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Thermaltake is embracing the popular wood accent trend with a new version of its View 270 Plus mid-tower case, launched just under a year ago. The newly revealed View 270 Plus WS takes the chassis of the original and adds a touch of natural elegance for builders who want a …

While the PlayStation 5 is still going strong, rumours for its successor have begun to surface. According to a new report, Sony plans to adopt a detachable disc drive strategy for the PS6 from its initial launch.

Chinese display manufacturer HKC Group is making its official European debut at IFA 2025, and it has come out swinging with a lineup of new high-end gaming monitors. Showcasing new flagship models from HKC, Koorui, and AntGamer, the company is demonstrating a variety of products using the most popular high-end …

Graphics card manufacturer XFX has announced that a recent revision to its Radeon RX 9060 XT has led to significant improvements in thermal and power efficiency. The change that brought about these benefits was a simple swap of the GDDR6 memory supplier from SK Hynix to Samsung. XFX (via Uniko's …

Intel's Application Optimisation (APO) technology has demonstrated the ability to deliver free performance gains in supported games by intelligently managing tasks across P-cores and E-cores. However, updates have been pretty slow, leaving the list of supported games relatively small. This week, Intel finally released an update, bringing APO support to …

Borderless Gaming has been helping gamers manage unruly game windows for some time. After more than a decade, the developer has finally released version 1.0, bringing a massive overhaul with it. Relaunching on Steam as a premium, paid application, the new version has been completely redesigned from the ground up, …

Final Fantasy Tactics is making a big return this year with the release of The Ivalice Chronicles, a remaster of the original 90s classic for PC, Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox. Final Fantasy Tactics has been revered by longtime fans of the franchise, but the upcoming remaster is just step one, with Square Enix remaining open to doing more Tactics games in the future. 

Despite being announced five years ago, we've had no official updates for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake. Originally in development at Aspyr, the game ended up shifting to Saber Interactive, but progress has been painfully slow from the outside looking in. Now, thanks to a former concept artist on the project, we have at least a small look at what the game was going to look like. 

Following their split with Sony, Paramount is now set to distribute the upcoming Street Fighter adaptation – with the film arriving in October 2026.

Square Enix’s Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura has offered development updates for both Final Fantasy VII part 3 as well as Kingdom Hearts 4.

Following its announcement a couple years ago, the live-action Life is Strange adaptation has officially been greenlit by Amazon.

Reviews for Ghost of Yotei will go live a week ahead of the game’s official launch – suggesting that Sony are feeling confident in this much-anticipated sequel.

After delaying its debut by a year, Sports Interactive has given us our first look at the long-awaited new match engine for Football Manager 26. Built on the Unity engine, the visual overhaul for the football management series is substantial, resulting in a slight increase in the game's hardware requirements. …

Konami's long-awaited remake, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, has had quite a successful launch, but technical issues have somewhat soured the celebration. The publisher has announced that the game sold over one million copies on its launch day across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox, despite players reporting significant performance issues. …

It's a sad time for handheld gaming fans, as the Nintendo 3DS era has now officially come to a complete close. This week, Nintendo officially ended its repair service for the New Nintendo 2DS XL, the last and final model in the beloved console family to be supported by the …

Lenovo has unveiled its latest high-end gaming displays at IFA 2025, introducing a new trio of Legion Pro monitors featuring “PureSight” QD-OLED panels. The new lineup includes two 4K high-refresh-rate models and a QHD option, all boasting the rapid response times and stunning image quality that QD-OLED technology is known …

Machine Games impressed greatly with Wolfenstein: The New Order and its sequel. Unfortunately, the story of B.J. Blazkowicz has been on pause since the 2017 release of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, but the studio may finally be ready to wrap up its planned trilogy. Over the past few years, …

August was a big month for Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead welcomed a whole new platform to the ranks. Helldivers 2 is now out on Xbox consoles for the first time and so far, it appears to be a massive hit.  Alinea Analytics shared their list of the most downloaded games …

Borderlands 4 is less than a week away at this point. For those eager to get in as soon as their pre-order unlocks, Gearbox has now finalised its launch-day plans, revealing global launch times for the game on all platforms. Interestingly, PC players will get in hours earlier than those …

This week, LC-Power lifted the lid on yet another impressive monitor in its arsenal, the LC-M27UFD. This is a 27″ flatscreen monitor with Dual Mode functionality, enabling higher resolution at a lower refresh rate, or a lower resolution at a super charged 320Hz refresh rate, so you can take advantage …

Last year, PowerColor entered the gaming peripheral market with its new brand, Alphyn. The launch kicked off with two great products, the PowerColor Alphyn AM10 wireless mouse and the Alphyn AH10 wireless gaming headset. We gave both positive reviews when they launched at their initial MSRPs of £99 and £79, …

Gigabyte is getting in on the hardware game bundle action this month. For a limited time, anyone buying select Gigabyte graphics cards or gaming laptops will also receive a free copy of Borderlands 4, which has been garnering plenty of positive reception from early previews.  If you buy a Gigabyte …

Cougar has unveiled the FV150 Mini RGB, a new compact case that joins the popular trend of panoramic showcase chassis. Designed for Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX builds, this new case features a pillarless, dual-chamber design and is available in three colours: black, white, and pink. Measuring 285 x 436 x 365mm, …

Noctua has just updated its public product roadmap, providing a clearer, albeit slightly delayed, timeline for its most highly anticipated products. While there have been a few more shifts, we now have a firm release window for the company's first-ever AIO liquid cooler. The roadmap (via Tom's Hardware) shows the …

For months, we've been hearing rumours that Valve is working on a new home console, one that would bring the Steam Deck experience to the living room. Now, a recent trademark filing suggests that Valve is close to an announcement.

Ahead of its arrival this December, Bungie has announced a developer livestream dedicated to the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion ‘Renegades’.

In the year and a half since its launch, Ubisoft's underrated metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has managed to attract over 3 million players.

Netflix’s animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will officially end later this year following the conclusion of the show’s Second Season.

Within hours of its launch, Hollow Knight: Silksong managed to become one of the most played games on Steam – with over half a million concurrent players.

In a presentation at IFA 2025 in Berlin, Acer has given us a glimpse into the future of thin-and-light laptops. The laptop manufacturer has revealed the new Swift 16 AI, the very first notebook to be powered by Intel's upcoming “Panther Lake” CPU architecture. The Acer Swift 16 AI is …