China has has an intriguing history with video games. Although gaming PCs have been a common platform for accessing the world's favorite entertainment medium... Read More
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 03:41
Although zombie antagonists might feel a little long in the tooth and after decades of movies, not even that threatening anymore, there's no denying that... Read More
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 01:30
If you've finally decided to make the plunge and upgrade your ailing gaming system, or are planning on building an entirely new one to take advantage of a new... Read More
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 04:37
Google's Stadia game streaming platform could well change the face of gaming as we know it, opening up high-end, AAA PC games to consoles gamers, mobile users... Read More
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 03:08
As exciting, visually stimulating, and engaging as modern games can be, it can often feel like the developers and publishers have us figured out. They know how... Read More
Monday, February 11, 2019 - 04:29
As much as pitting your skills against those of other gamers is a great way to spend your time, it's not always the most relaxing or invigorating. If you lose... Read More
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 03:15
The Consumer Electronics Show always has a bunch of new and exciting technology on show, from TVs, to speakers, to cars, to all sorts of bizarre gadgets that... Read More
Thursday, December 20, 2018 - 02:33
The Consumer Electronics Show is one of the most exciting events of the year if you're a tech nerd. There are new laptops, new desktops, printers, networking... Read More
Friday, November 30, 2018 - 03:14
There have been a number of exciting hardware launches in 2018 and many of them have been fantastic. Not all of them have been great value though and if you're... Read More
Friday, November 16, 2018 - 03:53
It's fair to say that one of the biggest gaming debacles of 2018 has been the extremely-poorly-received announcement that the Diablo series was coming to... Read More
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 05:18
We don't often address the personal lives of people within the gaming and technology industries, but when someone who's had as much impact on the face of the... Read More
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 02:25
For PC gamers and hardware enthusiasts, upgrading can be an exciting time. New hardware means new levels of performance, maybe a quieter system overall with... Read More
Friday, September 28, 2018 - 04:04
Following the unveiling of Nvidia's RTX-series graphics cards, it's clear that the green team is firmly in the top spot when it comes to all round performance... Read More
Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 02:39
Retro gaming is an entire genre in and of itself, encapsulating everything from the earliest Pong titles, to the 80s arcade classics, and '90s fourth and fifth... Read More
Friday, August 24, 2018 - 03:58
Since the mid-90s, the holy grail of in-game lighting has been ray tracing. It's the closest approximation we can make to the way light behaves in the real... Read More
Thursday, August 16, 2018 - 02:08
With so many powerful processors in both AMD and Intel's hardware ranges, choosing the right CPU for your next gaming system upgrade can be a little difficult... Read More
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 02:49
Graphics cards have been hard to afford for much of the past year, but RAM has been out of the reach of most gamers for even longer. Starting at the tail end... Read More
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 - 05:05
Amazon's Prime Day typically means great deals for those who are part of its special little free-postage club called Amazon Prime. Alongside the access to... Read More
Monday, June 11, 2018 - 01:24
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3, is just around the corner and with it will come all of the biggest games announcements of the year. There have been... Read More
Monday, May 21, 2018 - 04:19
One of the biggest problems that has faced gamers for the past year has been getting hold of new graphics cards at affordable prices. Part of that blame can be... Read More
Friday, May 11, 2018 - 03:57
Much has been made of a supposed leak of information about Nvidia's next-generation flagship graphics card, currently speculatively named the GTX 1180, but... Read More
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 03:02
Following on from the long-running psuedo-success of our favorite VR gaming system, the HTC Vive, the Vive Pro is now available. While it is a second-... Read More
Friday, April 13, 2018 - 03:47
As much as people like to joke about the PC master race, there is something intrinsically good about gaming on a PC. You tend to have better hardware for... Read More
Friday, March 23, 2018 - 05:14
With more than 76 percent of all gamers on Steam running a 1080P monitor as their main gaming display, and only a few percent running anything more than that,... Read More
Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 04:17
Cryptocurrency mining might have made a lot of people a lot of money, but it's causing gamers no end of headaches and problems. Where once it was just ASIC... Read More
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 04:05
A lot of fuss has been made over the past few weeks about two major bugs found in Intel and AMD CPUs: Spectre and Meltdown. But what are these malicious flaws... Read More
Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 07:45
2017 was an amazing year for AMD. It went from pundits around the world talking about its eventual collapse in the early months, to bringing the heaviest... Read More
Thursday, December 28, 2017 - 06:14
With 2017 now heading behind us in the rear-view mirror, it's time to look to the future and that means games. Lots and lots of games. While there are plenty... Read More
Sunday, December 24, 2017 - 07:02
It's probably fair to say that virtual reality hasn't taken off in the manner that many expected it would. Following years of developer kits and gradual... Read More
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 - 05:08
One of the biggest regrets many tech-heads have at the close of 2017 is why oh why, didn't I save those Bitcoin I once had? People have dug through landfills,... Read More
Friday, November 24, 2017 - 04:59
If you've wanted to buy yourself a little treat in the lead up to the holidays, the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend taking place right now is the best time... Read More
Friday, November 10, 2017 - 03:50
Digital rights management (DRM) software is something that few gamers are fans of. Sure it can help a developer prevent their game from being pirated for a... Read More
Friday, October 27, 2017 - 03:04
It often seems as if gamers always have something to complain about. If it's not DLC prices, it's install size footprints. If it's not balance problems, it's... Read More
Thursday, October 5, 2017 - 04:21
Back at the tail-end of 2016 we made some predictions about what the coming year held for AMD and although Vega turned out not be quite the Nvidia competitor... Read More
Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 02:01
AMD has had a solid year in 2017, riding high on a wave of appreciation for its new Ryzen CPUs and hype for its upcoming ThreadRipper range set to take on... Read More
Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 02:09
Although Hollywood is often lampooned for its remakes, sequels and soft-reboots, the gaming industry is equally culpable for that trend. Recently we've seen a... Read More
Friday, May 5, 2017 - 02:19
AMD's Vega graphics cards are only a month or two away from release and they have a lot of people cautiously excited. In the same way as AMD's Ryzen CPUs... Read More
Friday, April 28, 2017 - 01:45
Not only is it important to know how capable your gaming system is so you can tweak in-game settings to their maximum potential, but it can be fun to see what... Read More
Friday, April 14, 2017 - 05:38
Microsoft is giving the Xbox One a major hardware upgrade with Project Scorpio when it releases later this year. Although we don't have the full details of... Read More
Friday, March 31, 2017 - 04:14
Buying a new gaming mouse is a difficult decision to make. There are so many brands out there, so many features and if you're not careful, so many dollars you... Read More
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 03:22
With AMD's Ryzen launch earlier this month, much has been said about the chips' multithreading abilities, their overclocking, their price and performance in... Read More
Friday, March 3, 2017 - 02:12
Mechanical switch keyboards might have been clacking away and infuriating sleeping loved ones since the '70s, but their popularity hasn't waned as much as you... Read More
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 03:04
As much as virtual reality might be a great setting for people looking to shoot at aliens holding guns that feel real, swing swords that feel real and perform... Read More
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 03:06
2016 was a bit of a mixed bag when it came to hardware releases. We had Nvidia push the boundaries of top-end performance with its powerful 10 series graphics... Read More
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 03:04
If you've been watching the latest series of South Park, the concept of 'membering, or looking to the past to find something for the future, has been a strong... Read More
Monday, November 21, 2016 - 02:41
2016 was a big year for both Nvidia and AMD. The former released GPUs of absolutely ungodly power and continues its push into new markets like automotive and... Read More
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 02:45
It seemed like six months ago, when the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive first debuted, that the virtual reality marketplace had reached a fever pitch of hype,... Read More
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 02:29
A lot of things have been said about No Man's Sky since its release at the start of August. Enormous, expansive, near-infinite are some of the compliments... Read More