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We have more updates on Apple's upcoming push into the Augmented Reality market. Recent weeks have seen rumours point towards a first-gen AR device in 2020 and an unlikely partnership with Valve. Now, the latest report detailing Apple's plans has put more realistic expectations in place, with an Augmented Reality …

Last week, a reliable Rainbow Six Siege leaker revealed some early details about the game's final season of content for the year. Now, Ubisoft has made its official announcement, with Operation Shifting Tides heading to the game soon with two new operators, which are currently playable on the Public Test …

Industry insider James Sigfield recently revealed via Twitter that Warner Bros. have been trying to get a Superman game off of the ground since 2013. He details two specific projects that were cancelled, but indicated there were more, and that Warner Bros. continue to pursue the idea of a Superman …

AMD’s decision to introduce PCIe 4.0 into its X570 chipset has provided manufacturers with a mainstream consumer desktop platform to introduce high bandwidth devices. Since the introduction of AMD X570, we have seen a stack of new products from various vendors offering GPUs and storage options to support the new …

When it was announced that Death Stranding would be coming to PC, with 505 Games publishing, many fans were worried that this would mean that the game would be an Epic Games Store exclusive, at least for a timed period. The publisher has now confirmed however that isn’t going to …

As the popularity of ultrawide gaming monitors has continued to grow, so has the number of impressively spec'd displays on the market. This month, Nixeus is adding a new 3440×1440 competitor to its roster, complete with FreeSync, HDR support and a 144Hz refresh rate starting at $499. Nixeus was one …

On the lookout for a new graphics card? These new RX 5700 cards from ASRock have just been announced...

Death Stranding has been treated as the biggest exclusive of the year by Sony. From the budget of the game, to the amount of marketing and promotion, to all the famous actors and singers present within the game itself, it’s clear that Sony was expecting Death Stranding to be a …

It has been just over a year since Shadow of the Tomb Raider first launched and those that have held off for this long will now be able to pick up a cheaper, complete version. This week, Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition launches, containing the base game and …

EKWB has been hard at work updating some of its previous hardware with new designs featuring D-RGB addressable LED lighting. The company has now launched a new design for AMD X570 users in the form of a monoblock belonging to its Quantum line of custom liquid cooling components. The new …

A new patent registered by Sony Interactive Entertainment was found in the INPI (Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial), a government institution from Brazil where the first patent for the PS5 was found. Back on the 26th of June, Sony filed a patent for a new game cartridge for an unknown game system. …

It can be easy to forget that BioWare actually came out with a game this year. Anthem didn't end up living up to its ‘evolving world' live service promises but in an effort to overhaul the game, BioWare has a new, smaller seasonal content update plan in place to fill …

Earlier this week, AMD officially announced specs, pricing and release dates for the first two SKUs in the 3rd Gen Threadripper lineup. However, it looks like AMD is wasting no time in preparing the next big CPU release, as a new leak hints at a 64-core TR 3990X. A seeming …

Red Dead Redemption 2 has been out on PC for 5 days now, so the inevitable influx of mods on the nexus is already well under way. Ultrawide fans can enjoy custom field of view settings and cinematics without black bars, while people who have played the game previously on …

Many of you will be aware of Blizzard's recent controversy surrounding Hearthstone Grandmaster ‘Blitzchung' and his tournament ban following his support for the protests in Hong Kong. Blizzard's stance caused plenty of backlash, with protesters even showing up at Blizzcon last week. While there are some at Blizzard that agreed …

Kerbal Space Program 2 was announced at Gamescom in August with an early 2020 release date. However, as always, game development is a dynamic job where problems can sneak up when you least expect them. With that in mind, the developers are going to need a bit more time, pushing …

Gigabyte previously gave AMD's RX 580 the Aorus treatment but for one reason or another, Vega was skipped over. Now, with AMD's RX 5700 series out in the wild and finding success, Aorus is back on the menu, with the AORUS RX 5700 XT set to launch within the next …

It is difficult to know what information to trust when it comes to Splinter Cell at the moment. We’ve had plenty of leaks that didn’t pan out, cross-promotional teases inside of Ubisoft games and even one instance of an Ubisoft director teasing Sam Fisher’s return only for it to be …

If you aren’t interested in playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC this week, or getting G-Sync compatibility on LG’s 2019 OLED TVs, then you may have skipped over the most recent Nvidia graphics driver when it began rolling out earlier this week. If you are one of those people, …

It might seem like it is a tad too early to be talking about CES but for MSI, it is never too early. This week, MSI received a bunch of CES Innovation awards at a smaller invite-only event that takes place ahead of the main Consumer Electronics Show in January. …

It has been a long time since Microsoft first announced its plans to bring back Age of Empires. At the time, we had announcements for remasters of the original trilogy, as well as confirmation of Age of Empires IV, which is being handled by Relic Entertainment. Now, it looks like …

Way back in the glory days of Halo, there was plenty of talk surrounding blockbuster movie spin-offs and TV projects to expand the franchise. None of those previous attempts got off the ground but when the Xbox One was announced, Microsoft officially committed to a Halo TV series. Getting the …

Overwatch 2 was announced at Blizzcon last weekend and unfortunately, the official announcement didn’t manage to clear up much of the confusion surrounding the sequel. With the way things are currently set up, Overwatch 2 sounds more like an expansion than a full sequel. Adding some extra fuel to this, …

Yesterday was a big one for both AMD and its partners. Not only have the first 3rd Gen Threadripper CPUs been announced, but motherboard makers are starting to show off their first offerings for the new TRX40 platform. We've seen a trio of boards from ASUS already this week and …

HITMAN 2 has had quite the year, delivering content updates at a rate that put other ‘live service' games to shame. IO Interactive is continuing this streak with new content throughout November, although things are starting to wind down as work on the sequel starts to ramp up. In November, …

Cory Barlog, the Creative Director of 2018’s God of War recently updated his Twitter profile, posting cryptic messages. Barlog changed his Twitter profile to that of the Voyager 2 space satellite, his cover photo to a picture of stars in space, and tweeted the cryptic message “—- <END TRANSMISSION> … …

While EA's prized racing franchise has run into plenty of trouble over the current console generation, Need for Speed keeps coming back. The last entry in the series seemed promising but was bogged down by a microtransaction-riddled and randomised car modification system. This week, Need for Speed Heat has snuck …

Over the last year or so, Starbreeze has been in a rough financial position, leading to the loss of The Walking Dead video game license, a publisher restructuring and the dropping of StarVR. Prior to this, Payday 2 development had officially ended, but that changed a couple of weeks ago …

Back in 2017, Corsair expanded beyond PC gaming peripherals and components with its own line of gaming chairs. The T1 Race swiftly hit the market and was followed up by the well received T2 Road Warrior in 2018. Now as we head towards the end of 2019, the third-generation T3 …

EKWB announced its new D-RGB GPU water blocks recently and now the company is adding more digital addressable RGB products to its custom water cooling components ranges, with a new series of reservoirs and pump-res combos available. EK has launched more products featuring D-RGB lighting, including a new line of …