The Battlefield 6 Open Beta returned today for the second weekend of public playtesting. Unfortunately, those looking to get an early start, there have been matchmaking issues present today, something that EA is looking to quickly address.  The second weekend for the open beta started today but early players were …

Last year after the official announcement for Tales of Graces F Remastered, a leak claimed that the former PS3 exclusive, Tales of Xillia, would be next. Now, it appears that an official announcement is imminent.  Tales of Xillia was a late-cycle exclusive for the PlayStation 3. Since then, Bandai Namco …

The next chapter in World of Warcraft's Worldsoul saga is coming very soon. At Gamescom this year, Blizzard will be debuting much more about the new expansion, including the new opening cinematic. Gamescom 2025 kicks off with Opening Night Live on August 19th. You can catch the reveal of Midnight …

Seven more games join the ever-growing GeForce Now library this week. Beyond that, Nvidia has announced its plans for Gamescom next week.  Nvidia will return to Gamescom this year, starting on Wednesday, 20th of August. There is no word on any announcements happening just yet but with the event starting …

Gamescom has always had a strong PC focus, with many PC hardware companies often attending. This year, ThermalTake will be making its first-ever appearance at Gamescom to showcase its new racing sim gear. Over the past few years, ThermalTake has been building out its own line-up of Racing Sim gear. …

ASRock has a new thin Mini-ITX motherboard hitting the market. The new H810M-ITX is a very small motherboard designed for commercial environments, complete with support for Intel Core Ultra Series 2 CPUs. The ASRock H810TM-ITX supports Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors and dual DDR5 memory configurations. Despite the small …

Sony has updated the PlayStation Plus Extra game library for August. Most notably, a massive 5-hour game trial is now available for Death Stranding 2. However, there will be many full games joining the library too.  Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launched for PS5 just over a month ago …

Today, LC-Power is bringing another ultra-wide monitor to the market. The new LC-M49QCK offers a massive 49-inch ultra-wide display with 32:9 aspect ratio and Dual QHD resolution to keep everything looking sharp. The monitor uses a VA panel with a maximum resolution of 5120×1440 and a maximum refresh rate of …

Sony is venturing further into multiplatform games by bringing its multiplayer hit, Helldivers 2, to Xbox consoles. The game lands on Xbox later this month, and it looks like it will include a Halo crossover.  In a new trailer for the Xbox version of the game, we hear part of …

Capcom recently confirmed that Monster Hunter Wilds has faced a severe sales drop-off after its launch in early 2025. The game has struggled to attract new players on PC in large part due to long-standing performance issues. Capcom has made a number of empty promises about improving technical performance and …

While Grand Theft Auto 6 was originally supposed to release this year, the game was pushed back to May 2026 over the Spring. Due to the ambitious nature of Grand Theft Auto 6, many are anticipating a second delay, but Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick, says that no such delay is being considered. 

Remedy Entertainment has given an update on its many projects. As expected, the launch of FBC: Firebreak did not succeed commercially, however, other games like Control have reached new milestones. On top of that, we have news on Control 2 and the Max Payne remakes.  As part of its most …

Following on from the announcement several months ago, Ninja Theory's latest release has arrived. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced Edition is now officially available as a free update to all owners of the game. The Enhanced Edition also comes to Game Pass and, for the very first time, PlayStation 5 consoles.  …

Hell is Us has been shaping up to be one of the most interesting games of the year. With the planned launch just weeks away, a final demo has now been made available on PC, giving everyone a chance to try it out ahead of time.  The Hell is Us …

Rockstar finally brought Grand Theft Auto V Expanded & Enhanced to PC a while back, well after the initial release on consoles in 2022. Now, the game is being updated with PC-specific features, including support for the latest versions of Nvidia's DLSS upscaler.  Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced Edition is …

Back in November 2022, Valve launched Steam for a new platform – ChromeOS. Steam for ChromeOS has been in beta for four years at this point but now, Valve is pulling the plug.  As spotted by 9to5Google, Valve quietly announced this month that it would be ending Steam support for …

Ebuyer, an etailer that has served the tech enthusiast scene in the UK for decades, has now entered administration. It might not be the end though, as sources have already indicated that Fraser Group is due to buy the company from administrators. Fraser Group is a company founded by Mike …

DICE and EA are looking to take cheaters more seriously than ever before with Battlefield 6. The new game will include a new anti-cheat system and so far, it appears to be doing a very good job, resulting in hundreds of thousands of bans during the open beta weekend.  The …

Ubisoft and Netflix recently confirmed that an Assassin's Creed TV series would soon be going into production. Now, it appears that one of Ubisoft's other major franchises, Far Cry, is due to get the same treatment.  According to a now deleted post on Ubisoft's website, which was later preserved on …

Blizzard is undergoing more major changes behind the scenes. Last week, the company's head of Diablo, Rod Fergusson, announced that he was leaving the studio after five years at the helm of all things Diablo related. Fergusson had previously worked at Epic Games, before moving to Microsoft to found The …

It's back to school season and that means there are a ton of deals to be found on PCs and laptops. Until late August, MSI is slashing prices across a range of laptops just in time for the new school year. At the top of our list is the MSI …

BioWare is in a very tough spot at the moment, having released two critical and commercial flops in Anthem (2018) and Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024). In an effort to try and turn things around a bit, BioWare had pitched a set of remasters for the original Dragon Age games, …

QuakeCon took place over the weekend and as usual, Bethesda had some surprises in store. Over the past couple of years, Bethesda has used QuakeCon has a platform to announce remasters for several of its classic shooters and QuakeCon 2025 was no different.  Bethesda's id Software has teamed up with …

Asus's partnership with Noctua continues with the announcement of the Asus x Noctua RTX 5080, delivering a triple-fan cooler with Noctua's famously silent fans. Asus and Noctua have been partnering on some graphics cards for a few years now but the 5080 variant seems to have the best cooler yet. …

Mafia: The Old Country is now available and the game is doing well judging by the Steam reviews. At launch, the game sits at a Very Positive rating, based on over 1700 user reviews.  Mafia: The Old Country is a small prequel game that explores the origins of the Italian …

Back at Computex, Thermal Grizzly gave us a preview of the der8enchtable, a modular, user-friendly benchtable featuring an integrated active PCB and D-RGB lighting. Now, the der8enchtable is ready to hit the market. The der8enchtable is aimed at the hardware tinkerer and enthusiast, with features that simplify testing. It combines …

Last night, it became clear that there was another casualty in the recent Xbox shake-up. Xbox has cancelled its publishing deal and funding for Avalanche's new game, Contraband. Now, Avalanche has confirmed that the project has been paused while the studio looks into its options.  Xbox announced Contraband as an …

Amazon has revealed the next batch of free games for Prime subscribers. Through Prime Gaming, this month you'll be able to claim classics like Civilization 3: Complete Edition and Thief: Definitive Edition, as well as a dozen other games.  Starting today, Prime subscribers can head over to Prime Gaming to …

Due to the amount of cheaters in cross-platform lobbies, Activision implemented kernel-level anti-cheat for Call of Duty on PC a few years ago. Now, the requirements are increasing once again, with Black Ops 6 to enforce Secure Boot for Windows systems.  Secure Boot is a feature in Windows that aims …

A couple of weeks ago, a reliable leaker confirmed that the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally handheld would become available for pre-order at Gamescom later this month. Now, we have an exact release date, so those looking to pre-order know when they should receive their shiny new device.   Renowned leaker, bilbill-kun …