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Great adjustability meets all-day comfort: Is the £270 Boulies Aura your perfect office chair?

Following the recent release of Octopath Traveler 0, Square Enix have confirmed that the franchise has sold / shipped over 7 million copies.

Slay the Spire II is already a huge success, with its Early Access launch amassing over 3 million players in just one week.

Following its announcement back in 2023, Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is finally set to launch soon, officially arriving in Early Access this May.

According to Embark Studios, the team have slowly-but-surely started to replace some of Arc Raiders’ AI voice acting with real performers.

The games industry analysts at NewZoo have revealed the top 20 most-played PC games of 2025, showing that the majority of playtime is concentrated across a select few long-running IPs like Counter Strike, Diablo, WoW, Call of Duty and more. 

Microsoft is preparing its OS for the upcoming wave of 1000Hz monitors with the release of Insider builds 26100.8106 and 26200.8106. This update, documented under the cumulative package KB5079387, quietly removes a long-standing artificial ceiling within the Windows display stack that previously hindered the OS's ability to communicate with ultra-high …

The 2026 BAFTA Games Awards nominations have been revealed, and as seen in previous award shows, it's a historic year for independent and debut projects. Leading the pack is the critically acclaimed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which has secured an extraordinary 12 nominations.

Glorious has launched the Model O Classic, resurrecting the design that put the brand on the map back years ago. The Model O Classic retains the iconic perforated 'honeycomb' shell and RGB lighting strips that defined the early days of the lightweight mouse trend.

While it had a rocky launch, Cyberpunk 2077 went on to become one of the best RPGs of the current generation after the launch of its Phatom Liberty expansion. With Cyberpunk 2 still a long ways off, fans have been hoping for new DLC but unfortunately, it sounds like we …

Earlier this year, Marvel announced the MaXimum Collection, developed in collaboration with Konami. The new collection grants instant access to some of Marvel's classic 8-bit and 16-bit era Arcade games, remastered for modern hardware. Now just a few weeks on from the announcement, we have a release date. The headliner …

For decades, there has been a discrepency between the level of optimisation game developers are able to achieve on a console versus the PC hardware equivelant. As Microsoft continues its PC gaming push, it is hoping to close that gap with major updates to DirectX.

For around a decade now, there has been an intense debate around loot boxes in videogames and whether or not they should be considered as a form of gambling. Now, the European game rating board, PEGI, is finally taking steps to curb the practise of selling these randomised packs to minors. 

The Falchion ACE 75 HE has a feature list not to be ignored

AMD is in the middle of developing a new version of FidelityFX Super Resolution. Currently codenamed FSR Diamond, this new FSR version was designed with Microsoft's next-generation gaming console, Project Helix, in mind.  As per Jack Huynh's post (via VideoCardz), FSR Diamond is anticipated to be much more than a …

Years on from its initial release, the impressive physics-based sandbox Teardown has gotten a massive update adding 12-player multiplayer and much more.

A second major Call of Duty leaker / dataminer has now revealed that they will be stepping away following contact from Activision.

Nintendo has shared its early sales performance for Pokémon Pokopia, revealing that the Switch 2 title has sold over 2.2 million copies in its first 4 days.

Following its addition onto PlayStation Plus late last year, Konami has revealed that the Silent Hill 2 Remake has surpassed a total of 5 million players.

With chip shortages set to drive PC hardware prices up further in 2026, the current Spring sales might be a good time to upgrade to avoid higher prices and stock shortages down the line. There are a number of good deals to be found right now on the graphics card front.

The first major expansion for Borderlands 4, Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, is officially launching later this month. The first of the paid DLCs adds a new vault hunter for players to master, alongside a whole new explorable zone, new bosses and story content.

MSI has cut prices across the board for its UK Spring sale, offering sizeable discounts across gaming monitors, as well as components like graphics cards, motherboards and power supplies.

As part of their GDC talk, Microsoft confirmed that more titles will join their dormant Xbox backwards compatibility program later this year.

Following its debut on the ROG Xbox Ally, Microsoft has confirmed that their Xbox Mode is coming to Windows 11 PC starting from next month.

One feature introduced with the Steam Deck was the notion of games being Steam Deck verified – giving users an easy indicator as to which titles should and should not run on the gaming handheld. With the upcoming Steam Machine, it appears Valve is taking a similar approach; this time offering more concrete compatibility requirements.

Today Intel is expanding its desktop CPU portfolio with two new SKUs - the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, bringing increased core counts and more performance.

According to leakers, PlayStation Plus Extra / Premium's offerings for March will include Persona 5 Royal and Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2.

Despite multiple highly-praised releases in recent years, SEGA claims that “high evaluations have yet to translate into a further increase in unit sales.”

Antec has a new 360mm AIO with a massive 5-inch display but is it worth almost £250?

iiyama has launched a new pro-grade monitor range, and we check out the 4K 27in model