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Cult of the Lamb released last year to a good deal of fanfare, due in part to the contrasting nature of the game’s narrative and themes mixed with the cutesiness of the art, characters and animation work. As promised last year, Cult of the Lamb was announced to be getting …

Blasphemous is a side-scrolling metroidvania which started its life as a Kickstarter project. The game ultimately proved to be successful both commercially and critically upon its release in 2019. During Gamescom 2021, it was announced that a sequel to Blasphemous is on its way. Following a year and a half …

Oxenfree, the supernatural mystery horror adventure indie title saw a great deal of success following its launch back in 2016. The game’s sequel, originally planned for release back in 2021, was pushed to 2022 – with the title then seeing a further delay to 2023 in order to include additional …

Skate culture was huge back in the 90s and early 2000s, with the likes of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series expanding the phenomenon to gaming. One of the more notable franchises to spin out from this era was the inline skating; graffiti spraying and establishment-fighting Jet Set Radio. While the …

Last week, Seagate officially unveiled its latest Special Edition SSDs. This time around, we're getting Star Wars-themed M.2 SSDs with special faceplates with a glowing lightsaber right on the front. Now, we're giving away one of the 2TB models, as well as a few other prizes.

After a somewhat slow start due component supply issues, Sony announced at the beginning of the year that PS5 consoles should no longer be in short supply. We have seen this pan out, with the system’s sales skyrocketing over the past few months – and breaking records in the process. …

Dying Light 2 released last year to somewhat mixed reviews, with the game being praised for the expansion of its parkour and gameplay mechanics, though ultimately fell short due to story issues, some technical problems and an overall lack of revolution from the first game. That said, the Techland team …

Last week we reported that the free-to-play 3rd person shooter Rogue Company (from publisher Hi-Rez) was being shut down and delisted from the Nintendo Switch platform due to the system’s aged processor and mobile-focused hardware leading to substandard performance. Following this announcement, Hi-Rez has now confirmed that the hero shooter …

The Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription service was met with some controversy when it was announced, due in part to the fact that the added perk of N64 and SEGA Mega Drive games was lacklustre. Fortunately, Nintendo continues to add new titles (and even new systems) on a …

NZXT is revamping its AIO liquid cooling line-up this month with two new coolers, the Kraken and the Kraken Elite. These new coolers take over the mantle from the previous-generation Kraken X and Z AIO coolers. The new Kraken AIOs will be available with 240mm, 280mm and 360mm radiators. The …

In early 2022, Crytek officially announced that it is working on Crysis 4, the first new game in the shooter franchise in over a decade. Later in the year, Crytek brought in Hitman 3 director, Mattis Engström, to lead development. Now, Crytek is looking to hire more key roles for …

Ghostwire: Tokyo has finally landed on Xbox after a year of PS5 console exclusivity. Unfortunately, the game has not come without its share of issues, with the Xbox version being labelled as ‘quantifiably worse” than the PS5 version.  During the most recent Digital Foundry podcast, the team brings up Ghostwire: …

Leo presents his review of Intel's Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs

It has been a year since Dying Light 2 launched and during that time, Techland has continually updated the game and introduced additional content through DLCs. Now, Techland appears to be thinking about its next step, asking fans for their thoughts on a potential Dying Light 3. In a post …

The ASUS ROG Ally is set to arrive later this year, offering a more powerful alternative to the Steam Deck, complete with Windows support rather than Linux, which will have benefits for game compatibility. While Asus has said that the ROG Ally will be more powerful than the Steam Deck, …

During the Touch Taiwan 2023 Display International Exhibition this month, AUO showcased two new high-end gaming panels – one flat and another curved. These two panels will most likely be featured in gaming monitors that will be released in the coming years. The first gaming display panel showcased by AUO …

A new leak has surfaced, revealing the existence of an Nvidia RTX 3060 with a fully enabled GA106 GPU that never made it to market. This SKU, identified as PG190 SKU 50, was one of the several specs for the GPU that were shared among board partners before its official …

EKWB recently launched a range of Direct Die CPU cooling products, but unfortunately, there have been some issues. This week, EK confirmed that it has heard the feedback around issues and is making adjustments to solve them.  Some of you may remember that we worked with EKWB last year on …

Xbox Game Pass has proven to be quite a success for Microsoft, with the subscription-based service adding a bunch of games on a monthly basis. Unfortunately, as is the case with such services, each month also sees the removal of a number of titles. Come the end of April, subscribers …

Twice a month Microsoft updates its Game Pass library with a number of new and exciting games. For the second half of April, the console manufacturer has now detailed the full list of titles dropping onto the service over the next two weeks – including the likes of Minecraft Legends …

Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Dead Island 2 are both launching on PC very soon. Nvidia is getting GeForce GPU users prepared for both titles with the release of a new Game Ready graphics driver today, which also enables DLSS 2 in new games and adds additional G-Sync Compatible displays …

Leo unboxes two Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs, worth about 10 grand

343 Industries has gone through a lot of changes in the last six months, with many members of the leadership team leaving Microsoft. Joseph Staten, who was brought back to Microsoft in an effort to steer Halo Infinite back on track, has moved on from his 18 years at Microsoft …

Mortal Kombat is one of the biggest names in fighting games, with the 30-year old franchise continuing to be stronger than ever decades on from its initial release. Ahead of the expected official announcement of Mortal Kombat 12, it has been revealed that the most recent entry – MK11 – …

Stardew Valley has been nothing if not a massive labour of love, with primary developer ConcernedApe continually updating the game with massive features, additions and changes over the past 7 years or so. Despite them having announced their next game (Haunted Chocolatier) quite a while ago now, work on Stardew …

Diablo 4's beta in March was a huge success for Blizzard, with millions of players logging into both the pre-order and open betas. Now, Blizzard has had time to go through feedback and implement a range of changes ahead of launch. Beyond that, Diablo 4 just hit a new milestone, …

While Hogwarts Legacy didn't include Quidditch within the game, it turns out WB had another Harry Potter game in the works focusing exclusively on this. This week, WB announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a competitive multiplayer game.  Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is billed as a “complete, standalone Quidditch experience”. The …

In late 2022, Capcom announced that it had teamed up with TiMi to produce a new Monster Hunter mobile game. As it turns out, there was another project in the works with the AR specialists at Niantic. This week, Capcom and Niantic revealed Monster Hunter Now, a game similar in …

Originally known for their work on the Resident Evil 4 spiritual successor The Evil Within, Tango Gameworks has in the past few years shown off a great deal of versatility – first with the open-world FPS Ghostwire: Tokyo, followed by the unique rhythm-based action game Hi-Fi Rush. Now, according to …

Recently, Capcom updated Resident Evil Village to remove Denuvo DRM from the game. It would seem that Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 also received updates recently, mysteriously removing ray-tracing features from both remakes.  While the removal of Denuvo from RE Village was a welcome change, the removal of …