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The Game Awards revealed the best games of 2017
This year has been another stunner for fans of video gaming, with a host of brilliant new IPs, stunning open world extravaganzas, reinvigorated franchises, and a rich array of games from all genres and...
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Will your next PC be an Always-Connected PC?
My first laptop was an always-disconnected PC — a 486 with Windows 95 and a monochrome screen. It had a network port but no Wi-Fi (that wasn’t an option until 1999). No Bluetooth either. There was no...
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How many of these video gaming clichés do you secretly love?
Despite the continual evolution and sophistication of today’s video games, there are certain elements that keep on cropping up and have become almost a parody of themselves. Here are a dozen video...
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Will Your PC handle the biggest games of 2018?
It has to be said that 2017 was a monster year for gaming. Destiny 2 looked absolutely stunning on PC and had the distinction of being well-optimised for a wide range of PCs. Then there was the...
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The best desktops, laptops and mini PCs from CES 2018
Every year at the Consumer Electronics Show, the big computing manufacturers roll out all-new PCs featuring the newest technology. After the dust settled at CES 2018, these desktops, laptops, tablets...
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The tech buzzwords you need to know for 2018
Every year, the technology industry chucks out a handful of terms that you might not have encountered before. Last year, these included: FIDO, masocore, mega-tasking, the ‘Passenger Economy’ and...
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Bringing Breakthrough 5G Technology to Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018
Intel executive and telecommunications veteran Sandra Rivera continues to break barriers as she leads a global team building the first 5G wireless network to power PyeongChang 2018. Early in her career...
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Esports’ Road to the 2018 Olympics
Esports returns to its South Korean roots in the lead up to PyeongChang 2018. Growing up in Kielce, Poland, Michal Blicharz had two passions: judo and online gaming. However, he never dreamed that his...
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5G Wireless Tech Races to PyeongChang 2018
Experts explain how a new industry standard is accelerating the development of 5G technology, and how Intel will use the future wireless technology to power new ways of experiencing the Olympic Games....
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The cheap PC games of 2017 you should play in 2018
Last year proved to be another high point for gaming, with some stellar releases plus new hardware for console and PC gamers alike. Indeed there were so many great titles — often offering dozens of...
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The newest, fastest, cuddliest and weirdest tech for 2018
Now that the dust has settled and the neon has cooled after CES 2018, we can look back on the things we learned from the world’s biggest tech show. If CES shapes the year ahead, then 2018 is going to...
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Robots (but not this one) could take your job by 2030
According to the 2018 Cities Outlook report, an annual health-check of 63 city economies, automation and robotics might render 3.6 million jobs in the UK obsolete by 2030. Those most under threat...
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Are you an old gamer? This is how to tell
Those people who began their video gaming obsession back in the ’80s or ’90s are getting old. And, with the passage of time, things change: you might now be cash rich but time poor (or vice versa);...
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A beginner’s guide to watching esports online
According to Statista, esports made almost $700 million in 2017 and competitive gaming was broadcast to an audience of over 385 million people. And it’s growing all the time. By 2020, it could top $1.5...
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Step into VR anywhere with the Dell Alienware 17
It’s described as “Alienware’s most powerful 17-inch gaming laptop”, one that’s specifically “designed for VR.” But what does that actually mean? What do you get inside a machine that, at its cheapest,...
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Havok, SpeedTree and the tools that make PC games great
When a game first boots up, you’re often presented with a string of logos for technologies like Havok, Bink Video, Wwise, SpeedTree… But what are they and what do they all do? Welcome to the wonderful...
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Game anytime, anywhere with the Acer Predator Helios 300
Dedicated gaming laptops are no longer the preserve of avid players with money to burn. They’re increasingly affordable, surprisingly powerful, and provide a real alternative to a desktop PC system....
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Playing it again: remastered games vs. remakes vs. reboots
Video games don’t die any more: you only have to scour second hand game stores, online auction sites or ROM repositories, and there’s every chance that even the most obscure of games are still in...
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Into The Breach: The simple power of gameplay over graphics
In 2012, indie developer Subset Games released FTL: Faster Than Light, a rogue-like space ship simulator, which takes its inspiration from the likes of Star Trek, Firefly and Star Wars. It uses...
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6 cool things we learned at Mobile World Congress 2018
Mobile World Congress 2018 (MWC 2018) has been and gone, leaving a scatter of new hardware announcements in its wake. While the Barcelona-based show was arguably dominated by the launch of the Samsung...
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