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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 …

Norman Reedus, who plays the lead character in the Kojima Productions game ‘Death Stranding’, was originally slated to be in the now cancelled Silent Hills game. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Reedus revealed that after being approached for Death Stranding, he was retroactively glad that Silent Hills never came to …

Just a few days ago, a Steam Partner site update went out with references to something called ‘Steam Cloud Gaming'. This initially sparked rumours of Valve creating its own streaming alternative to the likes of Google Stadia, although recent updates indicate that third-parties will be able to offer their own …

Ever since the online stream platforms such as Twitch became mainstream, we have seen some amazing characters presenting their personalities in public for all to see. Not everyone who places themselves in front of a camera to livestream footage will succeed – it takes a person with a real unique …

For the last year or so, the US and China have been engaging in a trade war, imposing various tariffs on each country’s goods and services. What this has meant for the video game industry is that the upcoming PlayStation 5, Xbox Scarlett, and Nintendo consoles were threatened to have …

The Epic Games Store is once again offering two free games this week. Available to download for free right now is ‘Nuclear Throne’, a post-apocalyptic, rogue-like top-down shooter, and ‘Ruiner’, an isometric action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. These two games have replaced last week’s …

AMD’s 3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper high-end desktop platform will be launching later this month, so it is time for motherboard manufacturers to roll out new products in support of this next generation of HEDT processors. Asus will initially launch three motherboards to support the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs and …

German-based manufacturer Shuttle just expanded its barebones PC lineup with the new DS10 range, with four different models which all use a very compact 1.3-litre steel chassis. The DS10 range is the successor to the DS77 series, the previous 1.3-litre PCs from Shuttle. All of the models are fanless, meaning …

The developer behind Black Desert Online, Pearl Abyss, will announce three new games and the upcoming closed beta of Shadow Arena at G-Star 2019 on November 14th (04:00 UTC) in Busan, South Korea. G-Star 2019, the Korean videogame conference, is right around the corner, and with it comes the expected …

Bug bounty programs are fairly common in the tech world, but it is rarer to see game developers participating. With GTA Online, Rockstar began a bug bounty program calling on white hat hackers and security sleuths to dig out reproducible instances of false positive bans. Now, the program is being …

Earlier today, PlayStation announced that Hermen Hulst, the managing director of Guerrilla Games, would become the new Head of PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios, replacing Shuhei Yoshida. It was also revealed that Yoshida will remain at the company, but will now be leading a new initiative with a focus on working with …

Microsoft announced the HoloLens 2 augmented reality headset all the way back in February, with pricing and pre-order details arriving in May this year. Now after plenty of waiting, the HoloLens 2 is officially shipping, with an upgraded field of view and more powerful internal hardware.  Under the hood, the …

AMD teased us a while back with the announcement that the Ryzen 9 3950X and 3rd Gen Threadripper processors would be launching this month. Now, we have all of the final details, with the TR 3960X and TR 3970X being announced alongside the new TRX40 platform. We also have more …

Back in early October, Sony made the surprise announcement that Shawn Layden, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, has left the company after a lengthy 30-year career. A replacement had not been lined up at the time but today, Sony announced a new head for SIE Worldwide Studios.  Hermen …

Antec has announced a new PC gaming case is being added to its range. The new design will not be following Antec’s usual wacky creations and features a rather subtle approach with a more traditional layout. The new case is more of a refresh rather than a brand-new design which …

Over the last few years, Microsoft has been looking to bring back some of its PC-specific game franchises, with the most notable revival being Age of Empires. We are currently getting ‘Definitive Editions' for the first three Age of Empires games with a long-awaited sequel also in the works. Age …

Just the other week, Razer announced the Viper Ultimate wireless version and now the company has added another of its popular mice to its wireless range. The Basilisk Ultimate and Basilisk X HyperSpeed are the latest Razer mice to receive the wireless upgrade. Razer has introduced two new versions to …