Magicka 2

Spell checking this utterly ele-mental action-RPG

The Wizards of the Order lived in castle Aldrheim in the land of Midgard, studying magic under the tutelage of a one-handed vampire named Vlad. When insidious forces invaded and instigated a civil war, however, they were all but wiped out And without wizards to accidentally incinerate them, humanity has flourished.

Unsung Heroes: Sound Design

We go behind the scenes to speak with those at the forefront of what might just be videogames’ most under appreciated craft

Try to imagine playing through the entirety of your favourite game with the sound turned off. Imagine Dead Space without hearing a menacing clank in a dark corner cutting through the silence. Battlefield multiplayer without the chaos of gunfire and explosions. BioShock without the haunting deep wail of a Big Daddy. As soon as you start thinking like that, the vital importance of sound design comes sharply into focus.

The Apple-IBM Parthnership

David Briddock investigates why Apple is partnering with a company it depicted as the enemy in 1984

Right from the early days of personal computing, Apple CEO Steve Jobs saw IBM as the enemy. A company out to dominate the entire computer industry. The company that would crush technological freedom and innovation.

Jobs decided he needed a campaign to convince people to reject the bland, grey world of IBM and instead purchase Apple hardware and software.

Top 5 Ways Your PC Could End You

Be nice to your computer and maybe you'll be spared..

1 Electrocution

They say it's the amps that kill you, but it's more like the amp - or at least part of one: between 0.1 and 0.2 amps is enough to send you to the next life. Bearing that in mind, you'd think that sticking your hands into your PC case while it's turned on would be a recipe for instant death, but worry not. There's not enough voltage running across your motherboard or the components to overcome the natural resistance of your skin (if it's unbroken, anyway).

Acer XG270HU

Acer's 27in FreeSync display is sure to impress the moment it lands on your desk. Its striking bright black and red frame makes it stand out, and the almost impossibly slim bezel, measuring no more than a few millimetres across, goes some way towards shrinking the space between screens in multiple-display setups.