Derek Strickland

Senior Gaming Editor
Derek joined the TweakTown team in 2015 and has since reviewed and played 1000s of hours of new games. Derek is absorbed with the intersection of technology and gaming, and is always looking forward to new advancements. With over six years in games journalism under his belt, Derek aims to further engage the gaming sector while taking a peek under the tech that powers it. He hopes to one day explore the stars in No Man's Sky with the magic of VR.
Derek, currently based in Florida, USA, has written 11,779 items of content on TweakTown since his first content was published online in 2015.
Editorial Responsibilities: gaming news and reviews
- December 2015
- Hackers play Pokemon and run Linux on jailbroken PlayaStation 4
- Steam's Christmas shenanigans affected 34,000 users, Valve says
- iBuyPower reveals futuristic Revolt 2 gaming desktop
- Could this be art for Platinum's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game?
- Mass Effect Andromeda may be delayed into 2017 following dev departure
- This fan-made Millennium Falcon is the envy of all Star Wars Lego sets
- New York City starts installing free gigabit Wi-Fi hubs
- ArcaSpace creates first real-life hoverboard, on sale for $20,000
- J.J. Abrams regrets not directing Star Wars: Episode VIII
- Engineers create world's first biologically powered computer chip
- Amazon's Christmas sale offers up to 70% on select games
- BioStar reveals new Hyper OC tech for non-K CPU overclocking
- Google is testing a new passwordless login system
- Nintendo rumored to show NX backstage at CES 2016
- Classic Star Wars trilogy gets recreated in 8-Bit graphics
- Gamer sues Bethesda after losing wife and job to Fallout 4 addiction
- 25% of smartphones in 2016 will feature 3D Touch displays
- SEGA Dreamcast 2 to be PC and console hybrid?
- Hackers: Sony's PlayStation Network will crash again this Christmas
- G.SKILL announces new blazing-fast 3200 MHz 64GB DDR4 RAM kits
- Hideo Kojima 'contractually forbidden' to discuss Konami breakup
- BioStar launches new GeForce GTX 750 Ti OC video card
- Canada is selling 'fresh hand bottled air' to polluted Chinese cities
- Halo: Reach, Deus Ex: HR and more now playable on Xbox One
- Here's how to unofficially re-download P.T. on PS4
- Sony: PlayStation VR's 'cutting edge' OLED display is a big advantage
- Hideo Kojima officially signs up with Sony for new PS4 exclusive
- Hideo Kojima's new PlayStation 4 game is timed exclusive, coming to PC
- Fallout 4 player charts the Commonwealth's irradiated oceans
- Report: Hideo Kojima creates a new studio, negotiating with Sony
- Report: Apple iPhone 7 won't have unique 3D Touch, releases in 2016
- Bungie sells Destiny level boosts for $30, infuriates player base
- World's first Wii U emulator can run Mario Kart 8
- Motherboard sales drop 10% in 2015, expected to continue in 2016
- New smartphone can last up to 15 days on a single charge
- Get ready for The Force Awakens with this Fallout 4 lightsaber mod
- Snag Destiny and all DLC packs for just $30 at Amazon
- Google's quantum computer is 100 million times faster than today's PCs
- GPU sales: VisionTek Radeon R9 Nano for $400, MSI Gold GTX 980 Ti $659
- Sony caught raising digital PS4 game prices before holiday sale
- 77,000 Steam accounts hacked every month, says Valve
- EVE: Valkyrie will come bundled with the Oculus Rift at launch
- Rez's haptic PlayStation VR suit makes Lawnmower Man tech a reality
- Can we expect an Oculus Rift release date at CES 2016?
- New Fallout 4 patch fixes infinite bottlecap glitch
- Microsoft's new security leak puts Xbox LIVE user data at risk
- Konami has 'lack of leadership', says ex Square Enix president
- Mozilla officially calls it quits on Firefox smartphones
- France to shut down open Wi-Fi during states of emergency
- Minecraft bricks its way to the Nintendo Wii U later this month
- New graphics comparison shows upscaled 1080p PS2 emulation on the PS4
- Tetsuya Nomura confirms Final Fantasy VII Remake is multi-volume
- Halo 5 has now generated more than $1 million in microtransactions
- Sony releases new Final Fantasy VII Remake gameplay trailer
- DICE is forming a small Frostbite team to experiment with VR
- Sony's PlayStation 2 emulation on PS4 doesn't support game discs
- It may soon be possible to fuse nanocircuits onto paper
- Rock Band VR announced for the Oculus Rift
- Sony buys up Toshiba's image sensor fab for $155 million
- Konami forbids Hideo Kojima from attending The Game Awards 2015
- Rumor: Smartphones to rock up to 8GB of RAM in 2016
- Phanteks' new dual Enthoo Mini XL chassis houses two PC builds
- Microsoft really is making a Surface Phone, reports claim
- Fallout 4 battles: 300 Brotherhood of Steel vs. 30,000 Deathclaws
- Microsoft dev streams Halo 5 from Xbox One to HoloLens
- November 2015
- Recreational drone literally pokes UK toddler's eye out
- Nintendo NX has a 60% chance at succeeding, says analyst
- Apacer announces new Panther 2666MHz DDR4 RAM modules
- Amazon's new Prime Air drones deliver packages in 30 minutes or less
- New Fallout 4 mod dramatically overhauls in-game landscapes
- Rumor: Sony unlocks PS4's seventh core to boost performance
- Introducing Li-Fi, the Wi-Fi killer that boasts 224Gbps
- Sony's PlayStation 4 dominates sales charts with 30.2 million sales
- Halo PC is finally happening, and Microsoft has nothing to do with it
- How to use Fallout 4's bottlecap glitch without depleting ammo
- Software modder brings PlayStation's Remote Play to PC... for a price
- Just Cause 3 on PC supports NVIDIA GameWorks
- Fallout 4 player charts the Commonwealth in this splendid map
- Microsoft explains why Red Dead Redemption is missing on Xbox One
- Microsoft's Xbox 360 celebrates its 10th birthday today
- Here's how to get Fallout 4's secret harpoon gun
- Destiny gets 'new' exotics and weapon tweaks in December Update
- Like most Apple products, the iPad Pro makes for tough DIY repairs
- G.SKILL's new 8GB Trident Z DDR4 RAM modules hit a blazing 4133MHz
- Steam nixes flash and daily discounts during big season sales
- Apple's new iPad Pro freezes up after charging, requires hard reset
- 'It wouldn't be right to continue creating Dark Souls,' says Miyazaki
- The SAPPHIRE Nitro AMD R9 380X is a mid-range gateway for 1440p gaming
- Sony successfully emulates PS2 games on PlayStation 4
- Fallout 4 player builds massive working Rubik's Cube
- Xbox One's new button mapping feature is actually quite limited
- Xbox Black Friday sale cuts prices up to 70% on 150 games
- Intel bundles free games with select Core i7 CPU's
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided gets significantly delayed
- EA hires Ubisoft dev to make open-world Assassin's Creed-like game
- EA plans to make tons of new Star Wars: Battlefront games
- Fallout 4 Wasteland Survival Guide Part 3: Bobbleheads
- Anonymous vows revenge against ISIS for Paris terror attacks
- Researchers use fool's gold to boost lithium ion batteries
- Fallout 4 game-breaking bug discovered, can corrupt save files
- Windows 10 conquers SteamOS in game performance
- Pornhub views dip 10% following Fallout 4 release
- Fallout 4 racked up $750 million on launch day, sets pre-order record
- Huawei reveals new ultra-fast quick charge batteries
- Fallout 4 Guide Part 2: Building epic battles with console commands
- Upcoming Nintendo smartphone games will all have microtransactions
- New Fallout 4 glitch lets you rack up infinite bottlecaps
- Video streaming on unlimited T-Mobile plans no longer uses data
- Fallout 4 wasteland survival guide part 1: basic tips
- Unreal Engine 4 gets VR SLI support via NVIDIA GameWorks VR
- Best Buy sale offers 40-inch 1080p HDTV and Xbox One for $500
- Report: GTA V publisher uses hired muscle to intimidate modder
- Microsoft unveils first wave of Xbox One backward compatible games
- Fallout 4 Review: Brave New World
- 343i promises to fix Halo 5's aiming while announcing new REQ packs
- Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed Syndicate PC requirements
- Halo 5 players spent $500,000 on microtransactions since launch
- Microsoft's Surface Book is a nightmare for DIY repairs
- The Fallout 4 Pip Boy app is now available on Android
- VR needs three to five years to win over consumers, says HTC
- Destiny's microtransactions are here to stay, will fund new expansions
- Windows 7 PC's will be phased out starting October 2016
- Full list of Xbox One backward compatible games coming soon
- Microsoft kills off unlimited OneDrive cloud storage due to overuse
- BioWare teases Mass Effect: Andromeda surprises for N7 day
- PlayStation 4 bundle discounted to $299 in upcoming sale
- Strap a futuristic Pip Boy to your wrist with the Rufus Cuff
- Activision buys Candy Crush devs for $5.9 billion
- Warner Bros. admits it can't fix Arkham Knight on PC, offers refunds
- October 2015
- Check out the Rise of the Tomb Raider launch trailer
- Google's Nexus 6P is really tough to repair
- 343i dev wants to make a Halo game without shooting
- Google will unify Chrome OS and Android to make new operating system
- Gamer proves Halo 5 has serious issues with multiplayer aiming
- Batman: Arkham Knight needs 12GB RAM on Windows 10 PC's
- Sony has no plans to add PS3 backward compatibility on the PS4
- Nintendo reveals first smartphone game, new cross-platform service
- Samsung's new 18.4-inch Galaxy View tablet is made for video streaming
- Death is 'too intense' in VR first-person shooters, says devs
- PlayStation VR games will be built on 'new and existing' experiences
- Report: Samsung readying foldable smartphone for January release
- PlayStation 4 sales are 'well over 25 million', says Sony exec
- No Man's Sky release date is June 2016 on PS4
- Xbox One's backward compatibility launch date revealed
- Amazon could be making AR glasses to rival HoloLens
- Samsung develops bendable battery strip for smartwatches
- Fallout 4 mods can only be created on a PC
- Sony 'might consider' making high-performance PS4 model
- Nintendo teases surprises and twists for Zelda Wii U
- VR requires experience with 'high-end PC development', says dev
- Fallout 4 has officially gone gold and is ready to ship
- Sony's done making games for the PlayStation Vita
- COD: Black Ops 3 drops down to 30FPS on last-gen consoles
- Rainbow Six: Siege will probably have microtransactions
- BlackBerry Priv listed for $749, full specs and launch date leaked
- Scalpers charging up to $10,000 for Star Wars: Force Awakens tickets
- Magic Leap aims to seamlessly blend real life with holograms
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 can power 'everything' on the Oculus Store
- New PC footage of cancelled Battlefront 3 game surfaces
- Discrete NVIDIA GPU options now added to all Surface Books
- Xbox leverages titanic flying screen to livestream Halo 5 gameplay
- Stanford unveils self-driving electric DeLorean named Marty
- Lenovo announces huge 27-inch all-in-one with Windows 10
- MSI's new ultra-thin GS40 Phantom gaming laptop packs a serious punch
- Want to join Google's Project Fi network? Here's your chance
- ASUS wants to make its own HoloLens AR headset
- Rock Band 4's DLC totals up to a whopping $3,926
- Nintendo NX could be a unified console and 3DS-like mobile handheld
- Valve pledges to fix Steam customer support
- Star Wars: Battlefront upgrades, heroes and weapons leaked
- Apple's new 4K iMacs are ridiculously hard to repair
- Steam hardware doesn't work on Macs, Valve apologizes with free games
- Watch kids get tricked into believing real-world is VR game
- NVIDIA's future Game Ready drivers will require email sign ups
- Metal Gear Solid V raked in $179 million in a single day
- Star Wars: Battlefront won't have built-in voice chat
- Acer releases 34-inch curved ultrawide QHD display with G-Sync
- Check out Mad Max Fury Road rendered in 8-bit NES graphics
- Capcom lists new Dead Rising and Devil May Cry games
- Apple could pay $862 million fine in patent infringement case
- 87% of Android devices are vulnerable, Nexus models most secure
- Black Ops 3 campaign lets you fast-forward right to the end
- Nexus 6P and 5X unboxing videos surface
- VR games will be quality over quantity, says Epic Games CEO
- Capcom's Resident Evil 7 could be in VR
- Star Citizen gets free two week trial, here's how to get in
- London police finally halt round-the-clock watch on Julian Assange
- Master Chief goes rogue in the Halo 5: Guardians launch trailer
- Dell buys IT firm EMC for $67 billion in largest tech deal in history
- Sony started working on PlayStation VR in 2010
- Microsoft goes on tour with HoloLens AR demos
- BlackBerry could exit phone business if the Priv crashes
- Surface Book has dual-GPU setup with custom 1GB GDDR5 Maxwell GPU
- Xbox boss: 'We aren't motivated by beating Sony'
- PlayStation 4 universal remote to release late October
- Fallout 4 PC requirements revealed
- PlayStation VR has 'overwhelming' conversion rate, says Sony
- iPhone 6S chipgate: TSMC's CPU has better battery and core performance
- Sony officially drops PS4 down to $350
- Sony pushes PS4 users to buy Destiny via new suggestion feature
- Destiny: Full Sleeper Simulant guide, all quests revealed
- Apple's 3D Touch is coming to Android phones
- Report: Apple to launch 4K 21.5-inch iMac next week
- Microsoft's Continuum turns Lumia 950s into mobile PC's
- Ubisoft announces Far Cry Primal set in Stone Age, coming 2016
- Microsoft's new 12.3-inch Surface Pro 4 starts at $899
- Microsoft's new Surface Book laptop sports GeForce GPU, Skylake CPU
- Lumia 950 and 950XL has liquid cooling, 4K video, octacore CPU
- Microsoft HoloLens dev kits will be $3,000, ships in Q1 2016
- Destiny moves towards microtransactions to fund new DLC
- Custom button mapping coming to all Xbox One controllers
- Apple's worth jumps 43% to $170 billion, still world's top brand
- Facebook will zap free internet to Africa via satellite
- Spurned Pokemon fan raises $4000 to pay for copyright fine
- Jack Dorsey reprises role as Twitter's CEO
- Final Oculus Rift VR headset to cost 'north of $350'
- Xbox LIVE downtime hurts players' trust, says Phil Spencer
- Microsoft buys universal 3D physics developer Havok
- Microsoft announces 1TB Fallout 4 Xbox One bundle
- Japan Display reveals 17-inch 8K LCD panel with 120Hz
- Sony underclocked PS Vita's CPU frequency to 444MHz
- Don't pre-order Fallout 4's season pass--wait for mods instead
- Amazon halts sales of Chromecast and Apple TV
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has '100% optional' microtransactions
- Deux Ex's pre-order scheme has been cancelled
- Apple patents new smart ring design
- September 2015
- Stephen Hawking warns alien viruses could wipe out mankind
- Tony Hawk 5 is embarrassingly broken, is it Activision's fault?
- Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch launches this Friday in U.S
- New Lumia 950 listings confirm QHD screen, 20MP camera and more
- Tesla's new $140K Model X is virus-proof, gets 250 miles per charge
- Google launches new $35 Chromecast with boosted Wi-Fi and Fast Play
- Google's Nexus 6P is $499, has USB Type-C, QHD and Project Fi support
- iPhone 6S only costs Apple $245 to make
- Konami: Metal Gear can definitely continue without Kojima
- BlackBerry CEO fumbles during new Priv demonstration
- No timed-exclusive DLC for Fallout 4, Bethesda says
- Apple sold 13 million new iPhones over launch weekend
- Audi confirms 2.1 million cars use emission cheating software
- Fallout 4's install size is surprisingly light
- Xbox One's unlocked 7th core isn't that much of a boost, says dev
- Sony probably won't make another PS Vita handheld
- Halo 5 takes up a whopping 13% of Xbox One's total HDD
- Halo devs already working on Halo 6, has roadmap for next 10 years
- Black Ops 3 has no campaign on PS3, Xbox 360
- iPhone 6S teardown reveals slimmer battery and heftier display
- 'Gaming is in a healthy spot', says Xbox boss
- Floating VR rig paves way for virtual reality rides
- Gaming voice actors set to strike amid failed negotiations
- Star Wars: Battlefront open beta to be held October 8-12
- Half-Life 3 won't have VR support, says Valve
- LG's new foldable displays can be folded more than 100,000 times
- PlayStation VR is the 'ultimate weapon' for devs, says Sony
- Sony's PS4 gets its first early access game
- PS4 price cut to spread overseas, says Microsoft
- Star Wars: Battlefront to have dedicated servers
- There's no point in playing Destiny without The Taken King
- Report: Konami gives up on AAA games, no more Metal Gear
- Amazon reveals $140 Fire TV microconsole with 4K streaming
- Bethesda: Fallout 4 feels like a modern shooter
- New Xbox 360 update adds 2GB of cloud storage
- Metal Gear Solid V mod unlocks all hidden and DLC items
- Persona 5 delayed to 2016, gets new gameplay trailer
- Star Wars: Battlefront beta will be open, offline co-op supported
- G.SKILL releases new high-performance mechanical keyboards
- Could Final Fantasy XIV: ARR be a PlayStation VR launch title?
- New Bloodborne expansion slashes its way to PS4 in November
- Sony slashes PS4's retail price in Japan
- EA isn't buying out CD Projekt RED
- Need for Speed on PC delayed to 2016 in order to 'unlock frame rates'
- Metal Gear Solid V on Xbox One suffers intense frame-rate drops
- Meet Nintendo's new president, Tatsumi Kimishima
- Windows 10 on Xbox One revealed as 'OneCore', brings 50% speed boost
- StarCraft's RTS legacy ends in November with Legacy of the Void
- New electroactive material could pave way for synthetic androids
- Dell readies new Windows tablet with 4K edge-to-edge touch display
- Xbox One is 'literally a Windows device', says Microsoft
- YouTuber demands $22K to promote indie game
- Backward compatible Xbox One games can be streamed to Windows 10 PCs
- Xbox One gets Windows 10 and backward compatibility in November
- Canon teases VR headset with 2.5K res per eye
- Fallout 4 gets $30 season pass and full modding tools
- Siri goes hands-free on Apple iPhone 6S and 6S Plus
- Apple iPhone 6S and 6S Plus launch September 25
- Apple reveals iPhone 6S and 6S Plus with 3D Touch
- Apple's new 12.9-inch iPad Pro is $799, launches in November
- Lian Li reveals new compact PC-Q21 mini-ITX cases
- This custom mini-ITX gaming PC is powered by the new R9 Nano
- Activision 'significantly changed' the story arc of Destiny
- iPhone 5S deflects a bullet during armed robbery
- Raspberry Pi gets official 7-inch touchscreen display
- Metal Gear Solid V PC disc only contains 8MB install file
- Samsung teases DDR4 RAM at 6.4GHz for 2020 with 51.2GB/sec bandwidth
- Samsung unveils first 4K UHD Blu-ray player with 60FPS playback
- The Mad Max game looks absolutely stunning in 8K
- Fallout 4 has more dialogue than Fallout 3 and Skyrim combined
- Batman: Arkham Knight is finally playable on PC thanks to new patch
- Early Access games dominate Steam game sales in 2015
- Report: Mega Man movie gets greenlit by Fox
- Acer's new 10-core smartphone will 'dominate' Android gaming
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's pre-order scheme could change everything
- Ocarina of Time gets an enchanting Unreal Engine 4 makeover
- Hideo Kojima: The players are everything, I get my energy from them
- Star Wars: Battlefront won't have server browsers on PC
- How Fallout 4's perk system might work
- Star Wars: Battlefront beta hits in October, features 20v20 chaos
- August 2015
- Square Enix improvised Final Fantasy 7's development, says Nomura
- New $499 Elite Xbox One model sports 1TB SSDHD, Elite controller
- Destiny: The Taken King's raid won't be live upon release
- Destiny: Xur's Three of Coins exotic drop buff will be a gamble
- Final Fantasy 15 almost had VR support
- VR will slowly trickle to mainstream market, says Oculus founder
- Xbox One Mini isn't real, says Phil Spencer
- Marvel Studios founder to bring Borderlands to the big screen
- XCOM 2 delayed to 2016 on all platforms
- The Witcher 3 sold over 6 million copies in six weeks
- Nintendo NX will let you share replays and track high scores
- Facebook testing its own Cortana-like AI service called 'M'
- Kojima heralds the end of an era in new Metal Gear Solid V trailer
- This 70's-themed Game Boy emulator fits in your pocket
- GTA V's new photo-realistic mod looks better than real life
- Nintendo might greenlight movie adaptations of iconic franchises
- Double your DualShock 4's battery life for just $5
- Nintendo NX's games will come on cartridges, no disc drive supported
- Bethesda: Fallout 4 will top Skyrim as the 'biggest release ever'
- Intel says that DDR4 will overtake DDR3 sometime next year
- Microsoft rumored to unveil Xbox One slim model in October
- GTA V mods coming to PS4, Xbox One in new update
- Sony launches PS4 preview program to test new updates
- NVIDIA launches GTX 950 DirectX 12 ready GPU for $159
- Can't install Black Ops 3 beta on PS4? Here's how to fix it
- Intel unveils new Optane brand at IDF 2015
- Rainbow Six Siege gets delayed to December
- New 3DS 'tubehax' homebrew launcher released, exploits YouTube app
- Windows 10 can block pirated games and unauthorized hardware
- Witcher 3 modding toolset is all modders get, no updates incoming
- New VR game suite merges laser tag with immersive FPS chaos
- Introducing the Talon, a game controller that slides on your finger
- Here's how to unlock 'Very High' quality Xbox One to PC game streaming
- Guillermo del Toro is done with video games
- Most gamers won't play singleplayer in Star Wars: Battlefront, says EA
- Destiny: Xur is selling Gjallarhorn for the weekend
- Larian Studios announces Divinity: Original Sin II
- New mod brings Halo 3 online multiplayer to PC
- Only 34% of Steam users play games at 1080p, says Valve
- Gamer finds new ghost scare in P.T. demo
- Dark Souls 3 is a 'turning point for the series', says Miyazaki
- Ultra-low graphics mod transforms Skyrim into a Pixar wonderland
- World's first 6-inch 4K AMOLED panel targets mobile VR market
- Elder Scrolls VI won't happen for a 'very long time', says Bethesda
- Metal Gear Solid V is 1080p 60FPS on PS4, 900p 60FPS on Xbox One
- Microsoft's Hololens will support online multiplayer via Xbox LIVE
- Microsoft wants to 'support Steam and help run great on Windows 10'
- Star Wars: Battlefront wins big at Gamescom 2015
- Microsoft will use Xbox early access to test first-party games
- Final Fantasy 15 will release in 2016, new demo incoming
- Metal Gear Solid V on PC gets new release date and spec sheet
- New mod transforms GTA V into a RPG, thanks to modder Logic Spawn
- Report: Konami exploits and "imprisons" employees
- Xbox boss wants more first-party games, less third-party deals
- Star Wars: Battlefront's new Blast mode is 10v10 chaos
- Fallout 4 might take over 400 hours to complete
- July 2015
- Destiny: The Taken King's game zone is a cyclopean Hive ship
- Sony plans to open polls for new PS Plus games
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake's combat to be "dramatically changed"
- Xbox One might not get 100% backwards compatibility
- No Man's Sky could come to VR
- Intel's new 3D XPoint flash memory is 1,000 times faster than NAND
- Former Halo, Destiny devs form new VR game studio Endeavor One
- Nintendo NX's first known game might be Dragon Quest XI
- Razer buys Ouya, reveals new plans for the future
- PC-like FPS control comes to PS4 via new keyboard/mouse
- Report: Valve rakes in $1.5 billion revenue from Steam sales in 2014
- New Xbox One update adds Cortana, new dashboard
- This Raspberry Pi turns into a tiny Super Nintendo
- Nintendo wants Zelda Wii U to be the best Zelda game ever
- China completely scraps ban on games consoles
- Halo 5's campaign features eight playable Spartans
- Five Nights at Freddy's 4 launches early
- Modder runs Half-Life on an Android smartwatch
- This Destiny Titan figure is a work of art
- NVIDIA is giving away copies of Metal Gear Solid V with GeForce cards
- Xbox One backward compatibility was planned all along
- eSports league wants to drug test pro gamers