Windows 11 has been out for a little over a month now and Microsoft now has a few updates under its belt. Unfortunately, an expiring certificate has come in to play, causing dome Windows 11 features to stop working correctly.  As Microsoft warned, starting on the 1st of November, a …

For months now, it has been suspected that Nintendo did intend to launch a Switch Pro this year, but had to pivot to the Switch OLED as an alternative due to the ongoing global chip and components shortage, which is impacting DIY PC hardware and games consoles across the board. …

The DDR5 generation has officially begun and overclockers are quickly racing to set some new world records. Throughout the DDR4 generation, G.Skill was at the forefront of overclocking, with its memory being used to break world records a number of times. That won't be changing with jump to DDR5, with …

Recently, a GeForce Now database leak revealed a ton of upcoming games heading to the PC platform. While Nvidia stated that the list of games was ‘speculative', publishers like Ubisoft confirmed the leak's legitimacy through efforts to supress the leak. Now, a second leak has seemingly occurred, this time with …

Ever since the launch of RTX 30 series graphics cards, we've faced numerous issues with stock. Scalpers and cryptominers were quick to buy up early stock, then supply chain shortages kicked in, keeping retail stocks low and waiting lists long. Now, we're seeing examples of straight up thievery, with a …

Ever since joining Xbox Game Studios, Obsidian has been very busy, with multiple teams working on different projects. At this point, Pillars of Eternity has evolved into Avowed, The Outer Worlds is getting a sequel and another small team is working on the excellent early access survival title ‘Grounded'. Josh …

Back in August, PNY unveiled its first DDR5 memory modules, promising 4800MHz speeds. Now a few months later, the first DDR5-supported platform is available, with Intel 12th Gen Core processors and Z690 motherboards beginning to roll out. In the months ahead of launch, PNY was able to improve its DDR5 …

It has been a busy week for Crystal Dynamics and Marvel's Avengers. Earlier in the week, paid XP boosts were removed from the game after a brief stint on the marketplace and shortly after that, Square Enix admitted it was ‘disappointed' in the game's performance to date. Now, we're capping …

We're a month removed from the Battlefield 2042 beta and as it turns out, it was one of the biggest beta tests ever for the franchise. This time around with Battlefield 2042, three million players joined during the early access period, with that number more than doubling during the full …

This morning a few hours ahead of the embargo lift for Intel Alder Lake reviews, Gigabyte Aorus published an impressive seeming overclocking result, claiming to have reached 8GHz on the Core i9-12900K. The embargo for Alder Lake has since lifted, allowing more people to talk freely about performance and it has quickly become clear that this 8GHz result was faked. 

To cap off last month, Nvidia announced that soon it will be rolling out RTX 3080 memberships for GeForce Now, giving any subscriber access to their own 3080-powered gaming rig over the cloud. Now for November, 17 games have been announced as joining the library over the next few weeks.  …

A surprising number of newly announced games this year came with ‘early 2022' release dates, but as we get closer to the end of the year, delays are starting to set in. Marvel's Midnight Suns, a strategy RPG from XCOM studio, Firaxis, is amongst the first to be delayed, moving …

One of the big benefits of cloud gaming is the instant access to games, without the need to wait for installs or downloads. It also paves the way for developers to offer limited-time access to titles in a controlled way, without needing to spend resources and development time creating a …

As usual with Ubisoft games, the launch of Far Cry 6 was just the beginning, with free and paid DLC updates planned in the months following launch. One of the first post-launch missions features none other than actor Danny Trejo, which Ubisoft accidentally released early this week.  In a patch …

Today, ARCTIC is expanding its CPU cooler line-up with a new tower heatsink. The Arctic Freezer i35 for Intel sockets and the Freezer A35 for AMD sockets promise support for the latest CPUs, ARGB lighting and unrestricted RAM compatibility. The new Freezer CPU cooler is available starting this month, with …

Marvel’s Avengers has had a rocky first year. It looked like things might be turning around after the release of the Black Panther expansion and the game's recent release on Xbox Game Pass, but then Square Enix followed that up with the introduction of XP boost microtransactions, something the developers …

Earlier this year as part of a continued crackdown on piracy, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Gary Bowser, who was allegedly one of the leaders of Team Xecuter, a group responsible for Nintendo Switch hacking and piracy tools. Now months later, Bowser has pleaded guilty to several charges.  As part …

It would appear that you can publicly delay games that do not yet have release dates announced. This week in a somewhat odd move, Blizzard announced that both Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 are delayed, despite neither title having an official release date. 

Battlefield 2042 is technically not releasing until the 19th of November, however, we've known for some time now that Ultimate Edition buyers will get early access to the game, starting on the 12th of November. As it turns out, there is a cheaper way to get into the game early, …

Last year, Razer began branching out its peripheral line-up to cover mice and keyboards aimed at productivity rather than gaming. Now in 2021, we're getting more peripherals for the Razer Productivity Suite, including the new Razer Pro Type Ultra keyboard and the new Razer Pro Clock Mini mouse.  The Razer …

G.Skill recently unveiled its launch line-up of DDR5 memory, with the high-end Trident Z5 series offering speeds up to 6600MHz. In the weeks following, overclockers have been tinkering to see just how far they can push these new memory modules and already, they are successfully pushing past the 7000MHz barrier.  …

Due to the on-going chips and component shortage, we've seen big droughts of availability for gaming hardware, including consoles like the Xbox Series X and the PS5. It will also be a bit harder to get a Nintendo Switch in the coming months, according to supply chain reports.  While Nintendo …

Over the years, noblechairs have released a bunch of different colourways for their gaming chairs, but not a pure white one. That changes today with the launch of the noblechairs White Edition.  For the noblechairs White Edition, the company has shifted to a new cover material produced in Germany. This …

While the global chip shortage didn't affect Apple's product line-up much in 2020, it is a different story this year. Tim Cook previously warned investors that the on-going chip shortage may impact the iPhone 13, and now in an effort to combat that, Apple is cutting down on iPad production …

While Red Dead Redemption 2 did make it onto PC as well as consoles, the original Red Dead Redemption continues to be a console exclusive to this day. That could be changing soon though, as sources claim that a remaster is now in development. 

In September ahead of Call of Duty: Vanguard's open beta, the developers released an early set of PC system requirements. Now, a few days away from the official release, Vanguard's PC requirements have been revised and re-announced, with the recommended spec lowering the bar for entry compared to the beta.  …

Assassin’s Creed was reinvented a few years back with Assassin’s Creed Origins, kicking off a new RPG era for the series. In the next few years, Ubisoft will be reinventing the series once again with Assassin's Creed Infinity, which Ubisoft shared some more details on this week.  Back in July, …

Xbox Game Pass has continued to improve this year with the addition of more first-party games and major third-party deals. November is shaping up to be one of the biggest months of the year, with a strong line-up of headline worthy titles.  While last month's big Xbox Game Pass releases …

Over the last five years, id Software has been exclusively focussing on DOOM, bringing us the 2016 reboot and more recently, Doom Eternal. Now, it looks like the studio might be switching things up a bit, possibly with a new Quake game.  the last Quake title to be released was …

For a while, it looked like Battlefield 2042 would be launching without any RTX features, but as it turns out, the game will indeed be featuring a suite of Nvidia technologies at release. Today, DICE and Nvidia announced that Battlefield 2042 will include ray-tracing, DLSS and Nvidia Reflex.  In a …