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Rockstar is notoriously secretive with its projects, but for months now, we have been hearing rumours about a Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy. Those rumours now have some weight, as a new rating for ‘Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition' has been spotted.  The Korean Game Rating and …

While the Spider-Man franchise has had its fair share of dark moments, the wall crawler has been categorised as a rather light hearted character – always making the best of a bad situation. Such was the case with Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man and Miles Morales. For the upcoming sequel however, the …

Nintendo has denied the existence of a ‘Switch Pro' console for years at this point, and while it looked like we were going to get an announcement this year, Nintendo rolled out the Switch OLED instead. Following up on the story, reports this week claimed that a number of studios …

EA has been showing interest in cloud gaming over the last few years. The publisher already has a partnership with Xbox to bring certain titles to xCloud and today, Nvidia has announced that it has also partnered with EA to bring its games to GeForce Now, with the first batch …

Many fans were disappointed by the announcement that the upcoming God of War Ragnarok would be delayed in 2022. Taking to Twitter, the voice actor for Kratos has now explained the reason for the delay – and revealed that he almost quit working on the sequel. Taking to Twitter, Christopher …

Forza Horizon 5 is just over a month away from release, so today as part of the Tokyo Game Show, Playground Games revealed the PC system requirements for the game, complete with a minimum, recommended and a very high-end ‘ideal' specification that calls for an RTX 3080. Beyond that, PC-specific …

Xbox held its Tokyo Game Show livestream earlier this morning and while the event was light on new reveals, it did bring some exciting announcements for Xbox Game Pass. To cap off September, Game Pass subscribers will be getting two excellent Japanese games – Scarlet Nexus and AI: The Somnium …

GTC returns in November and as usual, Nvidia will be holding a keynote, hosted by none other than CEO Jensen Huang, joined by multiple AI research and industry leaders, including Tim Sweeney from Epic Games. During this keynote, Nvidia plans to unveil new AI technologies, an increasingly big focus for …

AMD recently announced that one of its goals is to increase the energy efficiency of AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct accelerators by 30x in AI and HPC. To put this into perspective, to achieve this goal, AMD will have to be 2.5x faster at increasing energy efficiency than the …

It's starting to look like every CPU cooler manufacturer will be offering Intel LGA1700 mounting kits for those upgrading to an Alder Lake-S processor. This week, be quiet! and Phanteks joined the growing list.  With the increase in the size of the Intel LGA1700 socket, cooler manufacturers had to create …

When Microsoft first unveiled Windows 11, it announced plans to revamp the Windows Store and open it up for third-party integrations. We already knew that the Samsung Android app store would be implemented, but now, others are coming forward, including the likes of Epic Games.  Not only will the Windows …

Back in April during the first Oculus games showcase, we got our latest look at Lone Echo 2, as well as an August release date for the highly anticipated VR title. The game was eventually delayed just before its planned release date. At the time, Ready at Dawn did not …

Tokyo Game Show is just a few days away, and while some developers and publishers will over-promise and over-hype their conferences, Square Enix has opted to give prospective watchers a complete look at the games line-up, announcing what appears to be a rather lackluster conference. Ahead of the ‘Square Enix …

Netflix is continuing its push into the video game market. Shortly after beginning public testing for game streaming, Netflix has now acquired its first video game studio – Night School Studio, best known for the indie game ‘Oxenfree'. Night School Studio made a name for itself back in 2016 with …

After months of leaks and a delay, DICE has confirmed that the beta for Battlefield 2042 will be taking place in October. Alongside the beta dates, the studio has also revealed the PC system requirements for the game.  A set of system requirements for Battlefield 2042 were shared by closed …

While the VR industry is still relatively small when compared to the likes of console gaming, the niche market has found success in the standalone headset subcategory - namely the Oculus quest 2. It seems Valve is betting on standalone headsets too, as a data mine has revealed that the company is working on a Standalone headset.

While HDR standards are still rather inconsistent across various media industries, it is widely accepted that Dolby vision is the best. Though previously only available for films and TV shows, the HDR standard is now coming to video games – but only on Xbox. Previously claimed to be arriving in …

One of the main issues with Google Stadia is that while the search giant pitched the service as being the cheaper alternative to console gaming, the need for a bespoke controller for minimum latency brought the cost up considerably. For those who were not invited to the recent Stadia promotion …

SteelSeries recently introduced the limited-edition Ghost collection, including two of its most popular peripherals: the Aerox 3 mouse and the Apex 7 TKL keyboard. The difference between the standard and the Ghost peripherals lies in the design, as the latter features a white matte colour and pudding design that enhances …

The ongoing chip shortage has been devastating to the world economy, but according to Dr Lisa Su, CEO at AMD, it will likely finish within a year. In an interview, AMD's CEO stated that the chip shortage might end during the second half of 2022, but the first half of …

MSI's new addition to its portfolio of CPU coolers is the MEG Coreliquid S series of AIO liquid coolers. Designed to be silent during operation, the new MEG Coreliquid S series will be available in two sizes, both featuring an IPS display that you can customise to your liking. Available …

While there is no denying that Horizon Forbidden West is one of the most anticipated games of 2022 so far, the title hasn’t been without some controversy, with some fans expressing concern at the fact that the game is coming to PS4. According to the team at Guerilla Games, Forbidden …

Recently we reported that Nintendo would be adding N64 and SEGA Mega Drive games to its Nintendo Switch Online service for an added cost. While there were rumours that Game Boy games were on the way, this never materialised. It seems as though the console manufacturer does have plans for …

This week, many outlets began posting new hands-on previews for Valve's upcoming handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck. Interestingly, one of these previews took an interesting turn, suggesting that the Steam Deck APU could also be repurposed to power a standalone VR headset.  Valve launched its own high-end VR headset, …

The past few years has seen the relationship between game streamers and the music industry get increasingly strained. Now more than ever, streamers are unable to play games with licensed music without the entire stream being taken down. In an odd decision, Twitch has now struck a deal to make …

Yesterday, we shared a rumour claiming the Intel Arc Alchemist line-up would include a 128EU-GPU. That particular rumour claimed the entry level GPU would feature 4GB or 8GB of memory, but a leaked photo suggests that it will actually ship with 6GB of VRAM across a 96-bit memory bus.  The …

After years of testing, major development changes and delays, Amazon's ambitious MMO, New World, has officially released. The game is available as of today and it already appears to be a hit, with over 550,000 concurrent players on Steam today – a number that continues to rise.  This morning shortly …

Last year, there were rumours that Marvel's Avengers would end up on Xbox Game Pass at some point, a theory that only continued to gain ground as the player base dwindled. Now, a full year on from launch, the game will be coming to Game Pass across all available platforms.  …

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has been circulating in rumours for months now. While AMD has yet to officially announce the card, it is believed that it will be launching in mid-October, and some retailers are already beginning to list them throughout Europe.  One listing appeared at a Portuguese retailer and …

Like several other cooler makers, MSI will also be offering a free upgrade kit so that users can continue to use their current CPU cooler on the upcoming Intel LGA 1700 socket. The new socket will launch on new motherboards alongside Intel's upcoming Alder Lake-S desktop processors, which may be …