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A new tweet posted by software engineer Patrick Schur suggests that AMD will indeed skip the Ryzen 4000 naming scheme for the upcoming Zen3 processors. The decision behind this could be that the company wants to unify the name of the upcoming Ryzen “Cezanne” APUs, which use Zen3 architecture, with …

As the recent PlayStation 5 showcase came to its conclusion, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s President Jim Ryan left fans with “one more quick look,” which turned out to be a teaser for the next God of War game. Though little was shown, and the existence of a sequel was inevitable, what …

EIZO has announced its first ultrawide curved monitor. Named FlexScan EV3895, this monitor was designed to “reflect the needs and workstyles of professionals working in trading rooms, home trading stations, and back offices” by offering a wide curved screen that increases the user productivity with multiple practical features. The 37.5-inch …

Nvidia's latest graphics driver introduces support for the recently launched RTX 3080 and the upcoming RTX 3090 cards. The 456.38 WHQL graphics driver also introduces Nvidia Reflex, Nvidia Broadcast, and the typical set of optimisations for some games. Additionally, it disables implicit SLI on Ampere graphics cards, but explicit SLI will …

Ubisoft is set to make another big push into the VR space. Following in the footsteps of Star Trek Bridge Crew, Ubisoft's last major VR game, the publisher has officially announced brand new Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell titles built for VR.  These games were announced during Facebook Connect alongside …

Facebook Connect took place last night and just as previously leaked, the Oculus Quest 2 was the big showstopper. The now official headset is coming in October and will completely replace both the original Quest and the PC-focused Oculus Rift line.  The Oculus Quest 2 packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 SoC, …

Update: In a surprise addition, Epic Games has added Watch Dogs 2 and Football Manager 2020 to its free weekly games list for this week. Each week, the Epic Games Store gifts its users with a number of free games. While this week, only one title is on offer, it …

Thursday has arrived once again, meaning it is time for another GeForce Now library update. This week, the service gets Marvel's Avengers, one of the biggest games of the summer, alongside a few other additions to bulk out the library.  We also have a game returning to GeForce Now this …

While Nintendo appeared to take a break from adding new titles to its NES and SNES Online services, the console manufacturer seems to once again be bringing new titles on a semi-regular internal. For the month of September, Donkey Kong Country 2, Super Mario Picross, and other titles are set …

Demon’s Souls is one of the most anticipated PlayStation 5 games set to launch alongside the console this November. It was therefore interesting to see that at the end of the latest gameplay demo, the console manufacturer seemingly announced that the remake of the first entry in the SoulsBorne series …

Back when Nintendo first introduced the Switch, the company was adamant that the 3DS would live on alongside the new console. We all had our doubts as to how long that would last and now, the 3DS has officially been discontinued.  This week, Nintendo updated its website to confirm that …

It has been a couple of years since we first saw the leak of a Harry Potter RPG in development at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Insiders had previously reported that this game would be unveiled in 2020 and sure enough, last night during the PS5 showcase, Hogwarts Legacy was officially …

Besides the Gaming X Trio and Ventus x3 graphics card series, it seems that MSI is also planning to release a Suprim and Corsair line of GPUs. A listing in EEC made by MSI hints that it's developing two new series of RTX 30 graphics cards and that an RTX …

Despite the continued maturity of Virtual Reality, Beat Saber remains one of the best titles utilising the unique hardware capabilities of VR to its fullest. Thanks to this success, the team has continued to evolve the game, adding new features and songs. The latest addition to Beat Saber has now …

Apple hosted an event to introduce what they've been working on. Named “Time flies”, this event showed us the new iPad Air powered by the 5nm A14 Bionic SoC, the 8th Gen iPad, the Watch Series 6 and SE featuring Family Setup, the Fitness+ service, and the Apple One subscription …

Sony's PS5 showcase last night started off with a bang, with Square Enix announcing Final Fantasy 16. The next mainline game in the long-running JRPG series is coming to PlayStation 5 and PC – there is no release date news just yet, but we do have a lengthy trailer to …

The last couple of weeks have been filled with next-gen console news. Last week, Microsoft kicked things off with the announcement of the Xbox Series S and pricing, pre-order and launch dates for both of its next-gen consoles. As of last night, Sony has joined the club, announcing a November …

New photos of the AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards show two different coolers, one featuring a 3-fan design and the other featuring a 2-fan design. Additionally, a Linux kernel patch submitted by AMD suggests that the upcoming RDNA2 graphics cards will support AV1 decoding. Revealed by JayzTwoCents, the first photo …

In recent years, DONTNOD has become one of the prime creators of interactive story based video games, featuring interesting concepts and emotional storytelling. While the studio is currently part way through the release of its episodic Xbox-exclusive ‘Tell Me Why’, DONTNOD has also been hard at work with another game: …

CES 2020 was able to take place this year just ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic. That won’t be the case for CES 2021 though, which will be an all-digital event due to continuing health concerns. Still, big names will continue to be involved, including AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, who …

This week was somewhat eventful for Microsoft studio acquisition news. Reports from a couple of notable outlets claimed that Microsoft had been in and out of talks with Bungie to re-acquire the studio following their split from Activision, an idea that would excite many Xbox fans.  Jeff Grubb of VentureBeat …

Ever since Apple first launched the AirPods, a number of smartphone makers have followed suit with their own wireless in-ear buds. The latest is OnePlus, but the company may struggle to sell its own ear buds in the US, as shipments are being seized as counterfeit Apple products.  The US …

While ad revenue is fundamental to the current set up of the internet and internet-based entertainment platforms, the existence of ads has often frustrated users. That being said, while in many instances these ads are intelligently placed for minimal negative impact, sometimes platform holders take it too far. This may …

New reports about the Intel Xe dedicated graphics solutions show that a Xe-HPG graphics card with 960 EUs is being evaluated and that the DG2 graphics card might come with up to 8GB of GDDR6 memory. As per MebiuW, the Intel DG2 is expected to come with 128, 384, and 512 …

The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 remake recently released to high praise. The first game in the series since the widely panned ‘Pro Skater 5’, 1+2 proved that the franchise can still offer an enticing and fun skateboarding experience. It appears as though this critical success has turned into commercial …

With Nvidia's ARM acquisition, the company is in a good place to start producing its own CPUs. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, already hinted at it but only time will tell how this goes. Besides, regulators might prevent the acquisition altogether, but Jensen is confident that the “regulators are going to …

With the Xbox Series X and S launching on the 10th of November, and pre-orders set to go live in just under a week, demand for the next generation consoles is likely to be at its peak. Meanwhile the effects of COVID-19 has led to various complications both for production …

With RTX 30 series' imminent launch, we finally get a look at the reference boards of both RTX 3080 and 3090. Both GPUs will be mounted on PG132 reference boards to produce the AiB partners' graphics cards, while the Nvidia Founders Edition will be based on PG133 and PG136 PCBs …

Watch Dogs: Legion is coming out in just over a month and as one of the biggest ray-tracing supported games of the year, we're expecting big things from the PC version. What hardware will it take to run the game at low, medium, high or ultra settings? Ubisoft answered that …

Earlier this year, it was announced that Rocket League will be going free to play and re-launching on the Epic Games Store. The big change is officially kicking off on the 23rd of September, at which point, Rocket League will no longer have a price tag.  In an announcement made …