The concept of Gaming Desks has been around for a few years now, intended to offer you all the space you need for a gaming PC, multiple monitors, your mouse and keyboard and any other accessories you may use regularly. Corsair is entering this market for the first time, unveiling …
Read More »Destiny 2: The Final Shape arrives in February 2024
Yesterday, Bungie held its annual Destiny 2 expansion reveal event, properly unveiling The Final Shape. The expansion promises to bring the long-awaited conclusion to the ‘Light and Darkness' saga, which began with Destiny 1 all the way back in 2014. Last year, Bungie was firing on all cylinders with The …
Read More »Sony’s ‘Project Q’ is now the PlayStation Portal, will launch at £199.99
Earlier this year during a PlayStation Showcase, Sony officially announced ‘Project Q', a new PlayStation portable device aimed to allow users to stream PS5 games using Remote Play. Now, Sony has announced the product's true name, PlayStation Portal, and it'll be priced at £200. The PlayStation Portal isn't a new …
Read More »Nightdive Studios unveils new remasters for Star Wars: Dark Forces and Turok 3
Nightdive has been working away on classic PC games for a while now, having shipped remasters for games like System Shock, Turok 1 & 2, and providing development for the recent re-releases of Quake and Doom 64. We already know that Nightdive is hard at work on a System Shock …
Read More »Persona 3 Reload gets February 2024 release date
Earlier this summer, Atlus and Sega officially announced Persona 3 Reload, a complete remake of the classic RPG. This week at Gamescom, a new trailer for the game released, giving us a further look at the fantastic visual overhaul the game has received. Persona 3 Reload is a reimagining of …
Read More »Gamescom Opening Night Live earns its stripes with massive showcase
Gamescom: Opening Night Live has become a great tradition in recent years. The new stream adds a digital element to the world's biggest gaming convention, delivering new game announcements, trailers and updates. This year's Gamescom: ONL stream was pretty packed, with 39 trailers shown.
Read More »Tekken 8 set to release in January 2024
Bandai Namco teased us with a first look at Tekken 8 a year ago but an official release date for the game has yet to be announced. Ahead of Gamescom Opening Night Live this evening, the Xbox store appears to have leaked the juicy details. Twitter user Aggiornamenti Lumia, a …
Read More »The Starfield gameplay leaks have begun
While a number of reviewers under NDA do have access to Starfield already, the game isn't supposed to end up in the hands of the public until at least the 1st of September. It would seem that someone was able to get hold of a physical copy of the game …
Read More »Nvidia announces DLSS 3.5, Half-Life 2 RTX project and more
Today coinciding with Gamescom, Nvidia is making a bunch of announcements. DLSS is getting another update, bringing it up to version 3.5 with the introduction of a new ray-tracing reconstruction feature. Beyond that, a new wave of games supporting DLSS 3 and other Nvidia features has also been announced. Three …
Read More »Armored Core 6 console details revealed
Following the overwhelming success of Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s next endeavour in the form of Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon has been getting a lot of fans excited. Ahead of the game’s launch on the 25th of August, the studio has now released tech specs for the upcoming title – …
Read More »Microsoft will give Ubisoft control of Activision cloud rights in effort to gain UK deal approval
Last month, Microsoft and the CMA jointly agreed to put the appeal process on hold to go back to the drawing board on the proposed Activision Blizzard merger. At that time, the deadline for closing the deal was also extended. Now, we finally have an update from the CMA, revealing that Microsoft plans to sell off its cloud gaming rights to Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft.
Read More »The Texas Chainsaw Massacre game passes 1 million players in 24 hours
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an asymmetrical multiplayer title based on the classic horror franchise which sees players “take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims” – not too dissimilar to the likes of Dead By Daylight or the Friday The 13th video game. …
Read More »Microsoft announces Xbox Series X console wraps
The design of the PlayStation 5 and its easily removable faceplates led many to correctly assume that Sony would offer a number of hot swappable faceplate variants. Early in 2022 Sony announced their official console plates. Microsoft has now taken their own approach to such customisation, offering what they are …
Read More »Immortals Fenyx Rising’s cancelled sequel was inspired by Elden Ring and Wind Waker
Last month we reported that Ubisoft had scrapped plans for a sequel to 2020’s open-world action-adventure title Immortals: Fenyx Rising. While details were scarce at the time, a new report has revealed many of the core design principles behind the now-cancelled project – including the fact that it was to …
Read More »Ghostrunner 2 launches in October
Ghostrunner found plenty of success after its launch in 2020, leading to a major expansion in early 2022. This year, a full sequel was revealed, with plans to release in 2023. Now, 505 Games and the developers behind the game, One More Level, have announced that Ghostrunner 2 will officially …
Read More »Vampire Survivors ‘Directer’s Cut’ content coming to game through free updates
Vampire Survivors became a huge hit in 2022 and with the game's arrival on additional platforms this year, its popularity has only grown. In recent months, we've heard whispers about a secret ‘Directer's Cut' version of the game with extra content not seen in the version we have today. This …
Read More »Bethesda’s Pete Hines weighs in on the dumbest Starfield controversy so far
If you've made the wise decision to get off of Twitter in recent months then you may have missed the latest drama around Starfield. The game's status as an Xbox and PC exclusive has already ruffled plenty of feathers. In the latest attempt to criticise the unreleased game, a former …
Read More »Nintendo will recast Mario’s video game voice actor for first time in 25 years
Since 1994, voice actor Charles Martinet has provided voice lines for Mario, starting out with lines in Mario Teaches Typing and Mario's Game Gallery, before moving on to the games we all recognise today, like Super Mario 64, all the way up to Super Mario Odyssey. Now after a 25-year …
Read More »Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections is launching in November
The Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series has been a staple for anime fans since the PS3 days. Last year, Bandai Namco announced plans for a new game, Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections without a release date. That has now changed, with a new trailer dropping today confirming a November launch. Naruto …
Read More »Crystal Dynamics may reveal next Tomb Raider game this week
Crystal Dynamics has been planning a new Tomb Raider game for a while now. Back in 2021, the studio stated it wanted to merge more elements of classic Tomb Raider into its next game and by the end of last year, it was announced that Amazon has signed on to publish the new game. …
Read More »No Man’s Sky celebrates 7th anniversary with new update announcement
The exploration focused open-universe game No Man’s Sky has been on quite the journey itself. Following years of hype, the indie game ultimately launched to a severe amount of disappointment from fans, with the game said to be lacking many of its promised features. 7 years on from its release …
Read More »Slime Rancher to get a film adaptation
In recent years we have seen all manner of successful video game franchises be adapted to the big and small screen alike. Even more are being announced on a near-constant basis. The latest hit game set to be turned into a feature film is the popular first-person indie creature-farming sim …
Read More »Tom Holland and Chris Pratt reported to star as Jak & Daxter in film adaptation
The past few years has seen the number of video games being adapted into other mediums balloon in quantity, with pretty much any and all successful franchises now having a shot at the silver screen. Two celebrities which have not shied away from such opportunities are Tom Holland and Chris …
Read More »Long-time Treyarch lead David Vonderhaar has left the studio
While Call of Duty is no longer seen by many to be the industry juggernaut that it once was, the annual FPS franchise continues to be one of the best selling games of the year every single year. One of the lead minds at Treyarch during the rise of Call …
Read More »PS5 console exclusive Pacific Drive delayed to Early 2024
Pacific Drive is a unique-looking run-based, first-person driving survival game in which “your car is your only companion as you navigate a surreal and anomaly-filled reimagining of the Pacific Northwest”. Originally planned to release some time this year, the creepy survival title has now been announced to be coming out …
Read More »Starfield preload data suggests it won’t support DLSS/XeSS at launch
Starfield, set to be released on September 6th, is just a few days away from being available to the general public. Preload has already started, and enthusiastic users are already taking advantage by combing through the game files, trying to find all the details they can ahead of launch...
Read More »Intel will bundle Nightingale and Assassin’s Creed Mirage with 12/13th Gen Core CPUs and Arc GPUs
As part of Intel Gamer Days, the company has announced its latest hardware/game bundle. Soon, those picking up an Intel 12th or 13th Gen Core series processor, or an Intel Arc GPU, will be able to claim two free games, including Ubisoft's upcoming Assassin's Creed Mirage. The timing of this …
Read More »Dead Island 2 will arrive on “another platform” in the next year
Dead Island 2 had been cooking in the oven for many years, with the much-anticipated sequel being handed off to multiple studios over the course of its development. Despite these setbacks, Dead Island 2 finally launched in April to positive reviews and a great deal of sales success. Currently available …
Read More »Minecraft looks set to finally get a native current-gen upgrade
Minecraft is by far the best selling game of all time, with the creativity-focused survival sandbox selling 238 million copies. Despite this, the team at Mojang have yet to upgrade the game for current-generation consoles, with the title only available via backwards compatibility. This looks to finally be changing – …
Read More »Immortals of Aveum will offer both DLSS 3 and FSR 2.2
Immortals of Aveum is a magic-based first person shooter set “in an original fantasy universe engulfed in magic, rife with conflict, and on the verge of oblivion”. Developed by Ascendant Studios, the game is set to release next week. Ahead of this, the team have detailed many of the game’s …
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