Some images have turned up online that claim to show the next-generation Microsoft Xbox consoles arriving at retailer Target in the US. Images show the real boxes for the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S. According to the leaker, the photos were taken moments after the shipment of 10 Series X consoles and …more
Microsoft has officially confirmed that a videogame called Ghostrunner will debut on the Xbox One on October 27. The game will feature Smart Delivery Support for Xbox Series X and S in 2021. The game is up for preorder now and offers a limited-time discount and exclusive swords to those who purchase early. Ghostrunner is …more
Ubisoft has announced that it will be combining its Uplay and Ubisoft Club services into a single free service known as Ubisoft Connect. The new service will support cross-play and cross-progression for a bunch of upcoming Ubi games. The company says the service is an “ecosystem of players services for Ubisoft games across all platforms.” …more
Fortnite fans have a new patch that brings fresh content they can enjoy with the annual Fortnitemares event underway. The event is different this year than in past years. Rather than fighting zombie-like creatures, Shadows have appeared. Shadows are undead spooks fighting for Midas as he seeks revenge. The event is called Midas’ Revenge and …more
A while back, we talked a little bit about Amazon Luna. Luna is a gaming service that allows users to stream games directly from the cloud. The service is launching in Early Access as it builds up its game library and works on its technology. A lucky few have gained access to the Early Access …more
Prime Day has come and gone, but Amazon is still offering some good deals for gamers. One of the most anticipated games of the year is Cyberpunk 2077. The game is set to launch on November 19 and is available for preorder now. Amazon is offering $10.05, which is 17 percent, off the game’s regular …more
Microsoft has updated the iOS Xbox app with a new feature that allows gamers to stream games from the Xbox One to the iPhone or iPad. Before iPhone users get too excited, this is not the same Project xCloud app available for Android devices letting users play games from the cloud. What iOS users get …more
LG has announced the launch of the world’s first rollable TV known as the LG Signature OLED R. The TV is launching in Korea and costs the equivalent of $87,000. In some parts of the US, you can buy a house for that much money. The big feature of the TV is that its thin …more
A dataminer called Shrugtal has ferreted out some details of a coming game mode for Apex Legends. According to the information, developer Respawn is currently working on a new “Arena” game mode added to the game. The information the dataminer discovered showed UI slots on the main Play menu for a new Arena mode. For …more
Fans of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, who enjoyed the open beta that was supposed to have ended over the weekend have some good news. The open beta has been extended and now ends on October 20 at 10 AM PT. The beta is available to all players on PS4, PC, and Xbox …more
Amazon Prime Day 2020 ended earlier this week. The online giant is talking about the most popular products sold between October 13 and October 14 across 19 countries. According to Amazon, it’s Echo Dot devices were among the bestsellers globally. Amazon didn’t offer final sales numbers, but what it did say was that sales from …more
Xbox has released a full list of all the games optimized for the Series X and Series S consoles from launch day. Fans have been waiting in anticipation to hear which games will be optimized for the console as those who have preordered look forward to what they’ll get to play once they get the …more
Fortnite fans who didn’t login and play the game yesterday missed their opportunity to earn the Daredevil outfit for their character. For those who are somehow unaware of who Daredevil is, he’s the superhero featured in a Netflix series, movies, and lots of comic books. The event took place on October 14 between 5 PM …more
Amazon’s biggest sale of the year, Prime Day, is going on right now, and gamers can get a steal on one of the more popular video games that launched this year. The Last of Us 2 is currently available on Amazon for PS4 gamers for $40. That price is reportedly the lowest since the game …more
Rocket Q4 Pairs QLC to PCIe Gen4 Sabrent has been making waves in the SSD market by releasing a slew of different drive series to market covering all sorts of consumer needs. One of their latest drives is the Rocket Q4, which uses QLC NAND Flash along with the PCIe Gen 4.0 interface. Sabrent is …more
XPG Battlecruiser Case Review XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear) was established by ADATA Technology Co., Ltd. This brand focuses on providing high-performance products to gamers, esports professionals, and tech enthusiasts. Expanding to their growing computer case lineup is the XPG Battlecruiser. The company calls this a super mid tower chassis with its four 4mm tempered glass …more
XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite – PCIe Gen4 Controller by Silicon Motion When AMD launched the Ryzen 3000 processor series they ushered in the era of PCIe Gen4 SSDs when the X570 platform launched in the summer of 2019. The only downside was that the first PCIe Gen4 drives were expensive with 1TB models costing around $250 …more
XPG Levante 240 w/ Dual 120mm ARGB Lighting Fans As the first liquid CPU cooler from XPG, the Levante 240 is built for performance and appearance with ARGB lighting. It supports various Intel sockets and socket AM4, making it compatible with a wide variety of consumer-grade CPUs. RGB lighting is addressable with most major motherboard brands …more
Samsung introduced new PRO Plus and EVO Plus SD cards this morning that will be appealing for content creators and and professionals in the photography and videography space! The PRO Plus is aimed at professionals with sequential speeds of up to 100MB/s read and 90MB/s write. The EVO Plus is aimed at content creators with transfer …more
XPG Prime ARGB VGA and MB Extension Cables Review To expand on RGB lighting in modern computers, XGP has released two types of RGB extension cables. The Prime ARGB MB extension cable is for the motherboard, and the Prime ARGB VGA extension cables are for powering the graphics card. With the 24-pin (20+4) Prime ARGB …more
Corsair MP400 – Low Cost QLC NAND Flash NVMe SSD Corsair announced the MP400 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD series today and you should take a second to look at what it brings before writing it off as just another Gen3 storage drive. The Corsair MP400 is powered by Phison’s E12S controller and paired with …more
Western Digital Goes PCIe 3.0 x8 with AN1500 AIC PCI Express Gen 4.0 might be all the rage these days, but Western Digital is by no means giving up on the PCIe Gen3 interface that is used on millions of desktop PCs. Proof of that is the introduction of the WD_Black AN1500 NVMe SSD Add-in-Card …more
LaCie Rugged SSD – Premium NVMe SSD If you are really rough on your portable drives or ever had one fail due to environmental reasons, the LaCie Rugged SSD might be what you need. This external NVMe SSD has speeds of up to 950 MB/s and is rated IP67 for water resistance, three-meter drop tolerance, and two-ton car crush resistance! It also …more
HyperX Cloud Core + 7.1 Gaming Headset Review HyperX is expanding their headset lineup with the addition of the Cloud Core with 7.1 virtual surround sound. Designed for multiple platforms, like PC and PS4, the Cloud Core 7.1 is ready for long gaming sessions in comfort with HyperX’s signature Cloud DNA. It comes with a …more
SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2 Goes NVMe For 2020 Western Digital updated their line of SanDisk Extreme portable SSDs today with the debut of the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2 and the SanDisk Extreme PRO V2. Both drives over nearly 2x the speed of the previous generation! More content creators are working with 4K and …more
[email protected] GPU Workloads Become CUDA-Enabled! The [email protected] project started the week by announcing that NVIDIA GPU users should soon be seeing a big boost in performance as their projects are now fully CUDA-enabled! NVIDIA engineers and the [email protected] team used the open source OpenMM toolkit to make this possible and are seeing 15-30% speedups on most [email protected] GPU …more
Corsair CX-F RGB Series Brings RGB Lighting To Power Supplies This week CORSAIR launched their first line of individually addressable RGB-lit power supplies, the CX-F RGB Series. The series is available in 550W, 650W, and 750W models in your choice of either black or brilliant white housing and cables. All are 80 PLUS Bronze-certified when it …more
For Those That Want The Best – GeForce RTX 3090 If you are looking for the fastest desktop graphics card in the world, you might be interested in the GeForce RTX 3090 that just came out this morning. This card offers the best performance in GeForce series and was designed to handle any workload at it. …more
SK hynix to Acquire Intel NAND Memory Business NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SK hynix will pay US $9 billion for the Intel NAND memory and storage business, which includes the NAND SSD business, the NAND component and wafer business, and the Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China. SK hynix aims to enhance the competitiveness of …more
Silicon Motion Launches PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.4 Controller Solutions for Client SSDs New controller solutions offer best-in-class Power and Performance up to 7,400/6,800 MB/s Sequential Read/Write Speeds TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 20, 2020 — Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion”), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage …more
HyperX Releases QuadCast S USB Microphone with Dynamic RGB Lighting Effects that can be Personalized with Custom Settings Ideal for Streamers and those Working from Home, RGB Microphone Features Four Polar Patterns and Built-in Anti-Vibration Shock Mount FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif – Sept. 28, 2020 – Underscoring an unwavering commitment to streamers, casters and work from …more
World’s Fastest Discrete Graphics Memory From Micron Powers NVIDIA’s Breakthrough Gaming Speeds Micron GDDR6X accelerates photorealistic 3D experiences at 1 terabyte per second, rates once thought impossible BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced the world’s fastest discrete graphics memory solution, GDDR6X, the first to power system …more
Toshiba releases New Canvio Portable Storage Lineup with New Applications and Designs Adding new Canvio Flex and Canvio Gaming models along with new colors and textures. Irvine, Calif. — August 31, 2020 — Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. announces the newest models of the Canvio Portable Storage lineup. Canvio Flex models with USB-C are portable storage …more
Intel Launches World’s Best Processor for Thin-&-Light Laptops: 11th Gen Intel Core More than 150 Designs in Development, Including 20 Verified Under New Intel Evo Platform Brand NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel launches 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics, the world’s best processors for thin-and-light laptops, delivering up to 2.7x faster content creation, …more
QNAP Launches USB 3.2 Gen 2 Dual-port PCIe Expansion Card for NAS and PC – SuperSpeed+ up to 10Gbps Taipei, Taiwan, August 20, 2020 – QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today launched the QXP-10G2U3A – a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Dual-port PCIe Expansion Card which provides speeds of up …more
Western Digital’s New Sleek WD Brand My Passport SSD Is Built for Speed to Accelerate Productivity With Massive File Sizes and Loads of Digital Content, Consumers Continue to Trust WD Brand Products for Fast Reliable Storage SAN JOSE, Calif. – Aug 20, 2020 For consumers who need to accelerate their productivity and protect their valuable content …more
SK hynix to Expand United States Market Presence with the Launch of the World’s First 128-Layer NAND Consumer PCIe NVMe SSD Seoul, Korea – August 18th, 2020 SK hynix Inc. (or “the Company,” www.skhynix.com), a global semiconductor supplier based in Korea, announced today the release of its newest PCIe SSD: the SK hynix Gold P31. The …more
MediaTek and Intel Advance Partnership to Bring 5G to Next Generation of PCs MediaTek T700 modem successfully performs 5G standalone calls HSINCHU, Taiwan – Aug. XX, 2020 – MediaTek today announced advances in its collaboration with Intel to bring 5G experiences to next-generation PCs with the successful development and certification of its 5G modem data …more
HyperX Releases Cloud Core Gaming Headset with 7.1 Surround Sound Signature HyperX Cloud Comfort with 7.1 Surround Sound for PC and PS4 Gamers FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif – Aug. 3, 2020 – HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., today announced the release of the HyperX Cloud Core Gaming Headset with 7.1 surround …more
PUBG Celebrates 70 Million Units Sold With the Newly Remastered Sanhok Map for Season 8 Update 8.1 welcomes players back to the jungle with a reimagined map, the Loot Truck, a new Ranked Mode season, and more SANTA MONICA, Calif.– PUBG Corporation, pioneer of the battle royale genre, today announced that its trailblazing title, PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG), …more
Introducing the EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 KO with GDDR6 The EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 KO gives you the best gaming performance at a value you cannot resist. Now it’s updated with GDDR6 memory, giving you that extra edge to up your game to the next level. Turing Shaders Featuring concurrent execution of floating point and …more
QNAP Introduces its First 2.5GbE Network Switch Taipei, Taiwan, July 16, 2020 – QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today launched its first 2.5GbE network switch – the QSW-1105-5T. Featuring five 2.5GbE ports, plug-and-play set up, automatic loop detection and blocking, and auto-negotiation functions, the QSW-1105-5T allows users to easily build a …more
