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Corsair today revealed its new high-performance Vengeance DDR4-4600 RAM kits, keeping up with competitor frequencies for enthusiast users.

Corsair's new Vengeance LPX DDR4 RAM kits come with 2x8GB modules clocked at 4600MHz frequencies, and was co-developed with ASRock for use with the company's X299 OC Formula motherboard. The modules feature full support for Intel's XMP 2.0 platform and its high-end Core X-Series processors.

These high-performance RAM kits feature CL19-26-26-46 timings at 1.5V and are optimized for enthusiasts and overclockers alike. The kits will be quite pricey: MSRP for the 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-4600 kits sits at a hefty $549 and will be available on September 21, whereas the 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-4500 kits sit at $479 and are available now. Corsair's Vengeance LPX RAM also features a lifetime limited warranty.

Larian Studios are set to release their highly anticipated sequel to 2014's Divinity: Original Sin, with tomorrow (September 14) seeing the PC release of Divinity: Original Sin 2. Those unfamiliar with the series, D:OS 2 is a turn-based ARPG, that features six origin characters each with their own unique story, a main-character development system featuring over 200 skills and spells to master and a map full of adventure and secrets for you to discover.

D:OS2 has been in Early Access on Steam since September 2016, with frequent content updates along the journey to keep backers happy. Today Larian Studios released a feature trailer that previews what you can expect on your 100+ hour journey.

If you haven't played any of the Divinity series, do yourself a favor and get lost in the magical Divinity world of Rivellon. I've already told my significant other not to expect to see me this weekend. You can too, by checking out the D:OS2 Steam page.

Beyond Star Wars Battlefront's shallow gameplay, lies a terrific game with incredible visuals, and the ability to play as Darth Vader. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is set to release November 17 and EA have treated us gamers with an early gift, a free season pass for Battlefront.

All you need is to own the base game, head over to either the Xbox Store, PlayStation Store or Origin depending on your platform and add the season pass. The Star Wars Battlefront Season Pass includes four DLC packs- Outer Rim, Bespin, Death Star and Rogue One. Totaling 4 new modes, 8 heroes and 16 new maps, not bad for free.

This free promotion is for a limited time only and available now, so quickly download your season pass before it's too late.

ZOTAC are well known for their impressive Mini PCs and have continued to push innovation, this time with the all-new MAGNUS EK and ER range Mini Gaming PCs. That's correct, the first Mini PCs ever to be built with desktop sized graphics cards. These VR ready Mini PCs are available with a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 or 1070.

The EK Mini PC features a 7th Gen Intel Core quad-core processor and includes the revolutionary Intel Optane memory that enables SSD like performance while the MAGNUS ER series is the first Mini PC to feature an AMD Ryzen processor. Both options feature support for 32GB DDR4-2400MHz memory, 2.5" and M.2 SSD support and smart thermal design to allow for amazing cooling properties.

For more information, visit ZOTAC's website here.

We all know about the cryptocurrency mining phenomenon that has lasted longer than fidget spinners and Pokemon GO combined, but now Colorful is entering the game with the most unique motherboard... well... EVER.

Colorful has just announced a non-standard form factor motherboard that uses Intel's LGA 1151 socket, with the new C.B250A-BTC PLUS V20 motherboard (you won't forget that easily, don't worry) rocking a huge 8 x PCIe x16 slots. The board is a massive 485mm in length and even 195mm wide... meaning even huge HPTX cases won't house it.

The new motherboard is built for mining-specific racks, with 8 x PCIe x16 slots and 2-slot spacing between them for 8 high-end graphics cards to mine 24/7.

ARCTIC have added the new gaming specific BioniX case fans along with the powerful Freezer 33 eSports Edition CPU cooler to their product range. Tailor made for gamers, these products are aesthetically pleasing while maintaining high performance thanks for the extremely silent 3-phase motor.

The BioniX fans are available in two variants, the F120 and F140 based on their multiple fan sizes. Available in 4 color variations, the Patented PWM Sharing Technology regulates variable fan speed from 200 to 1800 RPM to allow for silent gaming with performance on demand.

"The newly developed, whisper-quiet 3-phase motor guarantees long gaming sessions without annoying noise. Due to the low coil temperature, the service life of the BioniX case fans is four times longer and we extend the warranty to 10 years", says Magnus Huber, CEO of ARCTIC.

Tesla is weeks away from showing off their new electric semi-truck, with Elon Musk tweeting that there will be an unveiling event on October 26 in Hawthorne, CA.

Musk promises that the Tesla semi truck is "worth seeing this beast in person" and that it's "unreal". Musk said last year as part of his Master Plan, Part Deux that Tesla's new electric semi truck will "deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate".

All eyes are on Tesla for their upcoming electric semi truck on October 26.

PlayerUnknown himself recently sat down with Polygon to discuss his pre-launch thoughts on Battlegrounds, where PUBG creator Brendan Greene expected sales to hit a ceiling of 300,000 or so. Except, now they're over 10 million with no signs of stopping.

The latest news for Battlegrounds is that the developer has teamed up with Vivox, who will be integrating their proprietary 3D positional audio technology into the game. Vivox CEO Rob Seaver said: "Our team has been playing PUBG since it launched in Early Access, and we'd like to congratulate Bluehole and Mr. Greene on the exceptionally positive response they've received from players".

Seaver, CEO of Vivox, continued: "Even after a hundred game integrations, we're always excited to see a game utilize our capabilities to enhance gameplay and community engagement for players. Bluehole has done a fantastic job and has shown how much core pieces of technology - like 3D voice comms - can change player experiences".

Battlegrounds sits atop of the most-played games on Steam and is one of the best-selling games of all time (smashing CS:GO and Dota 2 from their invincible perks is a BIG DEAL), but its creator didn't have faith in the beginning.

Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene recently talked with Polygon, where he was settling into his "whirlwind year". Greene said: "A lot of the [internal team], they really couldn't believe it. There were a few veterans of the game industry that were [saying], like, 'No, no. 200,000 [or] 300,000 the first year.' But then when we hit that first million, there were a lot of smiles around the office".

Greene added that when he first proposed the game to Bluehole, he was confident PUBG would hit 1 million sales in the first month. But even with that optimism, he didn't think there would be 10 million sales this quickly. He added: "I mean, we're walking around wondering why we've been this successful. You know, I had faith in my own game mode ... but [10] million copies and number one on Steam in just under five months I think we're at now? It's just crazy to me".

AMD could be in trouble with RTG boss Raja Koduri going on a sabbatical as of yesterday, but the news of NVIDIA working on a new GeForce GTX 1070 Ti graphics card is even bigger news.

NVIDIA already has a great mid-range borderline high-end card with the current GeForce GTX 1070, but a Ti variant in the GTX 1070 Ti could really rock AMD's world. NVIDIA will reportedly be using 2304 CUDA cores on the new GTX 1070 Ti

As VideoCardz says this could just be a typo as it shows the ASUS GTX 1070 Ti STRIX O8G, but if it's real it could get very thick for AMD, very fast. We will report more as it breaks.

Two of Bethesda's most mature games are arriving on the Switch--the newest Doom reboot, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

Bethesda Softworks has been open about its Switch support, and the company pulled a nice twist by announcing that Doom and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus are both coming to the handheld-console hybrid. The announcement was made during Nintendo's most recent Direct showcase. We originally predicted that Bethesda would announce Fallout 4 for the device simply because of its Creation Club monetization platform stands to make a killing on the platform, but alas the publisher surprised us.

It'll be interesting to see what kind of trade-offs id Software has to make to get Doom running in handheld mode, especially since the game is renowned for its blistering frame rates on PC. Bethesda may continue bringing more of its games to the platform in the future and opening up a new way for gamers to play at home or on-the-go.

Before they were titans of the industry, development studios like Blizzard and id Software have humble beginnings--even Microsoft, HP and Apple were started in garages. Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime reveals the company's early beginnings at BlizzCon 2017.

According to Mr. Morhaime, Blizzard's billions were kickstarted with the help of a smallish $15,000 loan from his grandma. "Allen Adham and I each contributed $10,00," the Blizzard co-founder said in a pre-BlizzCon stream. "In order to get my $10,000, I borrowed $15,000 from my grandmother. She didn't charge me any interest, that was very nice of her. Before we had any games, before we had actually done anything, this was basically the doors opening and us starting out."

Today Blizzard is one of the most successful games companies in the industry with multiple billion dollar franchises that dominate all facets of gaming.

After scalpers have sold countless NES Classic Edition consoles for obscene prices, Nintendo pulls a 180 and decides to sell its emulation machine again next year. And yes, the NES Mini is made from cheap components.

Last we reported, Nintendo had killed of the NES Mini, adding a significant layer to the already-toppling frustration cake that consumers munched on. Now the Japanese games-maker decided it likes profits, and money, so it's going to re-release the cheap mini console again next year--and put retail workers through hell again (and probably again after that).

While it's great news for many gamers who weren't able to buy the $59.99 system and relive classic nostalgia, it puts Nintendo Switch owners in a precarious position. Are we ever getting traditional a la carte on-demand VirtualConsole on Switch? The Switch Online service, which retails for $20 a year, includes access to classic NES games...and I have a feeling this is all we'll get. If this is true, this is a bad oversight on Nintendo's part; the NES Classic should be for gamers outside of Nintendo's traditional hardware ecosystem, a one-off purchase that locks players to a limited set-top box. The Swtich, however, is an ecosystem that should embrace traditional VirtualConsole simply because gamers will buy the games, and Nintendo is losing money every day the service isn't available.

Steam's review system is not always a true reflection of a gamers experience with a game. We recently saw negative Dota 2 reviews because gamers were blaming Dota 2 for killing Half Life 3.

Now gamers have recently taken to Campo Santo's walking simulator, Firewatch with a wealth of negative reviews in protest of Campo Santo's co-founder Sean Vanaman's recent Twitter remarks "We're filing a DMCA takedown of PewDiePie's Firewatch content and any future Campo Santo games."

In a recent stream of PUBG, Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg dropped the n-word and this clearly upset the Campo Santo co-founder. Vanaman has since encouraged other developers to do the same, which has caused the gaming community to rally behind PewDiePie.

SilentiumPC have announced the new Regnum RG4 chassis. The RG4 continues SilentiumPC's mission of delivering high quality cases that produce impressive air-flow without breaking the budget. The RG4 range includes four varients- RG4/RG4F (solid side panel in pure black or frosty white) and RG4T/RG4TF (pure black or frosty white with tempered-glass panel).

Featuring a dual-chamber layout, the RG4 series offers functionality and solutions for all modern system requirements that includes support for up to 380 mm long graphics cards and up to 159 mm tall CPU coolers. With excellent cooling properties, the Regnum RG4 series comes equipped with three quiet 120mm fans and full range of intake dust filters that are controlled by an inbuilt fan controller that controls up to five fans. Liquid cooling enthusiasts will also be pleased with the dual-chamber layout as this allows for custom loops with room for a top radiator (up to 240mm) and front radiator (upto 360mm).

For more information, visit SilentiumPC's website here.

When it comes to innovation, In Win are at the top of the PC chassis game. It should then come as no surprise that In Win have released their new wood-infused 305 mid-tower PC chassis.

That's correct, wood-infused. The front panel offers a choice of fine-grained maple wood or brush aluminium to offer a distinct and fresh style. Available in black (aluminium) or white (maple wood), the 305 uses 1.2mm SECC steel with 3mm tempered glass on the front and side panels to add to that distinct finish.

Built upon the features and elements that made the predecessor 303 a success, the 305 features tool-less removable side panels and dust filter. To assist with airflow, In Win's latest chassis is capable of fitting 3x120mm fans at the top, 1x120mm fan in the rear and 3x120mm fans at the base. Rest assured there is still plenty of room for water cooling options, with 360mm radiator space at the top and bottom and 120mm at the rear, with plenty of space for pump/reservoir mounting in the front.

It's unfortunate the Bungie isn't launching Destiny 2 onto all platforms at the same time, as the PC version of the game isn't coming out until October 24 - a good 6 weeks after the Xbox One and PS4 versions. But... this could be a good thing.

First off, we live in a world of unfinished, always-changing games. Destiny 2 will be patched constantly for the first few months, so this gives Bungie an additional six weeks of updates for Destiny 2 on the consoles to get the PC version in a better state. The game is already solid as it is, but there will be small fixes and tweaks thanks to the console gamers kinda beta testing it for us (thanks guys).

It's reaffirmed when there are updates being pushed out for Destiny 2 already, with a "longer-than-scheduled maintenance period" for Destiny 2 servers today. After this outage, Bungie baked in some new features that included the matchmaking equivalent for high-end activities, Guided Games.

Apple announced its new iPhone X in the last 24 hours, offering up the 64GB version for $999 while the 256GB variant of the iPhone X will cost $1149. What's better than the launch itself? Parody videos!

YouTuber 'jacksfilms' uploaded their new iPhone X parody video and it's freaking beautiful. The stand out for me would have to be the bit where he explains the new Face ID technology on iPhone X that uses the front-facing camera as your personal security to enter the phone as there is no Home ID button or fingerprint sensor on iPhone X.

He explains its beautifully in the video, saying: "When you look at your phone it'll shoot thousands of lasers straight into your pores, then it sucks your soul like Dementor. Thank you for your life juice".

Apple might excite people with the new iPhone 8 and iPhone X smartphones, but Samsung is the company that is out-innovating the South Korean electronics giant right now.

Samsung has teased that it will be releasing a bendable smartphone in 2018, with Koh Dong-jin - president of mobile business at Samsung Electronics, said that there are multiple problems to overcome first. Dong-jin explained: "As the head of the business, I can say our current goal is next year. When we can overcome some problems for sure, we will launch the product".

The problems that Samsung faces to reach a bendable smartphone include the company getting to the point of mass-producing a foldable smartphone that is not just thin, but feature-packed isn't easy. We should expect to hear more about Samsung's plans soon, where I'm hoping to see something shown off at CES 2018 in January.

Apple didn't just announce its new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X smartphones - but the company has also entered the 4K era with their new Apple TV 4K device.

The new Apple TV 4K will have 4K movies and TV shows on tap through the iTunes Store, with some of those 4K movies including HDR support. If you have been using Vudu to purchase 4K movies, you're used to paying $25-$30... but Apple will be charging just $15-$20 on the Apple TV 4K which is great for 4K content moving into the future.

Apple has powered the new 4K-capable Apple TV with their A10X Fusion processor, which has "superior performance" and "superior graphics" over its predecessor.