The Metro series has never been a blockbuster franchise, with the games seeing a respectable amount of success relative to their popularity. That said, the latest entry in the series – Metro Exodus – seems to have broken free of this niche, as the game has sold over 8.5 million …

We put AMD's RX 7600 through its paces to find out what performance is on offer for £260

Nvidia's £389 RTX 4060 Ti has arrived - with 8GB VRAM, is this card DOA?

While Skull & Bones was finally due to release in November 2022, Ubisoft eventually pulled the plug, delaying the game once again. The new plan was to have the game released ‘early' in Ubisoft's current fiscal year, but as it turns out, the game was quietly pushed back further.  The …

Following a long string of leaks and rumours Sony finally made its much-anticipated PlayStation Showcase official. Set to go live this Wednesday the 24th of May, the console manufacturer has promised over an hour of announcements “focusing on PS5 and PS VR2 games in development from top studios from around the world”. Vague descriptors aside, we know next to nothing about this upcoming showcase – making for an exciting event indeed. With that, here’s my hopes and fears for the 2023 PlayStation Showcase.

We've known that 2K studio Cloud Chamber has been working away on a new BioShock game for a few years already, utilising the latest technologies, including Unreal Engine 5. Unfortunately, new leaks are claiming that the game is in a rough place right now.  Twitter leaker OopsLeaks, who has reported …

Blizzard hasn't had a chance to host a physical BlizzCon event since 2019. Back then, both Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 were announced and now in 2023, both of those games are set to release. Blizzard will have more to show and announce later in the year though, as the …

Back when Blizzard announced Overwatch 2 in 2019, many of us were confused as to why a sequel was necessary. Part of the reasoning on Blizzard's end was to include a PvE campaign, with hero talent trees and a whole new co-op narrative to play through. Now less than a …

The reboot of Modern Warfare back in 2019 was met with a great deal of praise, due to the game running on a highly updated engine and offering a solid campaign. Last year’s Modern Warfare II saw a drop in its critical reception for various reasons. Though it was previously announced that there would be no new COD game this year – instead being replaced by an expansion – this is no longer the case, with Call of Duty Modern Warfare III set to be officially announced later this year.

A number of GPU game bundles have leaked this year and it looks like that won't be slowing down anytime soon. The next Nvidia GeForce game bundle has now leaked, showing that the company will soon be giving away free copies of Diablo IV.  Diablo 4 was first announced back …

PixelOpus may not be one of Sony’s most well-known first-party PlayStation studios, but it was just as important – focusing on smaller scale and more arthouse-styled experiences. In a surprising move, despite the studio’s upward-trending trajectory, PixelOpus has unceremoniously been shut down. Making the announcement on Twitter, the official PixelOpus …

Someone is already testing Intel's upcoming Meteor Lake-P mobile platform. A CPU sample has been spotted on the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database, showing what appears to be the upcoming Core Ultra 5 1003H. The CPU name shown on the listing found by Benchleaks has not been seen before …

All the way back in Spring of 2019 it was announced that a live-action show based on the PlayStation franchise Twisted Metal was in production. Since then, we have seen very little from it, but with Twisted Metal set to release in 3 months time we have finally gotten our …

The GMMK Pro keyboard from Glorious launched back in 2021. It has a serious amount of customisation options which means it can be tailored to almost any preference. Is it the perfect product to dip your toes in to the world of custom mechanical keyboards?

Blasphemous is a side-scrolling metroidvania which started its life as a Kickstarter project. The game ultimately proved to be successful both commercially and critically upon its release in 2019. During Gamescom 2021, it was announced that a sequel to Blasphemous is on its way. Following a year and a half …

Mortal Kombat is one of the biggest names in fighting games, with the 30-year old franchise continuing to be stronger than ever decades on from its initial release. Ahead of the expected official announcement of Mortal Kombat 12, it has been revealed that the most recent entry – MK11 – …

Recently, Capcom updated Resident Evil Village to remove Denuvo DRM from the game. It would seem that Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 also received updates recently, mysteriously removing ray-tracing features from both remakes.  While the removal of Denuvo from RE Village was a welcome change, the removal of …

343 Industries has gone through some major changes this year. A round of layoffs at Microsoft in early 2023 saw the majority of the campaign team let go and other major studio leads have also departed the studio in recent months. Now, Frank O'Connor, the franchise director for Halo, is …

While fans have been waiting for a new single player Elder Scrolls game since 2011, the series’ MMO entry – The Elder Scrolls Online – has been trucking along since 2014, seeing consistent support and updates from the team at Zenimax Online Studios. This has helped the MMO carve a …

The RTX 4070 is here and today we put it through its paces in a whole heap of games

Recently, we learned that Xbox-exclusive, Quantum Break, is due to leave Xbox Game Pass this month. At the time, it was theorised that this was due to licensing issues, or perhaps Remedy buying back the IP from Microsoft as it did with Alan Wake back in 2019. Now, Microsoft has …

Following the overwhelming success of FromSoftware’s SoulsBorne series of games we have seen a whole host of other developers tackle this relatively new subgenre with their own takes on the formula. One of the most prominent titles is Bandai Namco’s Code Vein. Released back in 2019, the anime Souls-like has …

Control represents one of Remedy Entertainment’s most recent and biggest success stories, with the weird 3rd-person action adventure shooter amassing a player base of over 10 million. 10 million players does not mean 10 million copies sold, but when it comes to sales, Control has performed well for the studio, …

Respawn Entertainment hit it big with Apex Legends when the Titanfall spin-off Battle Royale launched in early 2019 – amassing an audience of well over 100 million players. The success of the free-to-play game has allowed for Respawn Entertainment to grow, with them announcing the opening of their 3rd studio; …

Just recently, we heard that Sony is developing a PS5 Pro console, indicating that the PlayStation 6 should arrive sometime between 2027 and 2028. Now, regulatory filings have confirmed that Microsoft is also working on its next generation of Xbox hardware and services.  The FTC is currently suing Microsoft to …

Last year shortly before Google announced plans to shut down Stadia, we learned that the company had been approaching publishers in an effort to license out Stadia's streaming tech as part of a pivot away from direct-to-consumer game sales. Stadia has now shut down for good and it seems those …

Since launching in 2019, Epic Games has run free game giveaways on a regular basis. If you're wondering how many free games get claimed, the numbers are pretty staggering. It turns out in 2022 alone, Epic gave away nearly 700 million games.  Over the course of 2022, Epic ran giveaways …

During its investigation into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, the CMA conducted various surveys, including one that found that roughly 15 percent of PlayStation users would switch to Xbox if Microsoft made Call of Duty exclusive. Microsoft conducted its own study on this, finding that the amount of users that would …

Destiny 2 has enjoyed a healthy user base for the entirety of the game’s 5+ years on the market. That said, the latest Lightfall DLC has been presented as a major moment for Destiny – and this has been met with a similarly major boost in the game’s player count; …

The last we heard, Starfield is still heading out in the first half of this year, but Bethesda has yet to put an official date on it. Sources claimed a few weeks ago that the game is now ‘fully playable' from start to finish, with the team primarily focusing on …