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While the Lord of the Rings universe is rich with stories; lore; characters and more (all of which are perfect to be adapted into video game form), the franchise has struggled to release a quality game in quite some time – with its most recent high being the 2014 open-world ‘Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor’. That said, following the likes of LOTR Gollum and the middling Return to Moria, a big-budget ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ styled 3rd-person Lord of the Rings game is reportedly in the works.

Ahead of Microsoft’s end-of-support for Windows 10, Capcom announced that its Monster Hunter titles will no longer be supported on the platform from next month.

Over a decade from release (and years since its sequel launched) PAYDAY 2 has now added a subscription service, letting you rent the game’s DLC.

20 years after introducing their first wireless controller, Sony is reportedly set to finally include a removable battery in its upcoming DualSense V3.

It looks like AMD is hard at work on the next iteration of its driver-level frame generation technology. Evidence of AMD Fluid Motion Frames 3 (AFMF3) has been discovered in a recent Radeon driver package, suggesting that an update to the popular feature is already well into development. Mentions of …

Endorfy has launched the Thock V2, a refresh of its mechanical keyboard lineup that includes 17 different variants right out of the gate. The new series, which comes in a grey, is packed with enthusiast-grade features including multi-layer sound dampening, hot-swappable switches, and new custom switch options. The keyboard series …

At one point in time, Yakuza was a very niche videogame series, with little recognition outside of Japan. That changed when RGG Studio brought Yakuza 0 and the other games to more platforms worldwide. In a recent interview, RGG director and producer, Masayoshi Yokoyama gave credit to PC gamers for helping to globalise the series. 

The rumour mill for Nvidia's RTX 50 series mid-generation refresh has just been fed with interesting information. Seasonic has added two unannounced GeForce RTX 50 Super graphics cards to its online PSU calculator, giving us our first look at their potential power targets and adding significant weight to the rumours …

At the Tokyo Game Show last week, many Japanese developers spoke up in interviews. One such developer was Naoki Hamaguchi, the director behind Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Hamaguchi shared an update on the upcoming third game in the Final Fantasy 7 trilogy, but beyond that, he also provided an update …

Konami has been slowly reintroducing the gaming world to the Silent Hill IP over the last few years. Just last month, Silent Hill f launched as the highest-rated original entry in over two decades. Now, sales have surpassed the 1 million milestone. With a Metacritic score of 85 and an …

Over the weekend, reports claimed that a group of investors were in 'advanced talks' to acquire EA in a deal worth roughly $50 billion. Now, EA has confirmed this to be true, with plans to sell to a consortium of investors for $55 billion. 

Possessor(s), the latest game to be announced by the creators of the Hyper Light series, has a release date set. The release is now scheduled for November 11th for PC and PS5. Alongside the announcement, the developer has published a new trailer featuring additional gameplay footage. Possessor's combat system is …

Following its initial release last year, the classic PC MMORPG Habbo Hotel: Origins is officially coming to Steam 'soon'.

This prebuilt from CyberPowerPC packs as much MSI hardware as you can get in a desktop

Gearbox has teased its first DLC Vault Hunter for Borderlands 4 – with the luck-based 'C4SH' set to arrive in Q1 of 2026.

As part of the Swiss gaming convention Zurich Popcon, Nintendo seems to have leaked the existence of a bunch of TT Games LEGO titles coming to Switch 2.

Following reports that Costco was no longer stocking Xbox consoles, the US retailer confirmed “we don’t have any plans going forward to carry an Xbox console.”

We've heard several times over the years that Rockstar had at one point planned to make Bully 2. Various leaks have supported this idea over the years but now, former Rockstar head and co-founder, Dan Houser, has spoken publicly on it for the very first time. Dan Houser, who now …

It looks like LG is finally getting in on the glossy OLED action. A new monitor, the LG UltraGear 27GX704A-B, has just been listed on Amazon in the US, and it appears to be the company's first display to use the new and improved glossy version of its popular 27-inch 240Hz WOLED panel.

Over the past five years, there have been numerous reports claiming that EA has been looking for a buyer. At one point, they were apparently in talks to join the Disney group, but that ultimately fell through. Now, it is claimed that a group of investors are looking to spend …

It has been well over a year since the successful launch of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the second part in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy. It sounds like Part 3 might be with us sooner than we expected, as a good chunk of the game content is already playable.  …

UK games studio, Splash Damage, is splitting off from Tencent. The company had been acquired by a Chinese company in 2016, which was then acquired by Tencent in 2020. Now, after multiple cancellations, Splash Damage has split off from the company in a move towards independence.  As reported by GI.biz, …

It's a tale as old as time in the world of PC hardware: flashing the BIOS of a more powerful graphics card onto its weaker sibling to unlock more performance. A user on the Radeon subreddit has just done exactly that with the latest RDNA 4 hardware, successfully flashing an …

ASRock has unveiled a new, limited-edition graphics card for fans of Monster Hunter. The company has partnered with Capcom to release the ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, featuring a completely custom design inspired by the game. The card's aesthetic is inspired by the “Arkveld” monster from the game. The …

Corsair has unveiled a new line of gaming keyboards, marking a departure from its long-running K-series branding. The new Vanguard series is launching with two models, the Vanguard 96 and the top-tier Vanguard Pro 96, both of which are absolutely packed with high-end features for gamers and streamers, including an …

The upcoming Yooka-Replaylee remake/remaster will run at just 30fps on Switch 2, owing to “limited time with the development kits.”

October looks set to be a strong month for PlayStation Plus, with subscribers getting their hands on the excellent Alan Wake 2.

IOI have overhauled their VR mode in HITMAN World of Assassination, with PC VR players receiving all of the enhancements from the PSVR2 version and more.

Borderlands 4 may very well be the best entry in the much-loved looter-shooter franchise. Unfortunately, the game stumbled out of the gate somewhat with a plethora of optimisation issues, performance woes, bugs and a lack of options on console. Though there is still work to be done, Gearbox have now released their first big post-launch patch, introducing stability and performance improvements, refinements, and an FOV slider on console.

We put the RX 5700 XT head-to-head against three Gigabyte RDNA 4-based GPUs