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Nokia stole the entire show at MWC in Barcelona with the announcement of the modern version of the Nokia 3310. They also unveiled three Android smartphones, but there was no mention of their upcoming flagship.

However, Nokia is certainly working on their premium phone, and the new rumor suggests we would see the device in June. According to the rumor, Nokia will come in two versions - one with 4GB and the other one with 6GB of RAM, both powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.

Read also: Iconic Nokia 3310 is now official and comes with Snake

Square Enix's latest Dragon Quest Heroes II game is having trouble maintaining a solid 30FPS on Nintendo's new Switch handheld-console hybrid, with frame rates dipping down to the low 20's.

Being a "Musou" game, Dragon Quest Heroes is heavily based on action-filled combat, so frame rates are actually quite important. Sadly the game delivers underwhelming performance on the Nintendo Switch, possibly indicating a badly optimized port, or a more daunting answer: the Switch's custom NVIDIA Tegra SoC might not be powerful enough for specific games.

Eurogamer's Digital Foundry recently compared Dragon Quest Heroes II's frame rates on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita and PS4 versions to see the major differences. As you'd expect, the PS4 maintained a solid 60FPS throughout, with the Switch and PS Vita versions hitting 30FPS while exploring. Combat is a different story, however: the Switch's in-game combat FPS while docked is the same as Sony's yesteryear PlayStation Vita handheld. Frame rates instantly dip down to low 20 FPS when any sort of combat is initiated.

Hyperloop One has released never-before-seen images of its development site in the Nevada desert at Middle East Rail, an event held in Dubai.

The testing site, known as DevLoop, is Located 30 minutes from Las Vegas in the Nevada desert. The first public test is expected in the first half of 2017 when the company will prove that they are "well-positioned to deliver the first working Hyperloop."

The company stated that they are excited about the first public trial on the 500 meter-long DevLoop, which has a diameter of 3.3 meters.

Google's Pixel smartphone was one of the best phones of last year, and the company has confirmed that its successor will come this year.

Not much is know about the phone at the moment, other than that it will remain a premium device with more or less the same price tag.

A new rumor suggests that the Pixel 2 might ditch the headphone jack. Like any rumor, this was should also be taken with a grain of salt.

AMD has just launched its new Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.3.1 drivers, with the company offering up to 6% performance increases on a Radeon RX 480 8GB graphics card - when compared to the previous 17.2.1 drivers.

AMD is also providing support for Ghost Recon Wildlands, with multi-GPU issues present - CrossFire owners will see flickering, or the game not launching at all. There should be a new driver that will fix multi-GPU issues in Wildlands soon. The new Crimson ReLive Edition 17.3.1 drivers fix various flickering texture issues in Battlefield 1, texture/character model flickering in For Honor, stuttering issues in CS:GO when using Radeon Chill, and stuttering issues in DOTA 2 with ReLive enabled.

There are also some issues fixed surrounding Radeon WattMan on the Radeon R9 380, and more. Grab the new AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.3.1 drivers right here.

AMD has come out swinging in the desktop CPU market with their unbelievable Ryzen 7 family of CPUs, led by the impressive $499 chip in the Ryzen 7 1800X - but it's getting close to the time where they disrupt the datacenter market with Naples.

AMD's upcoming Naples CPU will offer up to 32 'Zen' cores, with huge bandwidth and IO numbers to boot, with "volume availability building in the second half of the year through OEM and channel partners". Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom business unit, AMD explains: "Today marks the first major milestone in AMD re-asserting its position as an innovator in the datacenter and returning choice to customers in high-performance server CPUs".

He continued: "Naples' represents a completely new approach to supporting the massive processing requirements of the modern datacenter. This groundbreaking system-on-chip delivers the unique high-performance features required to address highly virtualized environments, massive data sets and new, emerging workloads".

Lots of Nintendo Switch gamers are still having issues with their left JoyCons disconnecting mid-game. If this is happening to you, try re-calibrating and/or manually disconnecting and re-syncing your controller. Here's how to do it.

We haven't had any trouble with our Nintendo Switch JoyCons: in fact, we were able to get about 37 feet away from the system while docked or in handheld mode before the JoyCons disconnected. But lots of gamers aren't so lucky, and they feel spurned by Nintendo--and rightly so. After all if one JoyCon doesn't work, you can't play any games unless you replace it for $50 or buy a Switch Pro controller for $70. Not exactly too fun, is it?

Alas, there may be a solution! Gamers are told to keep their left and right JoyCons attached to the Nintendo Switch during the day one update, but some JoyCons still don't work after that. Next up you'll want to try a hard reset to reset the Bluetooth connections from the device and the controllers. But that still may not be enough. You may want to try re-calibrating the controllers themselves, or manually disconnecting and re-pairing them.

The creators of a new documentary exploring the legacy of the 'Star Trek' series 'Deep Space Nine' are in talks with CBS about gaining access to the original 35mm negative, in hopes that it will reach an agreement to feature select scenes remastered in 1080p.

Director Adam Nimoy and producers Ira Steven Behr and David Zappone have revealed that their upcoming feature 'What We Left Behind', which is currently winding up a hugely successful indiegogo campaign, may feature select scenes remastered from the original negative ala the extensive 'Star Trek: Next Generation' remastered Blu-ray collection.

While the network hasn't committed to remastering the series in the same manner due to the extensive computer graphics required, coupled with diminishing returns from physical media which would be required to make the project feasible, 'What We Left Behind' may very well serve as a tantalising glimpse as to what the show would look like, freed from its NTSC masters. The indiegogo campaign has three days left to go, and has now generated over half a million dollars in support.

The Nintendo Switch dock only outputs a portion of its supplied input power to the Switch console via USB Type-C, and not the full 39W as we originally thought.

Earlier today I reported that Nintendo is still selling standalone docks for the Switch, and on a whim, I flipped over my dock to see if I could find a product number. I found something quite interesting regarding how much power the dock passes to the Switch console: the dock is supplied an input energy rate of 15V at 2.6A (39 watts) from the AC adapter, but the dock's output rate is only 15V at 1.2A (18 watts).

This means the Nintendo Switch receives 18W of power from the dock, not the whole 39W of power that's pushed from the AC adapter.

Nintendo's new Switch handheld-console hybrid system has smashed sales records, and has even outsold Nintendo's coveted Wii at launch.

Nintendo's gambit has paid off in dividends: the Switch's first two-day launch sales in the Americas (North America and South America) exceeded any other console in Nintendo's history, including the company's superstar Wii. That's according to New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield, who talked shop with Nintendo America President Reggie Fils-Aime in an unpublished interview.

While Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime didn't provide exact numbers, sold out retailers all across the world echo the console's success. The extreme demand and well reception from critics triggered a meteoric rise of Nintendo shares, and the company has been enjoying a consistent upward climb since the system's launch on March 3. The Switch's main system-seller, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, now holds the mantle as the top-selling standalone launch title: in fact, Breath of the Wild even outsold Super Mario 64 at launch.

Contrary to what you might have heard, Nintendo is indeed still selling standalone Switch docks on its website.

I've seen reports going around that Nintendo is no longer selling individual Switch docks on its site as a result of it scratching console screens. This prompted buzz that Nintendo may be planning a revised Switch dock that doesn't scratch any screens, however it appears these publications didn't look too far, because Nintendo is still selling Switch docks.

Both the official Nintendo Japanese online store and the Nintendo U.S. online storefront are selling Switch docks without the main console, but the U.S. site is sold out. Interestingly enough I couldn't find a listing for the dock on the Switch UK site.

After a few days with the Nintendo Switch we're ready to deliver some basic impressions. Don't worry, our review is coming soon!

The Nintendo Switch is an incredibly interesting device. It's rather intriguing and, well, fun. The idea of melding mobile, handheld and console gaming to one device is revolutionary--but is it worth all the drawbacks? After all, the Switch is a lot less powerful than an Xbox One or PS4, and even those consoles are getting upgraded. But the Switch does something none of those do: provides impressive handheld performance.

All in all the Switch is a comfortable, efficient, and rather enjoyable piece of kit. Right now, however, it's more of an investment because it's lacking games. Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the major system-seller, and games like Shovel Knight are the best real ancillary titles--even better than the 1-2 Switch game that should've been a pack-in title. The real magic of the Switch is being able to take it with you and play with anyone on the go, but right now we don't have too many games that make use of that (just Bomberman R and 1-2 Switch). Here are our hands-on impressions of Nintendo's new merged console-handheld roadmap.

In an effort to wash the bad taste from the last 'Indiana Jones' film 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull', Disney have today announced that the as-yet untitled 'Indiana Jones 5' is officially going ahead, setting a 2019 release date.

According to the studio's official announcement published by Slash Film, the film is set to hit cinemas on July 19, 2019 with Steven Spielberg stepping behind the camera, with Harrison Ford reprising his iconic role.

The Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Alan Horn said in a statement: "Indiana Jones is one of the greatest heroes in cinematic history, and we can't wait to bring him back to the screen in 2019 .. It's rare to have such a perfect combination of director, producers, actor and role, and we couldn't be more excited to embark on this adventure with Harrison and Steven." No mention of co-creator George Lucas was again mentioned backing up previous conjecture, that he's just too darn busy enjoying retirement.

Children of the 80's unite - the classic Disney animated series 'Ducktales' and its super catchy theme song by Jeff Pescetto (fun fact - he also served as sound designer on 'Tekken 5'), is coming back to TV screens later this year for a new generation of kids, and now Disney XD has released the first look at the series.

The crew of beloved characters are all back, including Scrooge McDuck, and his great-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, Launchpad McQuack, Donald Duck, Duckworth, Gyro Gearloose, Flintheart Glomgold, Magica DeSpell, Poe, Ma Beagle and the evil Beagle Boys. David Tennant of 'Doctor Who' will voice Scrooge McDuck for the reboot.

'Ducktales' will premier on the DisneyXD network later this year.

After the Note7 fiasco, there was speculation of what will happen with to the Note line and whether Samsung will discontinue it, which would be a shame since the Note7 was a wonderful phone (apart from the exploding batteries).

Earlier this year, DJ Koh, Samsung's Mobile Chief, confirmed that the Note isn't dead and we will be seeing the Galaxy Note8 later this year.

The newest rumor says that the Galaxy Note8 will be codenamed "Great." Given the name, and the debacle with the Note7, we are pretty sure that Samsung will try to make up for their users by creating a marvelous device.

Horizon Zero Dawn patch 1.02 delivers the much-awaited performance mode for the PS4 Pro. Yet, this mode favors on delivering a smooth 30FPS gameplay rather than a much responsive 60 FPS experience.

According to Eurogamer, which did a fantastic job in their initial frame-rate analysis, the performance mode actually forces the game to run at a locked 30 FPS in 1080p. Players who choose this option over the resolution mode will certainly miss out on the excellent SSAA coverage and all the eye candy that 4K provide. Even in Eurogamer's honest opinion, this performance mode is not much of a game changer because "Guerrilla's performance at 4K is already so good with only very minor drops (if any) in most areas."

Guerrilla Games approach about the performance mode is nonetheless an interesting one. We're now seeing a trend from developers who focus on maxing out the graphical performance of the consoles while delivering a smooth experience in their games instead of making them look like crap but run at "60 FPS".

Ubisoft has released some shocking statistics after Ghost Recon: Wildlands open beta. Prepare to be blown away by the numbers!

First off, Ubisoft is calling this beta "THE BIGGEST BETA EVER AT UBISOFT". Well, they got the player count to back that up. 6,83 million players played the open beta. This is a new record for the studio since the last one was held by For Honor with a little less than 6 million players.

Of course, the player count is nothing to brag home about if players only logged on for a few minutes. Guess what? The total playtime comes in at 34.295.124 hours which is more than 3915 years... Jesus Christ! And, it doesn't stop there either.

It's no surprise that people got pumped for the Nintendo Switch release on March 3rd. They will pay whatever amount of money in order to get the latest and greatest from Nintendo. Yet, some of them (like myself) are not too fond of shelling out the extra cash for games since none are included or the optional Pro controller ($69.99) or even an extra set of Joy-Con ($79.99). Derek, our gaming editor, found it out the hard way when he had to spend almost 50% of the console price, at his local Walmart, to get a Pro controller along with a copy of Breath of The Wild. Sony, on the other hand, decided to laugh at this practice by slashing its PS4 Slim price by a third on the Nintendo Switch launch day.

Sony Italia posted this post over at Twitter today . Thanks to the Italian translations provided by Jordan Coetsee over at Gameranx , we will be able to read this amusing tweet.

The text in the red square translates to: "Tomorrow is a special day for the world of gaming," followed by the words in apparent PS4 colors and logo, "PS4 is yours at only €199,99." The text in the tweet supports the image by saying: "Even tomorrow, make the right choice. PlayStation 4 always knows how to surprise you."

MWC 2017 - One of the phones that attracted the most attention at this year's MWC was the Alcatel A5 LED, the world's first interactive LED-covered smartphone.

The LED-covered back of the phone can be programmed to light up your notifications with a different light show for incoming calls, messages, alarms, and social media alerts. You can create unique LED cover pattern and themes, or chose a program with a light show that moves accordingly to the music you are playing.

William Dowie, Portfolio Management Director, Alcatel, said in an official statement:

MWC 2017 - One of the most unexpected devices at this year's MWC was a lesser-know smartphone that attracted attention with good specs for a decent price - the Noa H10le ("le" stands for limited edition).

The phone comes with a 5.5-inch AMOLED 1080x1920 display. It is powered by MediaTek's deca-core Helio X27 processor and comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.

The H10le packs a dual camera (13MP+13MP), plus a 13MP selfie cam. There's also a fingerprint sensor on board, along with dual SIM card slot, and USB Type-C. The device rocks a 4,000 mAh battery.