Intel is slowly beginning to confirm its discrete GPU plans for this year. We've been anticipating Intel Xe DG2 for quite some time and now, we have a much better idea of what to expect, thanks to new specification listings, promising up to 512 Execution Units (EUs). 

While we all know AOC for its gaming monitors, the company is hoping to expand its reach a bit further this year. This week, AOC announced that it is getting into the PC gaming peripheral market, starting off with two affordable headsets.  The first headset is the AOC GH200, which …

Following on from rave reviews earlier this week, Monster Hunter Rise is officially launching on the Nintendo Switch today. While the game is exclusive for now, the game will eventually come to PC, with Capcom currently targeting an ‘early 2022' launch.  Monster Hunter Rise producer, Ryozo Tsujimoto, previously revealed that …

Riot Games has been branching out into different genres recently and has placed a focus on expanding the League of Legends IP with new games and spin-offs. In late 2020, the studio revealed that it was indeed in the early stages of a League of Legends MMO, now, Riot is …

It seems like Discord will have new ownership soon. Several companies were engaged in negotiations but a new report suggests that Microsoft is indeed the frontrunner and should have the deal finalised sometime next month.  According to sources speaking with The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is now in “exclusive” negotiations …

It looks like this year's entry to the Call of Duty franchise is beginning to leak. According to reports this week, this year's game is known as Call of Duty WWII: Vanguard and is being developed by Sledgehammer Games.  Sledgehammer Games' last entry into the franchise was Call of Duty …

It has been a couple of years since NZXT first began shipping motherboards, starting with the N7 Z370 in 2018. Since then, NZXT has continued to release Intel-based motherboards, leaving the AMD market untouched. That changes today, with NZXT announcing the new N7 B550, built for AMD Ryzen processors.  Due …

Over the course of 2020, we saw a huge rise in activity across the gaming market. As one of the most popular companies in gaming, Razer benefitted from this, leading to $1.2 billion in total revenues for the full year – a 48 percent rise over 2019.  This week, Razer …

The memory market is heating up this year with companies like SK Hynix, TeamGroup and Adata all unveiling upcoming DDR5 memory modules for release later this year. Now, Samsung is joining the club, announcing the industry's first 512GB DDR5 module.  Samsung has announced the first HKMG-based DDR5 memory, aimed at …

The last couple of weeks have been pretty big for GeForce Now. Two weeks ago, we saw GOG integration improved with support for all The Witcher games and last week, the service's subscription tier model was revamped. This week, we're back to regular weekly library updates, with 12 more games …

Following Microsoft's disastrous Xbox Live Gold price hike announcement, Microsoft realised there were plenty of areas where Xbox Live needed to improve before gamers would accept such a move. Some of those improvements include free multiplayer access to free to play games, as well as other console features. Now, Microsoft …

Ever since Microsoft delayed Halo Infinite last year, we've been wondering when the game might come out. So far, we've only had a tentative ‘Fall 2021' release window, but one of the game's voice actors may have just revealed a more specific release date.  Last week, actor Verlon Roberts, who …

The WhatsApp ‘Martinelli' scam is back and doing the rounds once again. Users of the app are forwarding a message to their contacts, which claims that a malicious video is going to be sent around with embedded malware. It is causing a bit of a ruckus, but there doesn't appear …

While the announcement of 7nm Intel CPUs stole headlines last night following Intel's 'Engineering the Future' event last night, the bigger announcement is arguably Intel's decision to set up its own foundry business. Intel has used its own foundry facilities to produce chips for years now and soon, Intel will be opening up its doors to fabricate chips for other companies too.

Given everything that happened last year, it can be easy to forget that Valve shipped Half-Life Alyx in 2020. This week, the game officially turns one-year old and Valve is celebrating that anniversary with the game's biggest discount to date.  If you are currently stuck at home with a VR …

It is no secret that Apple is working on an Augmented Reality headset. While the original source of some of these leaks may have been caught out at this point, there is still new information flowing from insiders. This time around, reports indicate that Apple's mixed reality headset will be …

While Amazon has yet to successfully ship a game, the company has not given up on its game development efforts. Currently, New World is on track to release this year and now, some fresh talent is coming in from Ubisoft to help create a new multiplayer game. Amazon Game Studios …

We've been hearing rumours about a possible Nintendo Switch Pro model for years now, but things appear to be picking up steam this year. A report earlier this week revealed some key features of the upcoming Switch Pro, which will reportedly support Nvidia's DLSS technology. Now according to another tech …

It has been around six months since Watch Dogs Legion first released, so its about time for a free weekend. Later this week, Ubisoft will be making Watch Dogs Legion free to download and play for a limited time. Aside from that, the game also has a new roadmap for …

Back in 2015, Square Enix announced a new version of Final Fantasy XI for mobile devices, with a planned launch in 2016. That launch window came and went with no sign of the game. Now in 2021, the mobile reboot has been cancelled.  The Final Fantasy XI mobile reboot was …

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While Doom Eternal's latest expansion, The Ancient Gods Part 2, wraps up the story arc that began with Doom (2016), it is not the end of the series as a whole. The folks at id Software already have some ideas for future games, as well as plans for additional updates …

Valve has announced plans to launch its dedicated Steam Link app for macOS this week. The app, which is available on other platforms already, allows users to stream their Steam games from a PC to any device with the app installed.  Steam Link is already available on a couple of …

While many had hoped that the graphics card supply situation would improve over Q1 2021, it seems that things actually got worse. During a recent investor conference call, ASUS confirmed that it received less shipments of Nvidia GPUs in Q1 than it did in the previous quarter.

DeepCool is appealing to the compact PC crowd this month with the launch of the new MATREXX 40 3FS case. This is an mATX chassis with “enhanced airflow and cooling capabilities in a smaller form factor”. That enhanced airflow comes via the mesh front panel and a mesh top panel, …

We still don't know when Rainbow Six Quarantine/Parasite is coming out, but Ubisoft has been holding closed gameplay tests recently. Some early in-game footage leaked last month, giving us a few-second glimpse at the game. Now this week, someone has streamed over an hour of gameplay, revealing all the details …

Microsoft isn't only interested in acquiring game developer studios, it seems the company is also looking at gaming-adjacent services for acquisitions too. This week, reports claim that Microsoft is currently in talks to buy Discord – potentially for more money than it spent on acquiring Bethesda.  According to VentureBeat, Discord …

Acer has reportedly been hit by a cyber attack, leading to a $50 million ransomware demand. The attackers possibly abused a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, allowing access to internal systems.  Microsoft recently released security updates to address vulnerabilities found in Exchange, but it would seem that Acer may have been …

Back in 2015, Personalised Media Communications (PMC) accused Apple of infringing on seven of its patents. After years of back and forth legal filings, a judge has finally ruled on the case, ordering Apple to pay $308.5 million in damages.  Out of the seven patents, a jury found that Apple …

Capcom's highly anticipated Resident Evil Village is coming out in just over one month's time, which means it is time to start talking about beta dates and PC system requirements. In this instance, Capcom has geared the recommended PC system requirements towards 1080p gameplay at 60 frames per second.  We'll …