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We've seen a lot of game announcements over the last week and some of the biggest will be joining GeForce Now on day one. As part of this week's GFN update, we have confirmation on two major upcoming titles joining the service, in addition to ten more games joining the …

One of the big messages Microsoft wanted to drive home during its Xbox E3 conference this year is that future Bethesda titles will be exclusive to Xbox platforms. Of course, this is disappointing to long-time PlayStation owners, something that Bethesda's SVP of marketing, Pete Hines, sympathises with.  During an interview …

Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus back in 2014 brought with it a number of benefits, but also a number of concerns. Facebook’s status as a tech giant has allowed for great strides in the VR platform to be made, with Oculus continually innovating. However, it has also tied the platform closer …

Microsoft has been investing into a great deal of new gaming technologies. While some platforms such as Stadia have failed to gain a foothold with its streaming solution, other services, such as Nvidia’s GeForce Now and Microsoft’s xCloud have seemingly succeeded. Microsoft will soon utilise this technology to allow Xbox …

We're still a few days away from AMD's second event of the summer, during which the company will reveal the first games to support FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) technology. Leaks may have already spoiled the announcement though, with a list of FSR games and developers/publishers supporting the feature appearing online.

Air Link was a recent addition to the Oculus Quest 2 which allowed for VR users to connect wirelessly to their PC, allowing for Quest 2 users to play PC VR games wirelessly. At the time, this feature was made exclusive to the Oculus Quest 2, with no support for …

Grand Theft Auto V and its multiplayer counterpart, Grand Theft Auto Online, have been a huge part of the Xbox One and PS4 console generation, making it easy to forget that the game originally released on Xbox 360 and PS3 back in 2013. Now, with GTA V: Extended and Enhanced …

E3 2021 might be winding down, but there are still other gaming events coming up over the summer. Valve itself has begun hosting Steam Next Fest, shining a spotlight on developers with upcoming games and offering hundreds of playable demos. Steam Next Fest began last night and will continue running …

Psychonauts 2 is in an interesting developmental situation. Originally announced via crowdfunding site Fig, the sequel to the cult classic game was pitched to be coming to multiple platforms. Following the acquisition of developer Double Fine by Microsoft, the game was promised to still be coming to other systems. While …

With the latest generation of consoles, games have become pricier than ever, with some games starting at £70. Some publishers have fought back against this increase, with Kalypso Media announcing that they will in fact be cutting the prices of all of their games. Kalypso Media is known best for …

While Sony has officially announced that it is working on a PlayStation VR headset for PS5, aside from the new controllers very little was shared. According to Bloomberg however, the PSVR2 will use an OLED panel from Samsung for its display, with an expected release date also being revealed. According …

Overclockers UK and 8Pack are back at it again with another high-end, masterfully crafted gaming PC. This time around, the Hypercube is making its grand return with a brand new look and the latest technological innovations that 2021 has to offer. The 8Pack Hypercube Mark 2 gaming PC packs a …

In recent years, the industry has been pushing towards offering a greater level of accessibility. Within this, Microsoft has been great in adopting new features. Now, the console manufacturer has added both text-to-speech and speech-to-text across its party chat app, making communication much easier. Making the announcement on its blog, …

G.Skill is well known around the world for its excellent memory kits and peripherals, but what about cases? This week, G.Skill is launching the Z5i chassis, a uniquely crafted pentagonal prism case with curved tempered glass side panels.  The G.Skill Z5i is a minimalistic and compact mini-ITX chassis, purpose built to …

Last year, as part of Mario’s 35th anniversary celebrations, Nintendo hosted a dedicated event which saw the announcement of a number of Mario games, including a remastered collection of Mario 64, Mario Sunshine and Mario Galaxy. For Zelda’s 35th it seems as though no such celebrations will be taking place. …

A lot of fans were tuning into Nintendo's E3 stream last night hoping to see something new for the Metroid IP. While we didn't end up getting our first look at Metroid Prime 4, Nintendo does have another Metroid game in the works and better yet, it will be releasing …

When Nvidia announced its deal to acquire Arm, several competing companies that rely on Arm spoke out against the move, including the likes of Qualcomm, sparking investigations into whether the deal should be allowed to go through. Nvidia is still confident that the deal will complete in 2022, but if …

Samsung has begun to mass-produce LPDDR5 uMCP (UFS-based Multichip Package) memory. Aimed at mid to high-end smartphones, the LPDDR5 uMCP memory will debut in devices later this month. The new LPDDR5 memory from Samsung combines the inherent technology of LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1 NAND storage to reach new heights of …

The PCIe 4.0 generation of SSDs kicked off two years ago, with the first drives delivering speeds up to 5000MB/s. Now with the technology maturing, faster PCIe 4.0 SSDs are starting to hit the market, with the latest from KLEVV delivering up to 7000MB/s read speeds.  This week, KLEVV, a …

Nintendo's E3 Direct stream didn't bring us any Nintendo Switch Pro news, but it did bring us a brand new look at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. The highly anticipated sequel is targeting a 2022 release date and will expand the world of Hyrule even further.  …

Microsoft isn't due to announce ‘the next generation of Windows' for another week, but leaks have swooped in to usurp the big reveal. It is now official, Microsoft is releasing Windows 11 and an early build of the OS has leaked online. Windows 11 first leaked via Chinese site, Baidu, …

CD Projekt Red and Sony appear to have finally come to an agreement on bringing Cyberpunk 2077 back to the PlayStation Store. The game has not been available digitally on PlayStation consoles since December, shortly after the game first launched. In an announcement intended to notify investors, CD Projekt “publicly …

In September 2020, Amazon announced its own cloud gaming service called Luna. Until now, the service has been only available through invitation, but starting on June 21 and 22, Prime members will be allowed to start a 7-day free trial to test it. Amazon Luna is based on the immense …

Back in 2017, Piranha Bytes released its best game to date, ELEX, promising a mix of Sci-Fi and post-apocalypse. Now this week alongside E3, THQ Nordic has officially announced ELEX 2, a full sequel set years after the events of the original game.  The announcement trailer for Elex 2 channels …

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order offered a great blend of action, adventure, and purposeful combat in the world of Star Wars when it launched in late 2019. Since then the game has received confirmation of a sequel, with more than 10 million copies sold as of March 2020. One year …

While there is a lot of excitement around Turtle Rock's Back 4 Blood, there is still some concern around microtransactions and fracturing the multiplayer community through DLC. Turtle Rock has addressed this issue, confirming systems in place to avoid splitting the community.  To avoid fracturing the player base, Back 4 …

Now that Starfield has been re-revealed with a brand new trailer at the Xbox and Bethesda E3 2021 showcase, Todd Howard is finally willing to share more details about the game. Bethesda's upcoming new IP will of course be an RPG, but Howard teases more “hardcore” roleplaying elements compared to …

Back at Computex 2019, Noctua began teasing an upcoming passive CPU cooler with a custom designed heatsink targeted towards cooling 120W CPUs effectively. Now this week, Noctua is finally ready to unveil and launch the NH-P1, the company's first passive CPU cooler.  The Noctua NH-P1 is a passive CPU cooler, …

During Microsoft’s recent Xbox and Bethesda showcase, the console manufacturer officially announced that its Flight Simulator would be coming to the Xbox Series X|S on the 27th of July. The trailer was encoded at 30fps, and though many next-gen games have offered multiple graphics modes, it seems that Flight Simulator …

Although the Radeon RX 6600M hasn't been released yet, the first benchmarks of the laptop GPU have started to emerge. Considering the results, the laptop GPU seems to offer a performance level between an RTX 3050 Ti and an RTX 3060 in gaming and content creation. The performance results were …