While Microsoft’s number of first-party studios far outweighs PlayStation’s, Sony has been putting a great deal of work into cultivating partnerships with independent studios. Following partnerships with Kojima Productions, Haven Studios and more, Deviation Games – formed by ex-Call of Duty developers – have now partnered with Sony to create …

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced plans to reveal “the next generation of Windows” during an event on the 24th. While most expected this to be another Windows 10 overhaul, a Microsoft teaser may have just revealed that we'll be getting a full Windows 11 instead.  For the last six years, …

Turtle Rock Studios' upcoming game, Back 4 Blood, finally returned to the spotlight last night during Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. During the event, the game's open beta was announced, which is now officially taking place in August.  Turtle Rock Studios has been working on Back 4 Blood for a …

Phanteks has just announced two Glacier G30 Aorus bundles including a water block and a backplate for the GIGABYTE Aorus RTX 30 series graphics cards. The bundles will be available in black and chrome, allowing users to choose which one fits their system better. Compatible with the Gigabyte Aorus RTX …

Following on from the acquisition of ZeniMax/Bethesda, Microsoft now has a whopping 26 first party studios in its line-up. We may see a few more added to that list soon, as rumours point to three additional studios that Xbox is interested in getting.  Speaking on his latest podcast, Jeff Grubb, …

Back when we told you about the partnership between Smilegate RPG and Amazon, we've pointed to Lost Ark as the most probable game to come out from this partnership. This week, during Summer Game Fest 2021, we got confirmation.  Lost Ark is an MMORPG set in the fantasy world of …

There have been a number of major cyber attacks on video game companies over the last year, affecting the likes of Capcom, Crytek, Ubisoft and CD Projekt Red. Now, EA has become the latest publisher to suffer a data breach, with hackers obtaining EA game and engine source code.  As …

Back in 2019, Bethesda tried its hand at a Battle Royale game of its own by bringing the PvP-focused ‘Nuclear Winter' game mode to Fallout 76. While the mode did garner positive feedback at launch, a lot of the player base seemed to lose interest and now, the mode will …

CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the data stolen during a cyberattack in February has begun leaking online. The data includes internal documents from the studio, some of which may include personal employee information, in addition to game source code and other files.  Yesterday evening, CD Projekt Red posted an …

AMD's upcoming Navi 23 GPU, also known as ‘Dimgrey Cavefish', has leaked, with new details about the GPU and an image of the GPU die. This upcoming Navi GPU should be destined for mid-range GPUs, such as the Radeon RX 6600 and its XT variant.  As per U/T1beriu's Reddit post, …

We check out two ASUS ZenBooks, one Intel and one AMD

After what feels like forever following the first mysterious reveal trailer all the way back at E3 2019, Elden Ring has finally resurfaced in an official capacity, not only showcasing gameplay for the first time, but also revealing a concrete releasing date, confirming that the game will be in the …

E3 2021 has officially begun with Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest Kick Off. One of the biggest announcements from the showcase was the official confirmation of Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding Director’s Cut, adding new content which calls back to the director’s roots. As part of Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest …

If you're one of the few that has been able to get hold of an RX 6800XT or an RX 6900XT, and have been thinking about water cooling, then there is some good news for you. This week, EKWB is launching the EK-Quantum Vector Nitro+ water block, made specifically for …

Each week, the Epic Games Store offers a free game or two to all of those with an EGS account. After a week of teasing a mystery title, the storefront has now revealed that this week’s free game is Remedy’s Control – a unique and atmospheric third-person action adventure shooter. …

Overwatch is still going strong and Blizzard is continuing to work on new features alongside Overwatch 2. One of the new features coming to Blizzard's original PvP shooter is Crossplay, allowing those across console and PC to team up and duke it out.  In the latest Overwatch developer update, newly …

Microsoft has been betting big on Xbox Game Pass. With this subscription service, it appears as though Microsoft is trying to make playing Xbox games as accessible as possible. Following the functionality allowing for Game Pass titles to be streamed onto mobile devices, Microsoft has now confirmed that it is …

Samsung is getting ready to release the 7th Generation of V-NAND chips featuring 176 layers in 2H 2021. Additionally, Samsung is already working on the 8th Generation of V-NAND, which use +200 layers, and there are even plans for 1,000-layer V-NAND memory in the future.  The first 176-layer V-NAND memory …

An extensive report on Intel's upcoming Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors has just come out, and it shares a lot of details about the upcoming architectures. Besides talking about these two architectures, there is also come more information on Meteor Lake and what's next for Intel.  According to the …

Today, just ahead of Microsoft's big Xbox and Bethesda E3 showcase, the software giant has published new details on the future of Xbox and what it means for gaming on console, PC or the cloud. Not only is xCloud coming to more devices than ever before, but Microsoft is doubling …

With E3 mere days away, insiders have been offering last minute details regarding what fans can expect. Jason Schreier has now weighed in on the upcoming showcases, revealing some last-minute details on the much-anticipated Starfield, as well as the Guardians of the Galaxy game and more. As part of the …

Though Battlefield 2042 has been confirmed to not be getting a Battle Royale mode, the 128 player multiplayer game will still focus on massive scale battles. Despite the number of maps available at launch being relatively low, they will be massive, with the largest one being the same size as …

It was less than a year ago that SK Hynix started to mass-produced HBM2E, but the memory manufacturer is already working on the next generation of HBM memory. Named HBM3, the next-gen memory promises to deliver speeds of up to 5.2Gbps per chip, which translates into a bandwidth of over 665GB/s.

While Apple is planning to bring new versions of macOS to Intel-based Macs for years to come, Apple is already putting some limitations in place. At WWDC this week, Apple announced macOS Monterey and while this update comes with a slew of new features, some of them will only be …

Earlier this year, Blizzard began closed playtests for Diablo II: Resurrected and sure enough, some people took those files and modified the game to be playable offline. These offline patches were hosted on GitHub, but a DMCA wave has taken them all down. As reported by TorrentFreak, Activision Blizzard has …

According to reports this week, Activision won't be bringing Call of Duty to E3 this year. Instead, the team is working on a new map for Warzone, as well as various teasers for the next mainline game through Warzone.  According to VGC's sources, rather than revealing this year's Call of …

Want a small, cost-effective upgrade over a stock cooler? We test the new Pure Rock Slim 2

Yesterday, we saw many top ranking websites taken offline briefly due to an issue with Fastly, one of the biggest Content Delivery Networks (CDN) on the Internet. The issue was quickly fixed, although we weren't told exactly what went wrong. That changed today and as it turns out, one customer …

As part of the Epic Games v Apple court case, it was revealed that one of the many proposed crossovers which Epic Games had planned for Fortnite was to bring Samus from the Metroid franchise into Fortnite. This never came to be however, and according to one insider, it was …

This afternoon, EA and DICE officially announced Battlefield 2042 and while the trailer was great, there are some unfortunate points raised in the press release for the announcement. Firstly, Xbox Series X/S and PS5 console owners will need to shell out some extra cash. Beyond that, there will be no …