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EA’s would-be E3 showcase is confirmed for June 11th

4 5 月, 2020 Alice O'Connor 0

E3 20202 may be cancelled but many of its big announcements will still be made. Electronic Arts today EA Play, their annual E3-adjacent showcase of upcoming games, will return on June 11th. That would have been the final day of E3. They’ll once again host a live show with games and that, just without an […]

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Here’s your first look at Lord Of The Rings: Gollum

4 5 月, 2020 Imogen Beckhelling 0

Some of the very first screenshots from Daedalic Entertainment’s The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum have appeared on the internet, and it looks fairly decent. The image above is one of the better ones to get a look at how the titular cave gremlin will look, and he sure does look like Gollum. The developers […]

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Save £199 on our favourite Acer gaming laptop

4 5 月, 2020 Alan Martin 0

The Acer Predator Triton 500 was one of our favourite gaming laptops of 2019, but at £1799, its top set of components didn’t come cheap. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case. At Scan you can get a slightly different version of the Triton 500 for considerably less money right now, with a superior Core i7-9750H […]

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Evo 2020 is going online-only

4 5 月, 2020 Alice O'Connor 0

Like everything else, Evo is not going ahead as usual this year. The fighting game championships will not invade a Las Vegas resort for a weekend at the end of July, with that event now cancelled and tickets getting refunded. But Evo 2020 is evolving, and will go online this summer. It surely won’t be […]

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Best gaming monitor deals of the week – 4th May 2020

4 5 月, 2020 Katharine Castle 0

It’s not a great time to be looking for the best gaming monitor deals at the moment, thanks to demand outstripping demand with supply chains disrupted around the world. We’ve done our best all the same, and below you’ll find some of the best gaming monitor deals going on right now. To help you find […]

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League Of Legends client speed improvements have hit some snags

4 5 月, 2020 Alice O'Connor 0

Several months into a project to improve the League Of Legends client, Riot Games say they’ve made measurable improvements but also hit a few snags. After making progress enzoomening client startup times, Riot say it actually backslid a bit. But they’re not done, they think some slowdown might be caused by the state of *frantic […]

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This 144Hz, 1440p MSI gaming monitor is just £299

4 5 月, 2020 Alan Martin 0

A few months ago, Katharine reviewed the rather excellent (and catchily-named) MSI Optix MAG272CQR gaming monitor. While it’s not the best 1440p panel we’ve looked at (that honour goes to the AOC Agon AG273QX), Katharine gave it a pretty firm thumbs up thanks to its super accurate screen and high 165Hz refresh rate. At £399, […]

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Intel and and AMD processors are going cheap at Newegg

4 5 月, 2020 Alan Martin 0

If you think being locked down for the last month has been hard on you, then pity your poor CPU: it’s just not used to this kind of focused attention. The good news is that you can now give it the gift of early retirement without breaking the bank thanks to a pretty solid sale […]