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Sea of Thieves Tops PS5 Charts in Europe
In a significant shift in gaming trends, Sea of Thieves has clinched the top spot on PlayStation 5‘s download charts across Europe for April 2024. Originally launched as an Xbox exclusive, this title from developer Rare has successfully captured a new audience on Sony’s platform. Surge in Popularity This April,…
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Fallout 4 Takes Top Spot in Europe Following TV Show Debut
Last week, Europe saw a spectacular rise in video game sales, particularly for Fallout 4, which soared to the number one spot across the continent. This surge comes directly after the release of the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime, which has captivated audiences and critics alike. According to the…
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Tumbling Dollar Sees Nvidia 4080’s Fall Below MSRP in Europe!
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 isn’t exactly proving to be a popular choice among consumers at the moment. – And it’s not that it’s a bad graphics card, but more down to the fact (or perception) that for as potent as it is, it’s simply too expensive. Well, perhaps more…
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FTC ‘Likely’ to Join EU in Challenging Microsoft’s Activision/Blizzard Takeover
It seems increasingly likely that, based on all the information to date, the EU commission currently investigating Microsoft’s potential takeover of Activision/Blizzard is probably not going to approve the deal. – I mean, at the very least, they seem incredibly dissatisfied with the answers (or lack of) Microsoft has currently…
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Amazon (Grudgingly) Agrees to Make Cancelling Prime Easier in UK & Europe
While you can happily debate the merits and perks of having an Amazon Prime account, if there has been one complaint consistently levied against it in recent years, it’s the fact that it is significantly easier to sign up for the service than it is to cancel it. – In…
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German & French Ministers Call Out Facebooks Bluff to Withdraw From Europe!
Earlier this week, Facebook made what can only be called one of the most ridiculous (non) ‘threats’ the tech world has possibly ever seen! – For those of you unaware, due to a recent ruling within the European courts, it had been determined (in a very brief description) that Facebook…
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EU Companies Issue Formal Complaint to Microsoft Over OneDrive ‘Monopoly’
Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed that OneDrive (its file-sharing cloud service) would officially be shut down as an integrated part of all of their operating systems prior to Windows 10. Now, admittedly, the function is mostly a mild annoyance to most people (I tend to disable it every time I…
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EU Proposes Fossil Fuel Car Ban by 2035
I think it would be fair to say that the writing is almost certainly on the wall for the future of the fossil fuel car. Yes, exactly when the last one will roll off a production line is still more than a little of a contentious subject, but with many…
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Rust EU Servers Suffer Data Loss After Fire!
I have to admit to having thrown more than a few (hundred) hours into Rust in terms of my guilty gaming pleasures. Why is it guilty? I hear you ask. Well, firstly, I’ll admit that I’m not very good at it. In fact, I often fail to graduate beyond anything…
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European Investigation Called for Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift
It’s been well documented since the initial launch of the Nintendo Switch that while the controllers certainly represented something more than a little innovative, a pretty significant problem can lurk within. Namely, the dreaded Joy-Con drift issue. – With literally tens of thousands of complaints having being made about them…
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Custom Nvidia 3070 Euro & UK Prices Confirmed
I must admit that while I have been very impressed by both the performance and potential of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and 3080 graphics cards, from a personal point of view, the one GPU that has most caught my attention so far is the 3070. I mean, at least…
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UK May Bring its Fossil-Fuel Car Ban Forward To 2030
With growing concerns over the environment, the writing is pretty much on the wall for fossil-fuelled cars in much of the Western world. With most European countries looking to ban the sale of new vehicles using diesel or petrol by 2040, the clear emphasis is on a phasing out stage…
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Nvidia Issues Multiple Trademarks in Europe
Compared to AMD, Nvidia certainly has a history of taking a more consistent line with its graphics card names. Following a recently completed trademark application in Europe, however, it seems that everything is still on track for at least the next three generations of GPU releases. Put simply, with the…
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CD Projekt Red is Officially Europe’s Second-Biggest Game Dev
CD Projekt Red is one of the (sadly) few game developers who are almost universally respected among their fans. Known to not release a game until it’s ready, one of the best examples of this was when they recently announced that upcoming release Cyberpunk 2077 had been delayed from April…
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Survey Finds 60% of Europeans Prefer AMD Processors
Since the release of the Ryzen platform back in 2017, AMD has been riding high on ever-increasing processor sales. By proxy, this has resulted in them regaining a decent chunk of the CPU market share back from Intel which currently stands at around 25-30%. Just how popular are AMD processors…
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