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Nintendo’s controversial Game-Key Card system for Switch 2 will be quite a bit more user-friendly than initially expected.

With EA’s Sports titles confirmed for Switch 2, the publisher has detailed whether these versions will be comprehensive ports, or simply a roster update.

Nvidia has not yet officially announced its RTX 5060 or RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards, but we've been learning about both via leaks for several weeks. It would appear that official news is just around the corner, as popular PC testing tool, AIDA64, has just been updated with details for …

The configuration of Nvidia's upcoming lower-end GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs is still mostly unconfirmed, but rumours and reports have given us an idea of what to expect. The latest report comes from newly found shipping manifests, which show the memory bus of a GB206-based graphics card. While previous reports …

Assassin's Creed Shadows ended up being one of Ubisoft's most technically-sound launches in quite some time. Still, there is always room for improvement and we're starting to see those improvements in action today with the rollout of the game's first major update.  The first major patch for Assassin's Creed Shadows …

Supergiant's roguelike sequel, Hades 2, has been well received on PC so far, but the game has yet to release on consoles. The console version was finally revealed as part of the recent Nintendo Direct, but it appears the game will remain a Switch 2 console-exclusive for a while.  Supergiant …

We recently learned that Nintendo Switch 2 games would cost as much as £80 at launch, and some Nintendo Switch 1 titles with upgraded Switch 2 versions will have expensive £20 upgrade packs. It would seem that the majority of Switch 2 Edition games will be selling around the £65 …

The next round of titles upgrading to DLSS 4 have been announced. The new RTX 50-exclusive component for DLSS 4 is Multi-Frame Generation, allowing AI to boost frame rates further. Wild Assault is the headlining DLSS game this week. The title offers 20 vs 20 PvP battles with animal-themed abilities. …

Ahead of its premiere, reviews for Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us have gone live – revealing what appears to be another consistently excellent experience.

The 2nd of April marked one of the most important dates the video games industry has seen in quite some time, owing to the big unveiling of the Nintendo Switch 2 – showing us everything from the hardware, games and even the system’s release date. Unfortunately, much of what has been revealed so far shows Nintendo is squandering the good will it built up during the Switch 1 generation. 

Despite their ubiquity across all other gaming systems/platforms, the Nintendo Switch 2 will still not feature any kind of achievement / trophy system:

Following its announcement back in 2022, the Death Stranding film seems to finally be underway, with a writer/director now on board.

4 years on from its PC launch, No More Heroes 2 has finally gotten official Keyboard and mouse support, alongside other much-needed fixes.

Enthusiasts delving into the overclocking potential of AMD's latest Radeon RX 9070 series found something we haven't seen for some time. In a throwback to the days of widespread BIOS modding, it appears that some Radeon RX 9070 non-XT GPUs can be flashed with the BIOS from their XT counterparts, …

The heavily rumoured remake of Bethesda's beloved 2006 RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, might be coming soon. According to the latest reports, the game is ready to be launched and could be shadowdropped later this month. The report from Jeff Grub from GiantBomb matches the previous rumours and claims …

Microsoft appears to have found success in Hollywood with its Minecraft movie. The film has gone on to have the best-ever opening weekend box office performance for a video game film adaptation. While the Minecraft Movie was forecast to generate up to $80 million domestically (in the US), the film …

Bungie had to scale back pretty heavily on Destiny 2 content last year due to the need for additional resources on Marathon. Following multiple delays, Bungie's new Sci-Fi shooter now appears to be on track for release, with a big reveal event taking place next week.  Bungie has announced that …

While Nintendo has not fully detailed the hardware inside of the Switch 2, we are finally starting to get details on the chip powering the system. According to Digital Foundry, the Switch 2 utilises a custom Nvidia T329 processor, which means it uses graphics technology similar to what we can find in RTX 30 series GPUs.

Grand Theft Auto V is one of the best selling games of all time, having shifted well over 200 million copies since launching back in September 2013. Still, the game continues to sell to this day and if you are one of the few who has never picked it up, …

Microsoft has not been secretive about its AI ambitions, particularly in the game development space. Over the weekend, Microsoft released its first AI-powered experimental game – a clone of Quake 2.  Microsoft has released a version of Quake 2 entirely generated by AI. Using Microsoft's own gaming-oriented generative AI model, …

Reports on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti are increasing, with the latest being benchmark entries on the Furmark database. Nvidia's board partners are reportedly already distributing samples, so we expect to see a few more benchmark database leaks in the coming weeks. One of the earliest leaks has surfaced …

Despite a generational leap in power, the Switch 2 will still only support maximum cartridge sizes of up to 64GB - sparking concerns for current-gen titles.

While the Nintendo Switch was an undeniable success, one of the handheld’s core issues was in its Joy-Cons. Suffering quite easily from Joy-Con drift, the Switch 1 was on the receiving end of a ton of lawsuits. Hopefully though, when it comes to Switch 2 this shouldn’t be a concern as Nintendo claims to have fixed the issue...

A little over a week from its Early Access launch, the Sims-like inZOI has officially sold over 1 million copies, alongside a peak CCU of 87k players.

Almost one year on from its Early Access release, The Rogue Prince of Persia is getting yet another massive update, bringing new Elite enemies and more.

Despite offering an upgraded display in many aspects, the Switch 2’s HDR screen is unfortunately using a rather basic edge-lit LCD panel.

A new connection standard might be on the horizon. Developed by a consortium of Chinese companies, General Purpose Media Interface (GPMI) leverages USB Type-C and USB Type-B connectors to deliver high bandwidth for next-generation displays and integrated power delivery. As reported by HKEPC (via VideoCardz), GPMI is positioned as a …

Nvidia has made two of its proprietary technologies open-source: Flow, a real-time, grid–based fluid simulation library, and PhysX, a GPU acceleration library for physics. While Nvidia initially released the PhysX library on GitHub a few years ago, it wasn't fully open source. As Wccftech highlights, Nvidia has now updated its …

CPU-Z validation results for Q1 2025 reveal an emerging trend in CPU preferences, with eight-core processors gaining significant traction. Data shows that eight-core CPUs now represent 24.7% of all validations, marking a substantial 32.6% increase compared to previous figures. Conversely, six-core processors have declined, accounting for only 22.5% of validations, …

Nvidia is reportedly gearing up to launch its GeForce RTX 5060 graphics cards, with information from Board Channels suggesting a potential release schedule. As previously indicated, Nvidia is expected to introduce the RTX 5060 series this month. This new lineup is anticipated to include the RTX 5060 Ti in both …