Following Fortnite’s upgrade from Unreal Engine 4 to the latest and greatest UE5, we have seen much wider adoption for the new engine, with the likes of Rocket League and others set to make the transition. One other game now confirmed to be getting an Unreal Engine 5 upgrade is the first-person open world factory building title Satisfactory.
Read More »The Diablo 4 beta is killing RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards, users report
A couple of years ago, Amazon Games caught a lot of flack for the New World beta, which seemingly had a bug that could kill certain graphics cards. Now, Blizzard might be facing a similar problem with the Diablo 4 beta.
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077’s RT Overdrive Mode finally arrives next month
For all of its faults, Cyberpunk 2077 is a gorgeous looking game – especially when running on a high-end machine with all of its many ray-tracing features enabled. That said, the team at CD Projekt Red have teased that they plan to bring full path-tracing to the game via an ‘RT Overdrive Mode’. During GDC 2023, it was announced that path-tracing will be arriving next month as part of Cyberpunk 2077’s 1.62 update.
Read More »Valve officially announces Counter-Strike 2
After weeks of leaks, rumours and some direct teasing from Valve developers, Counter Strike 2 has been officially announced. The game won't be launching quite as soon as we expected, but it is set to release this summer.
Read More »Venom actor claims Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 is releasing in September
Ever since the game was first announced back in 2021, fans have been eagerly awaiting the release of Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Aside from the initial reveal trailer, nothing has been shown, with the studio later confirming that the game is planned for release sometime this ‘Fall’. Thanks to the voice actor for Venom, we now have a much more concrete window – including when we can expect to hear more official news.
Read More »Raja Koduri is leaving Intel to start his own AI company
Raja Koduri departed AMD and began working at Intel five years ago, marking the blue team's journey towards releasing discrete graphics products. The Intel Xe GPU architecture is now well established and the groundwork has been laid for future generations of graphics cards. Now, Koduri is departing Intel to start his own company.
Read More »Gigabyte confirms VRAM capacity for RTX 4070 and 4060 graphics cards
Gigabyte may have confirmed the VRAM capacity for the RTX 4070 and 4060 GPUs. In the patch notes of the latest version of Gigabyte Control Center, the GPU manufacturer introduced support for two unreleased graphics cards: the RTX 4070 Aero OC and the RTX 4060 Gaming OC.
Read More »Asus and Noctua team up again for RTX 4080 Noctua Edition graphics card
Asus and Noctua teamed up a couple of years ago, launching Noctua-cooled versions of the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 graphics cards. Now, both companies are teaming up once again, this time for the Asus RTX 4080 Noctua Edition.
Read More »Fractal High Contrast modded PC giveaway winner announced!
Over the last week hundreds of you have entered our High Contrast modded PC giveaway. Today, we are wrapping up the competition with the announcement of one lucky winner.
Read More »Suicide Squad could be delayed further as Rocksteady has yet to set a new date
Last week it was widely reported that Rocksteady's Suicide Squad game has been internally delayed following criticism of the gameplay reveal. Now, it seems Rocksteady is having trouble landing on a new date, so the game could be delayed further...
Read More »Win the High Contrast modded gaming PC from Fractal Design! (closed)
Over the last few months, James has been putting together a stunning new showcase build - the Fractal High Contrast custom PC. Now with the system complete, Fractal has decided to give it away to one VERY lucky winner - read on to find out how you could win this jaw-dropping PC!
Read More »Valve discounts the Steam Deck to celebrate its first anniversary
It has been around a year since the Steam Deck first launched and to celebrate the system's first anniversary, Valve is discounting it for the first time. As part of the ongoing Steam Spring sale, you can pick up a Steam Deck direct from Valve for 10% off.
Read More »Nvidia is bringing DLSS 3 to Unreal Engine 5.2 as developer adoption speeds up
GDC is set to kick off next week but Nvidia is making a few of its gaming-related announcements early. For starters, DLSS is coming to more games, DLSS 3 is getting Unreal Engine 5.2 integration and the next graphics card game bundle is now official.
Read More »Nvidia RTX 4070 to be announced one day before release according to leaked document
Recently, it was claimed that the RTX 4070 would launch in mid-April. Now, another report seems to back this up, claiming that Nvidia will announce the new GPU on the 12th of April, followed by reviews and availability on the 13th.
Read More »Sources claim PS5 Pro is in development for 2024 launch
It has been reported that we'll see a new version of the PS5 console with a detachable disc drive later this year, but it seems something even bigger could be just around the corner. While the rumoured PS5 redesign won't include any hardware upgrades, it has now been claimed that a PS5 Pro is on the way in 2024.
Read More »Intel 13900KS Direct Die Cooling with EKWB Velocity² Limited Edition
EKWB's Limited Edition Velocity² Direct Die LGA1700 kit is here, but just how good is it?
Read More »Microsoft claims it could get Call of Duty and Warzone running natively on Switch
While Microsoft has signed a legal agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition goes through, there has been doubt as to whether or not we'd see Call of Duty on the Switch. As it turns out, Microsoft is pretty confident that it could get a native version of the game working, even on the Switch's ageing hardware.
Read More »GTA 6 targeting Holiday 2024 release according to leaker
We have long known that Grand Theft Auto 6 is in development and while Rockstar Games themselves have yet to officially announce the game, last year saw a huge data breach leak a bunch of in-development GTA 6 footage. With GTA V nearing its 10th anniversary, many fans have been eagerly awaiting the announcement and release of the game’s sequel. According to one insider however, we may be waiting for almost 2 more years.
Read More »You can get The Last of Us Part 1 for free with AMD GPUs until April 15th
Following on from a leak earlier today, AMD has now officially announced its latest GPU game bundle. Starting today and running through to the 15th of April, anyone who purchases select Radeon RX 7000 series or RX 6000 series graphics cards will get a free copy of The Last of Us Part 1.
Read More »AMD to bundle The Last of Us Part 1 with RX 7900 and RX 6000 GPUs
AMD already has its next game bundle lined up for potential Radeon graphics card buyers. According to a recently spotted retail page, AMD will soon be offering free copies of The Last of Us Part 1 with its current and previous-gen graphics cards.
Read More »Nvidia continues to dominate in Steam Hardware Survey results
Given that the vast majority of PC gamers use Steam, Valve's Steam Hardware Survey usually offers a decent look at PC hardware trends and adoption. The February 2023 Steam Hardware Survey results have now been shared and it looks like new-gen GPUs from Nvidia are finally starting to be more widely used, although AMD's RX 7900 series has yet to appear on the list.
Read More »KitGuru Games: Rocksteady is making a huge mistake with Suicide Squad
While Destiny managed to find success and usher in the age of 'live service' games, many other publishers have tried and failed to replicate that formula. While it seemed that Marvel's Avengers might have had a good shot, content exclusivity controversies, a lacking end-game and an empty post-launch roadmap meant that the game never found its feet. Now, I fear that Rocksteady is heading in the same direction with Suicide Squad.
Read More »The Radeon RX 7900 XT can now be found for £100 under MSRP
It has been a couple of months since AMD's new RX 7900 XT and XTX graphics cards launched and we're now starting to see some good deals popping up. Today, the Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card can be found for £100 under MSRP.
Read More »Final Fantasy 16 is exclusive to PS5 for six months, but PC version will take longer
As excited as many of us were to see Final Fantasy 16 announced, the game being exclusive to PlayStation 5 withered that excitement for many. Fortunately, the game has been confirmed for PC, but it will be arriving significantly later than the console version...
Read More »Win a be quiet! ATX 3.0 power supply! [closed]
This month we are teaming up with be quiet! to give a couple of lucky readers a power supply upgrade. If you want to jump to the new ATX 3.0 standard and futureproof your rig, then be sure not to miss out.
Read More »Valve reveals all dates for 2023 Steam Sales and other events
In recent years, Valve has essentially stopped trying to keep Steam Sale details secret and the company is much more open about its schedule. On the Steam developer site, Valve has now revealed the schedule for all upcoming sales and 'Steam Fests' for 2023.
Read More »Microsoft teams up with Nvidia to bring Xbox games to GeForce Now
While Call of Duty has been a big part of the discussion around Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, regulators have also expressed concern regarding the cloud market. To help with that, Microsoft has now entered an agreement with Nvidia to bring all of its Xbox PC games to GeForce Now.
Read More »The RTX 4070 might launch in 10GB, 12GB and 16GB versions
While the RTX 4070 hasn't been officially announced by Nvidia yet, some curious listings were recently spotted on the Gigabyte website. Six RTX 4070 models were found on Gigabyte's page, suggesting 10GB, 12GB and 16GB versions of the card.
Read More »Steam users downloaded 44.7 exabytes of data in 2022
The PC gaming platform has continued to go from strength to strength. Matching the trends seen within the console gaming market, PC gaming is bigger than ever, with Valve sitting comfortably at the top thanks to the near ubiquity of its Steam service. Unsurprisingly, 2022 represented the biggest year ever for the platform in many ways – including data delivery – with Valve revealing that almost 45 exabytes of data was downloaded last year.
Read More »PlayStation Vita Emulator finally released for Android
Smartphones are low-key the best emulation devices that one could ask for – especially if you have a relatively modern Android Smartphone. Thanks to the tireless work of countless developers you are able to emulate dozens of consoles on smartphones, from the NES to the PlayStation 2 and even the Nintendo Switch. Finally, the much-anticipated Android release for the PS Vita emulator ‘VITA3K’ has gone live.
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