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 …
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Call of Duty 2023 will be titled ‘Modern Warfare III’
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.
Read More »Leak shows Nvidia will soon be giving away Diablo 4 with RTX GPUs
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 …
Read More »First-party PlayStation studio PixelOpus shuts down
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 …
Read More »Intel Meteor Lake-P Core Ultra 5 1003H to have 18 threads and 128 GPU cores
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 …
Read More »First poster for the Twisted Metal show released
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 …
Read More »Glorious GMMK Pro Keyboard Review
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?
Read More »Blasphemous 2 officially launching this Summer
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 …
Read More »Mortal Kombat 11 reportedly made over half a Billion Dollars in profit
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 – …
Read More »Ray tracing removed from Resident Evil 2 and 3 Remake on Steam
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 …
Read More »Halo franchise director leaves Microsoft
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 …
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Online officially surpasses 22 million players
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 …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 4070 Review ft. Gigabyte and Palit
The RTX 4070 is here and today we put it through its paces in a whole heap of games
Read More »Microsoft reportedly working to renew licenses to keep Quantum Break on Game Pass
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 …
Read More »Anime Souls-like Code Vein surpasses 3 million copies shipped
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 …
Read More »Remedy’s Control has officially sold over 3 million copies
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, …
Read More »Respawn opens new studio to keep Apex Legends alive through 2038 and beyond
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; …
Read More »The FTC reveals Microsoft is already working on next-gen Xbox
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 …
Read More »Google no longer licensing Stadia tech to game publishers, service has completely shut down
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 …
Read More »Almost 700 million free games were claimed on the Epic Games Store in 2022
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 …
Read More »Microsoft claims just 3% of PlayStation users would switch to Xbox if COD was exclusive
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 …
Read More »Destiny 2’s Lightfall DLC pushes game to new concurrent record on Steam
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; …
Read More »Starfield showcase announcement ‘imminent’
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 …
Read More »Larian founder hints that Baldur’s Gate 3 will release on Xbox too
Last night during Sony's State of Play stream, Larian Studios made a surprise appearance with a new trailer for Baldur's Gate 3, confirming that the game will release on PlayStation later this year. While no Xbox version has been confirmed yet, Larian founder, Swen Vincke, seems to be hinting that …
Read More »There will be a new Call of Duty game in 2023 after all
For months now, we've been hearing that Activision plans to release an expansion for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 this year, in lieu of a brand new Call of Duty game. As it turns out, those plans have now changed. According to new reports, Sledgehammer's expansion has since grown …
Read More »The Division 2 Season 11 update delayed again due to major bug
While Ubisoft is more than willing to kill off less-than-successful live service titles, the ones that do succeed tend to receive MANY years of updates. One such title is The Division 2. Released in 2019, the game is set to soon get its 11th season however due to a new …
Read More »The Coalition’s new IP has been cancelled, studio now focusing on Gears 6
Since releasing Gears 5 back in 2019, The Coalition has been pretty quiet. The studio has revealed publicly that it is currently working on projects with Unreal Engine 5, but it would seem that plans for a new IP have now been scrapped following on from recent lay-offs at Microsoft. …
Read More »Starfield is ‘playable from start to finish’ but release date still in flux
While a good chunk of Xbox's recent Developer Direct showcase focused on Redfall, Bethesda's other major 2023 game, Starfield, was unfortunately absent. While the game's release date is still a mystery, we have recently learned that the game is indeed complete, in the sense that it can be played from …
Read More »Apple has reportedly paused development on its own iPhone WiFi chips
Back in 2019, Apple acquired Intel's smartphone modem business for roughly $1 billion, giving Apple everything it needs to develop its own WiFi chips for future devices. We've yet to see Apple make the jump to its own WiFi modems in the iPhone and it looks like the company will …
Read More »Deep Rock Galactic has sold over 5.5 million units
Deep Rock Galactic is a fun co-op first-person shooter which sees players working together to mine underground resources in full-destructible environments – all the while trying to hold back the horde of enemies coming your way. Since its early access release in 2018, the game has gone from strength to …
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