Over the course of a console’s life cycle, manufacturers may offer enhanced versions, such as with the PS4 Pro and cheaper versions (such as with the Switch Lite). There also exists a third type of revision, which serves as a simple SKU change with very subtle refinements. Such is the …
Read More »Amazon MMO ‘New World’ reportedly bricking RTX 3090 graphics cards
Last night, Amazon Game Studios' long in-development MMO, New World, entered closed beta, granting early access to pre-order customers. Those with an EVGA RTX 3090 graphics card will want to be wary, as reports indicate that the game is bricking these graphics cards. Over on the New World subreddit, Twitter …
Read More »AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT photos and benchmark scores leak
For now, we are still unsure about AMD launching the Radeon RX 6600 XT on August 11th, but while we wait for confirmation, new photos and benchmark results for the card have appeared online. Looking at the photos shared on Tieba Baidu (via VideoCardz), the card looks like a qualification …
Read More »Netflix will not charge users extra for game streaming
Recently we reported that Netflix appeared to be gearing up to bring game streaming to its more than 200 million subscribers. The service has now not only confirmed that this is the case, but also revealed that this new service will be included free of charge. During its most recent …
Read More »Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hard Drive RGB 2TB
It's an external USB 3.2 Gen1 hard drive with Razer RGB lighting - worth a punt at £125?
Read More »Windows 11 to release in October, according to Intel
While Windows Insiders are already running the Windows 11 preview build, the rest of us are waiting on a ‘late 2021' release window for Microsoft's upgraded operating system. As it turns out, ‘late 2021' could really mean October, according to Intel. In Intel's support document for the DCH GPU driver …
Read More »Ubisoft will bring its games to the Steam Deck “if it’s big”
The Steam Deck has proven to be a popular device, with reservations for the Steam handheld being pushed back deep into 2022 for those who were late to the party. It seems the device has caught the eye of Ubisoft, who now claims that they may support the platform “if …
Read More »Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Sells half a million copies
Doki Doki Literature Club was a surreal and genre-bending freeware visual novel released all the way back in 2017 for PC and was met with great enthusiasm across the industry. Now, nearly 4 years later, the expanded version of the game, which costs money, has sold over half a million …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass ends July with a mix of new and classic titles
Microsoft is closing out July with another strong line-up of titles for Xbox Game Pass. Over the next two weeks, 12 more games will be added to Game Pass, headlined by Microsoft Flight Simulator, which is coming to Xbox Series X/S for the first time. Aside from Microsoft Flight Simulator, …
Read More »Psychonauts 2 on PS5 is significantly worse than Xbox Series X
While Psychonauts 2 was originally funded through crowdfunding platforms, over the course of the game’s development, Microsoft purchased the game’s developers DoubleFine Productions. Though the game is still set to come to PlayStation platforms, it seems as though those versions will both look and run significantly worse than the Xbox …
Read More »Nvidia’s DLSS is coming to Back 4 Blood at launch
This week, Nvidia has announced that Turtle Rock Studios' upcoming co-op zombie shooter, Back 4 Blood, will support DLSS at launch, enabling AI-assisted performance gains for RTX graphics card users. We don't know what sort of performance improvement we can expect just yet, but with Back 4 Blood set to …
Read More »Oculus Quest 2’s base storage to be doubled to 128GB
The Oculus Quest 2 quickly became one of the most popular VR headsets following its release late last year, thanks to its solid hardware and relatively cheap price. One of the system’s few downsides was its base storage, which offered just 64GB. Now, it seems as though Oculus and Facebook …
Read More »VR exclusives Moss and GORN both sold over 1 million copies
In the gaming industry, the gold standard for a successful game typically rests at 1 million copies sold. This is even more so applicable to VR titles which have a significantly smaller install base. Even so, a few select games have hit this major milestone, with two new titles joining …
Read More »The Steam Deck will not suffer from Switch-like drift, says Valve
The announcement of the Steam Deck was met with a great deal of excitement. Being one of Valve’s first major forays into the gaming hardware market, the Switch-like portable gives PC players a new way to game. Being a handheld device however, some fans have expressed concern at the attached …
Read More »KitGuru Games: Returnal and the Power of the DualSense
In our latest KitGuru Games weekly column, I argue that many of the PS5’s features offer a noticeable step up from previous generations - such as the speed, graphics, frame rate and more - for me, the biggest game changer is the DualSense and the way in which it utilises haptic feedback and its triggers...
Read More »HP launches X34 ultra-wide gaming monitor with 165Hz refresh rate
HP's gaming monitor line-up is getting a new entry this month, the HP X34, not to be confused with Acer's own ultra-wide X34 monitor. The HP X34 packs an ultra-wide IPS panel with 1ms response times and a 165Hz refresh rate. The HP X34 comes with a 34-inch IPS panel …
Read More »Microsoft’s DirectStorage tech will be coming to Windows 10 after all
When Microsoft first announced that its DirectStorage technology would be coming to PC, it was assumed that the feature would work on Windows 10. When the company announced Windows 11, it said that the storage acceleration API would only be supported on the new OS. Fortunately, Microsoft has since reversed …
Read More »Nintendo pushes back on Switch OLED profit margin claims
It has been a few weeks since Nintendo announced the Nintendo Switch OLED model, featuring several design tweaks to the original handheld design and upgrading the display. Recently, reports claimed that the new OLED model did not cost much more to produce compared to the base model, giving Nintendo a …
Read More »Resident Evil Village update fixes PC DRM issues and adds FSR
Last week, it was confirmed that Resident Evil Village's dual-DRM system on PC was causing performance issues, including frame spikes and stuttering. Now, Capcom has begun pushing out an update to fix this, while also adding in AMD's newly launched FidelityFX Super Resolution technology. The update comes in at just …
Read More »AMD’s RX 6600 XT and RX 6600 rumoured to launch August 11th
We have been eagerly waiting for AMD to announce the Radeon RX 6600 series GPUs ever since the launch of the RX 6700 XT back in March. Until now, AMD hasn't yet shared an official release date for the mainstream series graphics cards, but a new rumour claims that they …
Read More »MSI GE76 Raider Review – RTX 3080/i9-11980HK
MSI's GE76 Raider comes with some high-end specs - but it's also priced at £4200
Read More »Nvidia’s 471.41 driver makes no difference to DLSS FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2
Last Friday we took a look at DLSS in Red Dead Redemption 2. Today however, three days on from our original analysis, Nvidia published a new Game Ready driver to offer 'players the best experience possible' when using DLSS in Red Dead Redemption 2. We ran a few benchmarks to see if the performance numbers have changed...
Read More »Tencent acquires SUMO Group for $1.3 Billion
SUMO Group is a British holding company known best for its subsidiary SUMO Digital. In a surprise announcement, it has now been revealed that Tencent, the Chinese multinational technology conglomerate, has acquired it, and its subsidiaries, in a deal that is north of a Billion Dollars. As Reported by Reuters, …
Read More »Flight Simulator takes up almost 100GB on Xbox
Following its launch in August 2020 on PC, Microsoft Flight Simulator will soon be coming to Xbox consoles. Those wishing to play the console version however will need to clear some SSD space, as the game looks to take up almost 100GB. In anticipation of its 27th of July release …
Read More »Kingston’s new FURY line-up of memory now available
With Kingston having sold its HyperX brand to HP back in February, the component manufacturer has since rebranded its lineup of “high-performance memory” to ‘FURY’. New memory under the FURY brand has now officially been released, offering plenty of options to choose from to suit all kinds of gaming rigs. …
Read More »RTX support is coming to ARM-based devices
For many, Ray-Tracing and its associated technologies represent the next major evolution in video games – akin to the shift from 2D to 3D or SD to HD. Until now however, Nvidia’s solution, which has proven to be the market leader in the technology, has been somewhat hampered by its …
Read More »Alder Lake vPro to release in Q1 2022 according to leaked roadmap
A recently leaked Intel roadmap suggests Alder Lake desktop and mobile vPro SKUs will be available for commercial clients in the first quarter of 2022. Moreover, a table detailing Windows 10 support on the Intel vPro series shows Alder Lake should be supported by the OS until 2023. According to …
Read More »Zalman CNPS10X Performa Black Cooler Review
Zalman is back in the mid-range cooler space - but how good is the CNPS10X Performa Black?
Read More »Samsung Exynos 2200 SoC to feature six RDNA 2 Compute Units
Since AMD announced it was working with Samsung to release a new SoC featuring RDNA 2 graphics, new leaks and rumours about this chip have started to ramp up. The latest is based on the structure diagram of the supposed Exynos 2200, which suggests the SoC will feature six Compute …
Read More »Steam Deck is already being scalped on eBay for up to twice the price
Steam Deck was only announced last week but scalpers have already started to put the console up for sale by more than double its MSRP. Searching for "Steam Deck" on eBay shows multiple listings of Valve's upcoming console, some priced at up to £1200...
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