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In early 2025, Krafton officially announced PUBG: Blindspot, a new spin-off game, offering players a very different top-down tactical gameplay experience compared to the main battle royale game. Now after just a little time in early access, the game is shutting down. PUBG: Blindspot did not take off after its …

Death Stranding 2 has officially launched on PC, arriving just less than one year after its initial release on PS5. Thanks to this new version of the game, total sales for Death Stranding 2 have pushed over 2 million. 

It is going to be years before we see a new mainline Halo game but in the meantime, the newly formed Halo Studios does have something else for fans – Halo: Campaign Evolved. New details about this remake have recently surfaced, revealing new missions that expand on the original story.  …

The Elder Scrolls Blades has been around for over seven years at this point but it has been years since the game last had any kind of major content update. Now, we never see new Blades content, as the game is officially shutting down. 

Positive word of mouth is beginning to spread and more players are jumping in to Pearl Abyss's new single-player open-world action game, Crimson Desert. Since launch, the game has now surpassed five million copies sold and the development team is looking to boos this further with a new Nintendo Switch …

If you've ever wanted to review tech, then this is a perfect opportunity as we are now hiring for a new reviewer to join our team! Prior experience is not strictly necessary, but we would like to see some example works from applicants. 

Corsair is officially expanding its presence in the peripheral market with a refresh of its MM mousepad family. The new lineup introduces three distinct tiers, headlined by the company's first foray into the premium glass segment: the MM Glass Large.  Measuring 400mm x 500mm, the MM Glass Large is the …

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is reportedly preparing to shake up the mobile computing market at Computex in June. It is claimed that Nvidia will be launching new Arm-based processors for laptops, including the N1 and N1X.  Reports from CTEE (via VideoCardz) indicate that Nvidia has booked substantial space at the …

Samsung Display has officially announced the launch of QuantumBlack, a next-generation display film engineered to address one of QD-OLED's primary weaknesses: ambient light interference. While self-emissive panels excel at delivering “True Black” by cutting power to individual pixels, external light reflecting off the panel has historically caused dark scenes to …

The Xbox Game Pass tier lineup might be about to change once again. Following the recent appointment of Asha Sharma as the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, reports are surfacing that a budget-friendly, first-party-focused Game Pass tier is currently being planned.  According to findings shared by Better xCloud, the Triton tier is …

It would be hard to argue that NVIDIA’s DLSS technologies haven’t been a net positive to the PC space, with the machine-learning based upscaler successfully translating lower resolution inputs into a final image which is perceivably sharper while hogging fewer resources. Though somewhat more contentious, the next evolution of DLSS came in the form of Frame Generation, using ML in order to generate additional frames for high-refresh rate gaming. Both techniques can have their issues, but generally speaking they’ve allowed for more people to experience higher-end titles at increased frame rates. DLSS 5, however, takes a sharp pivot, with a very different end goal in mind than the performance-boosting versions that came before.

Sharkoon is expanding its cooling portfolio with the launch of three new all-in-one liquid coolers – the S60 ARGB, S50 ARGB, and the S40.  The S60 ARGB is the biggest of the trio, featuring a 360mm radiator and three pre-installed 120mm ARGB PWM fans. Sharkoon has opted for a square …

Thermaltake is once again iterating on its magnetic fan ecosystem, this time leaning heavily into the “infinity mirror” trend. The newly launched Swafan EX Infinity ARGB and CT EX Infinity ARGB series bring a fresh aesthetic to the company's MagForce 2.0 lineup, utilising layered reflections on both the hub and …

ASRock has officially rolled out its custom take on the Intel Arc Pro B70. Targeting the growing demand for local AI inference and professional rendering, ASRock has introduced two distinct models: the Intel Arc Pro B70 Creator 32GB and the Intel Arc Pro B70 Passive 32GB.  The Intel Arc Pro …

Recent leaks have claimed that Nintendo is currently developing a new Star Fox game, with plans to launch this summer, followed by a full remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time later in the year. 

Memory shortages have prices for tech shooting up across multiple market segments but gaming is being hit particularly hard. This week, Sony announced that it is having to raise PlayStation hardware prices in the US, Europe, UK and Japan. Once the new pricing comes into effect, the PS5 will officially …

Sony has yet to officially reveal next month's free PlayStation Plus titles but a new leak has given us an idea of what to expect ahead of time. In April, those subscribed to the basic tier of PlayStation Plus will be able to claim a free copy of Lords of …

STALKER 2 has been out for almost a year and a half now and during that time, GSC Game World has issued a lot of major updates to the game at no extra cost. Now, fans have new adventures to look forward to, with the first major expansion, titled 'Cost of Hope', coming out later this year. 

Due to delays and internal reboots, Marathon ended up being in development for much longer than initially planned. With a six year timeline, the cost of producing the game rose exponentially for Bungie, with estimates putting the final number in the $250M to $300M range. Despite positive reviews from those that have given the game a chance, Marathon has reportedly only shifted an estimated 1.2M copies so far, with the vast majority of that coming from the PC market. 

Following on from an initial tease earlier this week, Techland has now officially announced Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land Edition. This new and enhanced version of the game delivers a major free content update, designed around giving players a more challenging survival experience.

Last year, Respawn surprised us with the announcement of Star Wars Zero Company, a new strategy game set in the Star Wars universe, created by former XCOM developers. Now with the game's release date getting closer, we've received a much deeper look at the game. 

MSI has officially introduced its MPG Ai TS series, a high-end PSU lineup that moves beyond passive safety measures. The headline feature here is GPU Safeguard+, a monitoring suite designed to detect electrical anomalies before they cause physical damage to graphics cards. Unlike traditional PSUs that rely on over-current protection …

Lofree is trying to make its mark in the keyboard market with the Hyzen. This 65% keyboard features a sleek, CNC-cut aluminium chassis that hides a suite of enthusiast-grade internals, most notably a brand-new switch type that claims to bridge the gap between traditional mechanical feel and magnetic performance. According …

This week's GeForce Now update brings five more titles to the cloud gaming library, including the new anime-inspired racing game Screamer, which launches straight on to GeForce Now's RTX 5080 servers. 

ASUS ROG will return to DreamHack 2026. For this year's event, Asus ROG is celebrating its 20th anniversary, partnering with AMD to highlight upcoming products and provide exclusive demos and other activities for attendees to participate in.

For months now, we have heard rumours about AMD experimenting with dual 3D V-Cache designs for a new CPU. Now, AMD has quietly announced exactly that, with the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition CPU being the first chip to combine two stacks of 3D V-Cache across two CCDs. 

Last year, Metacritic's publisher rankings revealed SEGA to be the most successful game publisher in 2024 thanks to highly praised releases like Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor: ReFantazio. Now, the rankings for 2025 have been released, with another Japanese publisher, Square Enix, topping the ranking.

Sony is shutting down yet another one of its game development studios. Since making a number of acquisitions between 2019 and 2023, Sony has been slowly winding back on its investments. The latest casaulty is actually a new studio that formed just last year - Dark Outlaw Games.

Forza Horizon 6 is less than two months away, and Playground Games has now revealed full PC system requirements for the game. As with Forza Horizon 5, there are multiple spec tiers, ranging from minimum through to an “Extreme RT” configuration for high-end hardware.

Scythe is preparing to launch a new affordable CPU cooler - the SCMR-1000, better known as the Magoroku. First teased at the end of last year, this dual-tower heatsink is finally nearing its retail debut with a price tag that takes direct aim at the current budget kings.