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Ubisoft’s pseudo-mascot the Rabbids have not had the best video game portfolio, but recent successes such as Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – and the announcement of its sequel – meant that the Rabbids cache was in good standing. Unfortunately, they are now being used to promote an NFT-filled Metaverse …

Two weeks ago, Bandai Namco and From Software were forced to take the multiplayer servers for the Dark Souls series offline for the PC platform. The lack of online functionality is a temporary measure, as a bug that could grant an attacker Remote Code Execution (RCE) privileges was discovered. Unfortunately, …

After the success of the original Fractal Design Torrent, it's time for the company to launch new variations of the case. This week, Fractal Design is launching the Torrent Compact and the Torrent Nano. Following the trend of other Fractal Design cases, the new Torrent cases were designed so users can …

Lian LI and DAN Cases are teaming up for a new range of compact PC cases – the A4-H2O. This 11-liter SFF case packs a punch, with a large amount of ventilation for cooling, and room squeeze in some high-end components, including up to 3-slot graphics cards. The A4-H2O offers …

One of the most exciting aspects to a new console generation is seeing how a system’s UI looks and functions. While the PS5 UX does appear modern, it is a step back in some ways when it comes to functionality. Fortunately, a new system software update is bringing with it …

Nintendo has all but dropped the traditional video game publisher announcement schedule, instead opting to share new games through their – somewhat inconsistent – Nintendo Direct streams. Excitedly however, Nintendo fans can look forward to a meaty 40 minute-long presentation later tonight. Making the announcement on Twitter, Nintendo said “Tune …

Last summer, a lawsuit was filed against Capcom, alleging that classic titles like Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry used unlicensed copyrighted images in-game. Now eight months later, the case has been settled, allowing Capcom to avoid a costly and potentially lengthy legal battle.  The complaint filed by Judy …

It seems that it won't take long for AMD to release EPYC processors using 3D V-cache. A Chinese content creator has apparently got his hands on two engineering samples of these and pushed frequencies up to an impressive 4.8GHz. Based on Kenaide's data, the two engineering samples of the Milan-X EPYC …

MSI is finally ready to officially announce its flagship Z690 motherboard, the MEG Z690 Godlike. As the leaked images showed us, MSI's new E-ATX motherboard will feature an LCD dashboard, lots of ARGB lighting, and all the bells and whistles you can add to a motherboard. Starting with its aesthetics, …

 Back in March 2021 we reported that PlayStation had formed a partnership with Haven Studios, a development team headed by industry veteran Jade Raymond. At the time, very little was known about the game. While this remains the case, we do now know that the game is headed to both …

Ninja Theory is currently one of the most exciting studios working under Xbox, with plans for a hugely ambitious sequel to Hellblade. We've only seen small snippets of what's to come, but according to studio co-founder, Tameem Antoniades, Hellblade 2 will make the original ‘look like an indie game'. Ironically, …

While Dying Light 2 has had a very impressive player count since launch, the game did not release without its own share of problems. There are a number of bugs still present, some of which can be game breaking, but fortunately, fixes are swiftly on the way.  Dying Light 2: …

Konami’s Fox Engine was used to develop games such as Metal Gear Solid V, which ran at a silky smooth framerates all while being highly detailed and cinematic. The Lead Engineer of this engine has now been tasked with the development of a new engine for Bandai Namco. Bandai Namco …

Nvidia hasn't forgotten the MX series of mobile GPUs. Late last year, the chip manufacturer announced it would launch two new MX500 GPUs, the MX550 and the MX570. Unfortunately, we still don't have any benchmark results of the latter, but the former has already been spotted on the PassMark database. …

Sony has made it a point this current generation to partner with a number of smaller yet highly talented studios to work on a plethora of new and exclusive PlayStation IP. One such studio is Deviation Games, and while not much is known about their current project, a new leak …

It has been a good few months since the last Nintendo Direct stream, and with so much on the horizon for the Switch in 2022, fans have been eager for the next one. Following several rumours in recent weeks, today Nintendo officially announced its next stream – and it is …

While the Xbox team did have a great turnaround towards the end of the last console generation, there were some major errors made along the way, with one of the biggest being the cancellation of Scalebound, an exclusive title developed by PlatinumGames. The IP has been in limbo since then, …

ASUS is revamping its headset line-up this week with the launch of the ROG Fusion II 500 and Fusion II 300 headsets. Both feature high-resolution ESS 9280 Quad DAC technology, and Asus's AI Beamforming and noise cancelation technologies.  The Fusion II 500 and Fusion II 300 are described as “fully …

Despite being nearly a decade old, Grand Theft Auto V continues to sell like hotcakes. As part of Take-Two Interactive’s most recent Quarterly fiscal earnings report it was announced that the 2013 open world game had sold 160 million copies – single handedly surpassing the sales figures of other entire …

Nvidia has officially given up on its plan to acquire fellow chip maker Arm for a record-setting $40 billion. Arm parent company, SoftBank, announced that the deal has been scrapped this week following "significant regulatory challenges". 

Overclockers just keep breaking the DDR5 memory frequency world record. As of now, Lupin_No_Musume is the record holder for the fastest DDR5 memory, scoring a whopping 9,560 Mbps using a single G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 module under LN2 cooling. The new DDR5 memory world record entry shared by Buildzoid suggests …

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition didn't have the best launch. Besides the technical issues it presented, data miners discovered unlicensed music, a mod and even developer notes within the game's files. Despite all of that, the game has sold pretty well. Take-Two Interactive has recently shared the latest …

Shinji Mikami is a legend within the video games industry, having created some of the best-selling and well-regarded games in the whole medium. Mikami has taken somewhat of a hiatus in directing, with some thinking he had retired. This is not the case…yet, as the aging director claims to have …

The Batman Arkham games developed by Rocksteady were some of the most well-regarded games in the superhero genre when they were released between 2009 and 2015. Ahead of the next Arkham game, WB Montreal’s Gotham Knights, the original Batman trilogy could be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Currently, the Nintendo …

One of the more exciting projects to come out of Microsoft in recent years is the HoloLens, a bold push into Augmented Reality. Following the launch of the HoloLens 2 and Microsoft's deal with the US military, we've heard very little about the future of the headset. Recent reports claim …

Call of Duty has historically been known for its 6v6 gameplay taking place on relatively small maps. As video game hardware has gotten better however, and the shift towards larger scale combat has become the norm, Call of Duty Vanguard is looks to be introducing a large-scale war mode next …

Sony has recently been opening up about its next-gen PlayStation VR headset, revealing key specifications and some new features for the PS VR2. One of these features is eye-tracking, which may end up being provided by Tobii, one of the more prominent companies in the eye-tracking technology space.  Tobii has …

The Quest 2 VR headset is one of the best around, offering solid specifications and a wireless VR experience at a sensible price. Over the course of November and December, Meta ramped up on promotions for the Quest 2 and enjoyed a boost in sales. Now, we are seeing this …

Many fans were left surprised at the revelation that despite acquiring Bungie for $3.6 Billion, Sony has no intentions of making any of their games exclusive to PlayStation. That being said, Bungie’s IPs will be used by Sony in a different way: Films and TV. During the company’s recent earnings …

Back in August, we learned that Google was hiring new Stadia employees to work on licensing its streaming tech out to game developers and publishers, in lieu of focusing on first-party games and bringing consumers on to Stadia directly. Now, it seems that plan is very much in motion, with Google reportedly being in talks with the likes of Bungie and Capcom.