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Sony’s Premium PlayStation Plus tier includes many benefits ranging from exclusive game demos to streaming and more. By far its biggest draw however is the line-up of included classic PSOne, PS2 and PSP titles – including Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror. It being an older title, the game has now been …

DRM is the bane of many PC players, with Denuvo being the most famous (or infamous). While almost all games with DRM eventually get cracked by fans, developers have begun taking it into their own hands, patching the DRM after launch. Square Enix is one such company to do so, …

Back in May of last year EA officially confirmed that it had parted ways with the FIFA brand following a decades long partnership, with the series’ future entries being renamed to EA Sports FC. Ahead of this years’ title’s official unveiling, EA have shown off the rebranded name, logo and …

All the way back in January 2022 it was announced that Ubisoft+ would be coming to Microsoft’s Xbox consoles – following the service’s inclusion as part of PS+ Extra. Since then, we have heard little in the way of official updates, though one industry insider is now claiming that the …

AMD recently launched the Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU as part of the Ryzen 7000 series, compatible with all MSI X670, B650, and A620 motherboards. Simultaneously, MSI introduced a set of new BIOS features to boost the chip's performance, including Enhanced Mode Boost, High-Efficiency Mode, and Memory Context Restore.  The Extended …

A few weeks ago, rumours claimed that the RTX 4070 line-up would be split into two camps, with cheaper graphics cards using standard 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and higher-end cards using the new 16-pin power connector. Newly leaked images of Gigabyte's custom RTX 4070 line-up appear to confirm this.  Twitter …

Bethesda is unlikely to get around to Fallout 5 until the end of this decade, as the company plans to tackle The Elder Scrolls 6 before making a new Fallout game. This has left fans asking for Obsidian to step in and make a new spin-off similar to Fallout New Vegas. We've heard that Obsidian would be interested and curiously enough, references to New Vegas 2 have now been found on SteamDB. 

Aspyr launched new ports for Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 on the Nintendo Switch last year. KOTOR 2 was of particular interest, as Aspyr had also announced plans for an official cut content DLC, adding in content left on the cutting-room floor back when Obsidian first created …

Quantum Break has officially been delisted from Xbox Game Pass, as well as all digital storefronts the game was available on. Microsoft commented on the situation earlier this week, confirming licensing issues at play. Now, Remedy has also released its own statement on the situation.  A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed earlier …

Can the new Phanteks NV7 knock the Lian Li O11D off its perch?

Last month, WB shocked MultiVersus players by announcing that the ‘beta' period for the game was ending after several months of patches, seasonal content updates and DLC character drops. With the beta ending, the game is going offline until 2024. To coincide with this, the game has now been pulled …

Resident Evil 4 Remake has already become one of the fastest-selling games in the franchise, having accrued 3 million sales in just two days. Now it has been roughly two weeks since the game released, and Capcom has updated its sales figures once again. At this point, Resident Evil 4 …

MSI has launched a range of RTX 40-powered laptops this year. Now, the entry price is lower than ever, with the first sub-£1000 RTX 40 series laptops on the market.  MSI is currently offering a range of deals for its gaming laptops in the UK. If you are after one …

Each week, those with an Epic Games account are able to get their hands on a couple of titles for free. Available to add to your library from today until the 13th of April is the open world zombie parkour game Dying Light: Enhanced Edition. 2015’s Dying Light served as …

Microsoft’s planned purchase of Activision Blizzard is still ongoing, but that has not stopped the console manufacturer from engaging in other acquisitions, with Bethesda now having acquired the Budapest-based Nemesys Games. As reported by Timur222, the Budapest-based Nemesys Games has been acquired by Bethesda for an unknown sum, with the …

We were all surprised when Counter Strike 2 was seemingly revealed through Nvidia's drivers earlier this year. At the time, Valve had not officially announced the game. If you were wondering why such a leak could have come from Nvidia, we now know why. Valve has been working with Nvidia …

Seagate has released a range of licensed special edition storage drives so far. Today, the company is unveiling its latest, with new Star Wars editions of the FireCuda NVMe SSD, each with a lightsaber design on the heatsink, complete with RGB lighting.  There are three new Star Wars Edition FireCuda …

No Man’s Sky is the gift that keeps on giving. Just one month after its last major patch (the Fractal Update), Hello Games have simultaneously announced and released their next major update – Interceptor – bringing with it new planets; enemies; improvements and so much more all for the low …

Later this month, the next update for Cyberpunk 2077 will drop, bringing some particularly exciting new features to the PC version. The new patch will include the RT Overdrive mode, bringing full path-traced lighting effects to the game. This is incredibly demanding technology right now, and the benchmarks are proving …

We are just a few weeks away from the release of Respawn's highly anticipated Jedi Fallen Order sequel, Star Wars Jedi Survivor. The game is set to launch on PC (as well as consoles) on the 28th of April and now ahead of that date, EA has announced the game's …

Intel has started to discontinue the first few 11th Gen Core "Tiger Lake" processors. The process began on April 3rd, 2023, and will run until January 26th, 2024, when Intel will ship the last batch of these CPUs to customers.

Gigabyte has already launched plenty of M27 gaming monitors. However, if you wanted a similar looking 4K gaming monitor, you would have to go for the M28U. Now, as an alternative, Gigabyte will launch the M27U, offering better specs than the 28-inch monitor in a slightly smaller package. The new …

Sony Santa Monica found itself on top of the gaming world once again last year with the release of God of War: Ragnarok. The game has already won numerous awards in its base form but the latest update improves the game even further, adding additional content and a New Game+ …

Google officially killed off its cloud gaming service Stadia back in January after less than three years on the market. While the tech behind Stadia had promise, there were issues with its business model and it lacked any compelling exclusive games. Now, the man who led Google's cloud gaming effort, …

Blizzard opened up pre-orders and announced bonuses for Diablo 4's deluxe and ultimate editions a while ago, but it seems there will be a bonus benefit. Those pre-ordering the higher-tier versions of the game will also get early access ahead of the game's official release date.  If you pre-order the …

While Valve did put an image of The Last of Us Part 1 running on a Steam Deck on the Steam store shortly before the game's launch, the game has yet to be verified for the Deck. While Naughty Dog was and still is planning to submit the game for …

It's finally time to get hands on with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D - what does Leo make of it?

Earlier this week, rumours claimed that Sony was creating new PlayStation hardware, separate from the upcoming PS5 revision and rumoured PS5 Pro. It was quickly theorised that this could be a new handheld, like a PS Vita 2. Now, sources have clarified that Sony is working on a dedicated Remote Play device, rather than a native-gaming handheld. 

The Steam Deck has been hugely successful for Valve, with many gamers picking up the handheld to play everything from the latest AAA titles to smaller indie games. Each month, Valve has been revealing the most played games on the Deck. In March, we saw some new additions to the …

AMD's Ryzen 7000 series laptop CPU lineup is split with some Zen 4 SKUs and some refreshed Zen 3 and Zen 3+ SKUs. We already knew that the Ryzen 7040 and 7045 series processors used the Zen 4 architecture, but to try and make things a bit easier, AMD has …