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Hitman 3 officially launches today and if early reviews are anything to go by, it is going to be a hit. Unfortunately, there are some launch day issues. With Hitman 3, players who own Hitman 1 and 2 are able to import their progress to the new game, but the …

Back in April 2019, we learned that the European Commission was launching an anti-trust investigation into content geo-blocking. The investigation looked into several huge game publishers including Valve, ZeniMax, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Focus Home Interactive and Koch Media. The investigation has since concluded, with the EU handing down a €7.8 …

This week, Guerrilla Games officially pushed out its tenth patch for Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, marking a several month long journey to get the PC version as polished as possible. Now though, the studio needs to turn more of its resources towards its next game, meaning PC updates for …

Microsoft's first exclusive of 2021, The Medium, is coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S next week and like all other Microsoft exclusives, it will also be available through Game Pass on day one. With just over a week left to go until release, Blooper Team has unveiled the PC …

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning released for PC, Xbox One and PS4 back in 2020, bringing back the cult-classic action RPG in remastered form. This year, Nintendo Switch owners will get a chance to play it. This week, THQ Nordic confirmed that Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning will be coming to the …

Gigabyte has launched a 2nd revision of the RTX 3060Ti Gaming OC Pro graphics card, featuring a thinner and smaller heatsink, PCB, and shroud, allowing it to fit more easily in small form factor builds.  As shared by overclockers.ua, the Gigabyte RTX 3060Ti Gaming OC Pro (rev. 2.0) graphics card has a …

While Qualcomm has already announced the next-gen Snapdragon 888, there is another chip coming that we may see more commonly used in Android smartphones this year. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 launches this month, bringing some improvements over last year's Snapdragon 865, which was widely used in flagship Android devices.  The …

MSI is getting ready to launch two budget-oriented AM4 motherboards belonging to the MAG series: the A520M Bazooka WiFi and the B550M Vector WiFi. Both feature a similar black and grey design and rear I/O connectivity, but there are still some differences that might make users choose one over the …

Antec is kicking off 2021 with a new airflow-optimised chassis. The brand new DF700 FLUX is the third case in the new FLUX series, providing advanced ventilation through an F-LUX design. Due to the rising cooling requirements of high-end CPUs, such as Intel's 10th Gen Core series or AMD's Ryzen …

Despite the fervour surrounding PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds simmering down compared to its peak, the studio behind the popular battle royale shooter still has many plans for the IP. As the game’s holding company plans to become publicly traded, it was announced that a new game set in the PUBG universe is …

Asus is doing a massive update to its GPU Tweak app with the launch of the open beta of GPU Tweak III. Similar to MSI Afterbuner and EVGA PrecisionX, GPU Tweak III software allows users to monitor, tweak, and overclock their GPUs. To the users coming from GPU Tweak II, the …

Back in 2018, Sony opened a new studio in San Diego with the intent of creating new AAA titles for PlayStation. Since then, little has been spoken of the studio officially, though rumours did suggest that they are working on an Uncharted title. Though previously unsubstantiated, a new LinkedIn post …

The Battlefield series is one of the premiere online first-person shooter franchises. In recent years however, the series appears to have stagnated somewhat, with many fans expressing nostalgia for the earlier entries in the series. According to a new rumour, EA is aware of this, and as such Battlefield 6 …

Of all the games developed by Telltale Games, Tales from the Borderlands is often one of the most talked about – perhaps behind The Walking Dead and Wolf Among Us. Despite Telltale Games itself closing down (at least in its original form), it would seems that its games have some …

Some retailers have started to list upcoming Intel 11th Gen Core series CPUs on their websites, accompanied by the respective price of each SKU. The listed SKUs include both the higher-tier Rocket Lake-S and the entry-level Comet Lake-S processors. Initially shared by @momomo_us, the list of prices of the 11th …

Update (19/01/21): Nvidia has been in touch since the publication of this story with a full statement. Please find our updated coverage HERE.  For the last couple of years, Nvidia has had some stringent requirements for monitors in order for them to be classified as ‘G-Sync Ultimate'. Previously, gaining this …

For those who enjoy arcade-style flight combat games, the Ace Combat series is well known and enjoyed. Two years after the launch of the most recent entry, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown has officially sold over 2.5 million copies. In celebration of this and the title’s 2nd anniversary, the game …

Last week, IO Interactive had some bad news for potential Hitman 3 buyers on PC. At the time, the publisher said that it would not be able to support free unlocks of Hitman 1 or 2 levels in Hitman 3 on PC but it would still be able to support …

With the increase in adoption of backwards compatibility from both Sony and Microsoft, many developers have gone back to their previously released games to update them with small enhancements for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S respectively. One such game is Samurai Shodown, which has added a 120fps mode …

Intel has discontinued all of its Optane Memory-only SSDs from the client-market segment without providing a new successor. As per Intel, from now on, the new Optane Memory H20 with solid-state storage will be the company's product for that same segment. As per TomsHardware, Intel's discontinuance of the Optane Memory-only SSDs …

There have been rumours about Control coming to Xbox Game Pass floating around for a while now. The game officially came to the service for console subscribers back in December but now, the PC version of Game Pass is also getting the game, complete with ray-tracing enhancements.  As of the …

While talk surrounding the Epic Games and Apple situation may have appeared to quieten down, the Fortnite creator and iPhone inventor are still very much butting heads. As the companies wait to see how everything pans out in the US, Epic Games has now shifted its focus to the UK …

While the Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics card was announced during CES 2021 last week, the full specifications for the new GPU were not detailed. Fortunately this week, board partners are beginning to confirm key specs for the graphics card as custom-cooled solutions are being prepared. During the RTX 3060 announcement, …

Throughout 2020 we saw many events affected by COVID-19 and the risk of potential spreading of the virus. As a consequence, some events opted to shift online, with others pushing the events back instead, and some simply cancelling outright – insteading focusing their efforts on the following year’s iteration. The …

The US government has added Xiaomi to its list of companies with alleged connections to the Chinese military. Unlike Huawei, Xiaomi hasn't been added to the Entity List, meaning the company will still be allowed to use US technology and components within its products. According to CNBC, Xiaomi is on the US blacklist …

It looks like Intel will finally introduce memory overclocking support on non-Z motherboards, starting with the 500-series. By enabling memory overclocking support, systems equipped with H570 or B560 motherboards will allow memory modules to operate above their official specifications for increased performance. Unlike AMD, which offers overclocking support on almost all …

Gigabyte has introduced a new PCIe 4.0 SSD to its storage portfolio. The Aorus Gen4 7000s SSD will be available with capacities of 1TB and 2TB, featuring an M.2 2280 form factor and two different heatsinks to choose from. Featuring a 2nd generation PCIe 4.0×4 Phison PS5018-E18 controller based on the …

In the wake of the global pandemic (and perhaps also due to the example set by the controversial launch of Cyberpunk 2077), many video game developers and publishers have reviewed the current state of their in-development titles – with a number of games being delayed as a consequence. Following on …

Now that Zen 3 processors and Navi 2x GPUs have been released, we can expect AMD will be hard at work on the company's upcoming CPU and GPU architectures. Thankfully, AMD has provided us with some details by discussing what's coming next from Team Red. Continuing its journey of delivering …

There's been a recent surge in Bitcoin prices, reaching almost £30,000 last week. Sapphire could be looking to capitalise on this, as the company has just announced the new INCA EP-10 GPU Mining Solution, which can support up to 10 graphics cards. Shipping with CudoOS mining software pre-installed, the INCA EP-10 …