Gaming

By Darren Allan Nvidia’s line-up of Pascal-based desktop graphics cards will soon be complete with the release of the GeForce GTX 1050, and the specs of this low-end model have just been leaked. It’ll be based on the GP107 GPU and according to the leak from Chinese site Benchlife, the GTX 1050 will run with…

By Nick Pino PlayStation Neo NYC Event Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Andrew House and I have a lot in common. We’re successful entrepreneurial businessmen and yet, we’ve both lost sleep over the company’s upcoming PlayStation event that’s going to take place on September 7. OK, so maybe he’s more of a successful entrepreneurial businessman than…

By Nick Pino PlayStation Neo NYC Event Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Andrew House and I have a lot in common. We’re successful entrepreneurial businessmen and yet, we’ve both lost sleep over the company’s upcoming PlayStation event that’s going to take place on September 7. OK, so maybe he’s more of a successful entrepreneurial businessman than…

By Kane Fulton Introduction Alienware has arrived fashionably late to the Pascal party. The premium PC maker’s absence was notable at the recent launch of Nvidia’s new GTX 10-powered notebooks, with no new models to be found among the 14 gaming laptops powered by the company’s new GPU architecture. Some weeks later, Alienware has now…

By Lewis Leong Niantic, the game studio behind Pokémon Go, is readying another update for the popular mobile game. Soon, you’ll be able to choose your favorite pocket monster to be your “buddy,” confirming the rumor we reported yesterday. Once you choose a Pokémon to be your buddy, it will show up next to you…

By Parker Wilhelm The chances of the Nintendo NX just being some ordinary game console are getting ever slimmer, as sources bolster claims that the upcoming Wii U successor will use cartridges over discs to house its games. Recent advancements in flash technology have made cartridges the smarter choice for the NX, offering greater loading…

By Darren Allan Windows 10 continues to make good headway with gamers according to the latest statistics from Steam, despite the fact that the freebie offer for the OS isn’t in effect any more. Valve’s latest figures on operating system usage across the Steam user base are for August, the first full month when Windows…

By Joe Osborne Alienware has finally brought some much needed agility and versatility to its 15- and- 17-inch gaming laptops. Both notebooks have received a massive overhaul not just in components, but chassis design and unique features. For starters, Dell’s gaming division has drawn liberal inspiration from competitors like Gigabyte’s Aorus series of notebooks, but…

By Gerald Lynch All eyes may be turning to the Nintendo NX, but the home of Mario still has a few surprises up its sleeve ahead of its new console launch. Nintendo has just revealed that Super Mario Maker, one of the Wii U’s best games, is coming to the Nintendo 3DS. Perfectly suited to…

By James Rogerson Pokémon Go is already getting people outside, but the next update could give the app a bigger focus on health and fitness, by encouraging you to take your Pokémon for a walk. Based on information data mined from the app it seems you’ll soon be able to walk a ‘Buddy Pokémon’ and…

By Parker Wilhelm Sony announced today that its streaming service, PlayStation Now, is live on PC – opening up massive portions of the PlayStation catalog onto your personal computer. For $19.99/£12.99 a month, PC owners can now stream over 400 PS3 games – including previously console-exclusive titles like God of War III, Uncharted 3: Drake’s…

By Parker Wilhelm Sony announced today that its streaming service, PlayStation Now, is live on PC, opening up massive portions of the PlayStation catalog to your personal computer. For $19.99/£12.99 a month, PC owners can now stream over 400 PS3 games, including previously console-exclusive titles like God of War III, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and…

By Darren Allan How big can a laptop get? Usually, they don’t venture past the 17-inch mark, but an incoming offering from Acer certainly puts the ‘desktop’ into desktop replacement notebook – it’s a 21-inch model. Yes, according to that ever-flowing fountain of rumors, DigiTimes, Acer has a 21-inch gaming laptop in the pipeline which…

By Darren Allan How big can a laptop get? Usually, they don’t venture past the 17-inch mark, but an incoming offering from Acer certainly puts the ‘desktop’ into desktop replacement notebook – it’s a 21-inch model. Yes, according to that ever-flowing fountain of rumors, DigiTimes, Acer has a 21-inch gaming laptop in the pipeline which…

By Jon Porter New details have emerged concerning the forthcoming Nintendo NX‘s controller and it looks like big changes are on the way for the new console. The first rumored change is with its D-pad, which will reportedly now be a split D-pad (like those used by Sony on all four PlayStations) rather than the…