Ubisoft has high hopes for Watch Dogs 2, and considering that there's no Assassin's Creed game out this year, the sales are going to have to be quite good.

In an interview with MCVUK, Ubisoft Sales Director Darren Bowen said: "Assassin's Creed has been a fantastic seller for Ubisoft and really important to the market every year, but make no mistake, Watch Dogs 2 will certainly fill the gap this year".

He added: "We are very fortunate to have such a strong and varied line-up so we don't have to rely just one franchise. Following Watch Dogs 2, we also have Steep launching at the start of December along with strong back catalogue sales on Tom Clancy's The Division and Far Cry Primal which have been two of the biggest launches so far this year. Let's not forget live games like The Crew and Rainbow Six Siege which is really being embraced the community with 10m players worldwide. If that wasn't enough we also have the Ezio Collection, so for those consumers who need a taste of Assassin's Creed every year - and we know there are a huge number of people - they will still be able to purchase a great triple pack which covers the most loved period of Assassin's Creed".

Dishonored 2 is an absolute mess on the PC, with Bethesda now recommending that if you are having "performance issues, try lowering the resolution". The company says: "Use 1440p resolution only if you have a very high-end GPU ( GTX 1070/1080 or equivalent)".

There are gamers reporting that even with high-end, expensive PCs rocking Intel Core i7-6700K and GeForce GTX 1080 that they can't hit 4K - even with reduced graphical settings. There are performance issues at 1440p as well, even with TXAA disabled. Arkane Studios and Bethesda better be ready to put this fire out, because gamers are getting sick of less than half-baked PC ports.

NVIDIA has had a massive 2016, and now they're reaping those rewards with Q3 2016 results that have blown analysts expectations away.

Analysts expected NVIDIA to hit $1.69 billion for the three-month period, but the company instead reached $2 billion - quite the difference. NVIDIA's gaming sector saw the biggest increase in revenue, especially compared to last quarter - with NVIDIA posting a huge 63% increase to $1.244 billion for the gaming sector.

Patrick Moorhead from Moor Insights & Strategy said: "NVIDIA had a stellar quarter and the company is hitting on all cylinders. GPUs and Tegra were up a combined 54% YoY driven by huge increases in gaming, datacenter and automotive with steady progress from pro graphics. It's hard to spot a hole right now in their lineup and as self-driving cars and machine learning become more popular, I believe NVIDIA will just keep improving".

Despite releasing what was dubbed the final trailer for the upcoming 'Star Wars' spin-off 'Rogue One', Disney Japan have today debuted a new trailer which reveals new scenes.

Set just before the events of 'A New Hope', 'Rogue One' is set to follow the band of courageous Rebel troops who stole the plans for the first Death Star, which allowed the alliance to pinpoint its weakness. Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn and Donnie Yen, the film will serve as the first film outside of the numbered episodes which make up the Skywalker saga.

'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' hits 2D, 3D and IMAX screens worldwide from December 16th.

Tesla's CEO Elon Musk confirmed that he plans to choose a location for Gigafactory 2 in Europe next year. He also added that the factory would combine both the production of batteries and complete cars.

Earlier this week, Musk announced the acquisition of a German engineering group, Grohmann Engineering. During a press conference, Musk stated that Tesla is planning significant investments in Germany and Europe.

But is seems that the Gigafactory 2 won't be the only one in Europe. Musk says that long-term Tesla will have maybe two or three vehicle and battery factory locations in Europe.

Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King has been dated finally, hitting the Nintendo 3DS on January 20, 2017.

New features such as quick-save, speed-up, voice acting in cut scenes, additional story content, and an alternate ending, have now been added into the game. Square Enix has no doubt gone above and beyond with new dungeons, story modes and exclusives for this remake of the classic game.

Players will also have the extra option of sharing screenshots throughout gameplay. The photos taken can then be customized with alternative poses, stickers, filters, and frames.

Black Friday is not far away now and for gamers that means cheap consoles and games. Throughout America, numerous retailers will be selling both the PS4 and Xbox One S for the low price of $249, along with deals and bundle packages depending on retailer.

A leaked flyer from Sam's Club was listed on the Bestblackfriday website, avertising the PS4 Uncharted 4 bundle for $249, along with the two Xbox One S bundles, that includes Battlefield 1 or Minecraft content with an extra controller for the same price.

Dell flyers were also among the leaked holiday content as they too will be jumping on the Black Friday Sales. Gamers will receive a Xbox One S, Battlefield 1 along with an extra controller and Gears of War 4, again at the bargain price of $249.

Sony's new 4K-ready PlayStation 4 Pro launched today, kicking off a new evolution of console gaming. Although the system uses new Polaris GPU tech, the PS4 Pro is still beholden to the age-old console rules: balancing frame rates with resolution. As such, native 4K resolution in specific games like Skyrim: Special Edition means lowered frame rates on the PS4 Pro, showing we haven't exactly come that far after all.

Consoles are about balance: developers have to implement dynamic resolution scaling that drops the resolution to sub-1080p in order to hit consistent frame rates on PS4 and Xbox One. Sony's new PlayStation 4 Pro isn't so different to last-gen consoles in this regard, and we're starting to see the trend continue in this new iterative cycle, meaning native 4K games on PS4 Pro could potentially run worse than they would on normal PS4 systems.

According to Digital Foundry, Skyrim: Special Edition is a prime example of this FPS-and-resolution balancing act. Skyrim: SE can run at native 4K on the PS4 Pro, but the frame rates take a hit as a result, leading to "visible drops in performance where the GPU is pushed more heavily," as well as "noticable stutters."

Super Mario Run will soon be appearing on Unity. The news was first released via their official Twitter account:

"We are thrilled that the legendary creators Nintendo America are bringing Mario to mobile for the first time, and it's made with Unity."

Up until recently, Nintendo had been developing games for its own hardware system. With smartphone game an/or apps debuting on a regular basis, it seems that the company will be branching out with other development teams in joining Unity.

Amidst the rubble of the 2016 presidential election, comes an interesting nugget of information from popular YouTuber Philip DeFranco. DeFranco was asked why he was not a part of the 2016 YouTube Rewind, and his answer might surprise you.

DeFranco said that the company that was behind YouTube Rewind, was the same company that offered him money to make a video supporting Hillary Clinton. The company in question is Portal A Interactive, and they state on their Facebook page that they collaborate with Hillary and the top YouTubers in order to hit the millennial voters.

I remember the day the biggest vlogger in the world uploaded a video to YouTube... when Casey Neistat came out in an utter surprise video that smelt, looked like, and now looks like was in fact, a paid advertisement by Hillary Clinton.

Sony's PlayStation Store update for November is here, with the US online store marketing classic PlayStation 3 and 4 games to customers with a hefty price slash. The list below showcases some of the titles that are up for grabs.

PS4 Games:

PS3 Games:

I have been spending far too much time playing Overwatch - how good does Sombra look?! - but now there's another free weekend of Overwatch coming very soon, on November 18.

Blizzard will be hosting the free Overwatch weekend between November 18-21 from 4PM PST on all platforms, and in all gameplay regions. Console gamers will need Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus membership, while the PC is all good with a Battle.net account.

The developer adds that during this free weekend, they are "making Overwatch's full roster of 22 heroes and 13 maps available for play in a variety of modes, including Quick Play, Custom Games, and the latest Weekly Brawl". This means the new Sombra character won't be playable just yet, but she's in the PTR.

Battlefield 1 desperately needs its hardcore mode update, and now EA DICE is teasing that it has been tweaking the hardcore mode for BF1, but it's still not being released just yet.

DICE producer Ali Hassoon said on Twitter: "Reducing Bullet Damage in HC from 200% to about 140% provides a more well-rounded experience", adding: "We're still testing Hardcore mode, we dont want to release it until we are sure it lives up to our and your expectasions. Stay tuned!"

There are also some other fixes and changes coming, with Lead UI/UX Designer Erik Ortman confirming that the team is working on fixing the medals issues, fixing the game leaderboards, and not being able to quit at the end of the game. He said: "for sure, it's being looked at and there are fixes in the pipeline".

Making his debut in this year's 'Captain America: Civil War', the young actor who'll portray Spider-Man has revealed he's signed on the dotted line for a long career as the web-slinging hero.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Holland revealed that he's signed a six picture contract with Disney, but it's a package that offers flexibility to the his career outside of the much loved Marvel character. "They give you options, and those could be exercised whenever. Like a cameo in Avengers. I'm unclear as to which movies, though. I do know I have three Spider-Man movies and three solo movies contracted. But if you have another movie, Marvel is so good at working around it. They're very respectful of your life, really. They understand that you have to work on other movies, and they try and fix it up so you can work around each other."

Spider-Man: Homecoming' is due to hit 2D, 3D and IMAX cinemas worldwide next July.

Well, well. Dishonored 2 looks like it'll be a steaming pile of crap on the PC - at least until it's been updated 50 times post-launch, with early reports from NeoGAF user "Dmax3901' who has a review copy of Dishonored 2 for the PC.

Equipped with an AMD Radeon R9 290, an Intel Core i5-4690K, 16GB of RAM and running at 1080p with "mostly High settings and some of the more demanding on/off settings switched to Off (volumetric lighting, depth of field). This allowed me to maintain 60fps with dips down into the high 40s". Not that great considering Dmax3901's specs are pretty good.

He continued: "After that is where things started going really pear-shaped. I was playing with my compromised settings, putting up with the occasional frame rate dip, when I leaned around a corner and saw the FPS counter drop to 18. I turned down all the settings to Very Low and all the on/off settings to off and the frame rate didn't change. To be fair this particular room, the throne room right at the start of the game, is quite detailed with lots of flowers adorning the columns and there's several dead bodies littering the floor. But I'm afraid something weird is happening here, check out the following shots, taking note of the FPS counter in the top left".

The media, the polls and the political class all got the U.S. election result, and now it seems that South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker also didn't see the Trump victory, with the crew of the long running Comedy Network show having to quickly rewrite and reanimate the latest episode following the events of yesterday.

According to Esquire, the latest episode was due to be called "The Very First Gentleman"; referring to former President Bill Clinton, who would have visited the denizens of South Park. Instead, the episode has been retitled "Oh, Jeez". The earlier promo has been switched out for a new one, which features the line "We've learned that women can be anything, except for president."

PAX Australia 2016 - Last week, I flew over to Melbourne, Australia to attend PAX Australia 2016 with my friend and nephew, and had a weekend of gaming, technology, and socializing with a bunch of friends and contacts in the tech/gaming industry.

PAX Australia is the biggest event of its kind in the country, so we went crazy snapping a bunch of pictures - now you can live through the show with our pictures. There's lots to see, as I have 61 pictures for you to enjoy.

We have to personally thank GIGABYTE for sponsoring towards our PAX Australia 2016 trip, and it worked out well - because I was going to cover their stuff anyway, as the company was there in a huge way with their NVIDIA and AMD-based graphics cards in countless machines across the floor. Not only that, but Team.AU also overclocked an Intel Core i7-6950X and hit a world record 5.744GHz using a GIGABYTE motherboard. So thanks, GIGABYTE!

Crytek has been all-in with VR so far, and this commitment to the next level of gaming and entertainment is amplified with their teased future of VR, and Crytek's work with Sony on the PS4 Pro and PlayStation VR.

The developer talked to WCCFTech about the PS4 Pro, and how Crytek will support Sony's new console with their upcoming title 'Robinson: The Journey'. The site asked "what kind of enhancements can we expect? Does PS4 Pro represent a meaningful boost to PSVR's capabilities?"

Crytek's Executive Producer and Game Director, Elijah Freeman, said: "Robinson will be playable on both PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro, and we think it offers a stand-out experience regardless of which platform players choose. The game was developed for PlayStation 4 from the outset, and we've worked hard to maximize the potential of the system and the opportunities PS VR unlocks".

Global entry! We have teamed up with GIGABYTE to give away three of its Intel Z170 motherboards.

We have one GA-Z170-HD3P, one GA-Z170X-Gaming 7, and one GA-Z170XP-SLI to give away. There will be three lucky winners who will take home one of these motherboards each.

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Free use of Tesla's superchargers was certainly one of the positive sides of buying a Tesla electric car. However, starting from the beginning of 2017, these same charges will not be completely free.

Any customer who buys a Tesla car after January 1st, 2017 will have to pay a small fee when filling up at a Supercharger station. Tesla didn't specify how much the fee would be, but it will be less than the price of filling up a comparable gas car.