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Bankrupt Canadian tech retailer NCIX has apparently suffered a major data breech that could impact millions of customers and employees going back 15 years. After the company shut down, it’s alleged their servers were being sold to third parties without first being wiped. Thus potentially exposing sensitive corporate data to anyone who happened to buy them. Travis Doering of…
We’ve discussed at length The Verge’s sloppy PC build as well as the dishonesty surrounding their reaction to it. Worst of all, it’s things like this that scare off beginner builders from taking the plunge. PC gaming is a great hobby and it would be a shame if people steered clear out of fear of…
As you wander across Skyrim, you’ll frequently come across a beverage called mead. It’s an ancient drink that’s the booze of choice for warriors and Dragon Born. Fortunately, you don’t have to travel to Tamriel’s northern province to sample this yourself, should you want to wet your whistle like Ysgramor himself. So what is mead…
2K Games is shamelessly begging Belgian fans to ask their government to repeal the loot box ban. Earlier this year, the Belgium Gaming Commission (BGC) declared that loot boxes in video games violate the country’s gambling laws. In a press release, the company said that “while [they] disagree with this position, [they] are working to…
Never go full shill When I die, my last thoughts will be about how much time I spent not having ray tracing in my life. At least that’s according to Tom’s Hardware editor Avram Piltch. On August 24th, 2018, Piltch penned a rather baffling article regarding Nvidia’s new Turing GPUs, titled “Just Buy It: Why…
If you want one of Nvidia’s brand spanking new RTX 2000 series video cards, be prepared to cough up some more dough. 72% more to be exact. The graphics chip maker announced their new “Turing” series cards at Gamescom on Monday. The main gimmick is real time ray tracing. A rendering method which uses complex…
Ever wanted to be the tyrannical dictator of your own South American country? In Tropico, you can! Tropico is part city builder, part economy management sim. You play the role of El Presidente, ruler of the titular Caribbean island nation. How you got to power, nobody knows for sure. Maybe it was a communist revolution,…
Better late than never. 2017 was a bit of a mixed bag for video games, but when it delivered, oh boy did it deliver. Here’s the very best of the best. Bronze medal goes to… Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory) Hellblade is a deep psychological thriller unlike anything we’ve seen before in video games. You…
I hate to let you down man. These games aren’t necessarily bad, but like getting stood up on a date, they left us feeling slightly more dead inside. Dishonorable Mention goes to… The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) We waited through years and plenty of delays for the newest Zelda adventure. What…
If you though the circus around No Man’s Sky was over, things took a strange turn on social media this week. Hello Games suddenly tweeted “No Man’s Sky was a mistake” shortly before new EDT Friday. The post was quickly removed, but not before being retweeted over a thousand times. Obviously they must have been…