Today, Xiaomi announced its new gaming smartphone, the Black Shark 2. We previewed the first model last year; at the time, it seemed like a promising competitor to other gaming phone makers, like Asus and Razer. And Xiaomi is no stranger to designing and releasing high-end smartphones in China and elsewhere, even if they’re still fairly new […]
Gan said a total of five shots were fired into his and his friend’s rooms, apparently fired by a stranger who was “partying behind the street.” Thankfully no one was hurt by the stray gunfire, including Gan. The shots came in around 4 AM and he wasn’t sitting at his PC at the time—but if […]
NVIDIA launched its latest consumer-class GPU targeted at mainstream PC gamers this past Friday, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Although this new card carries a GeForce GTX moniker like its Pascal-based predecessors, it is actually based on NVIDIA’s bleeding-edge Turing architecture, which is also the foundation of the GeForce RTX 2000 series – with some major […]
The customizable product allows gamers with mobility limitations to craft their own personal device. On Wednesday night, Microsoft unveiled its new Xbox Adaptive Controller for the Xbox One console, aimed at making gaming more accessible for those with disabilities and mobility limitations as part of their Gaming for Everyone initiative. The device allows for individual […]
Buying a processor for a gaming rig isn’t as hard as it used to be. Now that AMD’s Ryzen and Intel’s 8th-gen CPUs debuted with more performance and cores than ever before, it’s hard to buy a stinker these days—especially since most games favor graphics firepower over CPU oomph. But all that said, there are specific chips that stand […]
Originally slated for the April 2018 Xbox One update, Microsoft is finally adding 120Hz support on its consoles. The May 2018 Xbox One update finally lets users take full advantage of their high-refresh screens. The new 120Hz capabilities should grant users smoother gameplay and faster reaction times, but you’ll actually need a display that supports this – […]
Storage solutions major Western Digital has introduced a high-performance solid-state drive (SSD) for PCs and gaming featuring the company’s own architecture and controller. The Black 3D NVMe SSD drive aims to accelerate data for PC applications, enabling users to access, engage and capture high-resolution video, audio and gaming content. It offers read speeds up to 3400MBps and write speeds […]
HIGHLIGHTS The Razer Electra V2 has been priced in India at Rs. 5,699 The Razer Electra V2 USB comes with a price tag of Rs. 6,499 Samsung was number 1 for both segments in all of 2017 Distributor Kaira Global on Tuesday announced the launch of the new Razer Electra V2 and Razer Electra V2 USB in India. Both […]
On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE’s daily podcast, we delve into the biggest news of the day and give you a rundown of the stories we’re reading, working on, and fascinated with. Today we discuss Trump’s tweets, protests in Iran, and proposed talks between South Korea and North Korea. Then we talk about the World Health Organization’s consideration […]
