Intel Muscles Into Gaming Graphics
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August 17, 2021
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Intel is turning the great graphics card war into a three-cornered fight, unveiling its own Intel Arc brand of high-performance GPUs. The... Read More
Gaming Hardware Booms As COVID Keeps People Home
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August 13, 2021
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Sales of gaming hardware soared during the pandemic, dwarfing the sales growth of non-gaming PCs and accessories. Point-of-sale data from a new... Read More
Steam Deck Can Run Windows 11, Says Valve
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August 10, 2021
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Valve’s new Steam Deck handheld gaming console will be compatible with Windows 11 at launch, the manufacturer says. Slated for release later... Read More
Valve Takes Punt On Handheld To Rival Nintendo Switch
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July 16, 2021
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Gaming giant Valve, owner of the Steam distribution platform, has unveiled its long-rumoured Steam Deck handheld console as a rival to the... Read More
Gaming Accessories Surge In Pandemic Lockdown
The gaming accessories market is tipped to break $6 billion USD ($8.1 billion AUD) in 2024, as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels massive... Read More
REVIEW: MSI’s Dragonshield Is A Space Age Gaming Machine, Inside And Out
MSI is known as a leader in gaming laptops, and with good reason. The Taiwanese manufacturer has just done something brand new:... Read More
PS5 Game Prices Higher As Stock Shortages Nobble Launch Figures
Sony will not budge on higher prices for its PS5 games, as both it and rival Microsoft struggle with launch sales of... Read More
Scalpers Flogging PS5, Xbox Series X For Thousands On eBay
Scalpers are selling Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles at huge markups on eBay as stock shortages hit sales of the... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Design Star Tells How He Created MSI’s Top End Spaceship Gaming Laptop
Hollywood visual effects artist and designer Colie Wertz has worked on a number of blockbuster film franchises, including Star Wars, Transformers, Marvel,... Read More
50 Limited Edition JB Hi Fi MSI Dragonshield Gaming Machines To Be Discounted On Black Friday
50 JB Hi-Fi customers will be offered a seriously good deal on Black Friday with the MSI GE66 Raider Dragonshield Special Edition... Read More
REVIEW: AORUS 17G – Monster Machine For The Gamer On The Go
Gaming tech producers GIGABYTE are going full-throttle in the gaming world with the next-gen AORUS 17G laptop with top notch specs and... Read More
Atari Set To Make Console Comeback Complete With Crypto Currency Payment System
Retailers could soon be selling a new console alongside the Xbox and PS5 with Atari set to get back into the console... Read More
MSI Bundles Merch And Mouse With Limited-Edition Laptop
MSI is bundling exclusive merchandise with its limited-edition GE66 Dragonshield gaming laptop. Powered by 10th-gen Intel Core i9 processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080... Read More
Intel Vs AMD Gaming War Takes New Direction After Ryzen 5000 Launch
A major PC gaming war is looming and Intel is facing a bleak future as more retailers in Australia range notebooks and... Read More
MSI Subsidiary Caught Flogging NVIDIA 3080 GPUs At Huge Markup
MSI has been forced to rap its own subsidiary over the knuckles after Starlit Partner was caught selling MSI-branded RTX 3080 GPUs... Read More
NVIDIA Delays RTX 3070 As Shortage Expected To Extend Into 2021
Frustrated NVIDIA customers looking to buy the popular new RTX 30 series graphics cards will likely have to wait longer, with shortages... Read More
LG Rolls Out OLED Black Screen Fix
Owners of LG’s 2019 and 2020 OLED TVs should soon see them work as intended with NVIDIA’s new RTX 30 series GPUs,... Read More
Will Tonight’s NVIDIA RTX Launch Repeat Last Week’s Disaster?
NVIDIA has warned that supply of its new top-end GeForce RTX 3090 will be limited at its launch tonight. Due to go... Read More
Are Shoppers Buying The Wrong Xbox?
Confusion appears to be reigning at Amazon with the current-generation Xbox One X console rocketing up the sales charts as pre-orders open... Read More
Xbox Opens Next-Gen Accessories For Pre-Order
The Xbox accessories line-up for the new Series X and Series S next-gen consoles, including three colours of wireless controller and a... Read More
NVIDIA Breaks Silence On Botched Launch
Component maker, Nvidia, has broke its silence on the botched launch of its new GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card, advising it was... Read More
Nintendo Ends 3DS Production
Nintendo has killed its successful 3DS family of handheld gaming consoles after nine years of production, leaving the Switch as its sole... Read More
Sony Tipped To Slash PS5 Prices In Response To Xbox
Sony will reportedly slash the prices of its PlayStation 5 line-up to bring them in line with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and... Read More
Backflip: NVIDIA Will Sell New RTX Founders Edition GPUs In Australia
In an abrupt about-face from NVIDIA, the manufacturer has confirmed it will sell Founders Edition versions of its RTX 3080 and 3090... Read More
Your Move, Sony: Microsoft Unveils Aussie Next-Gen Xbox Pricing
The next-gen ball is now firmly in Sony’s court with Australian and New Zealand pricing being revealed for Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Series... Read More
Microsoft Xbox Series S Tipped To Be Over $500
Microsoft has officially confirmed the next-gen Xbox Series S, which it dubs the “smallest Xbox ever”, as well as a price point... Read More
Next Gen Xbox Consoles To Launch November 10: Leak
Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox Series X and its smaller counterpart, the Series S, will reportedly release on November 10. According to a leak... Read More
New Nvidia Gaming Realism Technology Revealed
PNY is releasing three new NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, powered by the new NVIDIA Ampere architecture. The PNY XLR8 Gaming GeForce RTX... Read More
November 13 Rumoured For PS5 Release
Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 5 console could release on November 13, a week after the tipped release of the Xbox Series X. According... Read More
MSI’s Sales Up 18.8% In Gaming Boom
Taiwan’s MSI, which specialises in gaming notebooks and accessories, has witnessed rising sales over recent months as the gaming industry has boomed... Read More
Xiaomi Brings 5G Gaming Phone To Australia
Xiaomi subsidiary Black Shark is releasing its Black Shark 3 Pro gaming smartphone, billed as the world’s first 5G-capable gaming phone, in... Read More
Bluemouth To Bring New Atari Console/PC Hybrid To ANZ
Atari will bring its new VCS PC/console hybrid gaming system to Australia through local distributor Bluemouth Interactive. The VCS, which stands for... Read More
Price Of Games For New Sony PS5 & Xbox X Consoles Set To Soar, Big Boost For Retailers
CE retailers are set to get a massive boost in the last quarter with the release of a new Sony PS5 and... Read More
New Acer ‘Mean Machine’ Gaming Machines Coming Including Lightweight Model
Acer who are the #1 gaming laptop supplier in Australia has overnight introduced a brand-new range of gaming machines with a new... Read More
Nintendo Switch & Animal Crossing Sales Surge During Lockdown
Despite facing some supply chain issues, Nintendo has broken records with its newest Animal Crossing title and Nintendo Switch sales, as consumers... Read More
New Xbox Series X Gaming Console Set To Be Key To Last Quarter Sales For JB Hi Fi
Microsoft will this week reveal more about their all new 4K Xbox Series X console but there may be some bad news... Read More
US Videogame Sales Surge In March On lockdown
SAN FRANCISCO: Videogame sales in March hit their highest in over a decade, as users binged on Animal Crossing: New Horizons and... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Black Shark Pro 3.0 Gaming Smartphone Coming Soon
It’s been labelled one of the world’s best gaming smartphones, ChannelNews can now reveal that the brand new 5G Blacks Shark Pro... Read More
Big Brands Gaming Battle Looms, As Lenovo Cranks Up Legion Range
Lenovo has moved to crank up their presence in the PC gaming market in what is seen as a four-way battle between... Read More
Acer Takes Gaming Notebooks To New Level
Acer one of the world’s most successful gaming hardware manufacturers has taken advantage of a new generation of Intel processor to launch... Read More
PS5 To Feature High-Speed SSD, Ray Tracing
Sony has unveiled the technical specifications for the PlayStation 5, set to release this holiday season to compete with the Xbox Series... Read More
Microsoft Shows Off Tech For “Most Powerful Xbox”
Microsoft has unveiled a closer look at the technology powering its new Xbox Series X, which it says makes the console the... Read More
PlayStation 2 Celebrates 20 Years Of Gaming Excellence
Sony’s PlayStation 2 stands tall as one of the best-selling gaming consoles in history – and this week, the historic device celebrates... Read More
Experience Elite Performance With Next-Gen Seagate Gaming Solutions
Seagate Technology, a world leader in data solutions, today announced the local availability of its new high-performance, superior line of storage solutions... Read More
New NZXT Case Keeps Cool During Heated Gaming Moments
Leading PC case maker NZXT has unveiled a new small form factor mini-ITX case that it says will leave no compromises when... Read More
Xbox Series X Roundup: New Specs, System and Compatibility Features
Xbox has revealed a stack of new information about its next games console, the Xbox Series X. Xbox chief Phil Spencer (pictured)... Read More
Xbox Series X Promises Faster Play, Less Waiting
Microsoft is promising “immersion in an instant” thanks to a range of system features new to its next-generation console. When designing the... Read More
Next Xbox Has 12 Teraflop GPU, Eight Times Faster Than Xbox One
Microsoft has revealed more details of the hardware powering its upcoming next-generation console, the Xbox Series X. In a blog post, Xbox... Read More
Coronavirus Blamed For VR Headset Shortage
Valve explains why its VR headset is out of stock around the world but gives no timeline for more. Last week we reported that... Read More
Fortress Melbourne eSports Arena Partners With Dell/Alienware
Melbourne’s largest dedicated e-sports venue, Fortress Melbourne, has announced its partnership with both Dell Technologies, and its gaming brand Alienware, as its... Read More
