Intel has unleashed the company’s new 14th-generation desktop processors. I check out the Core i9–14900K flagship CPU and its little sibling, the Core i5–14600K. There was one stand-out feature that Intel revealed during the confidential 14 th-generation CPU press briefing a few weeks ago. Breaking with tradition, Intel’s new CPUs…

2014’s The Talos Principle was a surprise hit for Croteam, a developer more famous for the mindless, tongue-in-cheek shooter, Serious Sam, than philosophy and esoteric puzzles. …

For the launch of Intel’s 14th Generation CPUs, ASUS has revisited its ATX DDR5 TUF Gaming Z790 motherboard to bring us the ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-PRO WIFI. Sitting between Asus’s more budget-conscious Prime and enthusiast-level Republic of Gamers brands, the TUF Gaming brand styles itself on producing durable, military-grade components…

Breaking tradition, Activision has released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III the next instalment of the rebooted Modern Warfare series. For years, Call of Duty games have alternated between development studios and their relative narratives. …

Codemasters, EA’s expert motor racing studio, has finally got its hands on the World Rally Championship licence. EA Sports WRC is the first officially licenced World Rally Championship game from the British game developer since 2002’s Colin McRae Rally 3. EA Sports WRC is the spiritual successor to Dirt Rally…

Under the Waves is a narrative undersea adventure game from Parallel Studio and published by Quantic Dreams. Whilst it is open-world, the game has echoes of the story-driven gameplay associated with the publisher’s other titles such as Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human. Players put on the…

The Intel Extreme Masters tournament returned to Sydney for an epic live esports competition running from the 20thto the 22ndof October. It’s been four years since fans from all over the world turned up to watch the 2019 event in Sydney Olympic Park or the live stream over the Internet…

The TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI is an AMD Socket AM5 ATX motherboard designed for AMD Ryzen 7000-series CPUs. I take it for a test. Looking at the box, the TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI motherboard gave me quite the feeling of deja vu. I’ve reviewed a few similar Intel-based TUF Gaming…

As the moving feast that is virtual reality shifts once again, I take a look at HTC’s Vive XR Elite, a headset that heralds the arrival of the next generation of VR devices. I first checked out the Vive XR Elite at a Sydney preview event, finding both the device’s…