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Following the tumultuous aftermath of Telltale’s unexpected firings, Skybound Games announced that it has struck a deal to see The Walking Dead: The Final Season through to completion. Despite numerous hiccups in getting the project under way, the developer assures fans that it intends to debut the third episode before …

Shortly following Sony’s change of heart, Psyonix announced that it was working on making Rocket League fully cross-platform as it was always intended to be. While this was expected to land before the end of the year, the developer has seemingly hit a bump in the road causing a delay …

Last year, Cooler Master launched the C700P, a big return for the massive Cosmos case line. Now this year, the Cosmos is set to be celebrated once again, this time around with a limited edition Carbon Fiber version. The Carbon Fiber Limited Edition C700P case originally started off as a …

Epic Games is no stranger to controversially chasing down cheaters within Fortnite: Battle Royale, from hiring private investigators to pursuing legal action. YouTuber Brandon “Golden Modz” Lucas is the latest in Epic’s sight, after showcasing and selling cheats to his 1.7 million subscribers. Fortnite is one of the most lucrative …

Back in 2016, it was revealed that Facebook had been misleading advertisers for two years due to a botched algorithm that overestimated viewing time averages by up to 80 percent. Although Facebook claims it was an accident, a lawsuit from marketing agency Crowd Siren alleges that social network had known …

It has been a few months since Microsoft first formed ‘The Initiative', an ambitious first-party studio aiming to produce new, high-quality games for Xbox and PC. We've seen a wave of hires already, including top talent from other acclaimed studios. Now, The Initiative has added another big name to its …

It looks like Netflix is about to but heads with the EU, as the streaming service has begun calling out Europe's ‘content quota' plans for online video services. Apparently the EU is considering a new law that would require streaming services to “devote a minimum of 30 percent of their …

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Hitting its 20th anniversary this month, Level-5 seems to have something special in store. The word “revival” has been teased alongside its upcoming retrospective, hinting that the developer could be bringing back an old series or a cancelled game. The studio will be featuring in Famitsu’s November 8th issue to …

While this year’s Call of Duty was the first in its series to shed a single-player campaign in favour of its Blackout battle royale mode, Battlefield V is keeping to tradition. Ahead of its launch next month, developer DICE has now released its story trailer full of War Stories. War …

After withdrawing its search services in China for a number of years, Google has been making effort to re-enter the market with a censored version of Google Search known as Dragonfly. Speaking about the project for the first time, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that tests are going “very …

Corsair has a long-standing reputation in the SSD world and while the company has remained quiet on the storage front this year, that is changing today. This week, Corsair announced the new Force Series MP510 M.2 NVMe SSD, delivering more performance in capacities all the way up to 2TB. The …

Discord started its journey as a versatile platform, specialising in voice, text and image before expanding into video chat late last year. Having completed its initial beta tests, Discord is now ready to expand into the video game market, launching its store worldwide. The new feature was announced back in …

Today in London, Huawei announced its latest smartphones – the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro. These build on the success of Huawei's P20 series that launched last March with bigger and better screens, increased battery capacity and an updated triple-camera setup. We went hands-on with the new phones to tell …

RTX 2070 is now out in the wild, and here we unbox the MSI RTX 2070 Armor 8G card and give you a quick overview of the features and design

While Android continues to flourish as a diverse market, one of the biggest complaints is how manufacturers bloat Google’s base operating system. Although OnePlus has always embraced pure Android, it teased that a more streamlined experience is coming to its proprietary OxygenOS in time for the OnePlus 6T. Based on …

Last week, Facebook managed to proudly clamp down on hundreds of accounts geared towards fake news and misinformation ahead of the US midterm elections. Due to growing tensions with Congress, however, the social network isn’t stopping there as Facebook broadens its policies against voter manipulation. While false dates, times, locations …

Over the weekend, a nasty PS4 messaging bug came to light, which would ‘brick' consoles by sending them into a constant crash loop. Some players used this to their advantage by sending a string of characters to PS4 players on opposing teams to force them out of a game. It …

Valve revealed that its upcoming card game, Artifact, would utilise the Steam Marketplace in order to openly buy and sell cards, prompting worries over the game’s balance. Fortunately, the developers behind the game are confident that the price of powerful cards will remain in check thanks to cheaper decks becoming …

Red Dead Redemption 2 is heading our way at the end of next week, which means it is all hands on deck at Rockstar as the team prepares for launch. As part of an interview this week, Rockstar did manage to spark some controversy, after talking about 100-hour work weeks …

Last week, I posted an hour and a half of gameplay from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, complete with first impressions and a dive into the new RPG elements that Ubisoft has added to the series. Due to how vast this game is, and how many hours it would take to complete, …

Although Intel’s 14nm CPU shortage wasn’t the most welcome news last month, it did enable DRAMeXchange to tease a much-needed price decline within both the DRAM and NAND markets. This is set to steepen throughout 2019, however weak price trends suggest that we could see significant price drops by the …

While there are hopes that the next-generation of consoles could arrive as early as next year, it’s worth remembering that Sony has only just made its tentatively titled PlayStation 5 official. In fact, the company is still getting the ball rolling, actively recruiting for a senior product manager and senior …

Last week, Intel-commissioned benchmarks from Principled Technologies were heavily chastised for their misleading comparisons to competition. Originally claiming to be up to 50 percent faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X, promised re-tests under fair conditions show that the Intel i9-9900K is actually a much more marginal 12 percent quicker than …

Paradox is well-known for some of the best grand strategy games around, including the likes of Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron and Stellaris. In the future, Paradox will be working to make its titles easier to mod, in large part thanks to an upgraded engine. In an interview with VentureBeat …

A new Facebook vulnerability was discovered and stomped out two weeks ago, with the social media site claiming up to 50 million accounts could have had personal information exposed. An ongoing investigation by the social media site has since ruled 20 million of those accounts as safe, with the remaining …

We've seen weird messaging bugs creep into the smartphone space over the last couple of years but it looks like this issue is starting to affect consoles too. Over the weekend, numerous reports surfaced of PlayStation 4 consoles crashing after receiving a malicious message. As HuntStark notes on Reddit, some …

Cloud Imperium Games pushed its Alpha 3.3 into Star Citizen’s public test servers last week, alongside debuting the most complete trailer for its celebrity-filled Squadron 42 single-player campaign yet. Over the next few days, the developer saw a steady flow of income as the game received another $1 million in …

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII launched over the weekend and the game is already breaking records. The lack of single-player campaign this year doesn't seem to be bothering many, physical sales for the game are down but launch day digital sales have gone through the roof. Activision has announced …

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