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Intel has yet to announce its non-K 12th Gen Core processors, but benchmarks are already starting to come through. The first early Core i5-12400F benchmarks point to Ryzen 5 5600X-level performance for gaming and productivity when paired with DDR5 memory.  The guys at Comptoir Hardware (via @davideneco25320) appear to have …

Xiaomi is trying to improve the cooling of its phones with a new system called Loop LiquidCool. Designed to succeed vapour chambers, Xiaomi claims the new cooling technology has “twice the cooling capabilities and ranks as the most efficient smartphone cooling solution” available today. As per Xiaomi, its new cooling …

World-renowned audio gear company, Shure, has finally launched its own set of true wireless earbuds – the Aonic Free. Shure's new earbuds aim to deliver the same quality you would expect from Aonic earphones in a new compact, cable-free design. Based on the Aonic 215 Gen 2, the Shure Aonic …

The Nintendo Switch seems to have a magic effect on any first party game released on the system. In the case of many franchises, the Switch releases prove to be the series’ best selling. Such is the case with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which has now beaten Mario Kart Wii …

Skyrim: Anniversary Edition is the latest re-release of the award-winning 2011 open world RPG from Bethesda Game Studios. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the game will feature new content – but at an added price. Current owners will have to pay not an insignificant amount in order to upgrade. Ahead of …

NFT and Blockchain technology have been mired in controversy ever since they were first introduced. Even so, adoption seems to be increasing, with the latest support coming from EA’s CEO, who claims that NFTs and Blockchain are “the future of our industry.” During EA’s most recent earnings call, the publisher’s …

When 2018’s God of War was officially announced for PC, it came alongside the confirmation that those with an RTX card would be able to utilise Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling. Unfortunately, this offered little hope to those with an AMD or older Nvidia GPU. Luckily, for those, it has …

Windows 11 has been out for a little over a month now and Microsoft now has a few updates under its belt. Unfortunately, an expiring certificate has come in to play, causing dome Windows 11 features to stop working correctly.  As Microsoft warned, starting on the 1st of November, a …

For months now, it has been suspected that Nintendo did intend to launch a Switch Pro this year, but had to pivot to the Switch OLED as an alternative due to the ongoing global chip and components shortage, which is impacting DIY PC hardware and games consoles across the board. …

The DDR5 generation has officially begun and overclockers are quickly racing to set some new world records. Throughout the DDR4 generation, G.Skill was at the forefront of overclocking, with its memory being used to break world records a number of times. That won't be changing with jump to DDR5, with …

Recently, a GeForce Now database leak revealed a ton of upcoming games heading to the PC platform. While Nvidia stated that the list of games was ‘speculative', publishers like Ubisoft confirmed the leak's legitimacy through efforts to supress the leak. Now, a second leak has seemingly occurred, this time with …

Ever since the launch of RTX 30 series graphics cards, we've faced numerous issues with stock. Scalpers and cryptominers were quick to buy up early stock, then supply chain shortages kicked in, keeping retail stocks low and waiting lists long. Now, we're seeing examples of straight up thievery, with a …

Ever since joining Xbox Game Studios, Obsidian has been very busy, with multiple teams working on different projects. At this point, Pillars of Eternity has evolved into Avowed, The Outer Worlds is getting a sequel and another small team is working on the excellent early access survival title ‘Grounded'. Josh …

Back in August, PNY unveiled its first DDR5 memory modules, promising 4800MHz speeds. Now a few months later, the first DDR5-supported platform is available, with Intel 12th Gen Core processors and Z690 motherboards beginning to roll out. In the months ahead of launch, PNY was able to improve its DDR5 …

Genshin Impact has had an interesting first year. From being viewed as a simple Breath of the Wild clone pre-launch, to its massive and continued success following its release, the game has managed to break a few records along the way too – managing to achieve the highest first year …

One of the most controversial and questionable decisions regarding Marvel’s Avengers pre-launch was the choice to structure the title in a Games as a Service model (GaaS). These fears came true when the game launched with little in the way of replay value and content. Square Enix’s President has now …

We're a month removed from the Battlefield 2042 beta and as it turns out, it was one of the biggest beta tests ever for the franchise. This time around with Battlefield 2042, three million players joined during the early access period, with that number more than doubling during the full …

The video games industry is a rather secretive place, with many developers, publishers and more keeping all of their projects close to their chest. While this does mean that unannounced games get cancelled all the time at various stages of development, not many of them would have had as much …

While Minecraft is currently the best selling video game of all time, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V is slowly trying to make its way to the top spot. As part of Take-Two Interactive’s Q2 FY2022 results, it was announced that GTA V is now at 155 million copies sold. …

A surprising number of newly announced games this year came with ‘early 2022' release dates, but as we get closer to the end of the year, delays are starting to set in. Marvel's Midnight Suns, a strategy RPG from XCOM studio, Firaxis, is amongst the first to be delayed, moving …

With Intel's 12th Gen Core processors starting to roll out, the company is also releasing a new graphics driver to accompany them. As you would expect, this new driver brings support for the new Xe iGPU found on the new processors, but digging through the files reveals references to a …

Little Nightmares is one of the most exciting new horror game IPs of recent memory, with the first game launching back in 2017 – and a sequel coming out earlier this year. Just as was seen with Little Nightmares II, it seems the first game will be getting a native …

Though it may be hard to believe, Skyrim is once again being released for a new generation of systems. Dubbed the ‘Anniversary Edition’ the game will release with a significant amount of brand new content. Bethesda has now detailed exactly what this new content will be. Bethesda Game Studios took …

One of the big benefits of cloud gaming is the instant access to games, without the need to wait for installs or downloads. It also paves the way for developers to offer limited-time access to titles in a controlled way, without needing to spend resources and development time creating a …

Masahiro Sakura is one of the most well-loved faces in the industry. Being responsible for the creation of not just Kirby, but also Super Smash Bros, the director has been involved in the directing for every Smash Bros game. With Ultimate now finally ending its official post-launch support, Sakurai has …

Elden Ring may be one of the most anticipated games of 2022 currently. First officially shown off at E3 2019, the game and its developers remained quiet, offering little more information until June of this year. Now the floodgates are opening, with a 15 minute long gameplay demo being showcased …

As usual with Ubisoft games, the launch of Far Cry 6 was just the beginning, with free and paid DLC updates planned in the months following launch. One of the first post-launch missions features none other than actor Danny Trejo, which Ubisoft accidentally released early this week.  In a patch …

Today, ARCTIC is expanding its CPU cooler line-up with a new tower heatsink. The Arctic Freezer i35 for Intel sockets and the Freezer A35 for AMD sockets promise support for the latest CPUs, ARGB lighting and unrestricted RAM compatibility. The new Freezer CPU cooler is available starting this month, with …

Netflix is finally expanding its reach to video games. Starting today, any Netflix subscriber can log in to the app, select any of the five titles currently available for download, and start playing them. Netflix plans to increase the games library with more than just casual games, including immersive experiences …

Marvel’s Avengers has had a rocky first year. It looked like things might be turning around after the release of the Black Panther expansion and the game's recent release on Xbox Game Pass, but then Square Enix followed that up with the introduction of XP boost microtransactions, something the developers …