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Late last month, Intel announced plans to invest $20 billion to build new foundries to produce chips for other companies and compete with the likes of TSMC. It seems that TSMC has some major plans of its own, with the semiconductor company reportedly set to invest $100 billion in expanding …

E3 is just a few months away and the ESA is slowly starting to confirm its plans for digital content in lieu of a physical event this year. While reports yesterday claimed that parts of the show may be tucked behind a paywall, the ESA has since stated that the …

While CD Projekt Red has decided to “reconsider” its plans for a standalone Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer game, the studio is not dropping future plans for additional single-player content, with free DLCs and expansions still on the way. Speaking on a conference call with investors, CD Projekt's Senior VP of business …

We learned last year that Remedy was working on two unannounced projects, both of which are being funded and published by Epic Games. Now, we may know what one of this projects is, as sources this week claim that Remedy is indeed working on Alan Wake 2.  Alan Wake originally …

NZXT tries its hand at a B550 motherboard - but is it successful?

MSI has introduced its new Summit E Flip series of business laptops. Featuring Tiger Lake-U processors and up to an RTX 3050 laptop GPU, the series consists of two thin convertible laptops: the E13 Flip Evo and the E16 Flip.  The MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo is a compact laptop …

The video game cheats business is huge, with some companies raking in millions by selling subscriptions to consistently updated cheats for different games. Perhaps the largest video game cheating operation was recently shut down, after a crackdown by police in China.  According to The BBC, Chinese police in the city …

We learned back in January that LG was considering shutting down or selling off its smartphone business. Now, it seems that the company has made a decision, with reports indicating that LG is indeed done with smartphones. According to sources speaking with The Korea Times, LG is pulling out of …

A new leak has surfaced, giving us more early details for Nvidia's upcoming RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti GPUs for laptops. A new report this week is claiming details on specifications and more importantly, performance, with comparisons between the RTX 3050 and other Nvidia laptop GPUs.  According to Notebookcheck, …

Both Intel and AMD have been using different standards to name their process nodes. At first glance, Intel's 10nm process node might seem inferior to TSMC's 7nm, leaving Intel looking like it has a less advanced node when both have a similar density. To avoid these comparisons, Intel is planning …

Genshin Impact has become a massive success following its release last year. Currently available on PS4, mobile and PC, the team at MiHoYo have now announced that a native PS5 version will be released sometime later this Spring, featuring “enhanced visuals, fast loading, and DualSense controller support.” Though little is …

Despite concerns about COVID-19, Mobile World Congress is pushing ahead with plans to hold a physical event this year. If it does end up taking place as planned, then MWC 2021 will have less industry presence compared to previous years, as a number of big companies have dropped out, including …

Each month, PlayStation offers a number of games for free to all of those with a PlayStation Plus subscription. For the month of April, subscribers can get their hands on Days Gone, Oddworld: Soulstorm, and Zombie Army 4: Dead War. all three titles will be available from the 6th of …

It has been months since Bethesda first announced plans for Xbox Series X/S and PS5 upgrade patches for The Elder Scrolls Online. Things fell silent after the initial announcement but this week as part of the Blackwood Chapter Preview stream, we finally got an update, with the next-gen console versions …

Computex won't be returning to its normal format this year after all...

Each month, Microsoft offers a number of titles for free to all those with an Xbox Live Gold subscription. Though in some ways less enticing than Game Pass, Games with Gold titles remain in your library for as long as you are subscribed to the service. The console manufacturer has …

No Man’s Sky has gone from a great disappointment to far exceeding the game’s original promise. Though Hello Games have more than redeemed themselves for the open-universe title’s bad launch, the studio continues to pump out new and free updates, the latest of which adds Galactic Expeditions, a new HUD …

Can Intel's i5-11600K prove more competitive than the i9-11900K?

Since its release in November, Insomniac Games have been updating Spider-Man: Miles Morales with a number of new and experimental features. Previously, they added a 60fps mode which included ray-tracing, giving players the best of both worlds. In a surprise update, certain suits from the game will now feature “realistic …

Yesterday, Nvidia began rolling out a fairly major GeForce driver update, bringing a bunch of new gaming-oriented features and optimisations. One new feature wasn't mentioned though – this driver also adds beta support for GPU passthrough on GeForce GPUs. With this, users can utilise a physical GPU to run games on …

Mushkin is in the headlines this week with two new SSD lines. With its Gamma series, Mushkin is the latest storage manufacturer launching PCIe 4.0 SSDs with maximum read speeds above 7,000MB/s. Additionally, the company also launched the Delta SSD series, offering a supposedly cheaper PCIe 4.0 SSD solution while keeping …

While Death Stranding may have been a divisive game, most agree that the title had a unique and excellent soundtrack which perfectly complemented the world of the game. Ludvig Forssell, who composed the soundtrack for Death Stranding and other Kojima games, has now announced his departure from Kojima Productions. Making …

It has been nine months since Bang & Olufsen and Xbox announced a new partnership to deliver “high-end gaming audio”. Things fell silent pretty quickly but that changed this week, with the announcement of the Beoplay Portal, a multi-platform wireless headset aimed at Xbox and PC gamers. Typically when we …

It is officially World Backup Day and to mark the occasion. If you're in need of a storage upgrade, then this week is a good time to shop around, as Western Digital is having a sale on a number of hard drives, SSDs and portable storage offerings, with discounts of …

2016’s Ratchet and Clank serves as a reimagining of the long-running PlayStation mascot platformer. In the lead up to its much-anticipated sequel on PS5, Insomniac Games announced that the original game would be updated to run at 60fps on PS5 consoles. Making the surprise announcement on Twitter, Insomniac Games said …

Back in 2017, Apple attempted to break away from Qualcomm, filing a $1 billion lawsuit and accusing the company of anti-competitive practices with its licensing agreements. Following Apple's lead, the FTC also filed a case against Qualcomm, alleging anti-competitive behaviour. Apple dropped its side of the legal battle in 2019 …

A day ahead of the game's launch, People Can Fly has updated the PC system requirements for Outriders. While the demo had its own set of system requirements on PC, the launch update includes an ultra settings section for those looking to play at 4K and 60 frames per second.  …

Late last year, CD Projekt Red announced plans to upgrade The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for next-gen consoles and PC. Things have been quiet since, but the studio gave us a brief update this week, pointing to a release in the second half of 2021.  Saber Interactive, the team behind …

In the build-up to Cyberpunk 2077's launch, CD Projekt Red teased that it was working on a big multiplayer spin-off for release sometime in the next couple of years. Unfortunately, it looks like that project may no longer see the light of day, as the studio has “reconsidered” its plans. …

This is the third RX 6700 XT we've reviewed, but can it compete with the Sapphire Nitro+?