“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad”. This is a quote that has echoed throughout the video games industry. First said by Nintendo veteran and the father of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, the quote has been used and abused over the years when discussing the ever common practice of delaying games. But is it true?

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. Since then, the team at ‘The Game Kitchen’ have been releasing DLC for the game. Ahead of the final piece of …

Azure cloud services have become a core pillar of Microsoft's business over the years, attracting many Fortune 500 companies as clients. Unfortunately, many of those clients had their data exposed by a huge vulnerability that has been present since 2019.  As reported by The Verge, Microsoft recently became aware of …

The DisplayPort 2.0 standard was announced in 2019, and like other technologies, development has been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, two years later, we're seeing the first signs of products featuring the new display connection technology, specifically the upcoming AMD RDNA 3 GPUs. As spotted by Phoronix, the AMD …

Recently, we've seen two companies confirm cooler support for Intel's upcoming LGA1700 socket, which is expected to be used for Alder Lake processors and motherboards later this year. Now, Noctua is joining that list, confirming plans to offer free LGA1700 brackets to customers who have already purchased one of their …

During the Halo Infinite multiplayer preview a few weeks ago, players quickly discovered that assassinations weren't present in the game. As it turns out, 343 Industries made the decision to remove them and it doesn't sound like they will be coming back.  Assassinations have long been a feature in Halo …

Back in 2019, Apple filed a lawsuit against software company ‘Corellium’, for selling virtualisation software for iOS on the grounds of infringement. Now, rather than taking the case to trial, Apple has settled the lawsuit, possibly due to mounting pressure over the locked-down nature of iOS.  In Apple’s lawsuit filing, …

With the Back 4 Blood open beta set to kick off and RTX-supported title, Naraka: Bladepoint launching this week, it is time for a new GeForce driver update. The new driver is available today and aside from day-one optimisations for new titles, this driver also adds support for seven new …

Over the last few years, we've seen the Tales Of series of JRPGs take a long break. The latest game in the series, Tales of Arise, was due to release in 2020 but was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now, just ahead of the game's new September 2021 …

AMD's RX 6600 XT is aimed squarely at 1080p gamers, but is it better than the RTX 3060?

Pristine copies of the original Super Mario Bros. have been popping up at auctions over the last couple of years, netting the owners huge sums of money. The last copy of the game sold for a record $660,000, only to be beaten out by a copy of Super Mario 64, …

AMD's Ryzen 5000 series of APUs are finally available to DIY users - but is the 5700G any good?

Just one day after Intel detailed its process node roadmap and naming changes, rival chip maker, TSMC, has received approval for its most advanced fabrication facility yet. Once set up, this facility will be used to build TSMC 2nm chips for various clients.  The Environmental Review Committee (via Nikkei Asia) …

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Despite first releasing all the way back in 1992, the Mortal Kombat franchise is seemingly bigger than ever. Just two years after its release in April 2019, Mortal Kombat 11 has become the best selling game in the franchise, with over 12 million copies sold. As announced by NetherRealm Studios …

Rainbow Six: Siege is one of Ubisoft’s biggest success stories in recent years, with the tactical multiplayer first-person shooter surpassing over 70 million players. With just how successful the game has been, and how well the team has utilised the games-as-a-service-model, it seems that there are no plans for a …

Respawn Entertainment has quickly gone from being one of EA’s most underappreciated studios, to becoming one of their most valued developers. After creating the Titanfall franchise, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Apex Legends, the studio is said to be working on a new game set in a “unique universe.” …

Detroit Become Human is the latest game from Quantic Dream, the French video game developer known most prominently for creating choice-based story focused adventure games. Their biggest and most ambitious title, Detroit Become Human, was released in 2018 on PlayStation 4, before coming to PC a year later. Three years …

Following on from the Acer Thronos and Razer’s Project Brooklyn, Cooler Master has become the latest company to announce a ‘gaming throne’ designed around full immersion. The Cooler Master Orb X is a uniquely designed, multi-purpose gaming pod aimed at both gamers and professionals. The Cooler Master Orb X has a semi-enclosed …

Activision is no stranger to cheaters in its games, with Call of Duty being a target of cheat makers each year due to its popularity. Recently, a new kind of cheat was discovered, using machine learning and automatic input commands to allow aimbot on consoles. As you would expect, Activision …

Intel hasn't launched new HEDT processors since late 2019, and according to a recently leaked roadmap, anyone waiting for them might still have to wait a year. By looking at the roadmap, it seems Intel is developing a new workstation HEDT platform based on Sapphire Rapids for Q2 2022.

Mortal Kombat 11 has been receiving updates since launch in 2019, but after two years, the Aftermath DLC, and 12 additional characters, the developers are ending work on the game. Moving forward, NetherRealm Studios will be focusing its resources on its next game. The news was shared by the official …

Each month, PlayStation offers a number of games for free to all those with a PS Plus account. Since the release of the PS5, Sony has offered 3 titles each month: 2 PS4 games and a PS5 title. This month’s new games have been announced, including a Call of Duty …

Distro Plate 2.0 is ready, let the WD_Blackout build commence!

Focus Home Interactive has become a well known publisher for making impressive and AAA-feeling games despite moderate budgets. One of the publisher’s most high-profile games in recent years was GreedFall, a 2019 action-RPG set in a fictional 17th century world offering combat, diplomacy, multiple choices and stealth. A next-gen patch …

While the story of Clementine seemingly concluded with the release of the final season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead back in 2019, the fan-favourite character is now returning to the world of The Walking Dead – but this time in graphic novel form. Announced by Image and Skybound as part …

Samsung has another foldable phone coming later this year. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, which has yet to be officially announced, is currently going through FCC approval, giving us an early look at some of the features we can expect.  The Galaxy Z Fold 3 was certified by the …

Back in 2019, Microsoft became the third company to reach a $1 trillion market cap. Now in 2021, Microsoft has hit a new milestone, becoming the second company to be worth $2 trillion USD.  Microsoft reached the $1 trillion milestone in Q2 2019, just behind Apple and Amazon. In August …

With E3 officially coming to an end, it’s time to see which games and conferences ‘won’ E3. One of the biggest hubs for discussing E3 was Twitter. The social media platform has now released its list for the most discussed games, and while some of these entrants are understandable, others …

During Computex 2021, AMD confirmed that it has been working with Samsung to develop a new mobile SoC with integrated RDNA 2 graphics. We initially thought we would see this new chip later this month, but it looks like Samsung won't be unveiling its new flagship Exynos chip until July.  …