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Valve patent suggests wireless add-on coming for Valve Index VR headset

Matthew Wilson 1 day ago Featured Tech News, Virtual Reality We may have our first look at the next upgrade for the Valve Index VR headset. This week, Valve filed a patent application for a new adjustable headstrap with a wireless module. The Valve Index is one of the best VR headsets for PC gaming,… Read more

Project Athia receives official title and release year

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Back during the PlayStation 5 reveal event, Sony showed off a game by the name of Project Athia. Published by Square Enix, this PS5 console exclusive showed off very little, but what was shown was intriguing. Now, Square Enix has given fans a… Read more

Sony Interactive Entertainment and RTS jointly acquire EVO fighting game tournament

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Sony Interactive Entertainment is expanding its esports presence this year with the acquisition of Evolution Championship Series, otherwise known as EVO. The renowned fighting game tournament is now part of the PlayStation family. Sony and a new esports upstart company known as RTS jointly… Read more

Life is Strange: True Colors officially announced

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Yesterday, Square Enix held its ‘Square Enix Presents Spring 2021’ game showcase. One of the biggest announcements was that of Life is Strange: True Colors, the next entry in the popular choice-based graphic adventure game series. Alongside a trailer, the publisher also revealed the… Read more

Nvidia RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti benchmarks confirm performance and specs

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Graphics, Notebook The Geekbench 5 database is leaking more unannounced hardware. This time around, entries have detailed the upcoming RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti GPUs for laptops, including specifications and performance scores. The RTX 3050 will feature 2048 CUDA cores, 4GB of VRAM across a 128-bit… Read more

Microsoft adds new option to increase download speeds on Xbox

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming With video games getting larger and larger in file size, and the industry moving towards an all-digital future, the need for a fast and stable internet connection is becoming more necessary by the day. In order to help this along somewhat, Microsoft… Read more

GeForce Now ends Founder’s Edition sign-ups, adds new ‘priority’ subscription tier

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Last year, Nvidia brought GeForce Now out of beta and launched a limited ‘Founder’s Edition’ subscription for the service, granting subscribers with access to RTX-powered servers. Now as GeForce Now enters its second year, Founder’s Edition sign-ups are being closed and replaced with ‘Priority’… Read more

Samsung unveils new 4K IPS monitor with 10-bit colour and HDR

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Monitors This week, Samsung launched its new S27A800U display. Aimed at professionals, this latest monitor packs a 27-inch IPS panel with 4K resolution and HDR10 capability. The 27-inch 4K IPS panel of the Samsung S27A800U features a 5ms G2G response time and offers wide 178º/178º viewing angles, so colours should… Read more

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has been rated for next-gen consoles

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was well received by most Star Wars fans following its initial release in 2019. Since then, the game has gone on to sell over 10 million copies. While Respawn Entertainment released a next-gen patch for the game, Jedi… Read more

PlayStation are giving 10 games for free including Horizon Zero dawn

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Last year, PlayStation offered a couple games for free to all users as part of its Stay at Home initiative. This year, the console manufacturer is continuing the initiative, but upping the free items. While they have already given away Ratchet & Clank… Read more

Nvidia CMP 30HX graphics card shows up at retail with crazy price tag

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Graphics It looks like retailers are beginning to receive stock for Nvidia’s upcoming CMP 30HX mining graphics card, but early indications of pricing seem unrealistic. A Palit Nvidia CMP 30HX appeared at one retailer last night, with a hefty $700 price tag. The Palit CMP 30HX listing… Read more

Microsoft is bringing Xbox Series X/S ‘Auto HDR’ feature to PC

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming One of Microsoft’s big features for backwards compatible games on Xbox Series X/S consoles has been Auto HDR, enabling High Dynamic Range across a number of SDR-only games. Now, PC gamers are also going to benefit, with Microsoft preparing to enable Auto HDR for… Read more

PSVR 2 will feature adaptive triggers, haptic feedback and more

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming, Virtual Reality Sony recently confirmed that it was working on a next-generation version of its popular PlayStation VR headset. At the time, the console manufacturer confirmed that not only would the headset get upgraded, but the controllers too. Now, Sony has revealed these… Read more

Intel’s NUC 11 Extreme Compute Element Gets The Core i9-11980HK

Home News NUC 11 Extreme Compute Element (Image credit: Chiphell) The Intel NUC 11 Extreme Compute Element (codename Driver Bay) might be right around the corner. A user from the Chiphell forums has shared a screenshot of the alleged specifications for the device, which appears to leverage Intel’s forthcoming 11th Generation Tiger Lake-H 45W chips…. Read more

XPG SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme DDR4-5000 MHz CL19 2×8 GB Review

Introduction With memory prices falling, now is a great time to be looking for memory upgrades. Fall hardware releases are in full swing, there is competition from both Intel and AMD, and the Red brand has thoroughly fixed the memory issues of generations past. No longer do users have to worry about memory compatibility or… Read more