Top Deal: Looking to pick up a low cost notebook that doesn’t suck? Good news, you have options, and they don’t involve putting the words “Chrome” and “book” together. Not that we’re hating on Chromebooks — they’re fine for their intended purpose. However, even the best Chromebook models won’t be able to keep up with…
Invading the retail space It seems like we’ve talking about Steam Machines for 100 years or so (it’s actually been closer to 2 years, which in all fairness is roughly the equivalent of 100 in technology years), and come next month, official Steam hardware devices will finally launch. This is really happening, and it won’t…
SHOCKTOBER will be a month like no other on the PlayStation Now Game Streaming Subscription service. Thirteen dangerously fun games will be unleashed on the subscription service on Tuesday, October 6th to get your Halloween celebrations started with a bang! We also hope to resurrect your interest in fifteen other frightfully good games already haunting…
Swimming in a live-stream Microsoft is planning to unveil new hardware during a special press event tomorrow in New York City, though you won’t have to attend in person to see it go down. Instead, you can sit at home in your skivvies and watch the announcements through a live-stream. The event kicks off at…
Breaking the speed limit At the beginning of September, Patriot Memory announced a dual-channel Viper 4 memory kit rated to run at 3400MHz. At the time it was the fastest speed Patriot offered, though that was before the launch of its new 3600MHz RAM. Patriot’s new dual-channel kit is also part of the DDR4 Viper…
We’re days away from white-knuckle battles, blaster showdowns, lightsaber duels, and sweeping conflicts across iconic Star Wars vistas. The Star Wars Battlefront Beta begins October 8th on PS4, welcoming prospective Rebels and Imperials from around the globe to sample Battlefront’s massive multiplayer modes. To prepare you for the upcoming Beta, we asked Battlefront Community Manager…
Hi from Harmonix development land! With the release date of Rock Band 4 just a day away, we wanted to give you an all-in-one-stop place for everything you need to know about the upcoming release! We have had a blast making this game for you and we hope you have a blast playing with friends,…
At Psyonix, we love Halloween, and we know that many of you love Halloween, too! That’s why, starting October 18th, we’ll be unveiling sweet, limited-time Halloween-themed items in Rocket League’s customization Garage! Available as post-match item drops, each Halloween item can be unlocked simply by playing matches like you normally would (Win or lose!). Once…
HDD performance in a nutshell Last week, we posted our new SSD test suite with some initial results. We included a few references to hard drive performance, and at the time that seemed sufficient, but let’s really put the hard drive vs. solid state performance debate to rest. We all know SSDs are faster, particularly…