Last week, various tracking sites began showing a late August release date for the Borderlands film on digital services, pointing to a quick abandonment of the film at Box Office due to low ticket sales. Now, this has been confirmed, with the film set to become available digitally on Friday.  …

Despite looking fantastic, Bandai Namco's anime-themed MMO, Blue Protocol, will no longer be making it to full release. The developers had teamed up with Amazon Games to bring the game to the west at some point this year, but after garnering feedback from the Japanese audience, where the game was …

There seems to be a bit of a trend with Epic Games Store exclusives – many of us don't realise the games exist until they eventually land on Steam. That is the case for me with Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, which has now landed on Steam after …

During Sony's disastrous live-service focused State of Play stream in 2023, Square Enix unveiled its latest PlayStation exclusive, Foamstars, a Splatoon-style shooter, but with paint replaced with colourful bubbles. As it turns out, the game has been out for quite a while at this point, but it has rarely broken …

Sonic the Hedgehog is returning to cinema screens later this year with a third movie. Cyberpunk 2077 fans should be impressed right off the bat, as Sonic 3 will see Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves reuniting.  The official trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has dropped today, giving us our …

After months of silence, Valve has publicly acknowledged the existance of its new game, Deadlock, for the first time. At this point, the flood gates have opened and hundreds of thousands of players have access to the game, which is still in closed testing. After a number of leaks, Valve …

Black Myth: Wukong has been out for just under a week, garnering over 10 million sales and millions of concurrent players across PC and PS5. While many have been referring to this game as a 'souls-like' title, it is actually very different from the likes of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, taking much inspiration from games like God of War. This is apparent in both combat, but more importantly, it is apparent in storytelling, taking on a more cinematic approach, compared to the more passive story-telling style of the Souls games. 

At the start of the current console generation, Microsoft spent a lot of time marketing the Xbox Series X's higher frame rate capabilities. As the years have gone on, we've seen the 60FPS standard dropped from a number of key releases, like Redfall and Starfield (at launch). Now, it appears …

Gearbox is swiftly moving the news cycle away from the flop of the star-studded Borderlands film and towards the next game in the series. That's right, Borderlands 4 has now been officially revealed. While Gearbox announced that it was working on Borderlands 4 quite some time ago, this is the …

Batman Arkham is getting a surprise return this year with Batman: Arkham Shadow. This new game in the series, set between the events of Arkham Origins and Arkham Asylum, will put players in the shoes of a young but increasingly confident version of Batman, with access to all of the …

In the lead-up to Gamescom, there were rumours that a new Mafia game would be announced. At the time, we assumed this would be Mafia 4, but we are actually getting something quite different – Mafia: The Old Country. Mafia: The Old Country is a prequel, set years before the …

With the news that Indiana Jones and The Great Circle won't be exclusive to Xbox, Microsoft Gaming CEO, Phil Spencer, has a few questions to answer. The explanation behind the decision to bring the game to PS5 is pretty simple – more sales.  After titles like Halo Infinite and Starfield …

After several leaks, Techland officially announced Dying Light: The Beast at Gamescom. This is a new standalone game in the series, replacing the planned second expansion for Dying Light 2.  Dying Light: The Beast will bring about the return of Kyle Crane, the protagonist from the first game. Techland claims …

During the review process, a lot of Ryzen 9000 testers faced disappointing results from benchmarks, below the expectations set by AMD's pre-launch internal benchmark numbers. Today, AMD has officially responded, with an extensive blog post going over gaming performance. Leo is also hard at work re-running some tests for a future video.

We've already seen Asus's impressive new gaming monitors and X870 motherboards on display here at Gamescom. Now, our attention turns towards the new line of ROG peripherals, which have been developed with the help of esports pros like Max “Demon1” Mazanov, who led his team to victory at the Valorant …

With AMD's Ryzen 9000 series processors now available, motherboard makers are finally beginning to unveil their line-ups of X870 and X870E motherboards. This week at Gamescom, Asus is launching its full line-up, including new ProArt, ROG and TUF Gaming models. The new Asus X870 motherboards are equipped with AI optimization, …

Asus has shown up to Gamescom 2024 armed with a bunch of exciting new products. At the top of our list, we have three new ROG gaming monitors, including one of the very first displays to sport Nvidia's new G-Sync Pulsar technology.

Earlier this week, reports claimed that Bethesda and Machine Games' upcoming title, Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, would only be a timed exclusive for Xbox consoles and PC, with plans for a PS5 version in 2025. Last night at Gamescom, Microsoft confirmed exactly that.  The release date trailer for …

Bethesda left plenty of open-ended plot threads in Starfield. The game's upcoming expansion, Shattered Space, will focus on one of the biggest, sending players off to find the home planet of House Va'ruun. The House of Va'ruun is a secretive religious group in Starfield and you'll encounter some members throughout …

Marvel Rivals has gone through plenty of playtests in recent months and so far, the game appears to be in a pretty well-polished state. However, we are going to have to wait a few more months for the full launch, which has now been set for December.  Marvel Rivals, the …

be quiet! is exhibiting at Gamescom this week and it has plenty of great-looking hardware and system builds on show. If you need inspiration for your next build, you should really take a look at be quiet!'s latest cases and coolers. The big new launch here is the Pure Base …

Gamescom is kicking off this week and DeepCool is looking to show out at this year's event. Many hardware companies will be exhibiting at the event, armed with new project launches. Here, we offer a sneak peek at what DeepCool has in store for attendees. The big highlight from DeepCool's …

It has been over a year since Nvidia unveiled Half-Life 2 RTX, a newly modded version of Valve's beloved shooter, developed by the team at Orbifold Studio. At Gamescom this week, we got our latest look at the game with its fully ray-traced makeover. Half-Life 2 RTX is being developed …

The newly launched Black Myth: Wukong has swiftly garnered a staggering 2.2 million concurrent players on Steam, a figure confirmed by SteamDB. The action RPG saw a peak of 1,443,570 users simultaneously shortly after launch, a figure that has since grown to over 2 million over the launch day period. …

It has been a while since we last had any major G-SYNC news but that changes today. At Gamescom, Nvidia has officially announced its new collaboration with MediaTek to usher in a new age of G-Sync Pulsar monitors. G-SYNC Pulsar is the next evolution of Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) technology. …

Nvidia is kicking off Gamescom today with a number of gaming-related announcements. Not only do we get a look at the latest improvements for GeForce Now, but we also get details on a number of big upcoming games that will utilise ray-tracing and DLSS.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is due to release later this year for Xbox and PC, but a PS5 version might be just around the corner. Recent reports now claim that the game is only going to be exclusive to Xbox for six months, with plans for a PS5 …

Yesterday, I was playing a round of Counter-Strike 2 and something odd happened - someone on the enemy team actually got kicked from the game due to VAC, a very rare sight in my hundreds of hours of playtime this year. As it turns out, a lot of players were getting booted from games yesterday and now, we know exactly what is going on. Valve is clamping down on high-end keyboard features being used in-game. 

Earlier this month, an Nvidia graphics driver shipped with a profile in place for the yet-to-be-announced PC version of Final Fantasy 16. Now, just one day ahead of Gamescom, Square Enix has finally showcased the PC version of the game, with a demo freely available as of today, and a …

Earlier this year, we learned that Zotac was set to be the latest company to release its own PC gaming handheld, following in the footsteps of the Ayaneo, ROG Ally and the MSI Claw. Now, the Zotac Zone is officially hitting the market. The Zotac Zone is the latest gaming …