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Dragon Ball Fighters is a new 2.5D fighting game coming early 2018 from Arc System Works, Bandai Namco today announced.

Long ago I remember buying an original PlayStation with a converter chip so I could play imported Japanese Dragonball Z games. Back then Dragonball GT blew my mind, and ever since I've always loved traditional 2.5D fighting games. After a slew of 3D style games, Bandai Namco is keen on taking Dragonball Z back to 2.5D and possibly blending in mechanics of one of my other favorite fighters: Tekken Tag Tournament.

Dragon Ball Fighters allows players to form up three-fighter teams and battle players in 3v3 matches. However, it's unclear if players can actually tag fighters in and out of battle, and it may simply be a Team Battle style mode from Tekken games. Bandai Namco confirmed the game will feature the series' famous "ultra high speed battles and flashy moves," adding in a nice splash of immersion. We'll probably also see offline and online play with a season pass that expands the roster.

A couple of days after OPPO revealed the R11, the company has launched its big brother - the OPPO R11 Plus.

The R11 Plus comes with a 6-inch AMOLED display, while the OPPO R11 has a smaller, 5.5-inch one.

The device is powered by the same processor as the R11, the Snapdragon 660, but it comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, expandable up to 128GB with a microSD card.

Project Cars 2 will release September 22, 2017 on all platforms, Slightly Mad Studios and Bandai Namco today confirmed.

Popular realistic racing franchise Project Cars is back and better than ever, and Bandai Namco is ready to showcase the game at E3 2017. Project Cars 2 features over 180 cars, a massive track roster, and a bevy of new modes. Slightly Mad Studios has listened to fan feedback by adding in a multi-class racing mode that allows gamers to "compete in any car and track in a field of multiple car classes which replicates the world's most famous endurance racing championships, past and present." Players can also enjoy Project Cars 2's modes and features while playing offline.

Slightly Mad boasts that Project Cars 2 is the "most immersive and technically-advanced racing simulation on the planet," featuring new optimizations across the board including high-end visuals and a re-vamped physics and a new grip and slip handling system to give users even more control.

It has been rumored that the Galaxy C10 might be Samsung's first smartphone with a dual camera setup. The upcoming Galaxy Note8 should also have a dual camera, but apparently, the Galaxy C10 will be launched before the Note device.

While we still don't know when exactly the company plans to launch either device, the latest report reveals the specs and the price of the upcoming C10.

According to a report by Asia Business Daily, the Galaxy C10 should be powered by a Snapdragon 660 and come with 6GB of RAM. There's also a possibility that some markets might receive the same device powered by Samsung's Exynos 7872 with six CPU cores.

Hidden messages in pre-E3 "Feel True Power" Project Scorpio teaser clips may reveal the console's actual name and release date.

Microsoft has put up a number of short 15-second teaser clips for Project Scorpio to drive up excitement for the 4K-ready box. But eagle-eyed viewers noticed some interesting hidden messages on some of the clips that may or may not have significant meanings. One such message may have not only revealed the console's name, but also it's release date.

"X10S101-317" reads the most prominent hidden message shown in the Feel True Power - Goosebumps clip. The consensus is that X10S refers to Project Scorpio's retail name, or Xbox One 10S (maybe even Xbox 10S). This naming scheme coincides with Microsoft's recent Windows 10S operating system which powers its new Surface Laptop and other Windows 10-powered Chromebook competitors, and gates off non-Windows Store apps and programs for improved stability and efficiency. The other clue may indicate Xbox 10 S's release date.

It was rumored quite a while ago now, but it's back: the news of a future Intel processor with AMD graphics has been spotted.

The chip was on Sisoft as "Intel(R) HD Graphics Gen9; 694C:C0 (1720SP 47C 1GHz, 528kB L2, 10.4GB 800MHz)" but if you'll note the hardware ID "644C:C0" which is reportedly the hardware ID code for AMD. There is absolutely nothing known about this processor that is concrete, so treat this as a hot rumor - but the CPU is a 2T processor, presumably 2C/2T APU with AMD Radeon graphics. The rumors of the Intel/AMD GPU licensing deal could be true if this CPU is the real deal.

The latest on AMD's upcoming Radeon RX Vega is that there are indeed 4 different versions, 3 with 8GB of HBM2 and a higher-end model with 16GB of HBM2.

VideoCardz is reporting that the latest Vega GPU engineering samples have varying clock speeds, starting with the first RX Vega with 8GB of HBM2 having a GPU clock of 1000MHz, an unknown HBM2 clocks. The second model has its Vega CPU clocked at 1.2GHz and its 8GB of HBM2 @ 700MHz, while the highest end 8GB model has its Vega GPU @ 1.5GHz and its 8GB of HBM2 at 925MHz. I think this one will be the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti competitor, while the 8GB @ 700MHz model will be the GTX 1080 11Gbps competitor, while the 8GB @ unknown will be the GTX 1070/1080 competitor.

But it's the 6861:00 card and its 16GB of HBM2 that has me intrigued, with the mysterious piece of technology having its Vega GPU @ 1GHz, while its 16GB of HBM2 are clocked at 700MHz. If I'm right and the 8GB HBM2 @ 700MHz model is the GTX 1080/1080 11Gbps competitor, a dual-GPU with 16GB of HBM2 and both of those cards clocked at 1.2GHz on the GPU and 700MHz on each 8GB cluster of HBM2, we could be in for a very wild ride.

The first engineering sample of AMD's upcoming Ryzen ThreadRipper is reportedly here, with the Ryzen ThreadRipper 1920 processor rocking 12C/24T of CPU performance.

AMD's first Ryzen ThreadRipper 1920 chip will have its 12C/24T of power at 3.2GHz base clock, but we don't know what the boost clock will be under XKR. The higher-end 16C/32T processor without a name just yet, rumored as the ThreadRipper 1998X will have 3.4GHz base CPU clock, while under XFR it will hit 3.7GHz and hopefully, beyond.

There's also another 16C/32T chip at 3.1GHz base and 3.6GHz boost, another engineering sample. There's also the Ryzen 3 1200 processor, with its 4C/4T power at 3.1/3.6GHz for base/boost respectively.

PCI-SIG, the organization that defines the PCIe standard and its specifications with 730+ members across the world in the biggest countries on Earth including Qualcomm, NVIDIA, AMD, Dell, Intel, and many others - has announced the specifications for the PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0 standards.

PCI Express 4.0 is expected to hit 16GT/s, with all of its features locked in, and rocking new performance enhancements over current PCIe 3.0, and will be positioned for the storage market, and cloud computing systems. PCIe 4.0 is capable of determining just how close to "the edge" each lane is operating at, all in real-time with PCIe 4.0's new Lane Margining at the Receiver feature. There are multiple companies already committed to PCIe 4.0, with "major vendors" offering 16GT/s controllers.

This new high-end interconnect technology isn't something we'll see on consumer motherboards anytime soon, even with Intel's newly gimped X299 chipset, or even AMD's beastly ThreadRipper-capable X399 chipset and its 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes. It's an underlined fact for the PCIe 5.0 standard which rocks 32GT/s of bandwidth, and is squarely aimed at the top of the IT market.

Valve has released its Steam hardware survey for May 2017, with NVIDIA enjoying a massive dominance with Steam gamers with 62.41% of people using an NVIDIA graphics card of some sort. This left ATI and AMD with 21.53%, while Intel and its integrated graphics power a surprising 15.65%.

Windows 10 is by far the most used operating system with Steam, powering 77.51% of gamers' PCs. When it came to CPU usage, Intel stands in a sea of blue with 80.22% of Steam gamers using an Intel CPU, leaving AMD with just 19.78% - and it doesn't seem as though Ryzen made a dent just yet, but give it a few more months and we'll take another look at those numbers.

There are still 45.15% of gamers with a dual-core CPU, but 49% of gamers have a quad-core CPU, leaving just 4.25% to the 1%ers who use 6/8/10-core processors.

I'm sure that most of us expected it, but Shenmue 3 has been delayed, with developer Ys Net revealing the news - as they weren't at E3 2017 in person.

In an update to the official Kickstarter page for Shenmue 3, Project Director Yu Suzuki explained: "I know you are all eagerly anticipating the release of Shenmue III, however, we unfortunately must delay its release. We are moving ahead with a plan to release the game in the second half of 2018. Details will be revealed in the backer report later this month".

With more time, Shenmue 3 will hopefully utilize new APIs and technologies between now and 2H 2018, but it's still disappointing to see it delayed. Sigh.

The Coalition is going patch crazy with Gears of War 4, releasing yet another gigantic patch that will test the strength of your internet connection and download cap - with the latest patch weighing in at a hefty 29GB.

Gears of War 4's latest update is called Rise of the Horde, which includes new skills for each class, new difficulty modes, two new maps, and enables Crossplay in Ranked Play between Windows and Xbox gamers. The developer has teased that there will be a new trial of Gears of War 4 made available between June 9-15, something that will let you play through the entire first Act of the campaign, as well as a tease of the Horde and Versus modes.

The developer has baked in some delicious multi-GPU improvements in the new Gears of War 4 patch, removed an exploit that let players kill friendly team mates in Horde, updates to all zombie characters to use standard character dialogue, and a slew of other fixes and improvements... something I'd expect for a huge 29GB patch.

Manli has officially announced its new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gallardo with RGB lights, and for those who are sitting back thinking "what the hell does Gallardo mean?" it represents "elegant" and "bravery" in Italian.

The company has used some slick golden and soldier elements for the packaging, something that'll catch your eye on retailer shelves and online. But we're all here for the cooling and performance, right? Manli has provided two overclocking setups: stock clocks at 4% higher than normal @ 1544/1657MHz, while the super overclocking version hits 7% higher than the GTX 1080 Ti FE @ 1594/1708MHz.

There's no pricing or ETA on Manli's upcoming GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gallardo, but we'll keep you updated as it breaks.

As the launch date approaches, OnePlus has decided to reveal and confirm yet another feature of its upcoming flagship.

As rumored, the phone will come with a dual rear camera setup. The company already announced that they are working with DxO to enhance the photography experience on their upcoming flagship.

The photo, revealed by the company, shows that the dual camera is positioned horizontally on the upper left corner of the phone with the LED flash next to them.

E3 2017 - Electronic Arts today confirmed it will show off eight games at E3, along with "more surprises" during its special EA Play event.

EA is set to reveal at least two major new games at its EA Play showcase, on Saturday, June 10 at 12PM PST / 3PM EST, the publisher has said. The company published a roadmap of games that it will show off during the event that consists of six games, but promises to show "an exclusive look at eight games," meaning we should see at least two titles unveiled at the event.

Electronic Arts developers are currently working on a number of unannounced games, including major releases such as BioWare's new IP (codenamed Dylan), and a multiple series of titles based on Star Wars. Both Visceral Games and Respawn Entertainment are developing action-based Star Wars games, and BioWare's new IP is a massive online-based action game that may rival Activision's Destiny series.

When Samsung revealed the Galaxy S8 and S8+, one of the biggest downsides of the phone was the position of the fingerprint sensor, placed right next to the camera on the back of the phone.

We know that Samsung has planned to embed the fingerprint sensor under the glass on the front of the device, but due to certain problems, they had to give up on the idea.

It was expected that the company would resolve the problem and embed the biometric fingerprint reader under the phone's display on the upcoming Galaxy Note8.

The OnePlus 5 is one of the most anticipated devices this year, and the company has confirmed its launch for the summer.

We've heard some rumors about the possible launch date, but they didn't prove to be correct. The company has now announced the official date - June 20th.

Following the main announcement in China, the company will organize a number of smaller events around the globe, where they will show its latest device.

Microsoft's high-end 4K-ready Project Scorpio console is ready to be unveiled in less than a week, and the Xbox division is busily optimizing the hardware and fully unlocking its potential. Microsoft has now confirmed that developers now have access to 9GB of Project Scorpio's total 12GB GDDR5 RAM, adding an extra GB to use for games.

Xbox & Windows gaming platform Vice President Mike Ybarra today confirmed that Project Scorpio will lend 75% of its total 12GB of GDDR5 RAM to developers, up 1GB from the previous 8GB DDR5 RAM allocation. Microsoft was able to make this jump days before the console's release, and developers now have a closer parity between Project Scorpio's powerful devkit, which features 24GB of GDDR5 RAM, and the retail unit.

Microsoft's Project Scorpio console will indeed hit native 4K resolution in-game, with full 4K textures with games that feature them. It'll be up to developers to add in 4K textures, and developers have full discretion on how to utilize the hardware. Project Scorpio features a highly customized 16nm FinFET SoC with an onboard AMD Polaris GPU with 40 Compute Units at 1172MHz and 6TFLOPs of compute performance, and an 8-core Jaguar Evolved CPU at 2.73GHz.

Electronic Arts today revealed its new research division called SEED, which aims to push its games to a next-generation level with high-end technologies.

Official details on EA's new SEED division (Search for Extraordinary Experiences Division) are practically nonexistent right now, and the publisher has only released a single announcement video. Based on the content of the video, it sure sounds like EA wants to throw the doors open to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality research, while propelling its games with a new level of technology. Since this is a research division, we might not see the fruits of SEED's labor for years to come, but it's quite interesting to say the least.

"Our challenge is to push imagination into reality. With breakthrough technologies, we will enable players to go anywhere, share discoveries and stories and ultimately be anyone," the video asserts.

CD Projekt RED, the developer of The Witcher 3 and highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077, today confirmed that thieves have stolen early designs and documents for Cyberpunk 2077 and are holding the stolen content for ransom.

Early designs for CD Projekt RED's new Cyberpunk 2077 game have been hijacked by hackers, and are being held for ransom by the cyber assailants. If CDPR doesn't meet their demands, the hackers will release the information to the public. But the Polish developer says that these designs are "old and largely unrepresentative of the current vision for the game." As we've reported, Cyberpunk 2077 will leverage extensive next-generation features, tools, engines and technology to create something truly awe-inspiring.

"An unidentified individual or individuals have just informed us they are in possession of a few internal files belonging to CED PROJEKT RED. Among them are documents connected to early designs for the upcoming game, Cyberpunk 2077," CD Projekt RED today revealed.