Even prior to being sold to Embracer Group, Crystal Dynamics has been working on its next big Tomb Raider game. Nothing else is known officially, but a potential leak has revealed a few details. The Sacred Symbols Podcast (via VGC) claimed to have obtained leaked script pages from the new …
Read More »AMD seemingly confirms Ryzen 7000 launch line-up
In an update to one of its websites this week, AMD may have mistakenly revealed the launch line-up for the Ryzen 7000 series. AMD's next-generation desktop processors are due to launch before the end of this year, and it looks like we'll have four processors at launch, including the Ryzen …
Read More »Diablo Immortal has surpassed $100M in revenue
Diablo Immortal launched in early June and quickly garnered 10 million players and earned just shy of $25 million within the first couple of weeks. At this point, the game has doubled to over 20 million installs and revenue has gone way up, surpassing $100 million. Despite controversy and outcry …
Read More »Destiny 2 PvP is finally getting skill-based matchmaking
PvE content has always been the true centrepiece of the Destiny games, but there is still a pretty big PvP audience. There have been plenty of complaints about Destiny 2's PvP over the years, from its map pool and lack of modes to rampant cheating as well as issues finding …
Read More »Backbone One PlayStation Edition brings DualSense inspired controls to iOS
Sony has been talking about increasing the presence of PlayStation games on mobile for a while now. Ahead of this renewed push into mobile gaming, Sony has announced the first officially licensed PlayStation gamepad for smartphones. The Backbone One PlayStation Edition is the first officially licensed PlayStation controller for iPhone. …
Read More »Intel cuts earnings forecast following unexpected Q2 sales drop
Intel shares have taken a significant dip this week following the company's quarterly earnings report. Intel missed revenue targets last quarter and the company has also cut down its earnings predictions for the rest of the year.
Read More »The mystery behind Nier: Automata’s hidden church has been solved
Fans of the Nier series have been on quite the rollercoaster recently, as the community has scrambled to figure out the mystery behind a secret door leading to a completely new area of the map that had seemingly gone undiscovered since the launch of Nier: Automata. Today, we finally got …
Read More »Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is now coming to PC in November, Xbox delayed further
While Fatshark originally intended to bring Warhammer 40,000: Darktide to PC and Xbox consoles in September, the game has now been delayed again. After being pushed out of 2021 and into ‘early 2022', the game was later pushed again to September. Now, the developers are hoping to release the game …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 7 6800U Review – with ASUS ZenBook S 13 OLED
We check out AMD's latest mobile chip in the ZenBook S 13 OLED laptop
Read More »The Yakuza series is heading to PS+ Extra and Premium
Despite some initial concerns, Sony's PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers have been pretty well received thanks to a solid library of games available at launch. Soon, the service will get even better thanks to the addition of the Yakuza series. Recently after a brief period off of the service, …
Read More »From Software to bring Dark Souls multiplayer back online for PC
Back in January, Bandai Namco and From Software were forced to take the multiplayer servers for the Dark Souls series offline for the PC platform due to a major security bug. Several months later in May, From Software gave us a small update, stating multiplayer would come back online ‘soon'. …
Read More »Micron ships world’s first 232-layer NAND chips
This week Micron announced a major development in the form of the world's first 232-layer NAND. Featuring the industry-leading areal density, the new NAND delivers higher capacity and improved efficiency over previous generations.
Read More »Sony is finally enabling 1440p support on PS5
While the Xbox has supported 1440p displays for years, Sony has stuck to supporting the most common TV resolutions, 4K/UHD and 1080p on PlayStation. After many requests from PlayStation players, Sony is now enabling 1440p support on PS5. The 1440p update arrives today for PlayStation software beta testers. The update …
Read More »Edifier MS50A WiFi Smart Speaker Review
Edifier has entered the smart speaker market, and we check out their first offering
Read More »AMD’s latest graphics drivers add Noise Suppression and OpenGL optimisations
After last week's reports regarding an RTX Voice alternative from AMD, the company has now released a new AMD Software Adrenalin Edition driver with Noise Suppression. Moreover, the new driver brings new features and OpenGL optimisations to improve game performance. The biggest bump comes to Minecraft, with some GPUs seeing …
Read More »GTA 6 devs confirm return to Miami, game is at least two years away
Rockstar has said very little publicly about Grand Theft Auto 6. The only official update we've had so far is confirmation that the game is in development. We've seen plenty of rumours about Grand Theft Auto 6 over the past couple of years but few legitimate leaks. Now thanks to a new report from Jason Schreier, we have our first real insight into the game's development.
Read More »Multiversus surpasses 140,000 concurrent players in Steam open beta
MultiVersus, WB Games' Smash Bros-style crossover fighter is now live in open beta form. The game appears to be off to a good start too, as the game managed to gain 140,000 concurrent players on Steam during day-one, accompanied by a ‘very positive' overall user rating. Currently, MultiVersus is in …
Read More »Overclockers UK Spectra Gaming Indigo Prebuilt (12900KF + 3080)
It's a brand-new range of prebuilts from OCUK - we check out the flagship system
Read More »Meta is hiking up the price for the Quest 2 VR headset
Since launch, the Quest 2 VR headset has been a pretty good deal for its price. Unfortunately, the headset is about to get more expensive, with Meta announcing a $100 price hike. In an announcement yesterday, Meta claimed that the cost of producing the Quest 2 has increased since launch, …
Read More »Aspyr’s KOTOR Remake is reportedly ‘on hold’ and may not reappear for years
It looks like Aspyr's ambitious remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is still many years away. While the original plan was to have the remake finished this year, sources have confirmed that the project is now being rebooted, seemingly after a poor demo showing that led to two team leads losing their jobs.
Read More »Corsair launches Vengeance RGB DDR5 memory
Corsair is expanding its memory line-up with new Vengeance RGB DDR5 modules. The memory modules will be available in black or white, with a light bar on top of the heat spreader with ten individually addressable RGB LEDs underneath. Initially, the black and white Vengeance DDR5 memory kits will be …
Read More »Razer DeathStalker V2 Pro Review
The DeathStalker range is back, with a new series of low profile optical switches
Read More »PSVR 2 will offer 4K/120Hz with HDR, a cinematic mode and other new features
Sony has been dropping PlayStation VR2 news at seemingly random times all throughout the year. Today, Sony gave us yet another update. We still don't have a release date, but we do have confirmation of some new features, as well as some new footage of the headset in use. For …
Read More »Xenoblade Chronicles 3 hits 90 overall on Metacritic
After being officially announced earlier this year, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is now just days away from release. Game critics have had their hands on the game since early July, leading to a flurry of highly positive reviews going live today. The review embargo for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has now lifted. …
Read More »AMD brings price cuts to Ryzen 5000 CPUs and RX 6000 GPUs
This summer, many retailers have had a surge in available stock for current-gen graphics cards, which has led to a solid sales season. For the next week, AMD is running a big promotion here in the UK, bringing down prices of Ryzen 5000 series processors, as well as a number of RX 6000 series graphics cards.
Read More »World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic launches in September
Last week, an update to the World of Warcraft website mistakenly revealed an ad with the release date for Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Usually when a leak like this happens, an official announcement is imminent and that was exactly the case here. Today, Blizzard confirmed Wrath of the …
Read More »2K quietly restores Evolve multiplayer services
Turtle Rock's last major game, Evolve, didn't really ever find success. While there was a lot of pre-release hype for the game, overly aggressive monetisation at launch put a lot of players off. Online functionality for the game eventually came to an end, but in a surprise move, Evolve seems …
Read More »Orico’s latest portable SSD promises super speedy file transfers
ORICO has been around since 2009, offering high-speed USB data devices and chargers. This month, the company is launching a new USB4 high-speed portable SSD, boasting super speedy transfer speeds. The ORICO USB4 High Speed Portable SSD Montage 40Gbps series offers a bold and bright design, but it isn't about …
Read More »Sapphire is launching a Radeon RX 6500 XT with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
As you might know, officially, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 4GB of VRAM. However, it seems Sapphire will be releasing a unique 8GB model of the entry-level graphics card. Information about the 8GB Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics is already available on Sapphire's official website. Despite the extra …
Read More »Stray hold’s the highest user rating of any game released on Steam this year
Stray, the newly released game where you play as a cat wandering through a dystopian city, has just become the highest-rated game of 2022 on Steam, overtaking AAA games such as God Of War and Death Stranding Director's Cut. As seen in Steam250's top 150 games of 2022, Stray is …
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