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So before we talk about the HD 599 - what does open-back actually mean? It’s pretty straightforward - it means that the back of the earcups are left open, so sound from the environment is let in and sound from the headphones is let out. This provides a clearer, more natural sound and a wider sound stage, which makes this sort of headphones ideal for listening to music or playing games in quiet places - but less ideal for noisy areas....

Our quick take Sennhesier Momentum On-Ear - 5.0 / 5 Style Substance To recap The Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear headphones deliver style with plenty of audio substance to back up their looks. Well balanced audio is loud, bass thumping but never overbearing at any of the wide-ranging frequencies. Shame that the soft earcups are a sweat magnet and audio isn’t well contained from those around you, but small issues for absolutely cracking cans that are well worth their £170 asking price....

Shadow of the Tomb Raider had yet to reveal where exactly Lara Croft’s new adventure would take her. Today, the Square Enix troop of developers making the game fully unveiled the lost city of Paititi. The geography’s boasted as the “largest hub ever created in a Tomb Raider game.” It seems as though the city holds more than just being a central hub. Within the city walls, you can “barter” for new outfits and weaponry, along with speaking to individuals there for side missions....

Halo: Reach is killing it on Steam, to absolutely no one’s surprise. Halo has always been a big deal—perhaps even the biggest deal that Microsoft has ever produced outside of the Windows operating system. But keeping on the Xbox has always held it back. Now that it’s been unleashed on PC via Steam, things are getting a little intense. The first portion of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection arrived on Tuesday to record-breaking numbers....

Rumors have been swirling that Kojima Productions is making a new Silent Hill game in collaboration with Konami. While this sounds completely outlandish to some, these rumors have been backed up by a recent Kojima Productions post that had some potential easter eggs that pointed to a new Silent Hill game. Now Masahiro Ito, a game developer known for working as a monster designer on Silent Hill games, has also been drumming up excitement about the possibility of a new Silent Hill game....

When drama confronts you with your country’s racism (as a white Briton, the screen and page are the only times I am confronted with it – never on the street, rarely in the classroom, not applying for a job or going through passport control or renting a flat or raising kids or being stopped by the police or writing online, not in any of the exhaustive, exhausting and lethal ways that racism can daily confront somebody Black and British), there’s usually a cushioning historical buffer....

It’s been confirmed that Call of Duty: WWII studio Sledgehammer Games is indeed leading development on the next Call of Duty game set for release later this year. The news was first confirmed during Activision’s latest quarterly earnings report (as spotted by PC Gamer) last night, in which Activision COO Dan Alegre said “We are very excited for this year’s premium Call of Duty release. Development is being led by Sledgehammer Games....

There is no shiny Solosis currently in Pokémon Go, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore this week’s Spotlight Hour. This page explains why you should invest some time in catching Solosis during the hour-long window - such as a chance to find a 100% perfect IV Solosis - and a preview of shiny Solosis for when they finally arrive in Pokémon Go. While this Spotlight Hour falls in a quiet period for Pokémon Go, you can still partake in the Go Battle League, the Season of Heritage bonuses and, if you’ve pre-purchased a Go Tour: Johto ticket, January’s XP challenge....

Sony has revealed Project Leonardo, a new accessibility controller for the PlayStation 5. Announced at CES, the controller has been designed with contributions from accessibility experts and organisations like AbleGamers, SpecialEffect and Stack Up. The controller is highly customisable, comprising a circle of various large buttons and a control stick. You can hear more about its development in the video below. Watch on YouTube Introducing Project Leonardo for PlayStation 5: Perspectives from Accessibility Experts...

Bandai Namco Games has super-glued a March 26 release date to Soulcalibur VI’s next character, Amy. In addition, Soulcalibur VI will receive a fresh title update on March 25, giving you the chance to get your hands on Amy’s Night Butterfly Series customisation parts. The patch will bring Soulcalibur VI up to version 1.30. Developer Project Soul recently touched base on why it doesn’t release official frame data for the Soulcalibur series, though indicated this may change soon enough....

As part of the launch festivities for Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age on July 11, Square Enix has begun a week-long 24/7 live-stream with a difference. Square Enix is bringing the game’s unquestionably adorable rabbit-like moogles to life, by literally using rabbits to embody the aforementioned Moogles. They are also rebranding the Square Enix Twitch channel as Moogle Watch. Square Enix will be broadcasting these delightful critters from Vauxhall City Farm in London, on its official Twitch channel from 12pm today until 12pm on the game’s launch day....

The long-term developed space simulator Star Citizen has gotten a new patch, dubbed Alpha 3.8 - New Frontiers, that makes the resource hog of a game more streamlined under the hood. Longtime supporters of the project should notice a big increase in performance on servers, possibly making the juggernaut capable of running on less beefy hardware. Star Citizen is a multiplayer space trading and combat simulator developed by Cloud Imperium Games....

Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) is one of Star Trek: Discovery‘s most likeable and relatable characters, which is why it’s no surprise that Tilly is the focus of the franchise’s first of four planned Short Treks, mini-episodes set in the world of Discovery. In “Runaway,” available to watch via CBS All-Access now, Tilly encounters an alien stowaway named Po (Yadira Guevara-Prip) who has come aboard Discovery illegally. Over the course of the 15-minute episode, Tilly helps Po stay off the radar and decide what she wants from her future....

With Star Trek: Picard just a week out from its debut, CBS All Access’ head of original content, Julie McNamara, has been chatting about the future of the Trek universe on the streaming platform. Star Trek: Discovery is well on its way to a third season later this year; an animated comedy series called Star Trek: Lower Decks is in development, and a Michelle Yeoh spinoff series focusing on Captain Phillipa Georgiou and the much more covert Section 31 team is also certainly on the cards, but what else might Alex Kurtzman and co....

Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) is BioWare’s MMORPG set in the galaxy far, far away. The Western RPG studio has been supporting the game for over 10 years now, with the most recent expansion being Legacy of the Sith back in February. Now, BioWare has announced the departure of the SWTOR creative director, Charles Boyd, as well as its plans for the future of the game. The BioWare blog takes the time to talk about Boyd and his 16-year run at the studio....

A few days after the Bioware countdown started a mysterious log-in page for Star Wars: The Old Republic appeared. Users with an account for the game can log-in to see an empty server list and a glaring red message stating: “No game servers are currently available for play.” Rumors and speculation could be found everywhere stating that the countdown was leading to the initial Star Wars: The Old Republic beta....

George Lucas was consulted about the story of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, according to director and co-writer J.J. Abrams in an interview with IGN. “This movie had a very, very specific challenge, which was to take eight films and give an ending to three trilogies, and so we had to look at, what is the bigger story? We had conversations amongst ourselves, we met with George Lucas before writing the script,” Abrams said....

One of the big talking points last year was the Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot box and progression system problems. It caused quite a stir as gamers rallied against it and sales of the game underperformed. EA swiftly pulled the system from the game and it even prompted government bodies to start assessing whether loot boxes can be considered gambling. For the past few months EA has been working on revamping the systems and today they have revealed the changes which will roll out on 21 March....

As if the industry wasn’t already finding a variety of reasons to be excited over the Steam Deck and its promising future prospects, the new system has just gained another ace feature: Xbox Cloud Streaming support. Microsoft worked directly with Valve to ensure that the Steam Deck can fully support Xbox Cloud Streaming. Microsoft even put out a guide for Steam Deck users to follow to get things up and running properly....

Error Code 2 (E2) in Steam is an issue faced by many across the globe. The fact that you stumbled upon this guide means you too are one of them. This error shows up whenever you try to launch a game with a message saying “The servers are too busy to handle your request”. In order to help you, we will list down some troubleshooting methods you can use to fix it....