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Over the course of 2024, Valve has introduced a ton of new and appreciated pro-consumer features to its Steam platform. From the revamped family sharing to increased integration with the Steam Deck and more, Valve has been putting in the work to continue improving the platform. The latest update sees a new, more transparent / user-friendly approach to DLC and Season Passes.

The hugely popular MMO from Square Enix, Final Fantasy 14, is officially heading to mobile. The developers plan to cram the entire story into the mobile version

Remedy has been working away on Control 2 for around two years already, with the company revealing that development had begun in November 2022. Now, Remedy has issued the latest update, confirming that Control 2 will include ‘RPG' elements.  Control was primarily an action game, with a single, focused overarching …

Ubisoft introduced crossplay to Rainbow Six Siege quite some time ago but at the time, the company opted to limit crossplay to consoles, leaving PC players out. That is now changing, with Ubisoft planning to open up PC to console crossplay for the first time.  Starting with the Operation Collision …

Sony has sent in an offer to acquire Kadokawa Group, a massive Japanese conglomerate with its hand in publishing, anime, manga and game development.

One year on from its initial launch, Sony has now announced that the PlayStation Portal is set to get cloud streaming via a new beta update.

Following in the footsteps of Nintendo, Minecraft is set to get its own global theme park attractions starting in 2026/2027.

Despite being on Game Pass, in the past half a year Starfield has only managed to gain 1 million additional players - bringing the total to 15 million.

With DICE recovering from the failure of Battlefield 2042, it seems the team are engaging in a ton more playtests for the upcoming sequel.

In a surprise announcement, SEGA revealed a major 2.0 update is coming to Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble next week alongside new DLC characters.

Following the release of Alan Wake Remastered and its sequel, Remedy revealed that the survival-thriller series has reached a milestone of 15 million players.

MSI's next-gen gaming handheld, the Claw 8 AI+, hasn't been announced yet, but that's likely happening soon. After a quiet showcase at Computex earlier this year, MSI's new handheld is apparently ready to be launched. The Claw 8 AI+ is a much-needed redemption arc for MSI after the somewhat underwhelming …

The second wave of Xbox Game Pass titles for November 2024 have been announced. A number of interesting games will be available soon, with the headliner being the long-awaited STALKER 2, which finally launches on Xbox and PC on November 20th.  STALKER 2 was announced as a day-one Game Pass …

With FromSoftware now finished with Elden Ring, it seems the team are going back into their past, with a remaster of Dark Souls 3 rumoured to be in the works.

Following its release on other platforms, Life is Strange: Double Exposure comes to Switch digitally today – with a physical version penned for early 2025.

Years on from updating the likes of Assassin’s Creed Origins and Odyssey, AC: Syndicate has finally gotten a current-gen 60fps patch.

Despite being one of the lowest rated entries in the series, Pokémon Scarlet / Violet have become the best-selling Pokémon games of all time in Japan.

The next generation of Intel desktop graphics cards, codenamed Battlemage, is just around the corner. Units are being shipped around the world in preparation.

ASRock is expanding its reach into the power supply market with a comprehensive new lineup. Featuring familiar names like Taichi, Phantom Gaming, Steel Legend, and Challenger, these PSUs are ready to power everything from budget builds to high-end gaming rigs. Built to meet the demands of next-gen hardware, ASRock's PSUs …

Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 200U series has taken an unexpected turn. New leaks suggest that instead of adopting the Lion Cove and Skymont core architectures of the desktop and other mobile parts, these chips will feature a tweaked version of the current Meteor Lake architecture. Leaker Jaykhin has spilt the …

The next generation of Intel Arc GPUs, known as 'Battlemage', are set to debut before the end of the year.

The Game Awards is airing in December and as always, just a couple of weeks ahead of the event, the nominees are now up for public voting.

The third and final part to the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy is now in development, with the story already complete.

Back 4 Blood, the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, disappointed a lot of fans at launch. Now, Turtle Rock is looking to turn things around with a sequel.

You can play Avowed early, but you'll need to be willing to shell out £90, with not much else to gain from the Premium Edition beyond a few skins.

MSI's flagship X870E Godlike motherboard has landed, and it offers a true flagship feature set—if you can stomach the eye-watering £1200 price tag.

Edifier launches the M60 Compact, perfect for those who need a pair of speakers that save on desk space without sacrificing audio quality.

LG's latest OLED gaming monitor sports a 27-inch panel with a blazing fast 480Hz refresh rate for improved motion clarity and responsiveness while gaming.

It seems like everyone's jumping back into City 17 this week as Half-Life 2 smashes concurrent player records on Steam. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Half-Life 2 just got a massive update and a free weekend, prompting the peak concurrent player count to go over the 64K mark. SteamDB reports that …

Following rumours, Ubisoft confirmed their upcoming Assassin’s Creed Infinity hub (Animus Hub) will be a completely free service when it launches next year.