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There are many services which video game enthusiasts can subscribe to, from Xbox Game Pass to PS Plus and beyond. Humble Bundles have been supplying gamers with good deals for over a decade. On top of this, they offer a monthly subscription service in the form of ‘Humble Choice’ – …

Many major companies are positioning the metaverse as being the future of the internet but in its current iteration the concept is mostly being used to advertise to people. One of the latest examples sees Coca-Cola releasing a new limited edition drink in Fortnite. As reported by GamesBeat, Coca-Cola announced …

Over the course of 2021, there were several indications that Crystal Dynamics has begun pre-production on the next major Tomb Raider game. Today, the studio has officially confirmed this, announcing that a new Tomb Raider game is in development using Unreal Engine 5.  A few studios have revealed plans to …

It has been a while since Epic Games first revealed Unreal Engine 5 and several major studios have already begun building games with the new engine. Up to this point, the engine has been in ‘early access’ but now, the engine is officially launching.  This afternoon during ‘The State of …

The Steam Deck is finally shipping, but there is a long waiting list for pre-order customers, with some not expecting to get their units until much later this year. If you are on the waiting list for Q2 shipping, then you'll want to keep an eye out, as Valve plans …

There has been a rise in crypto heists over the last few months. According to security researchers, cybercriminals have been very active over Q1, stealing nearly $1.3 billion USD worth of crypto assets. According to Atlas VPN and Slowmist Hacked, a company that collects information about disclosed attacks targeting blockchain …

Naughty Dog released The Last of Us Part II in 2020 to universal acclaim and ultimately hundreds of awards. The team at Naughty Dog have been radio silent on what they have been working on, though one insider has now reportedly given insight into the studio’s developments. This rumour comes …

A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Ubisoft was working on a mobile version of Rainbow Six Siege. Now, those rumours have been confirmed, with Ubisoft officially announcing Rainbow Six Mobile for iOS and Android.  We first heard of this game a couple of weeks ago, although the leak …

Unlike other popular multiplayer shooters, Overwatch never had a battle pass system, with Blizzard sticking to cosmetic crates as the game's form of monetisation. That might be changing with Overwatch 2 though, with a recent leak pointing to a battle pass menu in the sequel.  As spotted by Attack of …

March ended up being a pretty strong month for Xbox Game Pass thanks to the addition of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. In April, the Xbox team will be following that up with MLB: The Show 22, and a few other confirmed titles.  Microsoft has not officially announced the titles …

Samsung foundries have produced most, if not all, Nvidia current-gen graphics cards, but that may change soon. As per a new report, Nvidia will opt for TSMC as the foundry for its chips in 2022, meaning the RTX 40 series and H100 GPUs will be based on TSMC's nodes. According …

Steam's March hardware and software survey has been released, showing some interesting changes in the rankings. Besides the increasing momentum of the Nvidia RTX 2060, now in third place in the GPU ranking, 4-core CPUs were outclassed by the 6-core chips for the first time. As expected, Steam released the …

After years of forcing Xbox gamers to pay for the console’s Live Gold service in order to play free-to-play online games, the requirement was removed last year. Premium titles still require a Live Gold subscription, and according to one insider, the base price to access online might be increased. Xbox …

Franchises crossing over is all the rage currently in media, especially in the video games industry – bolstered by live services and constant updates. PUBG has crossed over with a respectable number of franchises, but this latest one might be the oddest pairing yet. Available right now in the in-game …

Late last month Epic Games announced that they would be donating all proceeds made in Fortnite for the next two weeks to charities focused on aiding Ukraine during the current crisis. Two weeks later, Epic has now announced that almost $150 million was raised. Making the announcement on Twitter, Epic …

Many fans were left disappointed after it was revealed that Sony’s Bend Studio would not be working on a sequel to 2019’s Days gone. A new rumour has surfaced regarding their next game however, and if it is true, then Bend Studio’s upcoming project is an exciting one indeed. This …

The Monkey Island series is one of the most iconic in the history of PC gaming, popularising a new genre at the time and setting the stage for studios such as TellTale Games and titles such as Life is Strange. After almost a decade and a half away, Monkey Island …

Sony recently revealed their brand new and revamped PlayStation Plus service, which will be absorbing PlayStation Now into one unified service. As we wait for this service to go live, Sony is continuing to flesh out their PS Now library. Making the announcement on their blog, Sony revealed the set …

For a couple of months now, there have been rumours claiming that AMD will be launching new, refreshed RX 6000 series graphics cards in Q2 2022. Now thanks to new leaks, we know to expect three refreshed graphics cards in May.  Initial rumours pointed to an April launch for the …

In the months leading up to the Steam Deck launch, Valve has been going through the Steam catalogue to determine how well new and old titles run on the system. At launch in early March, over 1,000 games were ‘verified' for the Steam Deck and now, that number has surpassed …

Shueisha, the company behind Shonen Jump and publisher of some of the most famous and recognisable manga series in the world, is now setting up its own game development operations. Traditionally, Shueisha has licensed out its IP to other game studios and game publishers, but moving forward, the company will …

Sony has been ramping up its PlayStation VR2 announcements this year, revealing the new headset publicly and privately demoing it to developers at GDC in recent weeks. Now, it appears we could be in for a big PS VR2 showcase very soon.  Recently, Kinda Funny's Greg Miller, as well as …

PlayStation 3 backwards compatibility has been on the wishlist of PlayStation fans for ages and now, the PS5 should have the compute power needed to emulate the PS3's Cell architecture effectively. For the time being, Sony is only supplying PS3 backwards compatibility through cloud streaming, but that might change in …

A couple of weeks ago, Blizzard confirmed plans to announce the next major World of Warcraft expansion in April. Now, ahead of that announcement date, details have begun leaking.  Through datamining efforts, Wowhead has found details on the next WoW expansion, which appears to be named “Dragonflight”. As usual, the …

MSI has announced a new Spatium M480 PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD variant. Designed to fit inside the PlayStation 5, the new Spatium M480 Play SSD features a smaller heatsink without sacrificing the performance provided by the original models. As with the other two Spatium M480 SSDs, the Play variant can …

The AMD Radeon RX 6000 series line-up already has plenty of options, but there's still room to grow. Besides all the new mobile SKUs confirmed by AMD and the rumoured desktop refresh, AMD may have accidentally confirmed it will launch a new entry-level card, the Radeon RX 6300. Just yesterday, …

As great as Doom Classic is, it is also a true product of its time, with graphics that haven't aged well. Fortunately, through mods, you can give the game quite the graphics overhaul, especially if it is as well implemented as this new ray-tracing mod. 

AMD's Ryzen 5 5500 chip has been spotted on Geekbench. According to the benchmark entry, the upcoming processor offers similar performance to the Ryzen 5 5600G, suggesting it could be an interesting alternative for someone looking for an affordable CPU without an iGPU. In the Geekbench 5 entry spotted by …

When Intel announced its new Arc A-series laptop GPUs, it also began teasing its upcoming desktop graphics cards. While showcasing the Arc Control software suite, Intel seemed to go a step further and reveal specifications for one of its desktop GPUs.  Intel Arc Control Centre's Live Performance Monitoring works much …

Intel launched the first Arc A-series mobile GPUs earlier this week, but we have yet to see many head to head comparisons against AMD and Nvidia laptop GPUs. AMD decided to change that by publishing its own benchmark results, comparing the Intel Arc A370M to the Radeon RX 6500M.  The …