The Nintendo Switch has performed excellently since its launch over three years ago. At this point, the console has surpassed the lifetime sales of the Wii U, GameCube, Nintendo 64 and SNES. This week, the console also surpassed the NES in lifetime sales.  As part of Nintendo's recent earnings report, …

Valve is making it easier for developers to allow playtesting for their games. A new feature is being added to Steam called ‘Steam Playtest', allowing interested players to sign up to beta tests at the click of a button.  The feature is very simple. Developers can announce public playtests and …

At this point, Crystal Dynamics has put plans for future Avengers content on hold in order to further refine the base game. However, thanks to the efforts of dataminers, we do have a good idea as to which characters are coming next.  We already know that Kate Bishop and Clint …

It has been a while since we last checked in with the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn. Today, Guerrilla released the latest patch, which includes some pretty major upgrades, including a rewrite of the shader system and the ability to skip the lengthy shader optimisation process.  Patch 1.07 for …

Last month, a hacking group claimed to have compromised Ubisoft's systems and got their hands on confidential files and documents. We haven't heard much since then, but now, it looks like the group has released Watch Dogs Legion's source code on the internet.  According to some sources, there is a …

We've known for a while now that Call of Duty: Warzone will persist between annual Call of Duty games, but details on exactly how that will work have been slim. We are finally starting to get some answers this week though.  Warzone will remain its own separate game, incorporating elements …

We've been hearing rumours about a Mass Effect remaster throughout most of 2020 at this point. More fuel has been added to the fire this week, as it has been confirmed that the original voice actors from the Mass Effect Trilogy will be taking part in N7 day this year.  …

Just a few days after Halloween, the team behind Friday the 13th: The Game have an unfortunate update for players. The game's dedicated servers are being taken offline this month as part of the next patch.  “All things must come to an end”, the game's lead community developer writes in …

Corsair is expanding its headset line-up again this month, this time with the new HS70 Bluetooth gaming headset, providing wired and wireless audio for a wide range of devices. The HS70 Bluetooth has three connection options, one for high-fidelity 24-bit/96KHz audio over USB and or 3.5mm jack, or wireless audio …

During the Develop: Brighton conference this week, Todd Howard appeared as a guest speaker, giving us quite a few new details on Starfield. Some points are repeated, such as the revamped engine, but there is also some very interesting new information for long-time Bethesda fans.  The conference was hosted by …

Godfall is coming next week for both the PlayStation 5 and PC. Given that this is a PS5 console launch exclusive, we'd expect some beefy PC hardware requirements. Today, we get to see exactly how demanding the game will be on PC.  This week, Gearbox and Counterplay announced the PC …

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Apple has had two events over the last couple of months, announcing new iPads, iPhones and other accessories. The company isn't done yet though, as another ‘One More Thing' event has been announced for next week.  Today, Apple began teasing that it has ‘one more thing' up its sleeve for …

UL Benchmarks is updating its PC benchmarking roster with a new addition. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing is now available, just in time for AMD's new RX 6000 series GPUs.  With Radeon RX 6000, RDNA 2 equipped next-gen consoles and Nvidia's own RTX GPUs, there are plenty of ray-tracing capable graphics cards …

G.Skill has released plenty of super-fast memory kits over the DDR4 generation but this week, we are focusing on extreme low-latency. This week, G.Skill is announcing low-latency DDR4 kits with up to 64GB capacity. These kits will be DDR4-3600 CL14-15-15-35 and released in 32GB and 64GB kits under the Trident …

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is finally releasing later this month after delays pushed it out of October and it is already looking to be the biggest expansion launch for the game so far.  During a recent Activision Blizzard earnings call, the publisher boasted that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has the …

Back in August, ArenaNet announced that it would be bringing Guild Wars 2 to Steam ahead of the game's next major expansion. This Steam launch was originally planned to take place this month, but plans have since been pushed back. The Steam release was set to precede the game's next …

It has been six years since Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor released and during that time, the game's online features have remained intact. That will be changing soon though, with online features set to be removed at the end of this year.  Shadow of Mordor brought in the debut of the …

Last week, Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 6 would no longer be coming out in February 2021, pushing the release back to later in the year. It turns out there is one other big delay too, with Rainbow Six Quarantine being pushed back again. During Ubisoft's recent quarterly earnings report, …

Intel is expanding its Xe graphics line-up with Iris Xe MAX featuring Deep Link and PCIe Gen 4 support.

A couple of years ago, Microsoft made a big push with the Gears of War IP, announcing three games in one year – Gears 5, Gears Tactics and Gears Pop. Now 18 months later, one of those experiments is coming to an end.  Gears Pop! was developed by Media Tonic …

Earlier this week, the Dutch Gaming Authority announced plans to fine EA millions of dollars for its inclusion of “addictive gaming elements” in FIFA in The Netherlands. EA previously threw in the towel and removed the ability to buy FIFA points when it ran into this problem in Belgium, but …

Last year, Riot Games announced Riot Forge, a new initiative to expand the League of Legends IP with a mix of new games, some of which will be single-player titles developed by third-party studios. The first single-player League of Legends game is now almost ready for prime time, with a …

Black Mesa, the fan-made remake of Half-Life 1, launched to great reception earlier this year after an extensive period in Early Access. The folks at The Crowbar Collective aren't done improving the game yet though, as the team is already working on a big ‘Definitive Edition' update.  This week, the …

Over the last couple of months, Sony has been much more open when it comes to the PlayStation 5 but the company has remained quiet on its plans for next-gen VR. Unfortunately, it sounds like we'll be waiting quite some time for a PSVR 2 on next-gen hardware.  Speaking with …

Nvidia is teaming up with Activision to include a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War with RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 graphics cards for a limited time. As one of the biggest RTX-supported games of the year, Black Ops Cold War should be a great showcase for …

We're closing in on the release date for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which means it is time to take a look at the game's PC system requirements. One thing immediately jumps out here – a requirement for up to 250GB of storage space.  Call of Duty: Modern …

Back at the start of the month, Blizzard officially delayed World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. We knew that the expansion would still be coming before the end of the year but an exact new date was not confirmed. That changes today, with Shadowlands now getting its new release date.  World of …

The folks at Overclockers UK are getting into the Black Friday spirit early, with sales kicking off today. In the first round of deals, you'll find discounts on gaming monitors, laptops, SSDs and more.  One of the most impressive deals here is the LG 27GL850-B, a 1440p IPS gaming monitor …

The Watch Dogs Legion launch on consoles and PC wasn't as smooth as it should have been, but Ubisoft has been quick to patch things up. Today, a 1.44GB hotfix patch began rolling out on PC to fix performance issues.  The hotfix patch already began rolling out on Xbox One …