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2021 is the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series, and typically Nintendo likes to celebrate these milestone years with new games and more. While last night’s Nintendo direct didn’t include a blowout celebration as some may have hoped, it did bring some Zelda news nonetheless. Nintendo has announced …

One of the Xbox team's biggest strengths over the last six years has been backwards compatibility support. At launch, the Xbox Series X/S consoles shipped with enhanced backwards compatibility features, including Auto-HDR and resolution upgrades in many cases. Now, frame rates are also due to get a big boost on …

While the iPad Pro received an upgrade to a higher refresh rate display a couple of years ago, Apple has been slow to move beyond 60Hz on the iPhone. During that time, the Android smartphone market has almost entirely jumped over to 90Hz or 120Hz displays. This year, Apple may …

As we learned a few weeks ago, Google Stadia is no longer in the first-party game business, having shut down all of its internal studios and publishing outlet. While many doubted Google's commitment to Stadia, we weren't expecting studios to be shut down so soon and as it turns out, …

As we all know, Epic Games and Apple aren't on the best of terms at the moment. Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple in the US last year over the company's App Store policies, which subsequently ended in Fortnite being removed from iOS. Since then, Epic has been filing …

Amazon has been attempting to break into the games industry for a long time now with its own internal game studios. Most projects have been cancelled, but New World, the company's ambitious MMO, has managed to avoid that fate. Development hasn't been completely without trouble though, as it has been …

If you're in need of a peripheral upgrade and want to find a good deal, then we'd like to point you in the right direction. This week, there are two decent Razer discounts to look out for – one for the Power Up bundle containing a keyboard, mouse and headset …

In a surprise announcement last night, Valve announced that it has partnered with Netflix to produce an animated series based on DOTA 2. Not only that, but it is releasing next month.  Dota: Dragon's Blood comes to Netflix on the 25th of March and is the latest in a string …

While Square Enix originally planned to release The Avengers for next-gen consoles closer to launch, the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 versions had to be pushed back to 2021 for extra polish. Now, we have an official launch date, with the newly enhanced versions of the game coming on the …

Microsoft has announced a new wireless headset for Xbox consoles, mobile, and PC. The Xbox Wireless Headset is set for release in March, bringing what the company calls the “future of gaming audio”. The Xbox Wireless Headset is a competitively priced audio solution packed with features, including low latency lossless audio, …

New statistics show that SSDs outsold traditional hard drives for the first time in 2020. While SSDs may have sold more units though, HDDs still take the crown for total storage.  According to the statistics from Trendfocus (via Storage Newsletter), SSD sales have increased by almost 21% in 2020 (333.12M) …

It looks like the Oculus Quest 2 is due for another refresh rate upgrade. At launch, the new standalone VR headset was capable of 72Hz gameplay, which was later upgraded to 90Hz via an update. Now, it looks like 120Hz could be on the cards soon.  Andrew Bosworth, VP of …

Valorant is getting a big update today, introducing a new casual game mode to Riot's free to play shooter. The new mode is called Escalation and it is Valorant's equivalent of Gun Game, which is featured in other popular shooters like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Call of Duty. In Escalation, …

Over the course of each month, Microsoft adds a number of new titles to its Xbox Game Pass service. The console manufacturer has now announced its next batch of games, including titles such as Dirt 5, Elite Dangerous, Superhot and more. The titles set to join Game Pass over the …

Ever since acquiring Elgato back in 2018, Corsair has been expanding on its offerings for aspiring and professional content creators across Twitch, YouTube and other platforms. The latest acquisition by Corsair will help in this area, with Visuals by Impulse joining the Elgato family. Corsair announced today that it is …

Though Nintendo pioneered the online video game announcement format which many publishers now use, the console manufacturer has not hosted a general Nintendo Direct ever since September 2019. As we navigate through 2021 however, it would appear as though these Directs are back, as Nintendo has now announced a 50-minute …

Ever since Resident Evil 7, Capcom have been consistently outputting high quality Resident Evil titles at a rapid pace. The next Resident Evil title to come out is the upcoming ‘Village’. Capcom has yet to announce what will come after that. According to one leaker however, in late 2021 or …

Every so often a new game releases which takes much of the industry by storm, launching to immediate success and fanfare. Currently, this game is Valheim. Having launched in Early Access on the 2nd of February, the open world survival game has already sold 2 million copies. Making the announcement, …

1usmus is back with another update to the Ryzen CTR tool. In the CTR 1.2 update, new features have been added, including Hybrid OC, which switches performance profiles based on CPU load, allowing Zen 3 processors to boost up to 5GHz in some cases.  Besides the P1 and P2 profile, …

Western Digital has launched a new entry-level NVMe M.2 SSD. Available in 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB storage capacities, the WD Green SN350 “can revitalize your old computer for daily use”, providing up to four times the performance of SATA drives. The WD Green SN350 is a PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD featuring …

Metro Exodus is due for a big graphical upgrade this year and it won't just be for next-gen consoles. An enhanced edition of the game has now been announced for PC too, with improved ray-tracing, performance and other features.  The enhancement list is huge, boasting full ray-traced lighting, denoising, improved …

The line-up of Tiger Lake-H45 processors has apparently leaked, revealing three 8-core CPUs in addition to a 6-core processor.  During CES 2021, Intel officially announced the Tiger Lake-H35 series with up to 4x cores and 8x threads. Aimed at slim and mid-range gaming laptops, these SKUs have a 35W TDP and reach …

Last week, reports indicated that Nvidia would be launching the non-Ti variation of the RTX 3060 later this month and now that February 25th launch date is confirmed. Aside from confirming the launch date, Nvidia has also confirmed a few key specs for its upcoming entry-level RTX GPU. The RTX …

Last week, we learned that Qualcomm has raised concerns with regulators over Nvidia's acquisition of Arm. Now, a newer report says that other tech giants, like Microsoft and Google, are doing the same.  Nvidia announced its plans to acquire Arm for $40 billion in September 2020. Previously, the company was …

Nintendo and Microsoft have been making headlines over the last couple of years due to lawsuits around ‘Stick Drift' on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch controllers. Now, Sony is also joining those ranks, with a law firm filing a class-action suit over the PS5's DualSense controller. Stick drift is an …

Many Kingdom Hearts fans were pleasantly surprised when it was announced that the entire Kingdom Hearts collection was coming to PC. Unfortunately for some, the game’s exclusivity to the Epic Games Store still remains a roadblock. The Producer for Kingdom Hearts has now explained why they decided to go down …

While there were some rumours swirling around this weekend about Techland being acquired by Microsoft, a studio community manager has since spoken out, claiming the rumours are untrue. The rumour initially stemmed from the Defining Duke podcast, when a host mentioned that Microsoft was in talks to acquire another studio …

Alongside the 11th Gen Core lineup of desktop processors, Intel is also planning to release refreshed Comet Lake-S SKUs. Proof of this has begun to surface, with one retail worker in Malaysia uploading photos of the new CPU packaging. These photos confirm that Intel won't rebrand its refreshed Core i3's …

Microsoft's ambitious foldable phone concept, the Surface Duo, will officially be available outside of the US starting next week. On the 18th of February, the dual-screen Android smartphone will release in Europe and Canada, although it has quite the price hike in the UK compared to the US.  Equipped with …

While the developers at Ubisoft Massive had planned for Title Update 12 to be the last piece of content for The Division 2, it seems those plans have now changed. The December 2020 update wrapped up the game's content roadmap, but due to player interest, Ubisoft is now making plans …