The Epic Games Store continued offering free games to all users throughout 2021, beating records set in 2020. Over the course of last year, EGS added another 34 million users, while giving away 765 million free games.  In its latest yearly growth report, Epic Games revealed that its store now …

Ubisoft has been at the centre of criticism in recent months for its push into the NFT market. So far, Ubisoft’s NFT platform, Quartz, seems to be losing money, and according to at least one Ubisoft executive, that’s simply because gamers “don’t get it” yet.  During an interview with Finder, …

Xbox’s first-party studios and recent acquisitions have been getting all the headlines lately, but Microsoft does also have a number of third-party publishing deals in place for the coming years. One of those deals will see one of Xbox’s long-standing partner support studios, Certain Affinity, trying their hands at a …

The Lian Li Lancool  215 mid-tower chassis is back and now, you can get it in white for the first time. The case offers ARGB lighting, a large tempered glass window, two 200mm front fans and modular dust filters to keep your system looking clean.  Designed with enthusiast-grade hardware in …

Over the course of 2020, Ubisoft tried to break into the Battle Royale genre with its own game, Hyper Scape. The game found some success and popularity initially but swiftly fell off. Now, 18 months later, Ubisoft is pulling the plug.  After a successful beta, launch and three seasons of …

After a year of Epic Games Store exclusivity, Hitman 3 officially came to Steam last week. Since release, the Steam version of the game has been met with complaints, in part due to its price tag one year on from release. IO Interactive has taken that feedback on board at …

When Microsoft first announced Windows 11, one of the marquee features of the new OS was the ability to install and run Android apps without the need for an emulator like Blue Stacks. The feature wasn't ready in time for launch back in October, but Windows Insiders can now finally …

At this point, two of WB's most anticipated games, Hogwarts Legacy and Gotham Knights, have received delays and have yet to receive proper release dates. There is reason to believe that we'll see both titles release this year though, thanks to recent comments from WarnerMedia CEO, Jason Kilar.  During a …

Back in November, Valve announced that it had delayed the Steam Deck launch from late 2021 to early 2022 due to on-going supply chain issues. We've been waiting for a new shipping date for the first wave of units ever since. Now, Valve finally has an update for us, with …

It has been years since LucasArts scrapped Star Wars: 1313, and as time goes by, those that worked on the project have slowly started to reveal more of what was planned for the game. In the latest leak, we see new gameplay footage that was not shown previously.  The gameplay …

In recent weeks, Sony has finally begun opening up about the PSVR 2, going as far as to share some of the upcoming headset's impressive technical specifications. Now through additional sources, we know even more about the headset and its new display, which will apparently offer a huge boost in …

Late last year, Rockstar surprisingly chose to support subscription services from both Xbox and PlayStation, bringing a couple of its new GTA remasters to Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now. While Xbox Game Pass received GTA: San Andreas – Definitive Edition, PSNow subscribers got GTA 3. Now, it looks like …

With Halo Infinite being the first game in the series to launch on Xbox Game Pass on day-one, while also being the first mainline Halo game to release on PC at the same time as Xbox since 2001, we were expecting big things from the launch. So far, it seems …

With Microsoft set to acquire Activision Blizzard in the near future, there has been a lot of speculation around the future of Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles. At this point, Microsoft Gaming head, Phil Spencer, has confirmed plans to honour all current agreements, but what exactly does that mean? …

Ever since Crytek began re-releasing the Crysis trilogy in remastered form, we’ve been hoping that the studio would eventually announce a sequel. Now, that day has finally arrived, with Crytek officially announcing Crysis 4.

Shortly after the launch of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Square Enix faced a massive influx of new players, putting major stress on servers and forcing the publisher to pause sales of the game. Now after six weeks, the issues appear to have subsided and Final Fantasy 14 is available to …

Two of the biggest companies in esports, ESL and FACEIT, have been acquired by the Savvy Gaming Group this week in a $1.5 billion deal. The SGG is known in the space for its ties to Saudi Arabia, as the group is financially backed by the country’s public investment fund.  …

Following on from the success of Respawn’s first Star Wars game, it was expected that we would eventually see a sequel to Fallen Order. As it turns out, a new Star Wars Jedi game isn’t the only thing Respawn is cooking up, as the studio also has two other projects …

Back in 2020, Nvidia set out on a mission to complete the largest deal in semiconductor history by acquiring ARM for $40 billion. While there have been regulatory hurdles in the way, Nvidia expressed confidence that the deal would be approved throughout 2021, but now as we enter 2022, that confidence has reportedly waned...

Since the launch of DDR5 in late 2021, G.Skill has been hard at work to push speeds to new heights. This week, the company revealed that in its latest overclocking collaboration with ASUS, a new DDR5 world record has been set.  Working with ASUS and extreme overclocker “lupin_no_musume”, G.Skill Trident …

Like most of Ubisoft’s open-world games nowadays, Watch Dogs Legion launched with an extensive post-launch roadmap in place, including free and paid DLCs rolling out over late 2020 and 2021. Now as we head into 2022, the Watch Dogs Legion team is moving on to new projects.  In a blog …

Apple has always had a minor interest in gaming, and even tried its hand at creating a console once before. Now, it seems Apple may be trying its hand at gaming hardware once again, as Apple has apparently begun poaching Xbox engineers. During the Xbox Two podcast last week, games …

Over the last month, a team of QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio, Raven, have been on strike due to a round of lay-offs announced just before the Pacific update to Call of Duty: Warzone shipped. Since then, the publisher’s board of directors has agreed to sell the company to …

Recently across Reddit, one lone developer has been posting clips of a private Pokemon first-person shooter fan game. These short videos showcased a Pokemon game built in Unreal Engine, where the player runs around the map and shoots at Pokemon with various guns. Some of these clips ended up going …

Over the weekend, Bandai Namco and From Software announced that all the servers for Dark Souls Remastered, 2, and 3 were temporarily shut down because of an “issue with online services.” While the publisher didn’t share more details, the bug is believed to grant Remote Code Execution privileges through the Souls’ …

Dying Light was a pretty long game in its own right, but it looks like the upcoming sequel will push gameplay hours to new heights. According to the developers, a 100% completion should take 500 hours.  100% completion is a bit more involved than simply checking off all the main …

We've known for a while now that Amazon is teaming up with Bethesda to produce a TV series based on Fallout. Now, we have a few more details, with Westworld's co-creator signing on to produce and direct.  The premiere episode of the Fallout TV series will be directed by Jonathan …

It appears that From Software is already coming up with ideas for its next game following Elden Ring. According to reports this week, it appears the studio is considering returning to its roots, with a new Armored Core game.  Armored Core was initially From Software's biggest franchise prior to the …

It has been a long time since Nintendo last launched a new Mario Kart game. Currently, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to be a best-seller on Nintendo Switch, but that game in itself is an updated version of Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U. We may see a new …

Last year, South Park Studios confirmed that it was working on another new video game, but did not confirm which studio would be developing the game, seemingly indicating that its partnership with Ubisoft has come to an end. Now, we seem to know which studio is working on the new …