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It’s finally here, 14 months after my order. The almost vaporware Retron 5 has arrived meaning I can finally hark back to my youth, kick back and play some retro games. Of which I have built up a small collection in the many months since ordering. The Retron 5 is a console that despite its name ..
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It’s that time of the year again, time to sit back relax and watch some amazing people speedrun games in the name of charity. AGDQ is back, bigger and better than ever in 2015, and we are just over 4 days away from the start. Again the event is being run to raise money for the ..
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It’s been a busyish year for reviews here at DavePlays.co.uk, things hit the ground running in March of this year and today really sees the pinnacle of hardware that I have been provided with to review. I had not expected to receive a flagship card from ZOTAC in the mail, but couldn’t pass up the chance ..
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Brace yourselves, if the end date of the Steam Auction is anything to go by, the Steam Winter Sale should start on the 18th of December. With that in mind, and I know the format has changed every time a new sale has started I thought best to dig into the archives and pull out the ..
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SoundFace are a company you likely won’t have heard of. This is not a bad thing, as they have only really come into existence fairly recently. They have one product currently, a Bluetooth speaker, which is what I will be reviewing today. About SoundFace We first started working on SoundFace a long while ago. Call ..
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Yes that is correct, Square-Enix is going to be releasing a PS4 version of the iconic FF7 (one of my favourite games) now before you start jumping for joy over the potential based on the tech-demo released many years ago for the PS3. You will be sad to hear that it is only a port….of ..
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-Insta-Update Since posting, I’ve spoken to another member of the industry in the UK who has not heard any news of a shortage, so it could just be that the really low quantity buyers are getting delays. Especially with Razer and Logitech both dropping Cherry MX switches, it would be a bit of a surprise for ..
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Valve and Steam’s gaming reach is extending into the now elusive game streaming market. Steam Broadcasting has just been announced and allows you to stream any game you are currently playing within Steam. You and your viewers have to join the beta, and when you do an option to view the stream becomes available ..
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A few months ago ZOTAC sent me a ZBOX EN760 Plus to review and recently they offered me a chance to review one at the opposite end of the spectrum. Part of the pico series, the ZOTAC ZBOX PI320 is a far cry from the EN760 which by specification looks like a complete monster. However ..
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There’s not much to go on besides a photo from their Facebook page, but it would appear that SteelSeries are jumping back on the mechanical keyboard bandwagon they pioneered way back in 2011. It would appear that an evolutionary step to the Apex series of keyboards is almost upon us. The image does not show ..
Those brilliant people over at Fractal Design have…sadly not reinvented the wheel, or figured out perpetual motion. They have a new case! one that people have waited for, for quite a while. That’s right, they have announced the next evolutionary step in the Define range, the R5. Taking configurability to a new level, the Define ..
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Well, I am very rarely excited, but these past few days have been causing me to almost get giddy! This is because the much delayed Retron 5 appears as though it may almost be here. Yes the console that was meant to hit these cold and wintry shores last Christmas, has had confirmation by ..