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While AMD's new Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards are likely to steal most of the headlines this week, AMD is also quietly disrupting the professional GPU market. Today, AMD officially announced the Instinct MI100, the “world's fastest HPC accelerator”. AMD claims that the Instinct MI100 accelerator is the world's …

Earlier this month, a remake of cult-classic shooter XIII launched. The game was mostly known for its comic-book art style but unfortunately, the remake went in another direction. Beyond that, the game has arrived in an unpolished state with lots of bugs, forcing the developers and publisher to apologise to …

When Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order first launched, many fans celebrated the title for being an action adventure title with a focus on fun gameplay and a single player story. It is no surprise therefore that the game sold well. What may come as a surprise however is the fact …

NieR: Automata took many by surprise when it first launched back in 2017. Since then the game has gone on to sell far beyond Square Enix’s expectations, bringing a new set of eyes onto the franchise. In the wake of this success a remaster/remake of the original NieR game was …

One of the biggest upgrades for the Oculus Quest 2 was an improved display refresh rate, making the new headset capable of 90Hz. Now after a few weeks on the market, the big 90Hz-enabling update is finally arriving.  Over the weekend, Oculus began rolling out the first major update for …

Ever since Call of Duty first hit it big, the franchise has consistently topped the charts, both during its launch week, as well as throughout the year. It therefore came as a major surprise when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which launched in the same week as Black Ops Cold War, actually …

Over the weekend, it emerged that Ubisoft was leaving behind achievements for its PC games, starting with Assassin's Creed Valhalla. This information made its way out via an Ubisoft Support member, but Ubisoft is now brushing this away, claiming that it was a case of miscommunication.  In an update posted …

With many live service games spanning years – and now generations – it would make sense that developers would use the increased power of newer systems to make for an improved gaming experience. Such is the case with Call of Duty’s Battle Royale game ‘Warzone’ which has seen an Xbox …

Basemark database entries of an “AMD Radeon RX 6900 series” GPU have surfaced, placing it above both the Nvidia RTX 2080Ti and the RTX 3070. Despite being named “AMD Radeon RX 6900 series”, the entry details show that it is indeed a Radeon RX 6800. As a benchmark, Basemark isn't …

Gigabyte is refreshing the Brix line of Mini-PCs with AMD Renoir APUs, joining the ranks of the models with Intel Tiger Lake-U processors. These new Brix models haven't been fully detailed yet, but Gigabyte shared some of the specifications this week. As per ComputerBase, the latest refresh to the Gigabyte …

As the release of the Radeon RX 6000 series comes closer, leaks and early details have begun frequently coming out. This time, it's regarding the overclocking potential of the Radeon RX 6800, which should also extend to the Radeon RX 6800XT and the RX 6900XT.

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It seems that Nvidia is developing an alternative technology similar to AMD's Smart Access Memory to work on RTX 30 series GPUs. Nvidia's version will also include support for both Intel and AMD CPUs.  During AMD's Radeon RX 6000 announcement, the company introduced a new technology named Smart Access Memory. …

Intel has already started to ship its first Tiger Lake processors, but higher-end Tiger Lake processors are expected to come in early 2021. As the release of these mobile high-powered processors comes closer, the first benchmark of a Tiger Lake-H processors has been spotted. For now, Intel has only released …

PS5 doesn't fully support displays with QHD resolution, but MSI has the perfect solution for that. MSI is bringing ‘Console Mode' to its 1440p monitors, allowing you to play in a QHD resolution by downscaling a 4K signal to a QHD resolution, but only on a certain set of MSI …

At launch, it swiftly became clear that the RTX 30 series graphics cards were in high demand and very short supply. There are still pre-order customers sitting in lengthy queues to get their hands on a GPU. As one of the most popular AIBs around, ASUS ROG is right in …

Microsoft has been stacking cards in its favour for the upcoming generation of gaming, having doubled down on powerful hardware and a slew of first-party development studios. A lot of consumers are already buying into Microsoft's next-gen promises too, with the Xbox Series X/S having the “biggest launch in Xbox …

Koei Tecmo had a cult hit on its hands a few years ago with the release of Nioh on PS4. Earlier this year, that was followed up on with the launch of Nioh 2, which similarly to the first game, has been a timed PlayStation exclusive. That is changing soon …

Earlier this year, Ubisoft announced plans to transition away from uPlay and instead introduce Ubisoft Connect for PC and consoles. The service would pave the way for cross-platform save files and other benefits. Unfortunately for those on PC though, there is the impending removal of a feature – achievements. Achievements …

While we thought that Episode 4 of Night City Wire would be the series' last, Cyberpunk 2077's recent delay into December has opened up a schedule gap. With that in mind, there will be another episode of Night City Wire coming this month.  Cyberpunk 2077 is no longer releasing on …

The launch of any new major game often comes with a great deal of downloading, due to the sizes of patches and updates. This bandwidth usage is increased tenfold with the launch of a new console however. According to internet service providers, there was record demand for bandwidth on Tuesday …

One of Sony’s biggest PlayStation 5 launch exclusives is undoubtedly Demon’s Souls. The remake of the PS3 classic has been received with a great deal of excitement due partly to the studio behind the remake, Bluepoint Games, which has made a name for itself through remastering and faithfully remaking many …

It seems that Super Flower is getting back into the CPU cooler market with three new products. Besides the Neon 122 air tower cooler, Super Flower will also launch two Neon AIO liquid coolers – the Neon 240 and the Neon 360.  Starting with the Neon 122, this cooler features …

Ghost of Tsushima surprised many when it saw immediate commercial success following its launch with “more than 2.4 million units sold through globally in its first 3 days of sales”. Since then, the open-world samurai/ninja title has continued to sell well, with the game now having officially sold over 5 …

Apple is promising that the 2020 MacBook Air is faster than “98 percent of PC laptops sold in the last year”, and based on new benchmark scores, there's a good chance that it will be. The Apple M1 APU is the company's first laptop processor. Powered by TSMC's 5nm process node, …

When 2018’s God of War reboot/sequel was first released, many celebrated the game as being a highly successful reinvention of the long-running franchise. The game was a critical and commercial success, becoming the fastest selling first-party PlayStation 4 title at the time. Two and a half years on from release, …

It seems that January will be a month full of graphics cards launches. Besides the RTX 3080Ti, new rumours suggest that Nvidia is also planning to launch the RTX 3060, the RTX 3050Ti, and the RTX 3050 in the same month. There is also the possibility that AMD launches the …

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EA is no stranger to lawsuits, particularly in the wake of the Battlefront II loot box controversy. Since then, folks have been taking a harder look at FIFA Ultimate Team, one of EA's biggest sources of income each quarter. The latest class-action lawsuit claims EA uses Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment to …