Cloud Imperium Games will have regional servers for Star Citizen available earlier than previously expected, with Chris Roberts saying that regional servers will be moved up into Alpha 2.6.1 patch.

The new regional servers will let Star Citizen players choose a server that is in their geographic location, with servers for the US, Europe, and Australia. Roberts explained: "Once these are running, we'll be able to run more tests to assess whether more locations will be needed".

Star Citizen's upcoming Alpha 2.6.1 patch will bring a few things, with Roberts saying that it's "progressing nicely". He added: "There's still some UI work to complete and stability issues to iron out, but, as you can see in our updated production schedule report, we're almost ready to get this latest patch into the players' hands".

For Honor enjoyed a closed beta a few days ago, and now Ubisoft are ramping up towards the open beta, before the full game is released on February 14. Now, we have a new trailer to enjoy: check it out below.

The new 'In the Battle' video from Ubisoft throws you into the middle of a three-way battle between the factions in For Honor. The motion captured 360-degree battle looks amazing, with sheer madness happening on screen. Ubisoft has started pre-loading the For Honor open beta has begun, with the open beta taking place between February 9-12.

For Honor will feature 12 playable fully customizable fighters, a single-player campaign, and five multiplayer modes. The game launches on Xbox One, PS4, and PC on February 14.

Square Enix is experimenting to see how high-end PC hardware can push Final Fantasy XV's internal game engine in a series of closed-doors technical demos. This could very well be the foundation for Final Fantasy XV's PC port, which would be a technical feat tailor-made for high-end rigs.

According to reports from DualShockers' Giuseppe Nelva, Square Enix is actively experimenting with powerful NVIDIA GTX 10-series video cards within Final Fantasy XV's beefy Luminous engine. To conduct these tests, Square Enix's Business Division 2 paired dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs together in SLI in the test bed system to see how far the hardware could push Final Fantasy XV's engine's performance and visual fidelity.

Nelva was shown the internal tests during a visit to Square Enix's Tokyo offices and actually saw the test in action:

Nintendo has released even more info on its new Switch handheld-console hybrid, and now we know the full battery capacity of all the components, including the detachable JoyCon controllers.

According to freshly updated specs from Nintendo, JoyCon controllers each have a 525mAh rechargeable lithium-ion cell battery. The detachable JoyCon controllers have about 20 hours of battery life apiece, and take about 3.5 hours to fully recharge to maximum capacity.

The devices are only recharged via Nintendo's unique rail system, so they can only receive power when attached to the Switch console itself or when attached to a JoyCon Charging Grip.

Nintendo's new Switch handheld-console hybrid is all about one thing: giving players freedom to play games on a console and a handheld in one device. Major players in the games industry including Microsoft and Sony have taken notice--and even Metal Gear Solid creator Hide Kojima has said the Switch is the "gamer's dream."

As someone who owns a PS4, Xbox One and a PC, I know all to well the frustrations of re-buying multi-platform games. Microsoft has made great strides for consumers by giving free Xbox One copies of Windows 10 games with Play Anywhere, but all-in-all publishers love the idea of you re-buying games on a different platform (look at Rockstar with GTA V).

But Nintendo has just disrupted the market with its new transforming console-and-handheld Switch games system, and this disruption could trigger a massive change to gaming platforms as a whole, ushering in a new wave of unified hardware and software.

Based on the cryptic and eerie teaser clips starring Mads Mikkelsen, Guillermo Del Toro and Norman Reedus it's easy to think Death Stranding will be some dark alter-reality story with horror themes. But Hideo Kojima says his new creation won't actually be a haunting journey in the darkness of his mind--in fact it'll have a little humor.

Death Stranding might be one of the most unique-looking games I've seen in a long time...but we haven't actually seen any real gameplay footage for it. Alas I'm intrigued, and I think a lot of people feel the same way. According to Hideo Kojima, who's new studio Kojima Productions has found a home at Sony Interactive Entertainment, the main reason for the teasers was to show us something that breaks the mold and makes us think. But don't expect it to be a horror game--it'll be a "different kind of game than we're used to" with action elements thrown into the mix.

"I don't have a dark mindset in particular. Death Stranding is not a horror game. I just wanted to make something that looks very unique, something you haven't seen before, something with a more artistic slant to it. I'm not pursuing a dark aspect to the game," Kojima said in a recent interview with Glixel.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild isn't just open world, but open altogether. There's no set path or set road, or one way to do something. It won't have any one equation to solving puzzles, tackling quests, or besting baddies in battle: the game will offer tons of different ways to experiment, ensuring that players do things their own way.

Now that Breath of the Wild is finished and ready to be shipped alongside the Nintendo Switch on March 3, game director Hidemaro Fujibayashi has delivered some interesting answers in a recent Famitsu interview.

We haven't heard anything from Fujibayashi on the project--likely because he's been busily working on the game for the past five years--so this is a rare treat, one that really highlights the core tenants of what Breath of the Wild actually is.

Nintendo's second mobile game Fire Emblem: Heroes is already swinging out of the gate, and has already raked in $2.9 million in its first day of availability.

Nintendo continues to make paradigm shifts towards a more profitable and open-ended business structure, and its budding smartphone gaming focus will be a big part of that. The company's second major mobile game, Fire Emblem Heroes, is proof that the once-ailing Japanese games-maker is keen on turning everything around. In just a few short months Nintendo learned from its mistakes with Super Mario Run and pulled a complete 180 reversal to enable a more traditional free-to-play microtransaction-laden "freemium" type of focus, and it's paid off in dividends.

While Fire Emblem Heroes only earned 1/4th of Super Mario Run's day one earnings, the former game is a much more lucrative long-term strategy. Nintendo listened to shareholders and investors and implemented the "gacha" business model, which is essentially built around gambling: players buy in-game "orb" currency priced at $1.99 to $74.99 and redeem orbs for packs without knowing what will be in them, counting on luck to unlock key characters. This system is responsible for the long-term success of most major smartphone games especially in Japan, where Fire Emblem Heroes is off to a roaring start.

HTC unveiled their latest smartphones earlier this year, the U Play and U Ultra, but there is more to come.

HTC has yet to unveil a worthy successor of the HTC 10, and according to a new leak, the device will be named the HTC 11.

The leak shows that the phone will in fact rock Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 and it will have 6GB of RAM. Other specs include 128GB of internal storage and a 1556x2550 pixel display.

A new report from Super Data estimates that a total of 6.3 million VR headsets were shipped in 2016.

The big winner here is Samsung with 4.5 million Gear VR headsets sold through last year. The second headset on this list is PlayStation VR with 750,000 units sold, followed by HTC's Vive with 420,000. According to this report, HTC's Vive edged out Facebook's Rift selling "more than 400K at its $800 price point."

The report also says that "Oculus has shown a strong interest in gaming and social applications, so consumer penetration will be more important to the Rift. Meanwhile, HTC Vive is becoming the device of choice for enterprise developers..."

Xiaomi is set to announce their Redmi Note 4X on February 14th, a new report is showing.

The Chinese company revealed the date in a post on the popular Chinese social media website Weibo saying that they are "preparing a special Valentine's Day gift."

As for the specs, we are expecting a Mediatek Helio X20 processor and a 5.5-inch full HD display. The phone should come in variants with 2GB, 3GB, and 4GB of RAM with options of 32GB or 64GB of internal storage.

We've seen numerous images leaks of LG's upcoming flagship, and each revealed a bit more about the G6. The device, which is expected to be announced at MWC 2017, will come with a dual camera and a fingerprint sensor in the back.

The new leak gives us a bit different image about the phone. Unlike the previous image which showed a glossy back of the phone, the new images reveal a brushed metal design.

The same image confirms the dual camera and fingerprint sensor in the back.

If it was up to Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan, mouse and keyboard players would be banned on consoles, Kaplan said: "We have contacted both first-party console manufacturers and expressed our concern about the use of mouse and keyboard and input conversion devices".

Kaplan added: "We have lobbied and will continue to lobby for first-party console manufacturers to either disallow mouse and keyboard and input conversion devices or openly and easily support mouse and keyboard for all players. I encourage you to reach out to the hardware manufacturers and express your concerns (but please do so in a productive and respectful way)".

The reason for the comments came from a thread that had posters saying that most high-end Overwatch players on both the PS4 and Xbox One are using a mouse and keyboard, and not the traditional controller, with some gamers asking if Blizzard thinks this is cheating or not, as a mouse and keyboard has much higher accuracy and speed over the controller. Should professional Overwatch matches be allowed to use the mouse and keyboard on consoles?

NVIDIA has released its new GP100-based Quadro product, joining the Tesla P100 in the full-fat Pascal goodness for professional graphics. The new Quadro GP100 features 16GB of super-fast HBM2, and some huge performance numbers to match.

We're looking at FP64 calculations of 5.3TFLOPs, while FP32 performance hits 10.6TFLOPs, and FP16 with 20.7TFLOPs. The GP100 itself features 16GB of HBM2, 4 x DP 1.4 and a single DVI-D. NVLink makes an appearance, with the flashy new interconnect powering two of NVIDIA's new Quadro GP100 graphics cards.

Throwing two Quadro GP100s together over NVLink offers 32GB of HBM2 pooled, for serious workstation power. NVIDIA will be pushing out their Quadro GP100 graphics cards to HP and Dell customers for workstation configurations next month.

Cooler Master has kicked off its Case Mod World Series 2017 event, with $40,000 worth of cash and prizes up for case modders - perfect timing with Cooler Master's 25th anniversary this year.

This is the 8th time the company has hosted its Case Mod World Series, which will take submissions of case mod designs from February 3 to May 3. There's a bonus category added this year, celebrating the 25th year that Cooler Master has been in operation. Raymen Wu, Marketing Director of Cooler Master explained: "We have created countless product innovations and design break-throughs which paved the way to the standard cases and cooling technology seen today. With this being the 25th year of our company, we wanted to pay tribute by inviting modders to participate in the biggest modding event in the community with a bonus category for $2500 in cash".

There will be regional workshops and local meet & greets in various countries throughout the world, bringing modders, enthusiasts and fans alike together under #MASTERBUILT, with t-shirts on offer. Modders can then share their designs and passion with the community, with World Series participants, PC enthusiasts and Cooler Master fans to meet one-on-one with Cooler Master, and others.

The wait for the return of Netflix's smash hit 'Stranger Things' has just gotten a bit harder with today's release of a tease for the eagerly anticipated season two.

Set in 1984, the "bigger, darker" series return is set to deal with the hanging plots from the first season, as well as an epic new threat glimpsed in the teaser. Joining the expanded cast for the nine episode season are 'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin and Paul Reiser, as well as the majority of cast members from the first season. Filming is currently underway at locations in the United States.

'Stranger Things: Season Two' is scheduled to hit Netflix in October, just before Halloween.

To celebrate this week's release of 'Fear The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season' on Blu-ray and DVD, we have 15 Blu-rays to give away thanks to our friends at Entertainment One Home Entertainment.

Death Knows No Borders. Set in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear The Walking Dead follows a blended family during the early days of the undead apocalypse. After witnessing the burning of Los Angeles, Madison, Travis, Daniel and their grieving families head off the coast aboard a yacht, still unaware of the true breadth and depth of the devastation that surrounds them. But as the military bombs the greater Los Angeles area to cleanse it of the infected, the dead are driven towards the sea. As the group heads for ports unknown, they will discover that the water may be no safer than land.

To go into the running to win a prize, simply answer the following question in 50 words or less:

Huawei's P10 and P10 Plus should arrive this spring, and there is a possibility that the company will announce their newest phones at this year's MWC in Barcelona.

The specs and images of the phone leaked earlier this year, but the newest leak reveals the pricing. According to the leak, which we can not confirm at this point, the P10 will come in three variants.

The first one will come with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage and will be priced at $508. The second version, with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, will cost around $595. The most powerful version of the P10, with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, should be priced at $682.

Microsoft is working on a new all-cloud operating system, something unearthed by Brad Sams on Thurrott, with the new OS referred to as Windows Cloud.

Windows Cloud looks identical to Windows 10, except that it works completely differently - as it is capable of running UWP apps only. This means that non-UWP apps do not work at all, and an error message will display that says 'The app you're trying to run isn't designed for this version of Windows'.

Inside, the new all-cloud OS is going to be an interesting future for Microsoft - as it will be exclusive to UWP applications. Sams got Windows Cloud from a "third-party and not directly from Microsoft" - adding that it "is possible that this is a hacked together build but we won't know until we get our hands-on an official release".

AMD is going to completely own the CPU game with its Ryzen processors, offering some nice technology features that even Intel doesn't have on their flagship processors - but Intel is preparing for a new deep neural network aimed CPU architecture, known as Lake Crest.

Lake Crest have been made with DNN (Deep Neural Network) workloads in mind, so it will better compete against the GPU-based offerings from AMD and NVIDIA.

Intel acquired deep learning startup Nervana for $350 million last year, so the catalyst of this partnership is the new Lake Crest architecture. Intel's VP Datacenter Group and GM for AI solutions, Naveen Rao explains: "We have developed the Nervana hardware especially with regard to deep learning workloads. In this area, two operations are often used: matrix multiplication and convolution".