartphone devices, with its focus being its “continue on PC” functionality. This was originally a closed testing period requiring people to sign up for special access, but now all Android and iOS users can get their hands on …

It has been two years since AMD doubled down on driver support and began rolling out Radeon Software: Crimson Edition. In 2016, the company decided to stick with Crimson for a bit longer, launching Radeon Software Crimson Relive. Now this year, AMD is going to start rolling out its next …

Industry analyst SuperData Research has announced that digital video game spending has increased by 15 percent, year-over-year in October. Most of this is attributed to multiplayer games, despite the current controversy they are surrounded in. Collectively, sales on PC, consoles and mobile amounted to $8.5 billion, an increase of $1.1 …

If you are a virtual reality fan, then you likely have your eyes peeled for tomorrow's launch of DOOM VFR on Steam. If you are planning to jump into Bethesda's first PC VR game, then both AMD and Nvidia have you covered with GPU driver updates. Let's start off with …

Yesterday, EA commented on Battlefront II’s loot box system, stating that the reason it hasn’t stuck solely to cosmetics is to abide by the current Disney canon of the Star Wars universe. It seems that this wasn’t always an issue, however, as dataminers have uncovered deeper character customisation within the …

It looks like Google has rattled some cages here in the UK, as the company is facing a class action lawsuit. The suit is led by the former executive director of consumer body ‘Which?' and alleges that Google illegally harvested personal data from its users in the UK. Richard Lloyd, …

Following on from a couple of software screw-ups this week, Apple has said that it would review its development process. Over the last two days, two incidents have occurred, with a security bug easily allowing admin access to macOS High Sierra systems. A patch was issued but this in turn …

Yesterday, an alarming macOS bug came to light that allowed you to access any system running High Sierra simply by typing Root at the login screen and pressing enter twice. This posed as a huge security issue, leading to Apple pushing out an emergency patch. Unfortunately, it seems that in …

As Bungie promised, last night, the studio posted details on what's next for the future of the game in an effort to address growing concerns among regular players. They key message seems to be that going forward, Bungie wants to do more to support players who want Destiny to be …

Back in October, EA officially closed down Visceral Games and announced that it would be ‘pivoting' and handing over the studio's Star Wars game to a new team in order to ‘broaden' it. Since then, EA's CFO has shed some additional light on why this happened, claiming that the game …

A few weeks ago, Take-Two's CEO said in an earnings call that the publisher would be looking to include microtransactions in all of its games moving forward. This of course, arrived just before the Battlefront II loot box fiasco. Given the backlash EA is facing, other publishers are likely taking …

It’s no secret that Samsung continuously impresses us with its line of SSDs, however its latest update might have botched it for owners of Samsung's 960 Pro drives. Reports have been cropping up that its latest firmware is causing instability across the board, and while Samsung is aware of the …

Although Sony has revealed quite a lot of exclusives throughout 2017, padded out through events such as E3 and its Paris Games Week, it has one more event to close out the year. PlayStation Experience 2017 lands on December 9th, and Sony has announced its full line-up of what to …

Samsung has begun preparing itself for the incoming wave of demand for 10nm chips. Today, the company announced that its Foundries have commenced mass production of system-on-chip (SoC) products built using Samsung's second generation 10nm FinFET process, known as 10LPP (Low Power Plus). The new 10LPP process allows up to …

Following reports of display issues, speaker problems, and some not even housing its operating system, the Google Pixel 2 disaster continues, as reports have surfaced surrounding impromptu shutdowns on both devices. Google has said that it will fix the issue “in the coming weeks” via a software update. The bug …

A few weeks ago, Session released its demo ahead of launching its Kickstarter campaign, with gameplay that reminisced over EA’s incredible, but long-gone Skate franchise. Now, with three weeks left on the clock, Session developers turn to backer-voted stretch goals after smashing its goal by £13,000. “It's time to change …

Earlier today, macOS users discovered an alarming security flaw that could grant admin access to the system right from the login screen. The bug meant that Macs running High Sierra could be accessed just by typing “root” and pressing enter a number of times. It was an incredibly basic security …

Despite already earning a whopping $168 million from its crowdfunding efforts, developer Cloud Imperium is looking to expand its income for Star Citizen. Now, it is offering plots of in-game land to try and generate more money, acting almost like the players own base. These microtransactions are claim licenses in …

The controversy surrounding Star Wars Battlefront II has been going back and forth for a while but since switching off microtransactions, EA has been pretty quiet on the subject. Now, the publisher's CFO, Blake Jorgensen has elaborated a bit more on EA's decisions leading up to release, specifically addressing the …

The Apple VS Qualcomm lawsuit has taken another turn. This time around though, its Apple firing the shots, with the company accusing Qualcomm of infringing on its patents. This latest development turns the tables somewhat, as the patents in question relate to the Snapdragon 820 and Snapdragon 800 processors, which …

Last week, news broke that Uber had suffered a major security breach in 2016, which in all, affected 57 million users. Seven million drivers had their details stolen during the breach, alongside 50 million active Uber users. At the time, the company paid the hackers $100,000 and disguised the breach …

Last week, the folks at Gazillion Studios faced some bad news. After several years of working on Marvel Heroes and delivering consistent content for the player base, the studio was forced to shut down. This led to employees being laid off just days before Thanksgiving in the US. This also …

Later on today, Bungie was scheduled to hold a livestream going over new details for Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, The Curse of Osiris. However, there has been growing unrest within the player base over the last couple of weeks, so instead of an expansion livestream, Bungie will be looking to …

Hearthstone is set to close out the year with its 135-card expansion, Kobolds & Catacombs on December 12th. This hasn’t stopped people looking ahead at what’s to come, as lead artist, Ben Thomson reveals that 2018 is set to see three more sizeable expansions, including single-player content. Kobolds & Catacombs …

By this point, the iPhone X Face ID has been bested on numerous occasions, one of which was conducted by Bkav Corp. The Vietnamese researchers are back at it again, this time from a simpler, more realistic method. While another attempt at cracking Apple’s authentication system might seem a little …