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BlizzCon is set to kick off later today, but some of the surprises in store are leaking early. One of those surprises appears to be the Burning Crusade expansion for WoW Classic.  The idea of adding Burning Crusade to WoW Classic has been floating around for a long time now. …

2021 marks the 35th anniversary for The Legend of Zelda series. As part of this celebration, Nintendo announced that it would be remastering Skyward Sword in HD and bringing it to the Switch this year. While many fans were left disappointed at the lack of news regarding Wind Waker and …

During Lian Li 2021 Digital Expo, the case manufacturer presented us with four new cases, the new UNI FAN AL120 and AL140, the O11D Mini Snow Edition, a new O11D Mini bundle including SFF power supplies, and pricing and availability details of the Odyssey X chassis. Starting with the Q58, this …

It looks like the next batch of Radeon GPUs are launching in one month's time...

With 5G slowly getting worldwide coverage, Apple is already working on its successor. According to new job listings on their website, the company plans to develop its own 6G technology, making it increasingly more independent from other partners. The company has posted new job positions (via Bloomberg) to hire 5G/6G wireless system …

During the most recent Nintendo Direct, it was announced that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, the popular Takeshi’s Castle styled Battle Royale game would be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Following this, it was revealed that Xbox users would soon also be able to fight their way through a series of …

Each week, the Epic Games Store offers a number of games for free to all those with a registered Epic Games account. This week, users of Epic’s storefront can get their hands on the open-world first person shooter Rage 2. Rage 2 is a sequel to the 2011 post-apocalyptic shooter …

The past few years have seen a major increase in both the number and quality of video game-related films. From movies such as Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many more upcoming titles, it would seem as though the age of film adaptations for video games is back once again. …

Blooper Team has been very busy over the last few months, having shipped a next-gen enhancement update for The Observer and then releasing The Medium for Xbox Series X/S and PC. According to the studio's CEO, 2021 will mark “another turning point” for the developer, as it works on another …

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is coming out later this year and will finally wrap up the storyline that began with A Realm Reborn. This might sound like a finale for the MMO, but the game's director, Naoki Yoshida, has plenty of plans for the future.  Yoshida recently spoke with The …

It looks like Treyarch is cooking up a new mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The new mode is known as Outbreak and its existence leaked via the Call of Duty app and website.  Ad spots in-game and on the Call of Duty website went live for …

While Take-Two was originally set to acquire racing game specialist studio ‘Codemasters', EA eventually outbid them in the final hour of negotiations. As always though, these acquisitions take time to close and need to go through various approvals. All of that red tape has now been cleared, with Codemasters officially …

As we all know, graphics cards are in very short supply right now. In the case of Nvidia's RTX 30 series GPUs, some launch-week pre-order customers are still waiting to get their card due to long queues, meanwhile, much of the stock being made is going out to crypto mining …

When Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity released late last year, it was clear after playing the game that Nintendo had more content planned. At the recent Nintendo Direct, an expansion pass for the game was officially announced, offering two sets of DLC, the first of which will arrive in June. …

Cooler Master has a new accessory joining its MasterAccessory line-up this week. This time around, Cooler Master is launching its first ever tempered glass ARGB graphics card support bracket, giving heavier and bulkier GPUs the support they require while still looking nice in a system build.  The MasterAccessory ARGB GPU …

GeForce Now returned to its weekly library update schedule earlier this year, which means a new batch of games are being served up today. This time around, we have 11 games joining the library, including Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut, Rise of Industry and South Park the Stick of Truth.   Nvidia …

Ever since Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout arrived on PlayStation and PC, many fans of the game have been asking for a Switch version. Back in August 2020, the developers expressed their desire to bring the Battle Royale game to other systems, and now it is finally happening. Fall Guys will …

Starbreeze has been facing some difficult times over the last few years with layoffs and financial issues. Ultimately, the publisher decided to double down on Payday 2 DLC to get back on its feet and so far, that tactic appears to have worked. Starbreeze recently published its latest financial results, …

Pixio is about to launch a new 280Hz gaming monitor. The PX259 Prime gaming monitor is “designed for pro play” and features a low response time, anti-tearing technology and eye care features, allowing users to play comfortably during long sessions. The Pixio PX259 Prime features an IPS (AH-VA) panel with …

Many fans were disappointed when Nintendo announced that it would cease its post-launch support for Splatoon 2 back in 2019. Fortunately, the console manufacturer announced during the most recent Nintendo Direct that the third entry in the much loved series is on its way as Splatoon 3 is set to …

During a streaming event, MSI has shown the MSRP of the upcoming B560 and H510 motherboards. Aimed at  themid-range and entry-level markets, the new motherboards will support both Intel 10th Gen Core and 11th Gen Core processors.  According to what was shown on MSI Insider Show, the B560 motherboards will be …

Samsung has announced a new type of HBM. Named HBM-PIM, this is the world's first High Bandwidth Memory integrated with artificial intelligence processing power. Featuring a processing-in-memory design, HBM-PIM is aimed at data centre use, HPC systems, and AI-enabled mobile applications.

2021 is the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series, and typically Nintendo likes to celebrate these milestone years with new games and more. While last night’s Nintendo direct didn’t include a blowout celebration as some may have hoped, it did bring some Zelda news nonetheless. Nintendo has announced …

One of the Xbox team's biggest strengths over the last six years has been backwards compatibility support. At launch, the Xbox Series X/S consoles shipped with enhanced backwards compatibility features, including Auto-HDR and resolution upgrades in many cases. Now, frame rates are also due to get a big boost on …

While the iPad Pro received an upgrade to a higher refresh rate display a couple of years ago, Apple has been slow to move beyond 60Hz on the iPhone. During that time, the Android smartphone market has almost entirely jumped over to 90Hz or 120Hz displays. This year, Apple may …

As we learned a few weeks ago, Google Stadia is no longer in the first-party game business, having shut down all of its internal studios and publishing outlet. While many doubted Google's commitment to Stadia, we weren't expecting studios to be shut down so soon and as it turns out, …

As we all know, Epic Games and Apple aren't on the best of terms at the moment. Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple in the US last year over the company's App Store policies, which subsequently ended in Fortnite being removed from iOS. Since then, Epic has been filing …

Nightdive Studios has been quietly working away on System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition for a couple of years now alongside a complete remake of the original System Shock. One of the big bonuses coming with System Shock 2's remaster is VR support, which the developers have now confirmed after initially …

Amazon has been attempting to break into the games industry for a long time now with its own internal game studios. Most projects have been cancelled, but New World, the company's ambitious MMO, has managed to avoid that fate. Development hasn't been completely without trouble though, as it has been …

If you're in need of a peripheral upgrade and want to find a good deal, then we'd like to point you in the right direction. This week, there are two decent Razer discounts to look out for – one for the Power Up bundle containing a keyboard, mouse and headset …