A couple of weeks ago, Nvidia announced plans to bring 25 games to GeForce Now in June, but it turns out the company also had some surprises up its sleeve. This week, Genshin Impact officially joins GeForce Now, following its surprise announcement last week. There are seven other titles joining …
Read More »Valve’s next-gen VR headset shown in newly discovered patent
For a while now, we've been hearing rumours that Valve is working on a new standalone, wireless virtual reality headset. Now, a new patent filed be Valve in late 2021 has confirmed this, showing a new HMD design. The patent was filed in December 2021, so Valve is actively working …
Read More »Call of Duty will reportedly get new mode next year inspired by Escape from Tarkov
Call of Duty jumped on the Battle Royale trend a little late with Warzone, but Activision thinks it may have found the next big thing. According to reports this week, Infinity Ward is preparing a new Call of Duty mode inspired by Escape From Tarkov, with plans to release in …
Read More »Destiny YouTuber sued by Bungie for over $7M due to false DMCA strikes
Earlier this year, Bungie found itself in hot water with the Destiny content creator community after a number of music channels began getting spammed with DMCA strikes. Bungie swiftly confirmed it was not behind this and worked with YouTube to get things reversed. So who was behind the false bans? …
Read More »You can cheat your way around KOTOR 2’s cutscene crash on Switch
Earlier this week, Aspyr confirmed that currently, there is a progression blocking bug roughly halfway through KOTOR 2 on the Nintendo Switch. At the time, it was believed that this made the game unfinishable on the console, but it turns out that Aspyr does have a workaround those affected can …
Read More »World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will be releasing this year
Back in April, Blizzard officially unveiled not one, but two WoW expansions. For starters, Classic players will be getting Wrath of the Lich King, allowing players to reexperience one of the best expansions in the history of MMOs. In addition, the latest WoW expansion is also on the way, known …
Read More »Fall Guys faces online service issues following free to play launch
Yesterday, Fall Guys re-launched as a free to play game with full cross-platform play between Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC. Unfortunately, the move has not been entirely smooth, as online service issues have persisted since. Following complaints from players unable to find matches, Mediatonic confirmed that it is aware of …
Read More »PCI Express 7.0 will reach 128 GT/s speeds
PCIe 5.0 connectivity has only just hit the market, but PCI-SIG, the consortium responsible for specifying PCI connectivity standards, is already teasing PCIe 7.0. In a press release this week, PCI-SIG revealed plans for PCIe 7.0 to be as much as eight times faster than PCIe 5.0. Today, PCI-SIG announced …
Read More »Nintendo Direct gives us a deep dive into Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Just as promised, today Nintendo went live with a new Direct stream focused on Xenoblade Chronicles 3, a grand finale to the trilogy of RPGs. The full Direct was nearly 30 minutes long, delivering a deep dive into the new game. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has had an interesting road to …
Read More »EA reportedly set to reveal Skate 4 gameplay in July
This week, Tony Hawk himself confirmed that we're unlikely to get a remake for Pro Skater 3 + 4, as Vicarious Visions was absorbed into Blizzard shortly after shipping the excellent Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake. While Tony Hawk Pro Skater might be dead in the water, EA will …
Read More »Microsoft bringing major latency improvements, mouse & keyboard support to xCloud
Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available across a pretty huge range of devices, from iOS and Android, to PCs, Xbox consoles and even Samsung TVs. As the service continues to gain momentum, Microsoft is looking to make new upgrades. At this point, xCloud servers have already been upgraded with Xbox …
Read More »SteelSeries introduces Apex Pro Mini with adjustable OmniPoint 2.0 mechanical switches
SteelSeries has made plenty of great peripherals over the years and now for 2022, the company is refreshing its Apex keyboard line-up with two new additions – the Apex Pro Mini and the Apex Pro Mini Wireless. The SteelSeries Apex Pro Mini keyboard comes in a 60% formfactor, making it …
Read More »Meta Quest Pro VR headset reportedly launching in Q4 2022
Roughly one year ago, Oculus execs made it known that there would be no Quest Pro or Quest 3 headset anytime soon, with the company poised to continue supporting and pushing its best-selling Quest 2 headset for the foreseeable future. Now one year on, things may have changed, with reports …
Read More »Fall Guys officially goes free to play and launches on Xbox and Switch today
The developers behind Fall Guys have been working on bringing the game to Xbox and Nintendo Switch for a long time now. After multiple delays, the game officially goes free to play as of today, and is now available on all major consoles and PC. As of today, Fall Guys …
Read More »Sucker Punch job listings hint at Ghost of Tsushima sequel
After leaving Infamous behind in the early days of the PS4, Sucker Punch turned its attention to Ghost of Tsushima, one of the best open world games to release in the last console generation. Now, it appears that the studio is gearing up for a sequel. While Sucker Punch has …
Read More »Shadowrun Trilogy, Naraka: Bladepoint and FIFA 22 headline latest Xbox Game Pass update
During the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase last week, we heard a lot about upcoming games landing on Game Pass in the year ahead, but Microsoft stayed quiet on what's coming in the immediate future. This week, the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the second half of June were …
Read More »NZXT BLD is heading to the UK, Spain and New Zealand
For a few years now, NZXT has offered its own direct-to-consumer PC building service, allowing customers to select parts based on the games they play the most and then have a PC built and shipped to them. Availability of the NZXT BLD program has been limited to the US for …
Read More »Aspyr confirms day-one bug stopping players from completing KOTOR 2 on Switch
We're all eagerly awaiting Aspyr's upcoming Restored Content DLC for Knights of the Old Republic 2, marking the first time cut content from the game has been officially packaged and released. Unfortunately, it seems Aspyr has bigger problems to solve first, as a game-breaking bug has been discovered in the …
Read More »Cheat makers agree to pay Bungie $13.5 million in Destiny 2 lawsuit settlement
Over the last few years, Bungie has been tackling Destiny 2 cheats with lawsuits, suing the developers and companies selling cheat tools to players. This week, Bungie actually settled with the people behind a few different cheating sites, with the sellers agreeing to pay $13.5 million USD in damages. After …
Read More »Diablo Immortal made $24 million in two weeks but that might not be enough
At this point, it is well established that Diablo Immortal has one of the greediest gacha systems we've seen in a mobile game to date. Still, the controversy didn't scare off those who can afford to drop piles of cash on mobile games. In the two weeks since launch, Diablo …
Read More »The Quarry and High On Life were originally going to be Stadia exclusives
We know that Google had a number of unannounced games lined up for Stadia before pulling the plug on game development operations. Two of Stadia's biggest planned titles have been making headlines recently. As it turns out, Supermassive's latest thriller, The Quarry, was originally intended to be a Stadia game, …
Read More »Call of Duty anti-cheat now completely disarms cheaters in online matches
Since introducing the Ricochet anti-cheat system, the Call of Duty anti-cheat team has been implementing new ways to mess with bad actors in online matches. Previously, cheaters have been unable deal damage to enemy players, have had their ability to see or hear the enemy removed and now, cheaters are …
Read More »Xbox app update adds Game Performance Indicator in major UI upgrade
Microsoft has made a number of key improvements to the Xbox app on PC recently. Not only has the app been upgraded to give users more freedom over their game installs and files, but soon the app will also let you know if your PC is up to the task …
Read More »Sony will reportedly launch ‘PS5 Pro Controller’ soon
While Microsoft has offered a more expensive ‘Elite' Xbox controller for years now, Sony has stuck to its standard controllers so far. According to reports this week, that will change soon, as apparently Sony is working on a “pro” controller. The DualSense controller that ships with the PS5 was already …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7 Remake finally launches on Steam
Final Fantasy 7 Remake had an awfully disappointing launch on PC in late 2021, with an overly high price tag and significant performance issues. The PC version has improved since then and now, the game is finally available on Steam. Many prefer to buy their PC games on Steam to …
Read More »Overwatch 2 will remove loot boxes and switch to seasonal content model
While Blizzard announced that Overwatch 2 would launch in Early Access this year during the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, the studio also saved a few reveals for its own stream. Last night, during a new development update stream, Blizzard announced some even bigger changes coming to Overwatch 2, including the …
Read More »Capcom officially announces Dragon’s Dogma 2
Last year, we first heard that Capcom may finally be working on Dragon's Dogma 2, close to ten years after the release of the original game. Now, as part of Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 10th Anniversary celebrations, the sequel has been officially announced. Last night during a livestream, Hideaki Itsuno announced …
Read More »Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion heading to consoles and PC this year
Last night during the Final Fantasy 7 Anniversary Stream, Square Enix not only announced the next chapter in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, but also confirmed a new game coming this year. As previous leaks suggested, a remake of Crisis Core is on the way and will launch as …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7 Remake sequel ‘Rebirth’ releasing next year
Last night during the Final Fantasy 7 Anniversary Stream, Square Enix officially revealed Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part Two. The sequel, known as Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, will be coming next year and some early work has already been done on Part Three. Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth is the sequel …
Read More »The Quarry’s multiplayer was delayed as employees and servers had to be moved out of Ukraine
Last month, Supermassive Games announced a sudden change of plan for The Quarry – the game would no longer release with online co-op and the feature had been delayed to July. At the time, we wondered about the circumstances around this delay and now, Supermassive has explained what happened. While …
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