We go hands-on, feet-on and fireball-on with Capcom’s brilliant PS4-exclusive brawlerThey call it the hit pause: a brief slowing of time when an attack hits home to emphasise the weight of the connection. Capcom as good as wrote the book on it, and while it’s a technique many have borrowed, few have used it quite … Read more

Which of these is clogging your inbox right now?It wasn’t that long ago we didn’t have a national lottery in the UK, but since its launch it’s quickly become an everyday part of life. Not only that, but you can also win the lotto in other countries too – all without ever buying a ticket! … Read more

Last, but certainly not least, the final hurrah of overclockingWith DirectX 11, at least, OCing the GPU is the area of most benefit to gamers. But it’s also where overclocking has most dramatically changed. That’s because, with Nvidia’s GPU Boost and AMD’s Power Tune, it’s no longer possible to simply up the voltage and in … Read more

Wait! There’s more! Overclocking isn’t limited to just your processorYes. It’s true. Overclocking doesn’t just mean tinkering with your CPU. Other avenues exist if you’re keen to shove the boat out a little bit more.RAM speeds over the course of the last few years have almost tripled in frequency, meaning performance can be improved quite … Read more

Performance soothes the savage beastTech naming conventions are becoming a parody of themselves. Yeah, a solid-state drive Kingston wants to describe as ‘savage’. As well as ‘hyper’. With an extraneous ‘X’. We’ve seen more savage things at OAP days down the bingo.But compared to some of the SSDs we’ve seen from Kingston, we’ll accept this … Read more

If you were starting to wonder what AMD had been up to since late 2013, the Radeon R9 300 Series is here to answer that burning question. Our first look at the slightly tweaked Hawaii Pro GPU, now code-named “Grenada,” comes courtesy of SAPPHIRE. Before we dig into what makes this card special, let’s touch … Read more

It may be small in name, but it’s a bit of a beastQNAP, we’ve often felt, has an advantage over some of the other big name NAS manufacturers. This is mainly due to the QTS 4.1 operating system, the range of add-on apps and packages, the sheer processing power inside its units and the addition … Read more

Mankind came from the water, but it is not our home. The oceans and seas can be dangerous places, evoking a deep sense of loneliness even though you are never alone there. We can explore underwater thanks to artificial means, but these instruments can’t mask what we feel when we come into contact with the … Read more

The explosions are big, the options are overwhelming, and the pace is often frightening, but it’s the setting and scenery that consumes you upon first dipping your toes into Just Cause 3’s waters. For whatever reason, the Mediterranean has been largely ignored by the world of videogames; skyscraper skylines, dusty plains and post-apocalyptic cities taking … Read more

Spell checking this utterly ele-mental action-RPGThe Wizards of the Order lived in castle Aldrheim in the land of Midgard, studying magic under the tutelage of a one-handed vampire named Vlad. When insidious forces invaded and instigated a civil war, however, they were all but wiped out And without wizards to accidentally incinerate them, humanity has … Read more

Natec’s Genesis GX88 looks like it’s bristling with features compared with similarly priced mice, and the same goes for its specs list too. The 8,200dpi Avago 9800 laser sensor offers adjustment between 200 and 8,200dpi in 200dpi steps, so fine-tuning the sensitivity is certainly a strong point. What’s more, the resolution for both the X … Read more

Earlier this year, Valve introduced paid mods to its Steam Workshop pages, but it was removed a few days later after a massive online backlash. Rick Lane investigates the falloutOn 23 April, a new feature was launched on Steam that allowed modders -amateur creators of modifications for various games – to charge real money for … Read more