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If you're still not convinced that AMD is refreshing the RX 6000 series lineup, the latest leaks should do the trick. This weekend, marketing material for three upcoming refreshed RX 6000 series GPUs leaked, including pricing and internal benchmark results from AMD ahead of next week’s launch. Looking at the …

Hardcore EVE Online players have long used spreadsheets to calculate profits and battle damage. Up to now, they have had to fill these manually. However, thanks to an unexpected partnership between Microsoft and the game's developer, players will soon be able to export their game data directly into Excel spreadsheets. …

There are still a lot of PC gamers sticking to 1080p for gaming despite the rise in affordable 1440p high-refresh displays. ASUS ROG has a new monitor coming up for the crowd that wants to stick to 1080p and achieve higher frame rates – the Strix XG256Q.  The Asus ROG …

Media Molecule’s Dreams is one of the most interesting games currently, offering a unique way to both develop and play games, films, shows, music and all other forms of media. The team at Media Molecule have been consistently updating the game, with this latest patch bringing a whole host of …

The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s most prestigious franchises. Though the release of 2017’s Breath of the Wild somewhat reinvented the franchise, older entries in the series are still loved by millions. After more than 5 years on the market, the Switch may finally be getting The Legend …

Square Enix has not had a great year so far. After selling off a large part of the company for a relatively low price and the bad blood between the publisher and Balan Wonderworld creator Yuji Naka, it has now been revealed that one of the biggest Square games from …

Recently we reported that Genshin Impact has made more than $3 Billion on mobile alone since its launch in September 2020. Though the game is also currently available on PC and PlayStation, a Nintendo Switch version was promised long ago. As fans began to worry that the Switch port had …

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Nvidia $5.5 million USD over claims that the company hid how many of its gaming graphics cards were sold to cryptocurrency miners. The SEC says that Nvidia misled investors by reporting revenue as "gaming" revenue, when in fact that money was coming from crypto-related sales. 

Microsoft is making headlines this week after bringing Fortnite to Xbox Cloud Gaming, allowing Fortnite to be played on an iPhone or iPad once again, complete with controller and touch-control support. As it turns out, this is part of a bigger play from Microsoft, as the company kicks off its …

Fortnite has officially been unavailable on iPhones and iPads since the 2020 lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple. Epic has been fighting to get the game back onto iOS, but has been unsuccessful in persuading Apple to change its mind. Fortunately, there are other methods of getting Fortnite running on …

Any major acquisition over a certain value faces regulatory scrutiny, although recent changes at the FTC have empowered the commission over fears that big tech corporations are getting too powerful. Just as Microsoft is facing an in-depth investigation over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Sony is also facing an …

The Corsair HS65 is getting a big upgrade this year. This week, Corsair is launching the HS65 Surround, adding in the company's new Sonarworks SoundID technology and surround sound audio in an updated, comfortable design.  The HS65 SURROUND is built with a lightweight frame, an adjustable headband and plush leatherette …

Expect to see a new wave of Chromebooks coming. AMD has just announced the new Ryzen 5000C APUs for Google's ChromeOS-based laptops, featuring a 15W TDP and up to eight Zen 3 cores. Designed to deliver at least 8 hours of battery life and the highest core count for Chromebook …

By default, the RTX 3090 Ti ships with a 450W power limit, but a few models are shipped with a BIOS pushing it north of 500W. In both cases, this is already a considerable amount of power being pushed from the wall, but a newly found XOC BIOS is capable …

The Day Before is a much-anticipated open-world survival MMO “set in a deadly, post-pandemic America overrun by flesh-hungry infected and survivors killing each other for food, weapons, and cars”. The game was originally intended to release next month, though it has now been pushed all the way back to March …

While the mobile market is often forgotten, it continues to chug along as the single biggest video game sector. An example of this can be seen by none other than Genshin Impact, which has now officially made over $3 Billion on mobile alone. Genshin Impact is one of the biggest …

As we move towards an all-digital future where anything is accessible at the click of a button from the comfort of your home, there is still space for the traditional way of doing things. In an exciting move by Geoff Keighley, the upcoming Summer Games Fest showcase will be viewable …

Each week the Epic Games Store offers a number of free games to all those with an Epic Games account. From the 12th of may, users can get their hands on the much-loved first-person sci-fi game PREY, as well as the hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology, Jotun...

Hangar 13 is making headlines this week. The Mafia 3 studio has been working away on a number of projects over the last few years, and now, the studio seems to have a plan in place for a new trilogy of Mafia games built with Unreal Engine 5.  This week, …

 Just one week ago, reports claimed that Ubisoft was in the process of cleaning up its business in an effort to sell to new ownership. As it turns out, things aren't that simple. According to updated information, the Guillemot family wants to maintain control over Ubisoft, and they may partner …

Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick, has come under fire over the last year, with thousands of employees campaigning to oust him from the company. Instead of stepping down, Kotick decided to negotiate a lifeline deal from Microsoft, something that New York City politicians aren't too happy about.  In a new …

Prior to Valve scrapping the Half-Life 2: Episodes concept all those years ago, the team was working on Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Beyond that though, Valve was also licensing out the IP to other studios for future Half-Life Episodes. One of those studios was Arkane. Prior to Dishonored, Prey and …

Grand Theft Auto V officially came to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 consoles in March, bringing along new graphical enhancements like ray-tracing. All signs are pointing towards this enhanced edition of the game coming to PC, and when it does, it will have even more ray-tracing features.  A dataminer was …

Yesterday for May 4th, we learned that a handful of Star Wars games were coming to GeForce Now for the first time. Now right on schedule, the full list of then games coming to the service was revealed today, as well as a sneak preview of some of the other …

The Overwatch 2 beta has been online for just over a week now, and Blizzard already has plenty of feedback to take into account. As we head into week two of the beta, Blizzard has revealed some of the changes it is planning to make.  This is the first in …

Rumours are pointing towards a refreshed line of RX 6000 series GPUs launching this month, including a new RX 6950 XT flagship RDNA 2 graphics card. Ahead of the reveal, new benchmark results have popped up, showing impressive, RTX 3090 Ti-beating results.  The benchmarks shared by Wccftech compare the RX …

Razer is upping the ante for laptop displays this month. This week, the Razer Blade 15 has been updated, adding the world's first 240Hz QHD OLED laptop display. Aside from the impressive display, the laptop also comes equipped with an Intel Core i9-12900H and an Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti.  Unlike …

During its Q1 earnings call, AMD talked more about the Ryzen 7000 series. Besides mentioning the Raphael desktop CPUs, the company also announced the first Zen 4 mobile CPUs, which will aim to shake up the laptop market in early 2023.  AMD shared a slide where we can see the …

Microsoft has spent the past few years greatly expanding its roster of first party studios through the acquisition of other well-established developers. It seems soon we will see the fruits of this labour as according to one industry insider, the upcoming Xbox games showcase will feature almost every single first-party …

Last year we reported that Warner Bros was looking to sell its games division. This never came to be, with the publisher later choosing to remain within the industry. It seems the latest round of acquisitions has sparked WB’s interest once again, as the publisher is reportedly looking to sell …