Secret deals come to light You’re not supposed to know it, but Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Taboola have been paying the developers of Adblock Plus to stop blocking ads on their respective websites, according to a paywalled article in the Financial Times. The deals are confidential in nature, though FT says it was able to…
It’s here. The Battlefield Hardline open multiplayer beta is available on both PS4 and PS3 today. If you have PlayStation Plus, all you have to do is hit up PlayStation Store and download the free beta (exact availability times vary by region and content refresh schedule). Now, I’m a “get to the point” kinda guy,…
Refreshed Blade sees several upgrades Razer’s original Blade laptop is officially old news. That’s because Razer today introduced a pair of refreshed Blade gaming notebooks, one with a Full HD 1080p (1920×1080) IPS display and the other with a touch-enabled QHD+ 3K IGZO (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide) panel. Both models feature updated internals, including a…
Leaked slide shows next generation chipsets with more PCIe lanes It’s been several years since we’ve seen a meaningful upgrade to PCI Express in Intel’s chipsets. For the most part, budget on up to high-end motherboards have been limited to eight lanes at Gen2 speeds, though it appears that’s going to change once Skylake arrives….
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s King Oddball! The quirky physics puzzler that has charmed gamers on PS4 and Vita is making its way to PS3 today. It comes with a free trial, so you should really check it out! As the title suggests, King Oddball is a bit weird. It’s…
Hi everyone! Vincent and Laurens here again. We almost can’t believe we’re actually writing this, but Kick & Fennick is out today on PlayStation Store. It’s been a crazy adventure, and our greatest challenge yet. But, we’re finally here, and we made a new trailer, so check it out! As you can see in the…
Hi! I’m happy to say that our No BS Podcast returns tomorrow! The last podcast debuted on October 31, 2014, and since then there hasn’t been an update. The good news is that the Maximum PC crew will be at it again, fresh, tomorrow! There are a good number of things we’re going to be…
We’ve tried HoloLens and Crescent Bay—our thoughts on both headsets With Microsoft now entrenched in the headset realm with HoloLens, many of you might be wondering how it stacks up against Oculus VR’s Oculus Rift. After all, both are head-mounted displays. Still, while they have their similarities, they are also quite different. Whereas a virtual-reality…
The latest version of Android climbs to a 1.6 percent share Google released Android 5.0 Lollipop to the public on November 3. 2014, but in the three months that have passed since then, it never registered a blip on the Android Developers Dashboard, until now. That’s because Google doesn’t list any versions with less than…
Shakespeare couldn’t have written it better RadioShack is reportedly in talks with Sprint to sell half its stores and shutter the rest. Should the deal go through as currently being discussed, the locations acquired by Sprint would operate under the wireless carrier’s name, and with the other half going out of business, a recognizable brand…