Gaming

By Andrew Williams Nyko has announced the Databank, a PS4 add-on accessory that lets you plug a 3.5-inch hard drive into your console. The 500GB hard drive that ships in most PS4 consoles is a 2.5-inch model, but the Nyko Databank lets you use the larger 3.5-inch kind found more often in desktops. It’s not…

By Andrew Williams Nyko has announced the Databank, a PS4 add-on accessory that lets you plug a 3.5-inch hard drive into your console. The 500GB hard drive that ships in most PS4 consoles is a 2.5-inch model, but the Nyko Databank lets you use the larger 3.5-inch kind found more often in desktops. It’s not…

By Andrew Williams Just a day after Nintendo sent out the first European invitations for people to buy the new 3DS Ambassador Edition, the first consoles have been delivered. YouTube user Virtual Accomplishment has posted an unboxing of the handheld, claiming to have placed the order just the day before. The Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Edition…

By Andrew Williams PSN is down for some users once again, with issues having been acknowledged by Sony. PSN outages have been reported by many users on social networks, and Sony made its own response over Twitter, confirming that it’s looking into the issue. “We’re aware that some players are seeing drops on PSN. Engineers…

By Andrew Williams PSN is down for some users once again, with issues having been acknowledged by Sony. PSN outages have been reported by many users on social networks, and Sony made its own response over Twitter, confirming that it’s looking into the issue. “We’re aware that some players are seeing drops on PSN. Engineers…

By Cameron Faulkner At CES 2015, gaming peripherals company Mad Catz announced a slew of gaming peripherals. Surprise! Not really. But what is surprising about the few we got our hands on is that Mad Catz is touting them as platforms for playing games, not just gaming peripherals. Okay, this deserves an explanation. But thankfully,…

By Cameron Faulkner At CES 2015, gaming peripherals company Mad Catz announced a slew of gaming peripherals. Surprise! Not really. But what is surprising about the few we got our hands on is that Mad Catz is touting them as platforms for playing games, not just gaming peripherals. Okay, this deserves an explanation. But thankfully,…

By Michael Rougeau At CES 2015 this week Dell introduced a host of new laptops, including the XPS 13, which it says is the smallest 13-inch laptop in existence. The XPS 13 features what Dell calls a “virtually borderless infinity display” with an extra thin bezel, giving the 13-inch XPS 13 the actual footprint of…

By Michael Rougeau At CES 2015 this week Dell introduced a host of new laptops, including the XPS 13, which it says is the smallest 13-inch laptop in existence. The XPS 13 features what Dell calls a “virtually borderless infinity display” with an extra thin bezel, giving the 13-inch XPS 13 the actual footprint of…

By Andrew Williams During CES 2015, Turtle Beach unveiled its 2015 range of Xbox One gaming headsets, including the top-tier Elite 800X. The Turtle Beach Elite 800X is an altogether classier kind of wireless gaming headset, with integrated microphones that avoid the call-centre look of a boom mic arm. The set also offers active noise…

By Andrew Williams During CES 2015, Turtle Beach unveiled its 2015 range of Xbox One gaming headsets, including the top-tier Elite 800X. The Turtle Beach Elite 800X is an altogether classier kind of wireless gaming headset, with integrated microphones that avoid the call-centre look of a boom mic arm. The set also offers active noise…

By Andrew Williams The Nintendo 3DS Ambassador edition is a way for folks into the EU to get hold of a new-style 3DS, but only rabid Nintendo fans get the privilege of buying one. The new 3DS has only been released in Japan, Australia and New Zealand to date, but the Ambassador bundle offers gamers…

By Michael Rougeau MSI brought its gaming muscle to CES 2015 this week, debuting the GT80 Titan SLI, which it claims is the first gaming laptop with an integrated mechanical keyboard. The Titan has a SteelSeries-designed mechanical keyboard with clicky Cherry MX Brown switches, and it also comes with easily upgradeable dual NVIDIA GTX 980M…

By Cameron Faulkner Introduced at Google IO back in June 2014 amid the flurry of hype surrounding Android Lollipop and Google Cardboard, Razer announced an Android micro-console. Not much was said about it; no name, no specs, no price. Razer loosened its lips today at CES 2015, announcing the Forge TV for $99.99 (£99.99) and…

By Lily Prasuethsut Will 2015 be the year of virtual reality? Razer sure thinks so. On top of its other news, the company took to the CES 2015 show floor to announce a new platform called OSVR plus a brand new VR head mounted display. With Oculus Rift inching closer to reality, Razer has set…