While most of you will largely know Star Wars as an incredibly successful film franchise, the Star Wars games have their own sagas as worthy of attention – the furore around Star Wars Battlefront II being a prime example. But perhaps none is in more need of reconsideration than Star Wars Galaxies. First announced in 2000, Star Wars Galaxies: Empire Divided was a MMORPG aimed for release in 2001 for PS2, Xbox and PC. Many reviews of the time said it was unfinished, buggy, and missing a pretty key

James Patterson’s latest novel, The Chef, is being released as an ‘interactive reading experience’ for Facebook Messenger. The novel will be published in hardcover in February, but Facebook has teamed up with the author to create a preview that will let readers engage with the story and characters via video and sound clips. To try it, search for ‘The Chef Book Test Page’ in the Messenger app. A new pageBestselling American author Patterson is no stranger to digital releases in some form or anoth

If you use the web version of Skype, then you’ll doubtless be interested to learn that Microsoft has brought all the latest features to the web-based spin of its messaging service – or at least to the preview version. As spotted by MS Power User, a big update to the Skype for Web preview (which you can access here – providing you’re running Chrome or Microsoft’s Edge browser) brings with it all the latest features from the desktop and mobile versions. That means web users can now enjoy HD video

In a recent test of the 2019 Honda Insight, the third-gen hybrid that looks a bit like a Honda Civic, it was obvious that the electric motor had been fine-tuned to help you merge into traffic. It worked in conjunction with the gas engine for a combined MPG of 55-miles-to-the-gallon, and in practice, meant we drove the Insight for a full 550 miles before needing to do a fill. You can watch all of this on the eight-inch touchscreen, which shows how the Insight expertly manages the power. On other

Right, right, right you lucky people – it’s October, it’s 2018, it’s time to see some new stuff from Apple thanks to the brand deciding we don’t have enough iDevices in our lives. This is our live blog (in case you’re somehow confused where you are), and we’re here in the auditorium to keep you delightfully abreast of all the latest news on rumored the MacBook 2018, Mac mini 2018 and iPad Pro 2018. If you’re lucky, we may even hear of a MacBook Air 2018 and perhaps a few other surprises too. Che

While Sony was updating its image sensor range and Canon was busy developing 120MP APS-C CMOS and full-frame 100fps sensors , Panasonic began working on an 8K organic sensor. The Japanese electronics company revealed the organic sensor to the world in February this year, but has now announced that it will begin production on a camera system capable of shooting 8K video. Currently called the AK-SHB 810, it will be the world’s first camera to incorporate an organic sensor and, according to Panason

That’s exactly what some Pixel 3 XL owners are currently experiencing, with a new glitch plopping an additional ‘virtual’ notch on the screen of Google’s latest flagship device. So my Pixel randomly grew another notch today. 😂 https://t.co/c6Pff9MVmW pic.twitter.com/ugjfLmCkDZOctober 24, 2018According to several Reddit users who’ve experienced the software issue, the virtual notch does disappear after a restart of the device. Thankfully, Google is aware of the problem, telling Android Police tha

The most powerful consumer GPUs to hit the market are experiencing some teething problems at the moment, with a number of early users reporting their Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards are failing in a variety of ways. The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the cream of the crop at the moment (when it’s actually working), with the capability of handling 60fps, 4K gaming comfortably, as well as sporting the breakthrough feature known as ray tracing . Perhaps the premature failures wouldn’t be so hard-

Amazon Alexa has learned yet another skill – you can now control your Nvidia Shield TV streaming device using your Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Spot, or Echo Plus. To use Alexa to navigate through TV shows, films, and music, you need to pair your Shield TV with your Amazon Echo via the Alexa app. If you haven’t bought into the Amazon ecosystem yet and are thinking of buying a Shield TV, Nvidia is offering a special discount – if you purchase a Shield TV from Amazon or Best Buy for $179.99, you’ll

OnePlus has officially unveiled its OnePlus 6T phone and, for once, it’ll be easier for US consumers to get it. OnePlus achieved this milestone before Xiaomi and Huawei, which is a definite feather in its cap. Whether this opens the door wider for other Chinese phone companies to expand into the US is hard to tell from here, but it’s definitely a progressive step. It’s unclear what may differ between OnePlus and, say, Huawei that would bring the former to a partnership with a US carrier. In cont

We’ve had another tantalizing hint that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be coming to the PC after some enterprising soul rifled through the guts of the game’s companion app and found references to a PC version. Rockstar Intel highlighted this particular bit of detective work, peeking inside the files of the Red Dead Redemption 2 companion app and spotting several references to a PC version and related settings. Various other references to graphics details that could pertain to a PC port are also abou

AES is the Advanced Encryption Standard, a standard for cryptography that is used to encrypt data to keep it private. How AES worksAES is based on a block cipher, with each having a size of 128 bits. AES for everybodyThese days, via the web, AES cryptography can be easily accessed by any user, true to its open source roots. The button to encrypt or decrypt is selected, and the AES cipher is applied. AES and the internetWhile AES was originally developed for US Government applications of classifi

Google is here to help with a new, genuinely adorable feature called Read Along with Disney that adds sound effects to a select handful of Disney-published children’s books. You can activate the skill by saying “Hey Google, let’s read along with Disney” and reading along in one of the aforementioned books. Once your Google Home Mini hears a key phrase, like “…and he gave the Legends Guitar a strum”, a line from Coco, the Home Mini will make a strumming sound. Right now, the feature is only ava

Our sister site, T3 spotted early assets for the rumored Honor Watch in Huawei’s very own Health smartphone app. You see the app’s interface normally shows users every device that can pair with the software, unfortunately it was updated recently to include this newly rumored Honor Watch. The app’s pairing screen not only confirmed the existence of a Huawei Watch but also showed two clear images of the wearable. We also expect that Honor Watch will run on Huawei’s self-made Lite OS instead of Goo

Here’s everything you need to know about weapons in Red Dead Redemption 2. Weapons in Red Dead 2 fall into two categories: ones that you can buy at a store, and rarer guns that you find either off the beaten path or in the main story. Snipers: Keep an eye out for the Rare Rolling Back Rifle, which you’ll pick up during the main story. But customization isn’t simply cosmetic: gunsmiths can root around in a weapon’s innards to increase its range, damage or accuracy. Speaking of…Image 7 of 9 How to

It has four mini-games that tempt you with a chance to win cash: Poker, Blackjack, Dominoes and knife game Five Finger Fillet. Red Dead Redemption 2’s saloons favor Texas Hold ‘Em Poker, where each player starts with two cards. Poker is an endlessly complex game full of strategy and trickery -but don’t worry, you don’t have to be an expert to win in Red Dead 2. What about points dominoes? Think of Block and Draw as a long line, but points dominoes as a big plus sign.

Image 1 of 8 Introduction If you’ve played any Rockstar game prior to Red Dead Redemption 2, you’re most likely acquainted with the developer’s affinity for frankly absurd and convoluted Easter Eggs, the likes of which they love to ply their open worlds with. In Rockstar’s latest this is no different and Red Dead 2 is absolutely jam-packed with so many points of interest and clever secrets that you could walk anywhere in the wilderness and easily find something interesting. After 90 hours with t

That said, it doesn’t make it any less exciting to tune into the OnePlus livestream so you can see it announced on stage for the very first time. When is the OnePlus 6T launch? We’re only expecting to hear about the OnePlus 6T today, but there may be some other surprises up the company’s sleeve that will make for an exciting event. How to watch the OnePlus 6T eventYouTube is going to be the easiest way you can tune into the OnePlus 6T launch, and above you can find the livestream ready and waiti

Fresh speculation is pointing to a launch date of November 15 for the Radeon RX 590, which is almost certainly going to be the next graphics card to arrive from AMD, if the recent avalanche of evidence and rumors is anything to go by. Not only that, we’ve seen new benchmarks leaked which point to some pretty impressive performance levels. Dropping the resolution to 2,560 x 1,440 (with standard details) saw the RX 590 record a benchmark of 4,802 compared to 4,468 for Nvidia’s GTX 1060 (6GB), arou