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After spending years in the competitive PC FPS space with little to no competition, Counter Strike found an equal in the form of Valorant; the latest title from League of Legends makers Riot Games. Having grown over the course of the past few years on PC, Riot Games look set …

Heart Machine, the developer behind Hyper Light Drifter, has announced that their upcoming co-op rogue-lite prequel, Hyper Light Breaker, will be released in early access on PC this summer.  After delaying Hyper Light Breaker twice, Heart Machine expects to launch the game on Steam Early Access in just a few …

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, the single-player survival spin-off of the popular co-op mining game, has recently reached an impressive milestone by selling over 1,000,000 copies in just one month of being released on Steam Early Access. To commemorate the achievement, the developer Funday Games and publisher Ghost Ship have released …

We first heard about plans for a PS5 Pro last year, a more powerful model with a beefed up GPU for improved ray-tracing performance to sell alongside the standard PS5 system, which underwent a redesign late last year to introduce a detachable disc drive. The latest leak includes some extra details on specs, as well as some information on a new Super Resolution technology for improved visuals. 

Intel Application Optimisation is a tool designed to optimise the performance of specific games by using intelligent thread scheduling. While this tool has proven to significantly enhance performance in specific games, its list of supported games and CPUs has been limited. That is now changing, as Intel is adding 12 …

We already knew that Helldivers 2 has been a huge success so far. One look at the game's high concurrent player counts on Steam proves that. The story got more impressive when we learned that sales of the game were growing week to week, avoiding the usual decline many other …

Yesterday, the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection had a very disappointing launch. Players logged into the game to find a low number of available servers, bugs, and an unreasonably large 70GB+ install size. Now, Aspyr has spoken out about some of the game's problems, promising fixes. Aspyr addressed the situation …

Cherry is launching its first gaming keyboard to feature its new MX2A switches. The Cherry XTRFY K5V2 is a compact 65% keyboard, equipped with Red MX2A switches, the latest version of Cherry's renowned mechanical switches with some key design tweaks. The MX2A switches ship with a new spring design, changing …

A team of expert overclockers from around the world have broken four world records with Intel's new Core i9-14900KS, including the world record for speed...

Gameloft, known for the development of various popular mobile games and Disney Dreamlight Valley, has recently announced a partnership with Hasbro to create a new Dungeons & Dragons game set in the Forgotten Realms universe. The game promises to be a combination of survival, life simulation, and action role-playing, focusing …

Humble Bundles offer a strong selection of thematically linked titles on a regular basis for a heavily discounted cost. The latest bundle offers a collection of the now-unfortunately-shuttered Volition Studios’ best work, including Saints Row and Red Faction. Available to purchase for the next 3 weeks, the ironically-named Plaion: The …

Each week, Epic Games offers a title or two for free to all those with an EGS account. Though not always the most exciting offerings, this week’s release includes the most recent entry in the dormant Deus Ex series. Available to add to your library right now (and will remain …

With the release of the Steam Deck back in 2022, Valve has been keeping track of exactly what kind of games owners have been playing on its portable handheld. With us having entered the Steam Deck’s 3rd year on the market, Valve has revealed the top 100 most played games …

Ahead of the annual Game Developers Conference, Nvidia has announced a lengthy list of games – both old and upcoming – which are set to be further enhanced by its RTX capabilities; with the likes of Diablo IV set to get ray-traced reflections and shadows in just a few short …

Zalman has recently launched the P30 Air Micro-ATX cases designed for maximum airflow. The case is available in two colours, black and white, and features panel perforations throughout the front panel and along the sides of the bottom half. The left panel covers only the top compartment, while the right …

Although Nvidia's Blackwell GPU line-up should be mostly similar to Ada in terms of memory specifications, the flagship seems to be the exception. Instead of a 384-bit memory bus like the one used on the AD102 GPU, the successor, the GB202, is expected to feature a 512-bit memory bus. Not …

Intel first debuted a ‘KS' version of its flagship chip with the Core i9-9900KS back in October 2019, and the tradition has carried on each generation since. Today, Intel unveils its latest ‘KS' chip, the Core i9-14900KS, reaching 6.2GHz speeds out of the box.  While most enthusiasts will be happy …

While many case manufacturers have been using a two-sided tempered glass panel design, Jonsbo stands out as one of the select few to achieve a truly refined iteration of this design by using a single curved piece of glass (like the Montech King 95). This design approach removes the pillar …

We've seen plenty of PC hardware supply issues in recent years, in part due to crypto mining farms buying up large portions of available stock. This problem has resurfaced in 2024, but miners aren't buying up all the GPUs this time, instead their attention has turned to the Ryzen 9 …

Nvidia continues its tradition of GeForce Now Thursdays, with a new wave of games being confirmed. This week, The remake of Star Ocean 2, Star Ocean: The Second Story R, is headlining, with indie hits like Space Engineers and older major titles like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided also making appearances.  …

There was plenty of buzz when Aspyr announced plans to launch the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, bringing back the original two games with full online multiplayer. Unfortunately, the game's launch today has not gone as planned, swiftly garnering negative reviews due to major issues.  The Battlefront Classic Collection packages …

ENERMAX is back with its latest series of power supplies. The new Revolution D.F. 12 is the world's smallest PSU compliant with the Intel ATX 3.1 standard from Intel's psuselector-20240301, allowing users to maximise space for airflow within their PC case while delivering robust power to all critical components. The …

Last month, Sony released a PS5 firmware update via their beta branch, bringing with it a notable set of improvements across the board – including DualSense enhancements. Now, the firmware has graduated out of beta and is available for all. Available right now to download and install, the latest PS5 …

The annual Game Developers Conference is kicking off on Monday but Nvidia has a few new RTX related announcements going live ahead of the event. This month, even more games are getting RTX features. Diablo 4 will soon get ray-traced graphics, Star Wars Outlaws has been confirmed for ray-tracing and …

One of Counter-Strike 2's first major esports tournaments is set to kick off soon. For each esports tournament, a lot of thought is put together into the setups the players will be using to ensure that all competitors can play the game at the highest frame rates and fidelity settings …

One of the biggest games of 2023 was the long-awaited remake for Resident Evil 4. Released in March, the title is nearing its 1 year anniversary. Ahead of this, Capcom have revealed that RE4 Remake has already sold 7 million copies. Making the announcement via a press release, publisher Capcom …

Saber Interactive splits off from Embracer, taking the KOTOR Remake, 4A Games, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks and other studios with them...

Sea of Stars is an indie RPG from Sabotage Studio – the team that brought you 2018’s excellent retro action-platformer The Messenger. Launching to near-universal acclaim last year, Sea of Stars ultimately went on to win ‘Best Indie Game’ at the 2023 Game Awards. That said, the title looks set …

V Rising is a survival action-RPG which sees players “Awaken as a vampire,” forcing you to “hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive”. The game first launched in Early Access back in 2022, and after nearly two years of work, …

Helldivers II has taken the live-service space by storm since its release last month – so much so that other studios are now approaching the team at Arrowhead publicly requesting to collaborate in some form. One such studio is Ghost Ship Games of Deep Rock Galactic fame; who streamed Helldivers …