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Last week, an accidental website update revealed the existence of Yakuza Kiwami 3. Now, as part of SEGA's Tokyo Game Show announcements, the game has been officially revealed. The game won't just offer a remake of the original Yakuza 3, but it will come with its own expansion too, titled …

The Tokyo Game Show has officially begun and many Japanese publishers are using the event as a platform to announce new projects. One such publisher is SEGA, who have now revealed plans to bring Yakuza 0 Director's Cut to more platforms after a brief period of Switch 2 exclusivity. On …

In the world of PC hardware, we've seen some wild designs, and today, a new contender has entered the ring. A company called Origin Code has just launched the Vortex DDR5, which it claims is the world's first DDR5 memory module to feature an integrated, active triple-fan cooling system.

Following the discontinuation of PlayStation Stars earlier this Summer, Sony has now announced its new 'Franchise Rewards' loyalty program.

After years of development updates, playtests and more, Riot Games’ 2XKO is set to finally launch (in early access) next month.

In alignment with the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash film, Ubisoft has announced a story expansion coming to Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

In the years since its initial release, Larian Studios has continued to update and improve the excellent Baldur’s Gate 3 with new story content; endgame additions; extra subclasses alongside a slew of bug fixes and optimisation improvements. As part of the game’s latest patch, Baldur’s Gate 3 should now run much more smoothly on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld.

The 13,000 MT/s barrier for DDR5 memory has officially been broken, setting a new record high overclocked speed using a Gigabyte Aorus motherboard.   The achievement comes from overclocker SaltyCroissant (via VideoCardz), who has pushed a DDR5 memory module to an incredible frequency of 6,510 MHz, which translates to a staggering …

In a move that nobody saw coming, Pocketpair, the developer behind last year's controversial smash hit Palworld, has announced a new spin-off title. Get ready for Palfarm, a new game that takes the familiar creature-collecting world and drops it into what it claims is a “relaxing and cosy” farming simulator, …

LilliLandia Games is taking aim at the cosy game genre with its new title, Animula Nook. The game offers a fantasy life simulation, set in the Lilliputian world, blending whimsical characters with rich, interactive environments. The art style is inspired by modern cartoons. In Animula Nook, everyday objects will be …

Fresh off the successful launch of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, it seems Konami is already planning its next move for the franchise. The company is currently sending out a survey to fans ahead of a special Tokyo Game Show livestream, asking them a simple but fundamental question: which …

Kojima is moving on from Death Stranding, putting his focus into multiple new projects. The first is a new horror game titled OD, which was just re-revealed with a new trailer this week. The second is titled Physint, and it is exactly what fans of Kojima's early work want to …

It has been a good couple of years since Xbox announced that it had signed an exclusive deal with Kojima Productions for a new game. That game ended up being revealed under the title ‘OD' in a very brief teaser at The Game Awards 2023. Now, as part of the …

Just one week ago, leakers began to claim that Sony would be hosting a new PlayStation State of Play stream before the end of the month. Now, just ahead of the Tokyo Game Show, Sony has confirmed exactly that.  For the uninitiated, State of Play is Sony's platform for announcing …

Last night during Kojima Productions' Beyond the Strand event, we received a bunch of announcements. It turns out that there are actually TWO films in the works based on the Death Stranding IP. The live action film, which was announced previously, is being developed by legendary film studio A24. On top of that, Kojima also has a Death Stranding animated film on the way.

This week, Kojima Productions held its ‘Beyond the Strand' event, celebrating the studio's 10-year anniversary and surprising fans with new announcements as the team looks to expand Death Stranding and introduce new IP. One of the surprise announcements was a new game Kojima is working on in collaboration with Niantic. …

While The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced back in 2018, Bethesda has been very quiet on the subject since. The studio has been ramping up work on the game since shipping Starfield in 2023. Now, one leaker claims that we still have another couple of years to wait. 

Embark Studios, the developer behind the shooter The Finals, has just made its upcoming game available to pre-order. The new multiplayer extraction shooter, Arc Raiders, is set to launch on October 30th, but those who are already eager to get it can do so now and receive a bundle in …

Following its release on Switch 2 earlier this Summer, it appears as though Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut is slated to come to more platforms.

Ahead of its release next month, Sucker Punch have teased the ‘PS5 Features’ coming to Ghost of Yotei, including 3D Audio support and more.

Silent Hill f is officially the highest rated entry in the horror franchise since the original trilogy over two decades ago.

While sentiment surrounding Call of Duty is far from the greatest it’s been, the teams at Activision and Treyarch are trucking along with their reveal plans for the upcoming Black Ops 7. Ahead of the game’s big blowout COD NEXT event, Treyarch have now offered a deep-dive look into BO7’s multiplayer.

Following the reveal of its flagship RTX 5090 external GPU at Computex, Gigabyte is now expanding its lineup with a more mainstream and affordable option. The company has today announced the Aorus RTX 5060 Ti AI Box, a compact eGPU designed to bring desktop-class gaming and AI performance to thin-and-light …

Borderlands 4 has been out for over a week now and despite some performance issues, the game achieved high critic review scores and has gone on to become a top seller. Since launching ten days ago, the game has now surpassed 2.5 million copies sold.  GI.biz, a news outlet focused …

Earlier in the year, we spotted the new Montech HyperFlow Digital AIO and E28 fans at Computex. Now, both are ready for launch, with the final retail models now rolling out this month, with prices starting at $99 for the AIO and $15.99 for the case fans. The new Montech …

Recently, a number of former Xbox employees spoke out against Game Pass, claiming that Microsoft's handling of the service unfairly punishes studios. That hasn't stopped the Game Pass train though, with Microsoft making its largest investment into the service yet. 

It is officially the 25th anniversary of the HITMAN series. To mark the occasion, IO Interactive is releasing a new limited-edition 25th Anniversary version of HITMAN World of Assassination, the full package that combines Hitman (2016), Hitman 2 and Hitman 3 into one set. The HITMAN World of Assassination 25th …

Earlier this year, Microsoft shut down The Initiative, the first-party studio responsible for the Perfect Dark reboot. The game was scrapped just one year after the ‘gameplay reveal', which is now believed to have been a very small vertical slice and not representative of the actual state of the product. …

Lenovo appears to be having some issues keeping up with demand for its new Legion Go Gen 2 handheld system. The new handheld, which offers the same improvements as the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally, has been available for pre-order, but some customers have had their orders cancelled due to demand.

The Acer Swift Edge 14 has officially arrived on UK shores. The new laptop boasts Intel's latest Lunar Lake CPU technology, offering greater AI performance on the go, with optimisations in place for Microsoft CoPilot, the Windows AI assistant.  The Swift Edge 14 AI features up to an Intel Core …