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It’s day seven of Epic’s 12 Free Games Event and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator is here to liven up even the most boring Christmas party.Picture it: you’ve opened your presents and you’re currently...

Back in July, Apple aounced its plans to acquire Intel’s smartphone modem business for about $1 billion.“This agreement enables us to focus on developing technology for the 5G network while ret...

Windows 7 is exiting support on the 20th January 2020, and in theory, this would mean anyone still stuck on Windows 7 will need to pay $120 to upgrade to the newest OS.In practice, however, it appears...

New subscribers to Xbox Game Pass may be privy to free three month memberships to Discord Nitro in what would be the latest of many Game Pass promotions.Neowin reports that the latest Discord 9.8.3 be...

Today on Twitter, Bethesda aounced that anyone who logged into Fallout 76 after its full release in 2018 will receive an entitlement to Fallout Classic Collection on PC. The deal also extends to Xbo...

Quick Pad is a NotePad replacement which is designed to quickly jot down notes. It offers features such as the ability to use Rich Text and support for emojis, but its main selling point is support f...

Samsung’s GalaxyNote 9 may not supportthe Gear VR normally, but the firm is making sure that users can still us the headset with their newest smartphones.Samsung will let users who own both aSamsun...

When Ori and the Blind Forest released, it quickly became a prime candidate for speedruns thanks to its tight controls and excellent platforming. Developer Moon Studios appears to have taken note of t...

Update:Telltale has confirmed earlier reports about its partnership with Netflix. Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Netflix this fall and Telltale will publish a game based on Stranger Things for consoles and PC at a later date.Separately, we're thrilled to confirm that Telltale is developing a game based on Stranger Things that we'll publish to consoles a...

Minecraft is certainly no stranger to tie-in packs, and another one was just added to its list. This time, players can jump into Minecraft and ado the looks of their favorite Final Fantasy XV characters.The Final Fantasy XV Skin Pack released on the Minecraft Marketplace today with a whopping 43 character skins from the popular series. This pack includes F...

Spotify has always been available for free and as a paid service, with the paid service naturally being leagues better, that may be about to change.The firm is tweaking its free service so that it can work better for users. The details aren’t quite clear yet, but Spotify wants its free service to be easier and more attractive to use for mobile users to attra...

For most people used to 2D image editing Microsoft’s replacement,Paint3 3D, remains a confusing and intimidating application to use.In a recent update, Microsoft, however, added a feature which should make the application a lot easier to use.Currently its already easy to view your creation in 3D, but adding elements precisely to previously required a good s...

American chip manufacturer Qualcomm has officially aounced the Snapdragon x50 modem based on 5G technology. With this, Qualcomm also revealed a list of 18 OEMs who will be using the x50 modem and 5G technology in their upcoming hardware.The latest x50 modem will operate at around 6 GHz frequency and will be able to maintain a stable 4G network and also coect to the 5G network.Qualcomm also emphasizes that the enormous transmission rates may even make fiber optic coections obsolete.Qualcomm Technologies is deeply committed to helping our customers deliver next-generation 5G mobile experiences to consumers, which requires enhanced mobile broadband 5G NR coectivity enabled by 5G NR networks, mo...

Blizzard has aounced that Overwatch will be free to play this weekend on consoles and PC. Anyone looking to try out the game will be able to play its full roster of heroes and maps.From February 16-19, those with an active Xbox Live Gold membership can jump into Overwatch for free. If you’re playing it on PC, just download Blizzard’s Battle.net client, sign up for a free account, and install the game from there. Pre-loading on Xbox One begins February 13.Its full roster of maps and heroes includes 16 locations spaing 4 game modes and 26 playable characters. The game modes are Assault, Escort, Control, and Assault/Escort Hybrid. You can choose to play against AI or challenge yourself against ...

With Fortnite’s growing popularity thanks to its battle royale mode, Epic Games has laid out a road map for the coming months. In this ‘State of Development’ post it was revealed that a 60FPS mode is coming to consoles.The aouncement can be read below.Later this month we plan to add an optional 60 FPS mode for Battle Royale on consoles (PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X). This 60 FPS mode is tuned for each console to maximize frame rate while minimizing loss of visual quality.In addition, Fortnite Battle Royale is set to get new cosmetic items and weekly updates to improve the experience for all players. Some of its upcoming quality of life fixes are as follows:Improved building controls on...

Microsoft’s Windows 10 is an operating system that powers devices ranging from phones to consoles to tablets to laptops. While it has been argued before that an operating system that tries to do too much will inevitably be mediocre at most things, Microsoft touts Windows 10 as an example. Indeed, the best selling device that the firm puts out hardware wise is the Surface Pro hybrid device which is by all accounts a tablet-focused device.When all is said and done, however, there’s no denying that Microsoft has left the Windows 10 tablet mode in a dire state, and there’s no sign of that changing in the near future.Tablet mode in Windows 10 was introduced with Continuum, the term Microsoft coin...

Microsoft Store US is now offering a free game with every purchase of Xbox One X 1TB Console. This bundle offer includes popular games like PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS – Game Preview Edition, Forza Motorsport 7, Assassin’s Creed Origins Standard Edition, Destiny 2, Call of Duty: WWII and more.Xbox One X console highlights:Xbox One X unleashes 6 teraflops of graphical processing power, making games perform better than they ever have. Maximize game performance with the speed of 12GB GDDR5 graphics memory, and see every frame with 326 GB/sec memory bandwidth.Lose yourself in worlds built for true 4K gaming, where action comes to life with 2160p frame buffers. Enjoy brilliant graphic details i...

Bethesda has aounced that Fallout 4 will be free to play this weekend for Gold members on Xbox One. The company detailed the event over on its website, which you can also read below.“Forget dieting, or exercise, or any number of New Year’s resolutions you might’ve made. Instead, focus on the only one that matters: having more fun. And what’s more fun than playing a game – for free! From now through January 28, Xbox One players with Xbox Live Gold can try Fallout 4 for free. PC players will get their chance at the same deal from February 1 through February 4. If you choose to purchase anything you play during the Free Weekend, your save data will carry over.”In addition, a sale is ruing durin...

Former Minecraft business head Matt Booty was recently promoted to corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios, leaving his old position open. Now his previous role has been taken up by Helen Chiang, who served asBooty’s operations head. In an interview with PopSugar, Chiang revealed Minecraft’s outstanding active player numbers (via Windows Central). “We just recently set a new record in December for monthly active users, so now we’re at 74 million monthly active users — and that’s really a testament to people coming back to the game, whether it’s through the game updates or bringing in new players from across the world,” Chiang told PopSugar over the phone. “That’s really our goal, to k...

Acer has updated its Swift 7 laptop, which they tout as the thiest in the world, with new specs and features. The laptop is only 8.98 mm thick but features a 7th gen Core i7 processor, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of PCIe SSD storage, a bigger 14-inch 1080P screen and now also includes an Intel LTE model for always coected LTE coectivity. As with most electronics, you will pay for all that sleekness, with the laptop clocking in at a healthy $1,699. Acer will be showing it off at CES 2018, with availability by March 2018. Via the Verge ...