Pioneer has teased that it has two Ultra HD Blu-ray drives coming to the PC, both in the usual 5.25-inch form factor, but there are some super strange PC requirements for 4K content to work.

First, you'll need Intel's new Kaby Lake-based processors - so your still awesome Core i7-6700K won't work, nor will that expensive Core i7-6950X, oh - and you'll need Windows 10. On top of that, you'll need a 4K monitor of course - and it has to have HDMI 2.0a and HDCP 2.2 support or it won't work.

On top of that, there's only a single Ultra HD Blu-ray playback software package available, and that's from CyberLink in the form of their latest version of PowerDVD - which Pioneer includes in the box. There'll also be CyberLink's other software included, with PowerDirector 14, PowerProducer 5.5, Power 2 Go 8, InstantBurn5, PowerBackup 2.5, MediaShow 6, Label Print 2.5, PhotoDirector 5 LE and a trial version of Media Espresso 6.5.

So, you have a Z170 motherboard, and Intel Kaby Lake is the CPU you want? OK, first of all, you must know that even though Kaby Lake is compatible with Intel's Z170 Skylake chipset, the CPU is designed for Intel's Z270 Kaby Lake chipset to use its new features.

As an overclocker, tester, and reviewer, I always move to the latest chipset if I decide to upgrade my CPU, and of course not an H/B or something chipset, I go to the root chipset - that means Z170/Z270. But, if you still want to stay on Z170, here's a comparison of the two designs and a must-do List to make your shiny new Kaby Lake CPU work on it.

It's clear you have more things on Z270 - 2x M.2 SSD, more USB, more SATA ports, etc.

BioWare and EA today dropped the second official cinematic trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda, which shows even more of the galactic battle players will face during their jaunt across the universe. And we also get to see a bunch of new aliens and characters to boot.

The footage is a cinematic bit so don't expect in-depth looks at anything; it's mainly a story teaser that showcases characters, locales, and highlights the main struggle we'll face throughout the game. In actuality it looks like players are put in a rather dire situation, as their Ark is marooned in deep space and running out of power. Ryder and his crew set off on the new Tempest ship in search of New Earth--and aid to help the ailing Ark and its 20,000 inhabitants. Instead of finding help, however, they find the fearsome Kett.

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BioWare's Mark Darrah continues to tease the studio's next Dragon Age project, and now we know for sure that the mysterious red book is based on the Dragon Age series, which may or may not tie into BioWare's mysterious new IP that they're working on. I have a strong feeling this is the Dragon Age Tactics game Darrah teased a while back, or perhaps a MOBA based on the fantasy universe.

Remember a bit ago when Mark Darrah teased a cryptic red book with a rook piece on its cover? It's been a while since we've heard anything about BioWare's new mystery IP, but Darrah actually opened the red book and shared the pictures online, confirming that the studio is indeed working on a new Dragon Age title. The pictures show internal concept art (see above) for characters or armors in the new game, showing a wide variety of possible character classes or outfits.

Here's the older post where Darrah asks gamers if they'd play a "Dragon Age Tactics" game:

The $8 billion 'Harry Potter' film franchise has always enjoyed particularly strong sales Blu-ray, DVD and even VHS before it, but now Warner Bros. is about to bow the series onto the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format for the first time, so fans can view it in the best possible picture and sound quality at home.

The final four 'Harry Potter' films, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1' and 'Part 2' will premiere in the U.S. on March 28, and on March 29 in Australia, likely tied to the home video release of the spin-off 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'.

Each film will presented in 4K, with an HDR pass for excellent colours, and an object-based DTS:X audio remix. Each pack will include a standard 1080p Blu-ray with legacy extra features, along with a redemption code for an UltraViolet digital copy. The studio has promised that the first four films in the series will come to 4K later in the year.

Marvel has signed a multi-year partnership with Square Enix to create triple-A games based on the hit comic book franchises, with the publisher's award-winning Eidos Montreal and Crystal Dynamics helming development of the major titles.

The Marvel-Square Enix alliance's first game will be an Avengers game, with Tomb Raider dev Crystal Dynamics heading up major development in collaboration with Deus Ex devs Eidos Montreal. The Avengers game will feature a completely original story and may not be tied to the MCU

"The Avengers project is being designed for gamers worldwide and will be packed with all the characters, environments, and iconic moments that have thrilled longtime fans of the franchise. Featuring a completely original story, it will introduce a universe gamers can play in for years to come. More details on The Avengers project and other games will be announced in 2018."

We've seen numerous leaks regarding Samsung's next flagship, but when Evan Blass leaks it - you know it's the real deal. A new report from Venture Beat brings us the specs and the first image of the Galaxy S8.

The Galaxy S8 will feature a huge 5.8-inch display while the Galaxy S8 edge will have a massive 6.2-inch screen. Both models will have a curved display.

The device will be powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 835 or Exynos processor, depending on the market. The Galaxy S8 will come with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage expandable with a microSD card.

Just three days after the announcement that Hugo Barra is leaving Xiaomi in February to "embark on a new adventure," it has emerged that the face of Xiaomi (soon to be ex-face of Xiaomi) is joining Facebook.

The news was posted by Mark Zuckerberg on his Facebook where he expressed his excitement about the new member of the Facebook family.

Barra will lead Facebook's virtual reality efforts, including the Oculus team.

Huawei has announced the new generation of their P8 Lite smartphone. The device was initially launched in 2015, but now is getting a 2017 version.

The phone comes with a 5.2-inch Full HD IPS display. The device is powered by a Kirin 655 processor and comes with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage expandable with a microSD card.

The main camera is 12MP with a f/2.0 aperture, and the selfie cam comes with 8MP. Other features include a fingerprint sensor and a 3,000 mAh battery.

After a longer break, SpaceX recently launched their Falcon 9 rocket and successfully returned it to Earth. Their second this year's launch is scheduled for January 30th.

However, this time they won't even try to land the rocket. Musk himself confirmed this on Twitter explaining that the problem is heavy payload that the Falcon 9 rocket has to carry.

Huawei is reportedly planning a launch of the Huawei Watch successor at this year's MWC in Barcelona.

The Huawei Watch was launched in 2015 and other than the women's version of the watch, we haven't seen any upgrades. Their new smartwatch is allegedly going to have a "sportier" look than the original and run the new Android Wear 2.0. According to the rumors, it will feature a 1.4-inch display.

It is also expected that the Watch 2 (for lack of a better name) will have cellular connectivity, something that the Huawei Watch didn't have. The smartwatch will have a built-in SIM card, so you will be able to receive and make phone calls even if you aren't connected to your phone.

GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA's next-generation of geostationary satellites, has sent the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument.

The GOES-16 is the latest step in a new age of weather satellites that should help us monitor the weather conditions.

Boeing has unveiled its new spacesuit for future passengers of its CST-100 Spaceliner spacecraft, which they'll wear to and from low-Earth orbit destinations, such as the International Space Station.

Boeing explains their new Starliner spacesuit as it: "provides greater pressurized mobility and is about 40 percent lighter than previous suits. Its innovative layers will keep astronauts cooler as well. The touchscreen-friendly gloves allow astronauts to interact with the capsule's tablets while the boots are breathable and slip resistant".

"Zippers in the torso area will make it easier for astronauts to comfortably transition from sitting to standing. In addition to protecting astronauts during launch and the return to Earth, the suit also helps connect astronauts to ground and space crews through the communications headset within the helmet", they continued. Adding: "The suit's hood-like soft helmet sports a wide polycarbonate visor to give Starliner passengers better peripheral vision throughout their ride to and from space".

The push into the cloud is taking more shape, with Google teasing the future with their announcement of the testing of Instant Apps - a feature that will run select Android apps, without needing to install them.

Google makes Instant Apps work by being a smaller version of their native Android apps that run as soon as you tap their URL, without an installation. Once you've closed the app, it will disappear from your phone with no memory of icons on your desktop, but stays in your phone cache for a few hours if you open the link again.

A few applications work with Instant Apps, including Buzzfeed, Wish, Periscope, and Viki. Google Play software engineer Aurash Mahbod explains: "By collecting user feedback and iterating on the product, we'll be able to expand the experience to more apps and more users".

Tesla owners are receiving some cutting edge technological features in their electric cars, with the company rolling out the first phase of its Enhanced Autopilot system.

The new Enhanced Autopilot initiative provides Tesla owners with some new abilities: Traffic Aware Cruise Control, Forward Collision Warning, and Autosteer. Musk tweeted over the weekend that the Autosteer feature will keep your car in the lane, but is capped to 45mph.

Autosteer works together with Traffic Aware Cruise Control "so the car can drive on highways in stop-and-go traffic", reports Business Insider. They continue: "Forward Collision Warning will alert drivers of a potential impact with an upcoming obstacle, but there is no emergency braking to actually stop the car, so the onus is on the driver".

Microsoft has now officially demoed Windows 10's new Game Mode feature, which optimizes a desktop PC specifically for gaming.

As we reported a few weeks ago, Microsoft's new Game Mode will boost in-game performance by allocating specific resources on a hardware and OS level. This will translate to an expanded FPS threshold as well as an overall tightening of persistent frame rates, and will benefit both Windows 10 UWP and traditional Win32 games. However, there were no specific frame rates mentioned considering the benefits are likely on a game-by-game basis, so we don't know how much of an affect Game Mode will offer.

"We're targeting performance enhancements in two ways: one, an increase in overall frame rates for peaks; and two, an increase in average frame rates for consistency."

Nintendo's new Switch handheld-console hybrid marks a tremendous paradigm shift within the company's business strategy, and acts as a kind of bridge that will repair its relationship with third-party publishers like EA and Activision. In fact, Electronic Arts says that Nintendo listened to feedback from industry parties outside its own first-party circle while making the Switch, indicating the system was tailor-made for all developers, irst-party and third-party alike.

Nintendo is breaking out of its shell. The Switch will have tons of third-party games from big publishers and devs, and the company has partnered with the industry's biggest movers to help facilitate a strong, consistent software library on the transforming hybrid system. More than 50 developers are working on more than 80 games right now, many of which haven't been revealed.

According to Electronic Arts Executive Vice President of Electronic Arts Patrick Soderlund, Nintendo has been instrumental in shaping the Switch's key infrastructure around feedback from publishers and devs--the very partners that avoided the flagging Wii U have been courted for a new kind of song and dance on a hip new system.

Bethesda Softworks today announced that Arkane's new re-imagining of Prey will release on May 5, 2017 on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Prey is a rather interesting slice of creepy psychological horror infused with innovative FPS elements; in many ways it hearkens to 2001: A Space Odyssey with an ominous Dead Space touch, and a nice helping of Dishonored-style infused-yet-corrupted alien superpowers. But make no mistake: this isn't a reboot or a sequel, but a cerebral new re-imagining of the Prey franchise at the hands of Arkane.

"Prey is not a sequel, it's not a remake, it has no tie with the original. You have to look at it as a re-imagining of the IP," says Raphael Colantonio, president of Arkane Studios and creative director of Prey.

Despite Project Scorpio's reputation being potentially damaged by yesterday's "spec leak," one developer is keen on setting the record straight about the system: Project Scorpio isn't a half-assed machine like the PS4 Pro, and it'll be a full-blown next-gen machine.

Yesterday the gaming community was hit with a big surprise: a dev gave Eurogamer's Digital Foundry an internal whitepaper on Microsoft's 4K-ready "monster" Project Scorpio console, which they promptly dissected and reported on. The whitepaper (entitled Reaching 4K and GPU Scaling Across Multiple Xbox Devices) isn't available to the public and is meant for developers. DF's reports generated tons of buzz in the community and everyone basically saw Project Scorpio as an upjumped PS4 Pro that won't live up to Microsoft's promises. But one developer--who no-doubt saw the official whitepaper--says the system will basically live up to the hype.

Thomas Mahler, a dev at Moon Studios who helped create the popular Xbox exclusive indie Ori and the Blind Forest, set the record straight by telling NeoGAF this gem:

Qualcomm recently announced their Snapdragon 835, the first 10nm SoC, and here we are already talking about 7nm chips. Qualcomm's 10nm chips are being built using Samsung's newest 10nm processor, and it looks like there's better coming soon.

Samsung announced that they are planning to start producing 7nm chips in early 2018, meaning they could be ready for their nex year's Galaxy S flagship. Samsung is launching their next-generation Galaxy S device later than previous models, which could be due to 10nm delays or yields so that timetable could be optimistic.

Samsung's managing director of LSI Divison reportedly said that the company "will maximize the advantages of EUV (extreme ultraviolet exposure equipment for lithography) in the 7-nanometer process and secure competitiveness in terms of performance and power consumption".