Fortnite developer Epic Games is suing Apple and Google after both pulled Epic’s hit game from their app stores over direct-payment disputes. As of right now, neither are allowing users to download and install Fortnite on phones through their digital marketplaces. At the heart of the debate is whether Epic has the right to include a direct-payments …
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Gaming phones have a niche audience, but their features are often adopted by more mainstream phones later down the line. A great example of this are displays with high refresh rates, which first showed up in 2017’s Razer Phone and the original Asus ROG phone in 2018. Now phones like the Galaxy S20, the OnePlus 8, 8 Pro, Motorola Edge and Edge …
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Microsoft’s xCloud cloud-gaming service is getting some accessories of its own. Along with today’s news that the service will be launching on Sept. 15 as part of its $15/month XBox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, the company heralded new mobile entries in its Designed for Xbox line, in this case just slightly modified versions of existing third-party products. Mobile controllers are …
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The Razer Cynosa Chroma is one of the best inexpensive gaming keyboards you can get — and Razer’s sold a lot of them, as it was named the best-selling membrane gaming keyboard in the US by research firm The NPD Group. The Cynosa V2 was announced Thursday and looks like it should have no trouble holding onto that title since it …
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My mother-in-law is used to seeing me always carrying a new gadget. She was there when I strapped on my first smartwatch in 2013, and she’s seen me excitedly try out new camera lenses that attach to my phone. But it was different the time I first showed her a virtual reality headset. After she cautiously strapped the $199 Oculus Go on her head, the …
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Das Keyboard, a mechanical keyboard brand best known by enthusiasts for its blank keyboards, is celebrating its 15th anniversary by reviving its worldwide Ultimate Typing Championship. The competition, which is entirely online and open to anyone over the age of 13, will be livestreamed on Aug. 22 on Twitch at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). Registration for the event opened …
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Razer’s coming to battle the small fries who currently dominate the market of 60% mechanical keyboards with its Huntsman Mini, the first prebuilt mainstream model and Razer’s first. It will come in two colors — black and Mercury (the Huntsman Mini Mercury Edition) — with a choice of Razer’s purple (clicky) or red (linear) optical switches. And if you’re shoehorning …
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The new Alloy Elite 2 mechanical gaming keyboard from HyperX is blindingly bright. And heavy, which is probably the first thing you’ll spot. But once it’s on your desk and plugged in, you’ll definitely notice how bright the keys are. Part of the reason for that is the company’s homegrown Red linear switches with surface-mounted diode LEDs. Combined with the …
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Stuck at home this summer? If the coronavirus pandemic has canceled your summer plans, you could pivot and use your vacation funds on a new gaming laptop. If you want to get into PC gaming or upgrade your aging setup, a new gaming laptop can certainly help fill the hours during those long summer days and hot summer nights. Read …
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Twenty bucks (or £20) won’t buy you a nice set of 7.1 surround gaming headphones, but it can help you fake it with Razer’s THX Spatial Audio App for Windows 10. It uses the same underlying technology as Razer puts into its headsets, but generalizes it to work with all brands and types (analog, USB or Bluetooth connected) and audio …
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