Author: Will Judd

PC component and peripherals business Corsair has announced plans to acquire Endor AG, the parent company of sim racing brand Fanatec. The move comes a month after Fanatec announced a new CEO amidst widespread condemnation from the sim racing community over botched product launches, shipping delays and customer service failings, which have soured the reputation…

SteelSeries’ Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is more than a good gaming headset for all consoles plus PC – it’s our current top pick overall, beating out names like Corsair and Logitech, thanks to its combination of sound quality, comfort and convenience. This week SteelSeries announced a hardware revision to that DF-favourite design, with a tweak…

Last week, I took to Eurogamer to announce a Warehouse Sale for Digital Foundry merchandise, and this week we have development: new ‘Bespoke’ merch has hit the DF Store, featuring a fan-made design that really tickled us given our collective predilection for uttering this phrase. As well as the long-rumoured Bespoke tee, which comes in…

The Turtle Beach VelocityOne Race is a complete racing wheel and pedals of the sort that you’d expect to find in a mainstream electronics boutique alongside Logitech’s ubiquitous G29, yet it offers a powerful 7.2nm direct drive wheelbase and more realistic load-cell brake pedal, features that often set apart more enthusiast-grade sim racing offerings. Have…

Earlier this month I reviewed the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM, a 32-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor that combines a 4K resolution with 240Hz refresh rate, impressive HDR and fewer downsides than your typical OLED panel – albeit at an eye-watering £1350 asking price. I noted that while the Asus monitor was a technical tour de force…

You may remember that we relaunched the Digital Foundry merch store for Black Friday last year, with a host of DF-adjacent designs for shirts, mugs, hoodies, posters and stickers. Today, we’re happy to announce our first wave of new designs for 2024 – expertly modelled by Rich and Alex in this week’s DF Direct show…

Wake up, nerds – new gaming monitors are here. Five years after the advent of 27-inch Fast IPS 1440p 144Hz monitors, which earned hearty DF recommendations for hitting the sweet spot for gaming and content creation alike, we have a new wave of ultra high-end models that offer a similar leap in fidelity and motion.…

I’ve always wanted to build a white gaming PC, and over the Christmas ’23 holidays I had the chance to do just that with a build designed to excel at high refresh rate 1440p gaming. Along the way, I discovered the best way to find the perfect components to fit your theme and budget, a…

Genshin Impact is one of the most popular games in the world and perhaps China’s chief video game export, but even knowing that I was surprised to learn that domestic compatriot OnePlus has created a special £699 Genshin Impact Edition of their (£649) 12R smartphone. Not only that, the phone is based around a single…