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MSI MEG Z490 Ace Review

MSI's new premium £400 Z490 board certainly looks and feels ace but can it handle Intel's Core i9-10900K?

May 26, 2020 | 14:00

What Unreal Engine 5 means for the games industry...and you

Rick examines Epic's latest tech-demo.

May 22, 2020 | 10:00

Intel Core i9-10900K Review

Great for gaming, not so great everywhere else.

May 20, 2020 | 14:00

Make Something Unreal Live 2013 winners announced

The six month game design competition for students draws to a close.

April 8, 2013 | 10:54

Win tickets to the Gadget Show Live

We've got ten pairs of tickets to the Gadget Show Live at the NEC in Birmingham, April 3-7.

March 8, 2013 | 13:21

What Hardware Should I Buy? - February 2010

The new year is well under way and for Feb we've re-evaluated our choices again having looked at H55 and H57 motherboards, new coolers and cases, and ATI budget graphics cards. Has it all made a difference? Check in to find out.

February 3, 2010 | 11:12

What Hardware Should I Buy? - January 2010

This month we've got Intel's new CPUs and other nifty bits of hardware weighing in from CES. Has it made a change to our recommendations? Read on to find out!

January 11, 2010 | 09:26

Games For Windows Live gets games on demand

Microsoft has rolled out a new feature for Games For Windows Live - games on demand.

December 16, 2009 | 12:44

AMD ATI Radeon HD 5970 Review

It's big, fast, power hungry and hot like Scarlett Johansson in a sauna - what's not to like? The size? Yes, at nearly a foot long this dual-HD 5870 beast won't even fit in the front page image box! Read on to see how the new card performs (don't call it a HD 5870 X2 though, or you'll look like a n00b)

November 18, 2009 | 12:06

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What Hardware Should I Buy? - Nov 2009

Another month and another set of hardware recommendations fresh from our labs. Has AMD's latest CPUs or Kingston's SSDs made a difference? What about memory price increases? Read on to find out!

November 10, 2009 | 09:48

Stardock slams Games For Windows Live

Stardock boss Brad Wardell has slammed Microsoft's GFWL system.

October 5, 2009 | 11:07

Microsoft fixes Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3

After continued problems with the DLC for Fallout 3 on the PC and Xbox 360, Microsoft thinks it has finally fixed install problems for Broken Steel.

May 8, 2009 | 11:13

Free Quake III multiplayer in your browser

March 5, 2009 | 11:01

Top 10 UK PC games chart

Can Dawn of War II take a chainsword to Football Manager? We take a look at the retail PC games chart in the UK, as well as the Steam download chart.

February 24, 2009 | 14:14

Ballmer announces Windows 7 Open Beta

CES 2009: Ballmer's first CES keynote focused on Windows 7, Windows Live and some new developments in the world of Xbox 360.

January 8, 2009 | 15:26

Microsoft to buy ciao.com

Microsoft has announced its planned purchase of Greenfield Online, the corporation behind shopping comparison site ciao.com, to bolster its Live Search platform.

September 1, 2008 | 13:03

DirectX 11 optimises for multithreading and GPGPU

Kevin Unangst, Senior Global Director of Windows Gaming at Microsoft gives the low down of what we can expect the future to feature.

August 1, 2008 | 19:18

Games for Windows Live - expanded and free

Games for Windows Live - the PC mirror of the Xbox Live service, is going completely free and will be expanded to include new content.

July 23, 2008 | 15:02

Microsoft to pay users to use Live Search

Microsoft has announced that it will pay users to purchase products through Live Search cashback. It comes across as a pretty desperate measure.

May 22, 2008 | 14:06

Moore: "Disappointed" by Home delays

Ex-Xbox bossman and current EA Sports head Peter Moore has expressed bitter disappointment at the latest delays for Sony's Home. Big surprise.

May 8, 2008 | 12:29

Microsoft launches news aggregator

Microsoft is still trying its best to beat Google at its own game, with the launch of a new aggregation add-on to its Live Search service. Has the company cracked it - or just cracked?

April 17, 2008 | 06:49

Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 & Media Show 4

Cyberlink will release the latest versions of PowerDVD and Media Show next month. The two boast a bunch of new features and services that looked interesting when demonstrated to us. So much so that we decided to take a look at the latest beta to see how they're shaping up.

March 24, 2008 | 07:37

Quake Zero renamed, detailed

id Software has renamed and detailed the ad-supported version of the original Quake, now known as Quake Live.

February 20, 2008 | 10:36

Rez HD

Colours are flying across the screen. Music is thumping and we're taking it in turns to have a go on the most surreal game we've ever had, an extra controller clutched between our legs. Rez HD is unrivaled in presentation, but is it fun to play?

February 2, 2008 | 07:06

Steve Jobs’ Macworld 2008 Keynote

We're down at BBC Television Studios in London to cover Steve Jobs' Macworld 2008 Keynote Address as it happens. The event starts at 5PM GMT - check back for regular updates.

January 15, 2008 | 16:31

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