OneTapLAN, the popular Irish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament organisers, have hinted at a 5th generation of their much-loved event. The One Tap LAN twitter tweeted 2 days ago, looking for people expressing interest in their last-minute event in Belfast. The preliminary date is February 9th and 10th, in the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Belfast. In […]
What you should know before building a PC in the current market – CPUs and GPUs
Impact of 2018 in the coming year With 2018 closing off, we can reflect on what a wild year it was for PC building. The crypto craze, Nvidia’s new RTX technology, the 9000 series of Intel CPUs vs the 2000 series of Ryzen CPUs. It’s been absolutely action-packed. So what should you keep in mind […]
Irish Collegiate Esports Winter Challenge announced – What you need to know
The Irish Collegiate Esports organisation has announced the second season of its inter-university tournament that plays host to a number of games online. Last year’s event proved a success, with both the League of Legends and the Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournaments drawing in a number of the most popular universities from across Ireland. This […]
Dublin Games Festival 2018 – Games, Entertainment and More!
Dublin Games Festival 2018 Since our report last week on the Dublin Games Festival in November 2018, we have received more information from Graeme Moore (COO and Co-Founder of Aeonspark Events). So, here’s what to expect from Dublin Games Festival on the 24th of November. Primarily, it has become quite apparent that DGF has created […]
Dublin Games Festival announced – What we know so far
Credit Paul Ivanov for the photo from RAID LAN 2018 Dublin Games Festival, a newly announced gaming festival in Ireland, will be taking place in the RDS on the 24th of November this year. The occasion will mark one of the biggest gaming events so far in Ireland. What’s more, popular esports titles such as […]
Microsoft attempts to revolutionise the console market with a hardware-as-a-service model
Noble roots We’re all familiar with the concept of Games as a service. As inflation increases and margins fall, companies are trying to steer consumers away from once-off purchases. The development of micro-transactions, games as a service and — gasp — lootboxes have all been instrumental in securing new revenue streams for game developers and […]
How to get Fortnite on your Android smartphone
I’m sure many of you have heard of Fortnite. It’s an extremely popular game taking the world by storm, and there’s one particular reason why – it’s entirely free. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but it’s one of the biggest games out at the moment. It took off as a global phenomenon on PC, […]