With the current global climate surrounding COVID-19 and social distancing, dozens of events have had to be either cancelled, delayed, or altered to fit an online format. Games Done Quick, the biannual speedrunning event for charity, has now announced that its Summer event will take place entirely online – though …
Read More »Bloodborne rumoured to be remastered for the PC and PS5
New Bloodborne rumours have started to appear online, claiming that the game will be remastered for both PC and PS5, and it will be developed by Q Loc and Bluepoint Games. The rumours started after the streamer CaseyExplosion tweeted that she would donate $100 to charity if someone had insider information about …
Read More »Intel details the power limits and “Tau” of its 10th Gen desktop processors
Intel has officially revealed the power limits and Tau of its 10th Gen processors...
Read More »Intel’s Tiger Lake architecture teased for summer launch
Intel's Tiger Lake launch appears to be on the horizon. The chipmaker has started to send marketing kits teasing the launch of the 11th Gen mobile processors for this summer. This is not the first time that Intel has done something like this. Back when Coffee Lake launched, Intel sent …
Read More »343 Industries hiring for ‘a new project in the Halo universe’
Barring any unforeseen delays, Halo Infinite will be out within the next six months across Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC. As the final development push on Infinite continues, it looks like Microsoft is also preparing for a new Halo game. The Microsoft careers website was updated this week, …
Read More »Xbox Windows 10 beta app gets mod support
At this point, the Xbox (beta) app is the way you are supposed to browse and install Windows 10 titles, rather than using the standard Microsoft Store. The app has been slowly improving and this week, it got a pretty major update thanks to the addition of mod support. Windows …
Read More »Activision investors argue that CEO is paid too much
Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, has come under fire this week as some shareholders are beginning to argue that he is paid too much. Specifically, Activision's top brass are accused of “irresponsible and unethical corporate behaviour and excessive executive pay”. Activision Blizzard is a giant in the industry, pulling in billions …
Read More »EA Play Live has been delayed by one week
With E3 scrapped for this year, most major publishers are focused on holding their own events. EA is no different, as the publisher made plans to host EA Play Live next week to showcase upcoming games. However, like many other planned events this month, EA has decided to push it …
Read More »Riot Games is ‘prototyping’ Valorant for consoles
Earlier this week, Valorant officially came out of beta and launched across the world. For now, Riot's competitive shooter is only available on PC, but the company's interest in console is growing, so the game could end up on additional platforms. Speaking with Gamespot this week, Valorant director, Anna Donlon, …
Read More »Bungie’s first live Destiny 2 event has Guardians watching The Almighty explode
Bungie decided to end this season of Destiny 2 with a bang, setting up a big live event that players had to gather at The Tower for. The event just came to an end after a very lengthy wait, bringing The Almighty crashing down onto Earth's surface. The Almighty was …
Read More »Total Annihilation is currently free on GOG
If you aren't playing Command & Conquer Remastered this weekend but would still like to scratch that RTS itch, then you may want to head over to GOG. This weekend, the DRM-free store is giving away Total Annihilation, a classic of the strategy genre. Total Annihilation and its expansions are …
Read More »EA’s Madden NFL 21 free next-gen console upgrade scheme has been extended
Last month during Inside Xbox, EA announced that it would be supporting free next-gen upgrades for some upcoming games shipping on current-generation consoles and the upcoming Xbox Series X/PS5. It didn't take long for players to notice the catch involved though, as there was just a small window to upgrade. …
Read More »Leaked images allegedly show Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
It has been three weeks since Nvidia officially unveiled its next-gen GPU architecture, codenamed ‘Ampere'. The A100 GPU has been announced but we have yet to see what variants will be used in new GeForce graphics cards. That may be starting to change, with new images reportedly showing the RTX …
Read More »A playable build of Dead Island 2 has leaked online
Throughout this console generation, Deep Silver has been passing the Dead Island 2 project to multiple developers, with the game seemingly getting stuck in development hell each time. Now, a build of the game from 2015, one year after the game was first announced, has leaked onto the internet. The …
Read More »Crucible is ‘retiring’ two of its game modes so devs can refine gameplay
Amazon Game Studios had its first major game launch just two weeks ago, with hero shooter ‘Crucible' coming to PC. While the game garnered interest initially, the player numbers swiftly began dwindling. Now in an effort to hone in and refine the gameplay, Crucible is losing two of its three …
Read More »PUBG is free to play on Steam this weekend
While discussion and news around PUBG has quietened down a bit in recent, the game is still a huge hit, pulling in hundreds of thousands of concurrent players per day. If you haven't jumped in for a while, or if you never bought the game to begin with, then this …
Read More »Sakurai forced to silence himself to prevent Smash Bros. speculation
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is one of the best selling games on the Nintendo Switch. One of the reasons for this is likely due to the fact that the fighting game features characters from a plethora of franchises, allowing fans to create and play out dream fighting scenarios. Unfortunately, this …
Read More »Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Shadowlands stream delayed
With World of Warcraft's next expansion launching within the next few months, Blizzard has been planning to show off more footage and share new details about what fans of the MMO can look forward to. There was supposed to be some announcements taking place live next week, but the event …
Read More »Future Games Show postponed in support of protests
Recently, we reported on the Future Games Show’s announcement date. The show, which will include over 30 titles from publishers big and small, was originally set to go live on the 6th of June. Due to the widespread protests across the world as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, …
Read More »Sony fined £1.9m by Australian commission over PlayStation refund policies
After cracking down on PC-based digital platform holders, Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission began turning its attention to the refund policies for digital games sold on consoles. Sony has been one of the targets this week, with an Australian Federal Court ordering a fine to be paid due to PlayStation …
Read More »iPhone 12 launch expected to be delayed at least a month
It's been a turbulent time for the tech industry, and now reports suggest Apple could delay the launch of the iPhone 12 from September to October – with some reports even claiming that the launch of the popular phone won't happen until November. The reports are based on statements made …
Read More »Call of Duty 2020 footage leaks
Though Call of Duty: Modern Warfare continues to dominate the charts, there is always another Call of Duty around the corner. Footage of the upcoming first-person shooter has now leaked, showcasing snippets of gameplay, yet revealing a lot about what fans can expect from Treyarch’s 2020 offering. The footage, which …
Read More »Demand for Chromebooks expected to see a sharp increase
As schools all over the world start taking their teaching online, DigiTimes reports that the demand for Chromebooks is expected to see a sharp rise that will carry on throughout 2020. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, schools in many countries have been forced to shut down, and as a result …
Read More »MSI intros the Immerse GH30 V2 Gaming Headset
MSI has announced its latest gaming headset, the Immerse GH30 V2. This updated model is equipped with 40mm Neodymium drivers and a foldable headband design. The new headset from MSI is – as implied by the ‘V2' part of the name – the second version of the company's Immerse GH30 product. …
Read More »Infinity Ward introduces anti-racist measures to Modern Warfare
With the recent murder of George Floyd in the United States, an overwhelming number of people have voiced their opinions regarding the injustices that had taken place, and continue to take place across the world. Many companies have also taken to voice their support of the movement. One such company …
Read More »Battlefield 5’s last big content update has arrived
Back in April, DICE revealed that it would be winding down development on Battlefield 5 following one last major update. Now this week, that day has arrived, with the game's Summer Update arriving, delivering a last batch of extra content, freeing up more developers to work on the next major …
Read More »LG announces the 27QN880 monitor with advanced ergonomic features
LG has introduced a new 27-inch monitor that offers a wide variety of ergonomic features thanks to its flexible stand. Aimed at creative designers, photographers and videographers, the LG Ergo monitor offers “precise detail and color at a wide viewing angle”. The Ergo concept from LG focuses on three core …
Read More »Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning announced
Back in 2018, THQ Nordic announced that it had purchased the rights to the Kingdoms of Amalur IP, immediately prompting rumours of a remaster of the 2012 Action-RPG. Nothing was announced at the time, as potential issues needed to be ironed out with the original game's publisher, EA. That changed …
Read More »Intel Rocket Lake-S engineering sample spotted on 3DMark, not coming in 2020
An engineering sample of an Intel Rocket Lake-S processor has been spotted in the 3DMark database, featuring 8 cores,16 threads, a base clock of 3.2GHz and a boost clock of 4.3GHz...
Read More »Corsair is recalling and replacing SF series PSUs due to technical problems
After Corsair noticed an above-average RMA rate for its SF series of small-form factor PSUs, the company conducted a ‘thorough investigation' as to why this was happening. It seems that these PSUs suffer from a technical problem that has forced Corsair to issue a recall on all SF power supplies with …
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