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To expedite the development of the top-down action-RPG, Vaultbreakers, Square Enix has made an undisclosed “major investment” in BetaDwarf, a Danish game development company. Square Enix will acquire a minority stake in BetaDwarf as part of this agreement. For BetaDwarf, the studio behind games like Forced and Minion Masters, this …

This week, DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation is multiplying performance in Mortal Online 2 and RuneScape: Dragonwilds. Additionally, Brickadia will enter Early Access on July 11th with day-one support for DLSS 4. Runescape: Dragonwilds launched with day-one support for DLSS 3 with Frame Generation, Nvidia Reflex and DLAA. Now, a new update brings DLSS …

Amazon Prime Week has arrived. We've had a look through some of the big tech deals on offer this week. Here, we break down some of the best gaming laptop and monitor deals from Acer. On the monitor front, there is an excellent deal available to those looking to make …

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 is almost upon us, with early reviews for the game painting a pretty positive picture overall.

LC-Power is debuting some very attractive options for the budget CPU cooler market. The latest DIGI cooler embraces new technologies, such as integrated displays in the heatsink and modern heat distribution methods, while keeping the price tag fairly low. LC-Power also has new black and white air coolers joining the …

Despite the addition of kernel-level anti-cheat, the team at Embark Studios are committed to ensuring The Finals continues to run on the Steam Deck.

Despite the claims that Xbox Game Pass is profitable, it appears as though a major cost component has been kept out of the equation:

Deep Rock Galactic Survivor has been one of my most played games on Steam Deck over the past year, even in its early access state. Now, the extremely fun spin-off is nearing its full release. Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is heading towards V1.0, which will also mark the end of …

Borderlands 4 is just a couple of months away. The $80 launch disaster has been avoided and 2K is slowly revealing more details about the game. In a new deep-dive video, developers give new insight into the history and lore of Kairos, the new planet where the events of Borderlands …

Monster Hunter Wilds has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons recently. While the announcement of the game's new free content update should have been a celebrated moment, the lack of any performance improvements led to a flurry of negative reviews. Now, Capcom has been forced to address the …

A handful of classic games were announced for Nintendo Switch Online as part of the Switch 2 launch. Now, as we near the next Nintendo Direct showcase, it looks like fans have figured out what new titles will soon be announced for the service, including Smash 64.  The next Nintendo …

CPU-Z has been updated to version 2.16 for Windows x86/x64, bringing with it support for lots of newly launched hardware. This update is particularly significant for enthusiasts following the latest developments from both AMD and NVIDIA.  Regarding AMD, the Ryzen Z2 and Z2 Extreme CPUs, which are frequently known by …

For years now, a Final Fantasy 9 remake has been rumoured. When Square Enix announced plans for a special 25th anniversary event for the game, an announcement became widely anticipated. However, the stream came and went this week with absolutely no mention of a new Final Fantasy 9 game. The …

MSI Afterburner has forgone support for AMD's most recent Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards, in large part due to the fact that MSI does not make any. Now, the developer behind Afterburner is correcting this with a new beta update, which brings support for RDNA 4 graphics cards.  The …

The Stop Killing Games petition has surpassed one million signatures in the EU, meaning the movement may soon move towards next steps to getting new consumer protection laws in place targeting the video game market. As a result of this, a lobbying group backed by Ubisoft, Take-Two, WB, Riot Games, …

Windows 11 has finally surpassed Windows 10 as the most popular Microsoft operating system, almost four years after its initial release in October 2021. Given that Windows 10's official end-of-support date of October 14th, 2025, is approaching, this change is not particularly surprising. This marks a significant turning point for …

Studio Virtuos has offered some thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2 and its capabilities – comparing its CPU to the PS4 and GPU to the Series S.

Over the years, there has been a ton of back and forth discussions surrounding Microsoft’s subscription service Xbox Game Pass and its impact on the industry. While some have claimed it to be a net negative – others state the opposite. Now, the founder and ex-CEO of Arkane Studios has weighed in on the matter, calling it “unsustainable.”

More than a decade on and Rust is doing better than ever, having now officially sold over 20 million copies on Steam alone.

Ahead of the launch of Edge of Fate, Destiny 2 is offering a free open access period featuring all of the game’s expansions and its most recent episodes.

With the release of the most recent version of its DLSS plugin for Unreal Engine, Nvidia has full support for DLSS 4 in Unreal Engine 5.6. With the help of this updated SDK, developers can more easily incorporate Nvidia's state-of-the-art AI-powered upscaling and frame generation technologies into games and apps …

Even though Hades 2 has not yet reached its full 1.0 release, it has maintained an impressive early access run on PC. With more than 61,000 Steam reviews, the game has been in early access for more than a year, and even its early versions have received praise for their …

Arctic has officially released its new P Pro Series of fans and on top of that, the company is also equipping its Liquid Freezer III AIO cooler with the new fans, which offer high static pressure and airflow, making them ideal for those seeking to lower temperatures. The P12 Pro, P12 …

Call of Duty: WWII officially came to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass earlier this week. However, the PC version has had to swiftly be pulled offline due to a newly discovered security issue. It seems that Call of Duty: WWII has been hiding a bug that enables Remote …

Needless to say, this has been an awful week for Xbox, with thousands of developers being let go, several high-profile game cancellations and even a few studio closures. As Microsoft purpotedly began cancelling funding for third-party game projects, some fans became worried about the status of Kojima's upcoming Xbox game, …

Helldivers 2 launched last year as a PlayStation console exclusive, and as the PC version is also published by PlayStation, it was widely assumed that the game would never come to Xbox. That changed this week with a surprise announcement, but while Helldivers 2 will be on Xbox moving forward, …

Anime Expo 2025 is taking place this weekend and CD Projekt Red did not disappoint with its panel. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is indeed returning, and Studio Trigger will be handling it once again. 

One of the more surprising casualties from last week's Xbox layoffs was Romero Games. Founded by DOOM creator, John Romero, the studio was not owned by Microsoft, nor had any public business ties to the company. However, it turns out that Romero Games was working on a new shooter, with …

This week, Microsoft announced plans to let go of 9000 employees. Various studios within the Xbox unit were impacted, including Turn 10, which reportedly lost as much as half of its employees. Now, an ex employee has made the claim that Forza Motorsport has effectively been cancelled.  Former Turn 10 …

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series has begun to register significant adoption in Steam's 2025 Hardware Survey. Despite only debuting in early 2025, with the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 launching on January 30th and mid-range options like the RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 following in February and May, respectively, these …