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The past few months has seen Ubisoft commit itself to bringing its previously Epic Games Store exclusive titles to Steam. We have seen the likes of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Roller Champions, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game and more added to the storefront slowly but surely. Three years since …

The GP27U offers proper HDR, with 576 zones and mini-LED backlighting, for just £800

Typically Microsoft announces and adds titles to its Xbox Game Pass service on a consistent basis twice a month. January 2023 however was rather light on additions…until now as during the Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct a bunch of games were announced to be coming before the end of the …

The Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct has come and gone, bringing with it some expected announcements as well as a few surprises. Though its existence was leaked beforehand, Tango Gameworks of The Evil Within fame simultaneously announced and released Hi-Fi Rush – a rhythm focused action game “where the world …

The Day Before has garnered a lot of hype over the past year, going on to become the most wishlisted game on Steam and earning spots in big public keynotes, including Nvidia's recent GeForce Special Event at CES. However, fans are growing increasingly concerned about the game's development progress, as a promised gameplay trailer has been pushed back, along with the release of the game. 

We are less than two months away from the release of Respawn's highly anticipated Fallen Order sequel, Star Wars Jedi Survivor. The game is set to launch on PC (as well as consoles) on the 17th of March and now ahead of that date, EA has announced the game's minimum …

AMD's product pages for the upcoming Ryzen 7000X3D processors haven't been entirely accurate in the lead-up to launch. Previously, a page was updated to show a February 14th launch date, but this was later removed. Now, the product page has been updated again, this time with mention of unlocked overclocking.  …

Microsoft has already confirmed that Starfield won't be part of tonight's Xbox Developer Direct steam. Instead, the company will be focusing on titles like Redfall today. We may not be waiting long to get our next look at Starfield though, as Bethesda will reportedly host a media event in March.  …

Here's the latest addition to Noctua's popular NH-L9 line of low-profile CPU coolers: the new NH-L9a-AM5 and NH-L9a-AM5 chromax.black. With just 37mm of height, both models are aimed towards silent, ultra-compact HTPCs and Small Form Factor systems using AMD's new AM5-based Ryzen CPUs. Receiving over 100 awards, the original NH-L9a …

We've known about Nvidia's GDDR6X RTX 3060 Ti for a while now, but due to limited availability, the latest revision has not seen much public testing. That is starting to change, with one new review arriving, revealing a small performance bump over the original RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6 memory.  …

TT Games have long been the go-to studio for the many LEGO video game adaptations released over the years, and this seems to not be changing anytime soon. That said, while the studio was reportedly working on a big Disney-focused title, the project has since been shelved, with TT Games …

In most console generations we have seen systems updated and refreshed halfway through their life cycles, offering a slimmer, cheaper or in some other way different console to the launch variants. Surprisingly, last generation we saw the introduction of a PS4 Pro – being the first PlayStation system to get …

Leo checks out a bunch of ASUS ProArt motherboards and monitors

Late last year we reported that leaks claimed Fornite was set to crossover with Dead Space ahead of the remake’s release in January. With the remake mere days away, Isaac Clarke has now officially been added to Fortnite. Making the announcement on their blog, the Fortnite team said “Isaac… Isaac… …

We are less than 24 hours away from the Xbox and Bethesda developer direct where the console manufacturer is expected to show off a meaty selection of games both known and unknown. Ahead of the event, some last minute leaks have sprung, detailing at least one of the games seemingly …

Following some major successes, it seems as though the floodgates have been opened wide when it comes to the number of film and tv adaptations in the works based on original video game IPs. One rumoured project was claimed to be a Duke Nukem film, said to be in the …

Video game mods can help push titles to new heights, infinitely extending a game’s life cycle while also allowing for near endless kinds of content to be added. Typically, developers shy away from releasing modding tools for their games – with a decent selection of notable exceptions. Fortunately, Metro Exodus’ …

Marvel’s Avengers hasn’t had the most comfortable of existences, with the game launching to criticism – and its post-launch updates doing little to improve the consensus. All that said, it still comes as a huge surprise that Marvel’s Avengers is being wholly delisted later this year, meaning it will no …

After a great deal of hype and excitement, The Callisto Protocol launched to mixed opinions, with particular criticism being placed on the game’s PC performance. A little under two months after launch, New Game+ is now available as part of Callisto’s 3.01 update – bringing with it PC specific fixes …

Following the launch of Netflix’s The Witcher show, we saw the CDPR-developed RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt balloon in sales, pushing the game’s impressive sales even further. We are now witnessing a similar phenomenon with HBO’s The Last of Us, as game sales have now increased by over 300%. …

Persona 5 hit big for ATLUS when the game first launched all the way back in 2016. After many years of waiting the JRPG has finally come to all platforms. With P5 being over 6 years old already however,  excitement surrounding a potential Persona 6 has been bubbling, with a …

AMD is back with another game bundle, this time around for Ryzen 7000 series processors. AMD recently expanded the Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors with cheaper alternatives and now, anyone picking up one of these CPUs from a participating retailer will also get a free copy of Star Wars …

We've been hearing for a few months now that Netflix is planning on cracking down on ‘password sharing', putting an end to users sharing accounts between separate households. Many already cancelled their subscriptions due to this, but Netflix hasn't actually banned password sharing just yet. That should be changing pretty …

We were all surprised when Forspoken's PC system requirements were revealed earlier this month, calling for powerful GPUs like the RTX 3070 just to hit 30 frames per second. This has caused a lot of concern over the game's optimisation and PC performance. Fortunately, there will be a free demo …

A few years ago, Nintendo took some bold risks with the Fire Emblem franchise, adding new Persona-style social elements to the game and expanding the story to include three paths and a huge cast of likeable supporting characters. Now just a few years later, Fire Emblem is back in the spotlight, this time with Fire Emblem Engage. Unfortunately, this time around, the development team has shied away from the elements that helped Three Houses stand out so much. 

Batman is no stranger to the world of virtual reality, with a short but impressive VR experience being released for the platform back in 2017. It seems another virtual reality Batman game is in the works from the team that made 2020’s Iron Man VR. As discovered and first reported …

The 15th of January saw HBO’s The Last of Us premiere to a huge audience, with the episode reaching 4.7 million viewers during its airing – the second highest debut for HBO since 2010. News of the show’s quality seems to have spread like an infection, with the second episode …

EA's Dead Space Remake is shaping up to be a hit, delivering a modern retelling of the original game with improvements to gameplay and a huge graphical overhaul. As it turns out, there will be one surprise change in the remake with the addition of an alternate ending.  While the …

Many of us were excited for Forspoken following its initial PS5 reveal trailer. Since then, a round of divisive previews put the breaks on the hype train. Now with the review embargo lifted, we can take a proper look at what Forspoken does well, and where it falls short. 

CD Projekt Red found itself in hot water with fans due to lofty expectation-raising statements made through Cyberpunk 2077's development. In a recent Polish interview, the company appeared to state that Phantom Liberty, the upcoming expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, would be its ‘biggest expansion' to date, but there is an …