2016 is done and dusted from a gaming perspective, but don’t fret – there are enough great titles coming out in 2017 to put your New Year’s resolution of getting outside more or spending less on games in some serious jeopardy. That being said, we’ve gone through and compiled the list of the best games coming next year as well as collected the best ones that have already come out (Gravity Rush 2 anyone?). Oh, and in case you missed it, and are interested the best gaming moments of last year, be s

That’s because the brilliantly portable Nintendo Switch will be getting FIFA 18. And, having been once bitten, you can understand that there remains some cynicism about how good FIFA 18 for Nintendo Switch will be. FIFA 18 FUTSo what do we 100% definitely know will definitely be in FIFA 18? FIFA 18 The JourneyWe also know that The Journey – the cheese-tastic foray into ‘narrative’ that EA took in FIFA 17 – will make a timely return for Season Two. FIFA 18: What we’d like to seeWe’re still hammer

The Lenovo Flex 11 Chromebook brings much of the ruggedized features found in the ThinkPad line of Chrome OS for education to shoppers everywhere in a convertible hybrid frame. Lenovo hasn’t named the chip’s maker, but the MediaTek M8173C found inside the Acer Chromebook R13 wouldn’t be a bad guess. At any rate, that’s quite a shiny-sounding Chromebook for under 300 bucks that isn’t shiny at all, literally speaking. The Flex 11 comes in a deep gray, plastic frame that can take drops of up to 2.4

Open source photo editor GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is the best free alternative to Adobe Photoshop. It offers one-click tools and filters to give your pictures an instant boost, as well as advanced settings that give you full manual control over levels, curves, saturation, and much more. GIMP also comes with a superb set of user-created extensions, but you can make it even more powerful by installing plugins originally designed for Adobe Photoshop. There are several Photoshop plu

Update: We were sad to hear the NES Mini had ceased production, but new rumors suggest that this might have happened to make room for an upcoming SNES Mini. Original article continues below…Last Christmas there was only one present we wanted under our trees, and that was Nintendo’s crazy-cute Nintendo Classic Mini: NES (or as it’s more commonly known, the NES Mini ). Now it seems like the console might have been discontinued to make way for a SNES Mini, which is apparently due to launch this C

This is a relatively new feature for Samsung devices and it has launched on both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. If you’ve got a Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge, you’ll find the same feature will be available when you upgrade to Android 7 Nougat software. Under display you’ll have a variety of options including a section for brightness, the blue light filter and screen resolution. The screenshot shows it on the Galaxy S8 – but it’s similar on the Galaxy S7 range too. Your options on the Ga

Apple has cut the cost of a number of its own-brand apps, offering up a range of software completely for free. Other apps moved to the list of free downloads includes GarageBand, Numbers, and Keynote. Apple has offered the likes of Pages, iMovie and GarageBand completely for free for some time already for those purchasing a new Mac, iPhone or iPad. Bringing a little something for everyone, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote tools are Apple’s answer to Microsoft’s globally dominant Word, Excel, and Powe

Do as I say not as I doHowever, there’s a difference between romance being in a video game and a video game doing romance. It’s usually in these passive moments where characters are allowed to interact with other characters rather than the player that love stories are progressed. Games mechanics generally are action-to-results based. That makes it incredibly difficult for any game developer to write a participatory love story that’s going to satisfy everyone. It’s not impossibleThat’s not to say

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus has three display settings, allowing you to run the phone at either a WQHD+ (2960 x 1440), FHD+ (2220 x 1080) or HD+ (1480 x 730) resolution – and we’ve found the battery life is fantastic if you run it at FHD+. Our YouTube battery test found the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus had the best flagship battery life compared to every other phone we’ve tested. When running at FHD+, we found the Galaxy S8 Plus would last for over seven hours. If you want to run your new S8 Plus at th

This particular rumor comes from DigiTimes, which cites the usual supply chain sources who are claiming that Apple will begin production of the new consumer-targeted iMacs next month. Refreshed 21.5-inch and 27-inch models will be produced and are expected to go on sale in the third quarter of this year, as mentioned. DigiTimes didn’t mention anything about the spec for the consumer iMacs, but did say that the server-grade model will run with an Intel Xeon E3-1285 v6 processor, along with betwee

StarCraft is one of the most popular real-time strategy games of all time, and now Blizzard has taken the decision to make it completely free to download. It might not be the recently announced StarCraft Remastered, which will overhaul the original game’s graphics when it’s released this summer, but the announcement has been accompanied by a new patch, version 1.18, which should mean that the 19 year old game shouldn’t have any trouble running on modern machines. In other words this will still l

Or, if you want to know more about different camera types in general, check out our step-by-step guide: What camera should I buy? In between entry-level and full-frame DSLR are a whole range of models aimed at different users, different levels of experience and different budgets. Here’s our pick of the standout DSLR cameras you can buy right now:1. With a new sensor that delivers pin-sharp results, a 61-point AF system that’s incredibly advanced and some very polished handling, the EOS 5D Mark I

If you want to keep your web browsing private, you can use the Incognito mode in Chrome, Private Browsing in Firefox, InPrivate mode in Microsoft Edge, and so on. While this will prevent other people who use your computer from seeing your browsing history, it doesn’t prevent your ISP from monitoring the sites you are visiting. You might well want to – for any number of reason – browse the internet completely anonymously, and this is precisely what Tor Browser offers. Standing for The Onion Route

In an age where most people have a camera in their phone as standard, Fujifilm’s INSTAX range of instant film cameras has been a smash. The INSTAX SQUARE SQ10 adds a 1/4-inch CMOS image sensor to the existing INSTAX system, one that records at a 1920 x 1920pixel resolution. Not only that, but it’s the first model to work with the new INSTAX SQUARE film format that was announced last year. INSTAX cameras are all about fun and the SQ10 provides this by the bucketload. The new SQUARE format film wi

Fujifilm gave us one of the most exciting announcements of last year with its medium-format GFX 50S camera, and now it’s confirmed the imminent arrival of two optics for the GFX system. The company announced the development of the Fujinon GF110mm f/2 R LM WR and GF23mm f/4 R LM WR back in September, alongside the GFX 50S, but the lenses’ specifications, pricing and arrival date been only now been confirmed. With a relatively wide aperture and a focal length equivalent to 87mm in 35mm terms, the

The iPhone rumors have been flying in thick and fast of late. Yesterday, we reported a rumor that Apple is readying a premium iPhone dubbed ‘iPhone Edition’ that would take design inspiration from the Apple Watch by encasing the handset in stainless steel. A day earlier, there was another hot rumor that suggested this year’s 10th anniversary iPhone would be almost all screen , with minimal bezels and the possibility of a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. So will this new premium model actually b

Looking for the best earbuds or in-ear headphones? We’re on a mission to provide you with the best in-ear headphones around. Their excellent build quality, sound and design make them one of the most well rounded in-ear headphones I’ve ever heard. While they’re not the most dynamic or resolving headphones, NuForce shows us that the future of wireless headphones is a bright one. | NFC: N/ADeep bass soundPremium lookA clear but occasionally flat soundAccompanying app didn’t impressDenon has packed

We’ll see Microsoft’s Project Scorpio, dozens of new games and, if we’re lucky, a first look as something new from Sony. Sony announced today that it would begin shipping 1TB versions of the PlayStation 4 Slim for $299 – the exact price of what a 500GB system cost yesterday. Also, not one to waste a prime price-cutting opportunity, Sony’s dropping the price of the old 500GB systems to $249. The price change looks like it went into effect today with 1TB models to receive stock and the price drop

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is finally here and we’ve tested it out enough to give it a full review. So read on to find out whether you should invest in a glistening new Galaxy S8 or would be better off sticking with the cheaper Galaxy S7. DesignThe design of the Samsung Galaxy S8 isn’t enormously different from the Galaxy S7, with both phones sporting a metal frame and a glass back. Both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S7 are IP68 certified, meaning they can be submerged up to 1.5 meters deep for up to 30 m

Although Facebook didn’t come right out and say it today, it appears as though the wireless, room-scale virtual reality headset you’ve been dreaming of might be a reality in the next two years. The headset you’ve been wishing for is called the Oculus Santa Cruz headset, and while it’s still in prototype form right now, it’s coming together quicker than anyone expected. This sneak peek at Facebook’s Santa Cruz prototype was important for two reasons. Wham, SLAM, thank you ma’amWe’ve always known