CD Projekt RED recently caught flak for trademarking the word "cyberpunk" to accommodate it's massive upcoming game Cyberpunk 2077. Now the studio clarifies exactly why it made the trademark, and promises not to use the trademark as a sledgehammer to smash other games and studios.

"We want to protect our hard work and we don't plan on using the trademark offensively. It's a self-defense measure only," CD Projekt RED writes in their official explanation.

The devs have spent an incredible amount of time, money and effort into the project so far, and the game itself will be the biggest project they've ever taken on--much bigger than The Witcher 3. The studio will spend the next four years working on the game, dedicating a huge portion of its staff--some several hundred people--to the goal, all while incorporating high-end next-gen technologies.

ZTE has officially unveiled the Nubia Z17 mini, and the earlier rumors proved to be true.

The phone has a 5.2-inch display, and it comes in two versions. First one is powered by Snapdragon 652 and comes with 4GB of RAM, while the other one is powered by Snapdragon 653 and has 6GB of RAM. Both configurations have 64GB of internal storage expandable with a microSD card.

The ZTE Nubia Z17 mini comes with dual camera setup (13MP) and a 16MP selfie shooter. Other features include a fingerprint sensor and a 2,950 mAh battery.

Eurogamer's Digital Foundry is quite impressed with Microsoft's new 4K-ready Project Scorpio console, and to be honest, so am I. Microsoft has found an incredible synergy between all facets of the console, binding everything together on a software and hardware level in an extremely efficient harmony. But Digital Foundry makes a bold statement about the system, claiming that Project Scorpio could challenge video cards like NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1070 and AMD's Fury-X GPUs.

Project Scorpio does indeed have raw power, but it's not spread out at any one point. The system's 6TFLOPs GPU is highly customized and mostly derived from AMD's Polaris architecture, not its enthusiast-grade Vega GPU technology. If we looked at the GPU alone there'd be high doubts the system could maintain the native 4K performance Microsoft promised; but that's only part of the equation. Project Scorpio's power doesn't lie in its parts, but the dynamic fusion that sees all components come together with a strong, centralized software base using Windows 10 UWP framework. Project Scorpio has been customized on the silicon level, but it also has an extremely potent and flexible software pipeline that ensures games don't waste any power, and only use the resources they need. Essentially Microsoft has completely re-written the rules in which consoles are not only made, but how they maintain in-game performance. Remember Project Scorpio is a Windows 10 machine, and uses the massive scalability and flexibility of the platform.

Project Scorpio's customization and efficiency is so impressive that Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter reckons the system could take-on higher GPU hardware like a GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Fury X, both of which handle 4K decently.

A Chinese court has ordered Samsung to pay 80 million yuan (around $11.6 million) to Huawei for patent infringement.

The verdict is the result of a lawsuit filed by Huawei in May in China and the United States. A spokesman for Huawei said that the company welcomes the court's decision.

Huawei sued Samsung for making and selling more than 20 devices (smartphones and tablets) that are said infringed the patent. One of those devices is the Galaxy S7.

Microsoft's high-end Project Scorpio console is indeed capable of pushing native 4K gaming, and sometimes even 4K 60 FPS, but any PC gamer knows that this perf can come at a pretty substantial thermal output. To keep the system from frying from high temps, Microsoft has assigned Project Scorpio it's own unique vapor chamber cooling array.

Vapor chamber coolers are typically used in enthusiast-grade video cards such as NVIDIA's Founder's Edition GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti. Since Project Scorpio is churning out much more performance than traditional consoles, it needs something better than the normal heat pipe-and-fan conjunction found in most consoles.

Project Scorpio's vapor chamber cooling is complimented by a blower-style fan--again resembling a reference desktop-grade video card--that pushes heat out through the back of the system. Unlike current Xbox One and Xbox One S consoles, Microsoft's 4K machine doesn't have vents on its top or sides: heat is only expelled through vents on its rear side.

Turn 10 ported Forza's engine to Microsoft's 'monster' 4K ready Project Scorpio console in just two days time. Two days. That's pretty insane on its own. But what's even more unprecedented is the engine just worked...it worked just fine after only two days of porting. "Not only did it work, but it was fast. Brutally fast. Without the benefit of any platform-specific optimization."

In order to stress test the engine on early Project Scorpio hardware to see its limits, Turn 10 created a specific demo that matches Forza 6's performance on Xbox One to use on Project Scorpio, and jammed as many cars as possible in a specific level. Within the stress test conditions the game ran at 4K (3840 x 2160) resolution at 60FPS at only 66% GPU usage. UPDATE: Leadbetter confirms that Project Scorpio can hit native 4K 60FPS at Xbox One's "High" graphical preset with "substantial overhead" with 66% of the GPU used, and 4K 60FPS Ultra.

"I've seen Microsoft's new console running a Forza Motorsport 6-level experience locked to 4K60 on the equivalent to PC's ultra settings - cranking up the quality presets to obscene levels was one of the first things developer Turn 10 did when confronted with the sheer amount of headroom it had left after a straight Xbox One port," Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter said during the exclusive Scorpio reveal.

Digital Foundry today confirmed specifications of Microsoft's "monster" Project Scorpio console. The system doesn't feature a Ryzen CPU, but no specifics were given on the exact Radeon GPU architectures the system will use.

Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter hypes up Project Scorpio's raw power, despite the fact the system uses an 8-core Jaguar CPU that's been "evolved" to target latency and synergy with the system's highly customized GPU. The GPU itself does indeed hit 6TFLOPs of power, and has 40 compute units at 1172MHz, giving the system an 11% increase in Radeon hardware and a 27% boost in frequency, totaling for a 47% compute advantage.

The GPU has features derived from AMD's Polaris technology, which in PC terms is basically the Radeon RX 480. Project Scorpio's GPU is 4.6 times more powerful than the Xbox One's. This GPU has 36 Compute Units versus the Scorpio's 40. But the dedicated RX 480 video card has 1266MHz, which is 94MHz faster than Scorpio's GPU. So I couldn't really believe Microsoft has squeezed that much frequency out of a console part.

Canon is taking to the skies with its new PD6E2000-AW-CJ1 drone, a six-rotor drone that has been designed to use Canon's high-end ME20F-SH camera into search and rescue operations, reports Engadget.

Canon's new PD6E2000-AW-CJ1 drone isn't radically different from other professional drones from DJI, but Canon wins in the camera department for low-light emergency situations thanks to the huge 4 million ISO. The new drone is also weather proof, and features a two-axis gimbal that can take 10kg of weight.

The drone costs $20,000 - but don't worry, your rewards points will be happy with the additional $20,000 required for the ME20F-SH camera as well.

Toshiba has just announced that it has created the largest HDD it has ever made, with its new 8TB drive in the MG Series with model ML05ACA800.

The new 8TB drive is for business critical servers and shared storage systems, with a pretty decent 33% increase over its previous-gen drives. The new 8TB model is on the 6Gbps SATA interface, and on the larger 3.5-inch HDD form factor. Toshiba is on a roll, with IDC recently calling Toshiba the fastest growing HDD vendor in 2016, and now Toshiba is moving its 8TB drive into the enterprise and data center markets.

I put thousands of hours into the Quake franchise in the 90s, after diving right into the 3dfx Voodoo 1 at the time and running Quake (the original) in Glide - an alternate API to DirectX and OpenGL at the time. Fast forward to now, and we have Quake Champions - and it's not slow like the first-person shooters of today.

The latest Quake Champions raw gameplay footage is a great thing to see in a world of spruced up bullshots of games and PR-driven trailers: it's real, it's super-fast, and it's on the PC. Bethesda and id Software promised that Quake Champions has PC-specific features, with the developers building Quake Champions around the quick movement of a mouse and keyboard. Music to my ears.

STALKER used to be one of the original 'can your PC run it' games, but it disappeared and remerged with fragments of its original developers forming 4A Games and working on the Metro series of games - but now, STALKER could be rebooted, running Crytek's awesome CryEngine 3 graphics engine.

HardOCP reports that it is "unclear what the original source of these clips is, who is running the project, or if it is intended to actually have a public release". The videos were uploaded with the official CryEngine logo onto the Achieved with CryEngine channel, and a Facebook page.

If STALKER powered by CryEngine 3 becomes a real thing, I will have my eyes glued to the monitor for more news and any images and videos of a CryEngine-powered STALKER.

EK Water Blocks have unleashed it's new full cover water blocks for NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, with the new EK-FC1080 GTX Ti compatible with a large list of GTX 1080 Ti cards.

EKWB's new GTX 1080 Ti water block cools the GPU, VRAM, and the VRM - with water flowing over all of the most important parts of your new graphics card.

By cooling your GPU, GDDR5X (which is clocked at a huge 11Gbps on the GTX 1080 Ti) and the VRMs, you can hit higher frequencies with overclocking when all of these parts are under 100% load.

AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 580/RX570 graphics cards are coming soon, launching in less than two weeks reportedly, and now the latest version of AIDA64 supports the refreshed RX 400 series.

AMD will reportedly launch the RX 580 and RX 570 on April 18, followed by the RX 560 and RX 550. As for the latest version of AIDA64, you can get that here - while the release notes are below:

Following this week's news that Sylvester Stallone has abandoned the 'Expendables' franchise, Arnold Schwarzenegger has promised that he'll follow Sly out the door.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the action veteran says that "there is no Expendables without Sly. I would never do the movie without him, no." But even if Sly stays for the upcoming fourth film, that doesn't necessarily mean that he's back in either. Citing his disdain for the third entry, the Austrian Oak says that they'd also have to give him a much better part to even consider it. "The third one, I thought my part was not written well. It was also not playing well in the movie, as far as I was concerned. Maybe other people believed differently. But I didn't believe that I had any value in the movie. I love the franchise, by the way. I think it's a spectacular franchise, The Expendables. I think that Sly has good ideas, what he wants to do with it, and I think if they write a really good script [in] which my part is very well-developed, I would do it. If not, then I won't do it."

It looks like 'The Expendables' franchise as we know it is over.

Huawei unveiled the Honor V9 back in February, and now the company has launched the global version of the device under the name Honor 8 Pro.

The Honor 8 Pro features a QHD 5.7-inch display and is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 960 processor. The device comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, expandable with a microSD card.

The Honor 8 Pro has the same camera setup at the Honor 8 - dual 12MP+12MP camera, and an 8MP front shooter. On the back of the device, there's a fingerprint scanner, but it doesn't feature Smart Key as does Honor 8.

Apple's 10th-anniversary phone is set to see the light of day sometime in September this year. There are a lot of expectations from Apple, especially considering that this year's phone will mark ten years since the launch of the first iPhone.

Previous rumors have suggested that the iPhone 8 (assuming it will be named the iPhone 8) will cost $1000, but UBS analyst Steven Milunovich believes that the prices won't be that insane. According to him, the base 64GB model could start at $850 to $900 in the US, which is similar to the price of Samsung Galaxy S8+.

Milunovich explained that the iPhone 8 could start at under $1000 cause he believes that the 5.8-inch device will be competing at a screen size disadvantage compared to the 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+.

We've heard numerous rumors about Samsung launching foldable smartphones this year, with some reports suggesting that these devices might arrive before the Galaxy Note8.

However, Samsung Display Principal Engineer Kim Tae-woong killed those rumors today. Tae-woong said that bezel-free display currently sells well and there is no need to rush the development of the foldable display. According to him, this technology will be ready for commercial launch in 2019.

During Display TechSalon held in Seoul, Chung Won-seok, an analyst at HI Investment and Securities, confirmed Tae-woong's point of view.

Warner Bros. Interactive's Avalanche Software is currently hiring for some interesting positions for a new British-based triple-A game, and it could be a Harry Potter RPG.

NeoGAF user Nirolak spotted the job listings, and speculates the studio may be crafting a next-gen Harry Potter RPG for PS4, Xbox One and PC. There are actually three job listings that give us evidence of the new project: a listing for a senior game writer, an Unreal Engine lead animator, and a senior environment artist.

The first clue comes from the writer position: "We are looking for a talented storyteller with a deep understanding of British culture and grammatical presentation," reads the listing, and "provide British authenticity to the tone of the project," is listed as a key responsibility.

Samsung recently announced their new phones - the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Both phones come with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. However, there's also a version of the Galaxy S8+ with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.

There are strong indications that this model will only be available in China. According to a new report, this version od the S8+ will cost KRW 1,155,000 or around $1,030.

Read also: Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+: Everything you need to know

PC gamers don't typically like clients, and I don't blame them. In the world of PC gaming we have a sea of publisher-made clients: Origin, uPlay, Bethesda.net, Blizzard (aka Battle.net), and storefronts like Xbox Game Store, GOG.com, and the mega-popular grand-daddy Steam. Now Twitch is consolidating its games-sales business by folding a game-launching client with its desktop app.

The Amazon-run streaming giant Twitch.tv now sells PC games, and like any digital distribution service, specific games can only be played in a specific client. Using Twitch, Amazon wants to get in on Valve's mega-earning distribution business model.

Right now the list of games requiring the Twitch.tv client are basically indies and double-AA titles like Telltale series games, and Ubisoft games still require uPlay. The company affirms the catalog will grow, and this is just the beginning.