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Blizzard has recently cancelled one of its largest projects, the survival game codenamed Odyssey. The announcement came as part of a reorganisation of Microsoft's game studios, resulting in 1,900 layoffs, or 8% of the gaming division's workforce. According to Bloomberg, the game was designed as a survival game similar to …

CES is coming up in less than a week  and as we've come to expect, there will be a new generation of gaming monitors launching, pushing technologies further with high refresh rates, new designs and more OLED options. Samsung is amongst the first to showcase their new monitors, including three …

Samsung has released its first flat mini-LED gaming monitor, the Odyssey Neo G7 (Model name: G70NC). Previous Samsung Mini-LED monitors have been curved, but now there is finally an option for those who prefer flat displays.  The new Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 monitor packs a 43-inch Quantum Mini-LED VA panel …

The history of One Piece games have been hit or miss, however it seems the upcoming One Piece Odyssey is generating a decent amount of excitement from fans. Initially intended to launch sometime this year, the team at ILCA and Bandai Namco have now announced the game’s release date – …

Xbox Game Pass sees a whole host of titles come and go on a monthly basis. As part of Microsoft’s recent Tokyo Game Show stream, it was announced that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is now available on Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft recently held an ID@Xbox showcase where the console manufacturer announced …

Bandai Namco had great success in 2020 with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, a new take on the series aiming to give fans a full RPG experience. Now, it seems that One Piece is getting similar treatment with One Piece Odyssey.  Today, Bandai Namco announced One Piece Odyssey, a new JRPG …

2021 was supposed to be a great year for Elite Dangerous across all platforms thanks to the Odyssey expansion. Unfortunately, this extra content arrived in a rough state on PC, leading to Frontier delaying the release on consoles so it could focus on fixing the game. Now almost a year …

While Ubisoft's main focus this year has been on developing additional content for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the publisher isn't leaving its older titles behind. This week, Assassin's Creed Odyssey will be getting a surprise update, bumping up the frame rate on next-gen consoles.  On the 24th of August, the Xbox …

Elite Dangerous took a big step forward with its new Odyssey expansion, introducing new planets, boots-on-ground combat missions and more. Unfortunately, the launch did not get off to a good start, leading to a lot of disappointment amongst early PC players. Over on Steam, Elite Dangerous Odyssey has quickly garnered …

Frontier is taking Elite Dangerous to the next level this year with the game's new Odyssey expansion. Following a late 2020 announcement, the expansion has been in alpha and beta testing on PC for a while and now, we have an official release date.  Elite Dangerous Odyssey will launch on …

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is still on track to release this year and soon, we'll have the chance to try it out for ourselves. This week, Frontier announced an upcoming alpha playtest and detailed the features and content we can expect to see.  The PC alpha test for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey …

This week as part of The Game Awards festivities, Frontier Developments gave us a brand new look at the next expansion for Elite Dangerous. The Odyssey expansion is launching in early 2021, promising one of the biggest gameplay and exploration updates so far.  Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is still on track …

Last week, the next major expansion for Elite Dangerous was announced, offering players the opportunity to get out of their spaceships and stretch their legs on the surface of planets. Unfortunately, unlike the Horizons expansion, Odyssey will not have VR support at launch. Elite Dangerous has been one of the …

It has been quite some time since the last major content update for Elite Dangerous but Frontier is far from finished with its massive space sim. This week, a teaser trailer for the next expansion appeared, introducing us to Elite Dangerous: Odyssey.  The announcement trailer was initially posted to the …

With the release of both Assassin’s Creed Origins and Odyssey, Ubisoft offered players a ‘Discovery Tour’ mode. This mode allows players to roam the open world map free from any combat, replaced instead with educational commentaries on ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece respectively. Announced during the publisher’s most recent conference …

While Samsung has been building up a strong line-up of gaming monitors for a while now, none of them have carried the ‘Odyssey' badge. That will start to change this year, with the Samsung Odyssey CTG9, a flagship 240Hz ultra-wide display with a massive 5120×1440 resolution.  While pricing has yet …

As the first anniversary of Assassin's Creed Odyssey approaches, Ubisoft has prepared a special update to celebrate the milestone with an anniversary event and a brand-new mount being given away for free to all Odyssey players. As part of the announcement, Ubisoft thanked all players in the Odyssey community for playing, …

Ubisoft isn’t exactly known for adding mod support to its games but the publisher's recent push into RPG territory is starting to change that. Just a few weeks ago, the developers behind Assassin's Creed Odyssey released quest creation tools for the game, allowing players to create their own custom quests …

Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been out for a while now but it looks like Ubisoft is still struggling with its end-game content plans. Ubisoft plans to keep bringing players back to Odyssey with weekly live events, where you track down legendary mercenaries for better gear. The first weekly event had …

Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been out for a little while now and Ubisoft is already gearing up with post-launch content. One way Ubisoft plans to bring players back in is with a weekly event, setting players on limited-time quests to take down world bosses. The first one was due to …

Ubisoft has had a great year so far with the launch of Far Cry 5 but it looks like its big end of year release, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, could be struggling at retail. While Far Cry 5 easily took the top spot on UK retail charts, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s physical …

Assassin's Creed Odyssey will be with us later this week. Reviews are now live, we've previously discussed some of the new RPG elements coming to this year's entry and now, it is time to take a look at the PC system requirements, broken down for 720p/30, 1080p/30 and 4K/30. Assassin's …

Assassin's Creed Odyssey launches in just a few weeks and while the base game will be sizeable, Ubisoft has plenty of post-release content planned for the next year. Last night, Ubisoft detailed its DLC plans for Odyssey, which will include free content in addition to season pass add-ons. Similarly to …

Assassin's Creed games have a habit of leaking well in advance of announcement. That changed this year, with very little being said about the next game in the series. Unfortunately, Ubisoft couldn't quite make it all the way until E3 without the surprise getting out. It looks like Assassin's Creed …

We have been hearing rumours surrounding Samsung’s high-end Odyssey VR headset for some time now but it looks like all of the details are now out in the open. Samsung’s Oculus Rift and HTC VIVE competitor has officially been listed on Microsoft’s store, detailing its specs and price. On paper, …

Samsung and Oculus have a pretty close working relationship at this point, with Oculus being the ones to design the GearVR and power it through its own software. However, the two could end up becoming competitors in the future as Samsung is said to be working on something called ‘Odyssey’ …

Over the past few years, one of the big defining factors of an Esports organisation, has been its ability to generate enough money to make the game seem legitimate and worth playing for the professionals and fans around the world. DotA 2 famously had the world's biggest prize pool with …

If you own anything from a NES, right through to an Xbox One, there's a lot of people you have to thank for getting the industry to the state that allows you to play the games you love, but few people more than the late Ralph Baer. In the mid …

There's no denying that MOBAs like to draw a little inspiration from one another. Whether it's in the design of a hero, or the style of the map, most of them have something in common, if only because they all stem from the same original custom game mode. SMITE is …

Samsung has perhaps mistakenly unveiled two potential Windows Phone 8 devices through court documents this week. The Odyssey and Marco were contained in documents submitted as part of the ongoing Samsung vs Apple legal battles. The Odyssey is at the higher end of the spectrum while the Marco will be …