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AMD detailed its upcoming Vega GPU architecture during its recent Financial Analyst Day, announcing their new Radeon Vega Frontier Edition graphics card, a new ThreadRipper 16C/32T processor, and the beast 32C/64T chip with Epyc.

But for the gamers, I think that the tease of HBCC (High Bandwidth Cache Controller) running on Rise of the Tomb Raider and seeing HBCC disabled and what I'm sure is the Radeon RX Vega running the game at 4K at 57.9FPS average, with 13.7FPS minimum. This puts the RX Vega at the speeds of the GTX 1080 11Gbps, but when HBCC is enabled - holy crap, there is a huge change.

AMD's upcoming Radeon RX Vega with HBCC enabled was running ROTT at 76FPS average (up from 57.9FPS without HBCC) but it's the minimum FPS that is where the magic happens: 49.1FPS with HBCC enabled, up from the 13.7FPS without HBCC. This is amazing, especially for enthusiast gamers like myself who want much better minimum FPS performance than brute force maximum FPS.

Panasonic has been a leader in rugged computing, in fact they basically invented the category with their Toughbook series of notebooks.

However, as Panasonic has evolved as a company, their core competency has moved away from computers. This appears to be showing with the latest recall of 250,000 batteries that are commonly found inside of their rugged FZ-G1 tablets.

16 different reports have indicated that these Panasonic Toughbook Tablets have been catching fire between March of 2015 and April of this year, or two full years. 12 of those systems were in North America and one was in Japan, but there have been no reports of injuries.

With its initial delays long behind it, the much anticipated return of 'Star Trek' to the small screen has jumped to warp speed, with CBS and Netflix launching a first look trailer today.

Set 10 years before the events of the original 'Star Trek' series, the premier season of 'Discovery' is said to revolve around "an incident and an event in Star Trek history that's been talked about but never been explored. Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, with Terry Serpico as Admiral Anderson and Jason Isaacs as U.S.S. Discovery's Captain Lorca.

'Star Trek: Discovery' is set to premiere 15 episodes on the CBS All Access platform in the U.S. and on Netflix in other territories later in the year.

As many of you know, HTC is one of the pioneering companies when it comes to VR. They are the first partner to work with Valve on the Vive for SteamVR and they have the best VR experience. HTC isn't really a PC company, so for them to be so heavily involved in PC VR was a challenge for them.

But we also know that HTC is s smartphone company with expertise in mobility and design. So, it was only a matter of time until they announced their own mobile VR headset.

Many believed it would be a SteamVR trackable smartphone headset, others believed it would just be another Daydream headset, but they were all wrong. A standalone headset means that all of the processing, battery, cooling and display are all built into the headset and are tweaked and tuned to perfection.

A new Far Cry game is coming, but when will it arrive? We make some predictions, and look over the company's financials for clues.

Ubisoft today confirmed that four new AAA games will release in its new Fiscal Year 2018 timeline, which is from now until March 31, 2018: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, The Crew, and South Park: Fractured But Whole. We're not sure when the games will release, but its possible the four games will be carved up across the quarters for maximum sales effect.

We originally thought that Ubisoft would release one of these AAA games in Q1 to coincide with the big 22% sales spike it predicts, but that didn't make any sense; the publisher would have to release a game just weeks after its E3 reveal.

Bungie is set to reveal Destiny 2 gameplay footage tomorrow, but rumors have popped up on the eve of the big date with Destiny.

According to people that have played Destiny 2, Bungie's latest online shared-worlds shooter will run at a crisp 1080p 60FPS on PS4, Xbox One and PC (higher depending on your rig), with full optimizations for Sony's new 4K-ready PlayStation 4 Pro and Microsoft's new 4K60FPS capable "monster" Project Scorpio console. Oddly enough, rumor has it that Destiny 2 will be optimized for Sony's next-gen PS4, the big successor to the PS4 Pro that analysts predict will launch in 2018.

The NeoGAF user's sources also say that Destiny 2 will have cross-saves on PC and PS4, so PlayStation 4 users can migrate their saves to PC and back. If true, is a very surprising development especially given Microsoft's cross-platform parity between Xbox LIVE on Windows 10 and Xbox One consoles. The sources go on to say that Destiny 2 will feature exclusive content on PlayStation 4 consoles, but we already know that to be true.

Ubisoft expects in-game player spending to make up 25% of its total revenue in its next fiscal year, showing just how far the company has come in such a short time.

Ubisoft today announced its yearly financial earnings, reporting total sales earnings of $1.61 billion (1.45 billion euros) for its last FY2017 year, of which digital made up almost 50% of that revenue via microtransactions and in-game spending. But what's even more interesting is the company's roadmap for future earnings, and how it expects digital player investment to become even more of a significant earner.

The French games company forecasts that PRI (player recurring spending) will make up a steep 25% of its total earnings for Fiscal Year 2019 (March 2018 - April 2019). Ubisoft defines PRI as in-game purchases such as microtransactions, as well as expansions and add-ons for its online games such as For Honor, The Division, and Ghost Recon: Wildlands. As Ubisoft projects strong total sales revenues of $2.33 billion (2.1 billion euros) for FY2019, it expects to make a quarter of that from PRI, or $584.1 million.

OnePlus has recently confirmed that they will launch the OnePlus 5, the successor to the OnePlus 3/3T, this summer. The highly-anticipated smartphone should be the company's flagship that could compete with the recently launched Galaxy S8.

We've seen numerous leaks about the upcoming phone and we know that it should be powered by Snapdragon 835 and come with a dual rear camera setup.

Now, an alleged prototype photograph has leaked, but apparently, this isn't the final design. The photo shows the back of the phone and confirms that the device will have a dual rear camera setup.

UPDATE: Ubisoft will release three games in FY2019 including the new IP, not four. Coverage has been amended to reflect this.

Ubisoft's latest financials reveal some interesting things about its future plans, including a new IP.

Today Ubisoft released its yearly financial earnings, showcasing some impressive results. As always the company delivered a peek into its future pipeline to reveal a new IP is in the works, alongside two new AAA games. We have a good idea what those games are, and Ubisoft's financials tell us what to expect from the new IP. Like all games publishers Ubisoft is always planning for the future.

Google has just announced its new Daydream standalone VR headset, something that it collaborated with Qualcomm on, using their impressive Snapdragon 835 VR platform.

This is a big move, as we have a fully tethered VR experience for the highest-end gaming PCs right now, and while the VR experience with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are awesome, they're restrictive. Doing away with cables with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor means that we can have high-res, smooth VR experiences - anywhere.

Sitting on a plane? No worries.

Nintendo's new Switch system continues to break sales barriers in both hardware and software.

Nintendo today announced that its new Switch handheld-console hybrid was the best-selling console for April, and that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the best-selling game for the month as well. According to tracking firm NPD Group and Nintendo, the Nintendo Switch sold more than 280,000 units globally. This is the second month that the Nintendo Switch has topped games hardware sales charts.

The console's must-have racer Mario Kart 8 Deluxe eclipsed hardware sales with an impressive 550,000 units sold globally in the first two days. NPD notes Mario Kart 8 sold 460,000 physical copies on the Switch, and Nintendo says the game sold 90,000 units digitally on the eShop.

Move over, Game of Thrones; Netflix today confirmed that it's making a live-action series based on the epic Witcher franchise that will "stay true" to the original books.

Netflix will develop The Witcher books into a live-action series, with the Witcher series' original author Andrzej Sapkowski being closely involved in the project, Polish production company Platige today announced. The series will be English-based, not Polish, and will tap Sapkowski's rich and vibrant Witcher books for source material.

"Andrzej Sapkowski has created a rich and memorable world, at once magical and familiar," said Erik Barmack, Netflix Vice President, international series. "We couldn't be more excited about bringing Netflix members around the world."

Ubisoft has now officially confirmed a new Far Cry and Assassin's Creed game will release in its Fiscal Year 2018 timeline, which extends from April 2017 - March 2018.

Ubisoft today filed its financial earnings for last year, and delivered a roadmap for upcoming releases for 2017 and beyond. The company announced that it will release four AAA games this fiscal year: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, The Crew, and South Park: Fractured But Whole. Before you get too excited, Ubisoft says that FY2018 will have stronger emphasis on recurring player investment, which translates to microtransaction spending--so expect all of these games to have some sort of live service with microtransactions.

The French games entertainment company expects to make $1.88 billion (1.7 billion Euros) this year, strongly bolstered by digital sales and recurring player investment.

Qualcomm is hitting Apple in a totally new way starting today, with the mobile giant suing four of Apple's Taiwan-based contract manufacturers: Foxconn, Compal, Wistron, and Pegatron.

Forbes reports that Qualcomm is suing these four manufacturers for not paying royalities to Qualcomm for the patents on its smartphone tech, including IP on cellular modems - you know, 3G/4G are a big thing. Don Rosenberg, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Qualcomm said: "It is unfortunate that we must take this action against these long-time licensees to enforce our agreements, but we cannot allow these manufacturers and Apple to use our valuable intellectual property without paying the fair and reasonable royalties to which they have agreed".

Qualcomm has accused Apple of "strong arming" the contract manufacturers to stop paying the licensing fees they legally owe Qualcomm, which is a breach of the contract between Qualcomm and the manufacturers. Qualcomm adds that Apple has promised to contribute towards any damages that the contract manufacturers are hit with, as a result of them not paying Qualcomm's royalty fees.

Not many of you will know who the Adelaide Crows are, but they are one of my local AFL (Australian Football League) teams here in South Australia, and they have just become the first mainstream sports organization in Australia to buy a professional eSports team.

The Crows scooped up Lecacy eSports, which is one of Australia's eight top-tier teams that competes in the Oceanic Pro League playing League of Legends. The Adelaide Crows are based in Adelaide, South Australia while their new eSports team are based out of Sydney, New South Wales.Legacy will retain its identity and branding for now, without any details on whether the League gamers will have the Adelaide Crows' signature branding and colors.

COO of Adelaide Crows, Nigel Smart, was reportedly enthusiastic about becoming the first AFL club with an eSports team, and as a local Adelaide resident who lived and breathed games when I grew up and now work in the technology industry surrounded by games - I must tip my hat to him. Adelaide hits the international eSports scene in a big way with a large AFL team buying an eSports team. Awesome.

Following on from the events of the 'Planet of the Apes' prequels 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' and its follow-up 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', the third entry 'War for the Planet of the Apes' is set to bridge the gap a little closer to the 1967 original. 20th Century Fox has today released the final trailer for the upcoming feature ahead of its July premier.

Motion capture artist Andy Serkis dons the suit for the third time to play Caesar, the fearless ape leader who spearheaded the rebellion against the humans and which ultimately led to our downfall. Series newcomer Woody Harrelson joins for a new role as a ruthless army veteran who commands the last vestiges of humanity's forces.

'War for the Planet of the Apes' is set to hit 3D, 2D and IMAX screens worldwide from July 14.

While the newly rebooted 'Power Rangers' film was optimistically hoped to launch a new franchise, perhaps even a cinematic universe, but it now looks like a complete lack of interest all around the world has done what Rita Repulsa never could - actually kill the Rangers.

According to Slash Film, the $100 million film has barely been able to recoup its production budget at the worldwide box office, let alone the hefty marketing campaign which came with it. Despite a tepid response from western audiences, including $84 million from the United States , the production had hoped that a stellar taken in China and Japan would prove its saving grace. Unfortunately, the film only managed $3.3 million over its Chinese premier weekend - a far cry from the $50 million haul of 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2. With just $138 million in the can, 'Power Rangers 2' looks to be fading dream. Or nightmare.

We've been reporting about GDDR6 technology for a while now, but SK Hynix detailed its upcoming memory technology in their recent memory catalog, with GDDR6 scheduled for Q4 2017.

SK Hynix confirms two different variants of GDDR6, with both offerings being 8Gb (1GB) modules with different frequencies: 12Gbps and 14Gbps. Both modules will use 1.35V.

I've got some details on what memory bandwidth numbers to expect, which is exciting:

AMD has just made its Radeon RX 560 graphics card official, powered by the Polaris 21 GPU and its 1024 stream processors, 64 TMUs, 16 ROPs, and 2GB/4GB configurations.

AMD has the base/boost GPU clocks at 1175/1275MHz, respectively, while the 2GB or 4GB of GDDR5 is clocked at 7Gbps on a 128-bit memory bus, and 80W TDP. Comparing this to the Polaris 11-based Radeon RX 460, with its 896 stream processors, 48 TMUs, and same 16 ROPs.

The Radeon RX 460 had its GPU clocks at 1090/1200MHz, and the same 7Gbps GDDR5 on the 128-bit memory bus and 75W TDP.

If you thought Sony Pictures couldn't stoop any lower than last years crap-fest 'Ghostbusters' reboot, well you were wrong. So very, very wrong.

Featuring the voice talents of T.J. Miller, Anna Faris, James Corden and Sir Patrick 'they drove a dump truck full of money to my house' Stewart, 'The Emoji Movie' is based on the messaging emoticons that infuriate web users everywhere. The film is directed by veteran animation artist Tony Leondis.

Whether you're up for it or not, 'The Emoji Movie' will hit cinemas in 3D and 2D on August 4th.