Need a new gaming mouse with all the tech you can think of packed on board. Check out this one we have just got to review from ROCCAT. This is an RGB gaming mouse which is wireless and no lag,owl-eye optical sensor and comes with intelligent charging dock. We will check it out over the coming week or so and see how it performs so if you have any questions feel free to ask.. See more on it HERE
Next up from ROCCAT is the KHAN AIMO headphones with for gamers.. These also come with RGB lighting and off the bat look and feel really comfortable. These however are a wired headset with simple controls on board and are very robust. Check out the unboxing below while we test run these and if you have any questions feel free to ask… Also check out the ROCCAT gaming mouse HERE
See more HERE
Guest Post. In the current busy and stressful age finding some time to lay back and enjoy is really hard. Video games are a great way to let off some steam after a long day, and they have many benefits if they are played responsibly. Gaming can improve the coordination of your brain and enhance your memory.
Developed by epic games and released in 2017 Fortnite is an amazing and exciting survival game. It started as an ordinary co-op survival game with a touch of fantasy, but it really became popular when it released the battle royale mode. In this mode of the game, you play against other people in a multiplayer last man standing battle. The concept of this mode was very similar to PUBG which is the main competition of the game, but Fortnite adds more features like building and potions which make the game more exciting. Of course, both games have their fans who keep arguing over which game is better, but if you are truly game-obsessed, then you should try both.
The grand theft auto franchise has made some amazing games, and every gamer who is a fan of open world games has grown up playing the GTA games. And the franchise had presented with the masterpiece of open-world gaming in the form of the franchise’s latest installment GTA 5. The game has introduced many new features into open-world gaming and has made the game very realistic.
Call of duty is one of the best first-person shooter games around. It has many parts that fans have enjoyed over the years .the franchise has made games based on history and modern warfare. It has also made futuristic games like infinity warfare and advanced warfare. But these days all the hype is around the recently released Call of Duty WWII, Which is of course based on the Second World War. The games have always had exciting and exhilarating campaign missions, and it also has an online multiplayer mode where people can play against each other.
EA (Electronic Arts) is a company that has developed many games, but for people who are fans of sports they have made many amazing and realistic games.” EA sports” has turned sports like basketball, Football, Soccer, cricket, boxing and even MMA into games. Games like NBA 2k18, NFL 18 and UFC 3 are really popular among fans these days. So, if you enjoy playing sports, then you should check out the games made by electronic arts.
These days’ crazy online games are getting a lot of attention. These games are not too big and cannot be compared to the previous games on the list, but they have their own place. And if you start playing these games, you will find them very entertaining. A great example of such games are poop simulator games. Even the name of the game makes it seem really tacky and tasteless but trust me these games are quite fun. Poop simulator is a game like muddy heights that you must check out if you’re are obsessed with games.
About the Author:
Catalina Smith is a young digital marketer by profession and is utterly obsessed with the growing technology. She is now entering her 7th year of reporting on the online gaming world. She regularly posts at Dimble Games.
PlayStation Now – a game streaming subscription service is now available in Ireland. With a monthly subscription, available for €14.99, gamers will now be able to track back through a catalogue of more than 500 of their favourite PS3 & PS4 games. PS Now is also compatible for Windows PC users. This will be much welcome news.
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) today is launching PlayStation™Now (PS Now) game streaming subscription service in Ireland.
With one subscription, players on PlayStation®4 (PS4™) and Windows PC can enjoy more than 500 PlayStation®3 (PS3™) and PS4 games. Windows PC users can play using their DS4 andother compatible controllers.
Games are regularly added and include PlayStation exclusives such as The Last of Us, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and Killzone Shadow Fall; blockbuster hits like Red Dead Redemption, Batman: Arkham City, and WWE 2K16; and family friendly titles including LEGO® Movie Videogame, LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4, and Tearaway Unfolded.
For a full list of games available on PS Now, please click here.
PS Now enables players to stream games without game downloads, installs, or patches as well as save game progress in the PS Now cloud save storage so that they can seamlessly resume their progress on a PS4 or Windows PC. A subscription also enables players to unlock both PS3 and PS4 trophies, send and receive online multiplayer invites[i], and share gameplay status updates with their friends list.
PS Now offers a seven day free trial. The monthly subscription is available for €14.99.
In addition to Switzerland, Austria and Ireland, PS Now is also available in the U.S., Canada, Japan, U.K., Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
For more information on PS Now, please click here.
There are obvious similarities to a military plane using stealth technology design with the Nighthawk s8000, which looks great and is solid. This has zinc-alloy housing for durability with a soft-touch no-slip base and the switch looks in place in a home / bedroom as compared to many industrial looking units.
Box Contains:
Note: The unit does not come with any network cables.
Features:
Note: Most residential router supplied by your ISP will have 4 port switches while the Nighthawk s8000 is listed an 8-port switch, but you can only have 7 additional ports and one is connected to your router.
Warranty: 3-year warranty
Basic Setup:
The Netgear – Nighthawk s8000 can be plugged into your router and used to connect to your smart TV / PC etc. with no setup required. This would work the same as a dump / unmanaged switch albeit more expensive than the norm. The basic advantage of the Nighthawk S8000 would be to reduce the router load in analysing and forwarding data packets between computer networks therefore increasing the speed.
Advanced Setup:
Once you are logged into the Nighthawk S8000 Managed switch, you have the option to set priority of the ports e.g. port 3 media servers to a high priority with others to a low priority. This may be important if the unit is connected in the home / small office with a business PC / application required priority as the data will be sent first from high priority port, with the others on a lower priority. This is different to your normal unmanaged dumb switch as compared to this managed switch. The setup to achieve this higher priority is easy from the Netgear menu.
There is also an option to rate limit each port, to control how fast they are and how much allowed. You can have higher bandwidth to your preference choice / applications port / PC. If you have fibre broadband of 100Mbs, some ports could be reduced to 8Mbs especially if juniors are in the house. The port can transmit up to 1000 Mbs (giga bit connection) while the general top speeds available for residential customer is 360 Mb for the UK & Ireland.
To access the switch from a computer and discover the IP address of the switch:
The manual is short and while not complicated, getting to the IP Address could confuse some if unfamiliar with internal IP address, or range of IP addresses. It is advised to open Windows Explorer and follow a few steps or Safari browser for a Mac.
Windows Set up
Default Password – Password
Menu
Menu – Prioritisation
Menu – to test cable
Menu -Pre-sets
Terminology here may be confusing to a non-gamer, reference on Link Aggregation
Gaming:
There is an obvious advantage for gamers as connecting your PC via Wi-Fi will result in a higher latency and can cause delays in a game where speed is paramount. Priority can be set to assist for specific ports as required.
LED Lights:
The switch at the rear turns off the blinking LED. These can also be turned off via the network. Unfortunately, the front blue lights which look good in the beginning can be annoying if used in a bedroom and cannot be turned off. If these could be turned off there would be no way to know if the system was operational or not.
Is it worth it compared to a “dumb/ unmanaged” switch?
The difference between a budget switch and the Netgear – Nighthawk s8000 other than the brand and build quality would be the features to control the ports priority & speed.
Often the managed switches are used by large professionally for managed networks for advanced management features and/or reliability. You can link aggregation, 4 times faster, e.g. you can link ports 1 to 4 together to connect to work in parallel, the connecting product must have the same switches to match the ports for increased bandwidth. You can control, the prioritization of the ports. Some expensive router can do this prioritization, generally the main routers as supplied by your ISP would not have the technology. The Nighthawk s8000 managed switch is designed for gaming & streaming, reducing the workload of your router given faster response times. The Nighthawk S8000 brings low latency, traffic and port prioritisation, and Quality of Service (QoS) management in high-demanding online/VR gaming and media streaming. If speed is your thing, gaming or ease of use, then it’s worth it.
Available via http://www.netgear.com/landings/s8000/
Hot on the heels of their recent FUZE Studio for Nintendo Switch announcement, FUZE Technologies Ltd are extremely proud to announce an exciting new collaboration with ASUSTeK.
Launched in 2013, FUZE Technologies set out with one goal – to make coding as easy and accessible as possible for everyone. Since then, the FUZE team has achieved great success in teaching young people how to code using the FUZE personal computer and their accessible, easy to use programming language FUZE Studio.
FUZE is now proud to announce two new models to their FUZE Workstation range powered by the recently announced ASUS Tinker Board.Additionally the ‘powered by’ ASUS Tinker Board editions have replaced the Raspberry Pi versions of the FUZE Workshop units used across the
country in schools and STEM events.Matt Stewart, ASUS Product Manager commented “ASUS recognise that learning to code is incredibly valuable; we’re really excited to be working with FUZE and bringing the ASUS Tinker Board into UK schools.”
The new units are, the FUZE-TB-R priced at £249.99 including VAT. It comes complete and ready torun out of the box. Included is the FUZE Special Edition case & keyboard, ASUS Tinker Board, FUZE IO Board with built in analog, 16GB boot SD card, the FUZE Component pack, solderless electronics breadboard, mouse and mouse mat, 250 page reference guide (PDF), worksheets (PDF) and the ever popular USB Robot Arm kit.
About the ASUS Tinker Board: The ASUS Tinker Board is a Single Board Computer (SBC) in an ultra-small form factor that offers class-leading performance while leveraging outstanding mechanical compatibility. The Tinker Board offers makers, IoT enthusiasts, hobbyists, PC DIY enthusiasts and others a reliable and extremely capable platform for building and tinkering their ideas into reality.
Specifications:
CPU Rockchip Quad-Core RK3288 processor
Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR3
Graphic Integrated Graphics Processor ARM® Mali™-T764 GPU*1
Storage Micro SD(TF) card slot
LAN RTL GB LAN, Wireless Data Network, 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth V4.0 + EDR
Audio RTL ALC4040 CODEC
USB Ports 4 x USB 2.0
Internal I/O 1 x 40-pin header(GPIO, SPI, I2C, UART, PWM, 5V, 3.3V, GND, S/PDIF, DSI, CSI
The second unit is the FUZE-TB-D priced at £149.99 including VAT. Included is the FUZE Special
Edition case & keyboard, ASUS Tinker Board, FUZE IO Board with built in analog, 16GB boot SD card, solderless electronics breadboard, reference guide (PDF) and worksheets (PDF).
“The ASUS Tinker Board perfectly complements the FUZE’s existing design and dramatically improves performance. Running FUZE it’s roughly twice as fast as the Raspberry Pi editions and has far superior audio hardware and RAM capacity.
The Tinker Board enhances the FUZE’s learning capabilities, and partnered with FUZE Studio, provides the ideal environment to learn and ‘tinker’ with coding, gaming, audio, electronics, robotics and more.”
Stated Jon Silvera, CEO of FUZE Technologies Ltd.
A multi-award winning and highly accessible coding workstation, the FUZE is intended for students of all ages and also for teachers and parents. Anyone learning to code on the FUZE will find out that real, text based coding is not as complicated as they may have thought. FUZE’s unique method ensures children as young as six can learn to code using a real text based language, setting them up to eventually move onto more complex languages such as Python and Java.
It requires no previous experience, and is a self-contained coding and electronics workstation that will keep kids, and adults, motivated and wanting to learn more.
FUZE Studio is the perfect stepping stone between visual coding simulators currently usedin most primary schools and realworldlanguages like Python, Java and C++/# etc. FUZE Studio comes
with everything you need to learn to code in one app. Users can
code their own games and share the experience with friends and family. Tutorials are included, as is a 250 page reference guide.
One reason for FUZE’s success in educating young people to code is the wealth of support content included and to download. Worksheets, projects and a very comprehensive reference guide are all
included and more are being added all the time.
For more information on FUZE see www.fuze.co.uk
In 2016, Edifier announced its partnership with THX. Founded by George Lucas 30 years ago and recognised by audiences around the globe, THX is synonymous with the certification of world-class cinemas and recording studios, premium audio systems for home and automotive applications along with high definition and 4K displays.
The Luna E 2.1 is a THX certified home audio system.
The Luna E THX-certified 2.1 speaker system has a signal range of 300 feet and with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity the unit will give you that sought after high quality, immersive sound for all your gaming experiences. Optical/Coaxial and 3.5mm auxiliary inputs guarantee that everything hooks up just right for unbelievable power and ground shaking sound.
The subwoofer is wirelessly connected at a 5.8G radio frequency to its satellite companions and built with an 8” driver so you can really experience that roar of the car in your racing game. Boasting a 160-watt amplifier, the wireless subwoofer takes your sound to the next level and makes your gaming experience very real.
It’s a match made in heaven when combining the wireless subwoofer and 2-way satellite speakers. Designed with dual layer housing to provide outstanding sound dampening, this dynamic system provides professional sound tuning. Both satellites are equipped with a 3/4” tweeter and a 3” driver.
These speakers come with a handy remote with touch-sensitive controls so you don’t even have to get off the settee!
Available in signature Edifier red from the Luna range as well as classic black, this speaker system is available at SRP £399.99 inc
http://www.edifier.com/int/en/speakers/e235-luna-e-2.1-bluetooth-wireless-subwoofer
http://www.edifier.com/gb/en
Something all gamers have always dreamt of, is having the same performance of their more than capable desktop computers when going on the road, but even the “gamer laptops” tended to be a little under powered compare to those bigger siblings.
All that is just about to change thanks to NVIDIA and their newly announced GeForce 10 series of GPU made for NoteBooks
Earlier this week, the company let us know that thanks to the new Pascal architecture made for laptops, we can now have the GTX 1080, the 1070 and the 1060 running inside “ultra-portable” NoteBooks.
And according to them, you´ll see only 10% drop in performance compare to desktop cards and up to 3x better performance over previous generations.
Some of the specs we have are:
| GeForce GTX 1080 | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce GTX 1060 | |
| GPU Architecture | Pascal | Pascal | Pascal |
| Frame buffer | 8 GB GDDR5X | 8 GB GDDR5 | Up to 6 GB GDDR5 |
| Memory type speed | 10 Gbps | 3 Gbps | 3 Gbps |
| Boost Clock Actual | 1733 MHz | 1645 MHz
|
1670 MHz |
Thanks to Pascal, we also have VR ready laptops, with support even for 120Hz monitors.
By now, we’ve seems lots of OEMs jumping on the train to have the latest offers, but something to have in mind will be cost.
There’s no official price at the moment but the MSI computer that already carry the cards are nowhere near “cheap”.
So is up to you, Will you get your “portable Master Race PC” as soon as they become available? Or will you stick to game just at home?
Let us know in the comment section below or join us on twitter
If you’re like, you probably know what are we talking about here. All those countless hours we spend in our bedrooms playing with our siblings or cousins to see who was better playing Galaga.
And for the not so young around, we talking about one of Nintendo’s best-selling consoles:
The NES is coming back to stores! Pick up the new mini NES Classic Edition on 11/11 w/ 30 included games! pic.twitter.com/wFDw7lHWb7
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 14, 2016
Back in the 80s there was nothing better than playing your favorites games at home. Those games were so good than even today you can find newer versions or simple “ports” to work on our smartphones via a simple APK or an emulator.
Today Nintendo officially announced that they’re going to be releasing a revamped version of it called Nintendo Classic Mini.
This version comes with improved (too improved for those who remember how it was) video output with an HDMI connection to pair with the newest TVs out there, and its own version of the NES Controller
That package comes with the console, a controller and a USB cable to power the device
And if you happen to have one of your old controllers you can also use that
But as weird as it sounds , there’s no AC adapter so you’ll need to buy one (or use one from another gadget) to actually turn it on.
As we’re talking about a mini version of your old console, your games cartridges will not work with it, instead it comes with 30 games preloaded.
The included titles are:
Balloon Fight
BUBBLE BOBBLE
Castlevania™
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest™
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE
Dr. Mario
Excitebike
FINAL FANTASY®
Galaga™
GHOSTS‘N GOBLINS™
GRADIUS™
Ice Climber
Kid Icarus
Kirby’s Adventure
Mario Bros.
MEGA MAN™ 2
Metroid
NINJA GAIDEN®
PAC-MAN™
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
StarTropics
SUPER C™
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tecmo Bowl™
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
As you can see, most of those titles were best sellers back then, and some of those have a bunch of loving memories.
Unlike modern games, there will be no online connections or accounts, but unlike old games you can save your progress and specific point of the game without the need of codes like the good old days.
The launch date is set to November 11th, just one year after their 30th anniversary. For you to remember (and for the ones that never watched it before) here´s the very first TV ad
The console will have a price tag of $59.99 which honestly is way cheaper than I expected, but totally love the price.
The extra controller will set you back at $9.99
What do you think of this? Will you buy one once they´re available? Let us know in the comment section below or tweet us with your thoughts.
