Articles by RJ Pierce
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Xbox Series X Will Take A While Before It Becomes A Developer Favorite
Xbox Series X has some serious hardware under the hood, but developers are still not able to fully utilize it because of the way the industry currently performs game releases.
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Samsung Q80 QLED Vs. LG UN8500 75-inch: 4K GAMING TV Battle
Samsung and LG, two of the most iconic names in making TVs and monitors, are duking it out in a gadget battle featuring their best 4K gaming TVs. Who wins?
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Fortnite Announces the NBA Crossover Event: EVERYTHING You Need to Know
Fortnite players who are also avid NBA fans are in for a treat as the popular battle royale game reveals a collaboration with the world's best basketball league.
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NVIDIA RTX Graphics Cards COST A FORTUNE in Europe Right Now; Chip Shortage Taking a Turn for the Worst?
NVIDIA GPU prices in the EU have skyrocketed, so if you're a PC enthusiast in the US, then maybe you're still a bit luckier than those out there.
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AMD: Ryzen 5000 B2 Stepping Has NO IMPROVEMENT In Performance Over Base Zen 3 Chips
If you got a little bit excited when it was rumored that the Ryzen 5000 series will be getting a better B2 stepping, then too bad, says AMD: it won't offer any tangible performance improvement.
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Rockstar Games' GTA Online Summer Update: EVERYTHING You Need to Know So Far
GTA Online and Red Dead Online will both getting love from Rockstar Games this summer, but it's going to be GTA V that will be seeing more new content as part of the 2021 Summer Update.
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Nintendo Switch to Get MORE SNES and NES Games; Does This Point to a Retro Gaming Boom?
Retro gaming fans are in for a treat, especially those who love playing NES and SNES classics: a total of 6 games are coming soon to the Nintendo Switch Online service.
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NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti SPOTTED? Could Feature an INSANE 48GB Of GDDR6X Memory
ZOTAC apparently just teased the existence of an NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti in its Firestorm overclocking utility, which was spotted by eagle-eyed PC hardware sleuths.
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NVIDIA DLSS Enters the VR Market; Feature Also Coming to 9 More Games
NVIDIA gives a treat to virtual reality gamers with Team Green confirming DLSS support for three big VR games, among six other non-VR titles in a recent announcement.
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Hypersonic Flight: This New Propulsion System will get you From NYC to LA in UNDER 30 MINUTES
Researchers at the University of Central Florida, in a stroke of genius, just found a way to improve hypersonic flight propulsion like never before, allowing speeds of up to Mach 17.
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This Nintendo Super Mario 64 Speedrun was Achieved With a DRUM KIT as a Controller
If this isn't a showcase of elite drumming skill, then nothing is. This Nintendo Super Mario 64 player just achieved an amazing speedrun record using modified drums as a controller.
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OG Nintendo Game Boy Gets an ONLINE MULTIPLAYER Feature Courtesy of This Guy's Clever Hack
Ever wondered what it would be like to play online multiplayer on a handheld gaming console from 1989? Well, this user did, and they managed to make it work on an OG Game Boy console.
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Overwatch 5th Anniversary Celebration: Everything You Need To Know
Blizzard celebrates Overwatch's fifth anniversary with a handful of new character skins and other unannounced activities in a week-long celebration from May 18th to June 8th.
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AMD's New RX 6600 Series Leaks: Upcoming MID-RANGE KING?
AMD is seemingly following NVIDIA's lead by allegedly planning to release two entry-level ray-tracing GPUs in its current RX 6000 series: the 6600 XT and the 6600 non-XT.
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EPYC Performance: AMD's Leaked Roadmap for Server CPUs Teases A 96-CORE MONSTER
AMD is not Slowing Down With Their Zen Architecture, as Reported in a CPU Roadmap Featuring Their EPYC Line of CPUs: 96 Cores, 192 Threads, and 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes of Pure Power.
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Voyager 1 Detects a Faint HUMMING SOUND in Deep Space: Is This What We Think it is?
For those eagerly awaiting confirmation of the existence of ET, this Voyager 1 discovery might be able to perk some ears. But is it really what a lot of people--even scientists--are hoping for?
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Sony is Patenting Something That Will Help Gamers IMPROVE Their Skills: Is This Your Way Into PRO Gaming?
If you love playing video games but are terrible at playing them, then maybe this Sony patent is for you: a tech that dynamically "slows down" a game to help improve your reflexes.
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Mass Effect Legendary Edition Early Review Roundup: Excellent, But Not Without A Few Quirks
A few early reviews of Mass Effect Legendary Edition are here, and they're painting a very nice picture for the return to Commander Shepard's Milky Way adventures.
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Samsung Begins Prepping 5nm; NVIDIA's "Ampere Next" GPUs COMING?
In a plan to try and challenge the dominance of TSMC in the chip-making business, Samsung is opening a 5nm fabrication facility which likely will also help push NVIDIA's Ampere Next GPUs closer to release.
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Nintendo Reveals That 20% of Switch Units Sold Last Year Were to Homes Which ALREADY Had One
It seems like fans just can't get enough of the Nintendo Switch, as sales figures for the handheld revealed that people who already own the console bought new ones.
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An AMD RX 6900 XT Just Beat Another FireStrike World Record With Its INSANE Clock Speed
Overclockers just pushed an AMD RX 6900 XT to its furthest limit recently, reaching a massive 3.3 GHz clock and setting a new 3DMark FireStrike Extreme world record.
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Nintendo is Promising a Lot of New Games for the Fiscal Year; Maybe BOTW 2 Will Come Early?
Nintendo is reaping all the rewards from the massive recent success of their Switch handheld console, and they're not looking to slow down: promising more new games for the platform until next year.
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Mass Effect Legendary Edition and This Generation's Preference for Game Remasters: A Closer Look
Mass Effect Legendary Edition's release allows gamers to have another remaster in this era when classic games are re-released for next-gen hardware. But is it a good thing for the industry?
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Xbox Series X UK Sales Beat PS5 in April but Fails to Catch Up with Switch
Since launching, the Xbox Series X has been playing catch up with the PlayStation 5. But it did win the UK recently, at least, being the second-best selling console in the British market last April.
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E3 2021 Reveals Online Portal for This Year's Attendees
With E3 2021 just around the corner, the event's organizers announced creating an online portal and mobile app to help the convention's attendees navigate through all of the good E3 stuff.
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OnePlus 9 Pro Vs. Xiaomi Mi 11: One-on-One Battle for Android Phone Supremacy
The OnePlus 9 Pro and the Xiaomi Mi 11 are two of the best Android phones you can get right now. Here's a quick head-to-head battle to see which of them would be the best purchase.
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AI and Its Takeover of Video Game Graphics: A Closer Look
Despite whatever negative stuff popular media says about AI, it sure does help improve video game graphics to a point where it might be hard to distinguish games from real life. Here's a quick look.
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Sony is Ramping Up PlayStation 5 Production for Summer; Does That Mean We Can All Get PS5s Soon?
In another attempt to quell the global shortage of PlayStation 5 consoles, Sony plans to increase their production by summer. But will it be enough?
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Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer Might Return, Says Bioware; But Can it Still Make the Series Relevant?
According to Bioware, Mass Effect 3's multiplayer, which was both popular and controversial for its time, might make a comeback if fans want it badly enough.
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AMD Is Equipping Singapore's FASTEST Supercomputer With EPYC Processors
Singapore is building a new supercomputer to help them with their massive scientific calculations, and who do you think they tap for processing power? That's right: AMD.
