While the announcement of 7nm Intel CPUs stole headlines last night following Intel's 'Engineering the Future' event last night, the bigger announcement is arguably Intel's decision to set up its own foundry business. Intel has used its own foundry facilities to produce chips for years now and soon, Intel will be opening up its doors to fabricate chips for other companies too.

Given everything that happened last year, it can be easy to forget that Valve shipped Half-Life Alyx in 2020. This week, the game officially turns one-year old and Valve is celebrating that anniversary with the game's biggest discount to date.  If you are currently stuck at home with a VR …

It is no secret that Apple is working on an Augmented Reality headset. While the original source of some of these leaks may have been caught out at this point, there is still new information flowing from insiders. This time around, reports indicate that Apple's mixed reality headset will be …

While Amazon has yet to successfully ship a game, the company has not given up on its game development efforts. Currently, New World is on track to release this year and now, some fresh talent is coming in from Ubisoft to help create a new multiplayer game. Amazon Game Studios …

We've been hearing rumours about a possible Nintendo Switch Pro model for years now, but things appear to be picking up steam this year. A report earlier this week revealed some key features of the upcoming Switch Pro, which will reportedly support Nvidia's DLSS technology. Now according to another tech …

It has been around six months since Watch Dogs Legion first released, so its about time for a free weekend. Later this week, Ubisoft will be making Watch Dogs Legion free to download and play for a limited time. Aside from that, the game also has a new roadmap for …

Back in 2015, Square Enix announced a new version of Final Fantasy XI for mobile devices, with a planned launch in 2016. That launch window came and went with no sign of the game. Now in 2021, the mobile reboot has been cancelled.  The Final Fantasy XI mobile reboot was …

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While Doom Eternal's latest expansion, The Ancient Gods Part 2, wraps up the story arc that began with Doom (2016), it is not the end of the series as a whole. The folks at id Software already have some ideas for future games, as well as plans for additional updates …

Valve has announced plans to launch its dedicated Steam Link app for macOS this week. The app, which is available on other platforms already, allows users to stream their Steam games from a PC to any device with the app installed.  Steam Link is already available on a couple of …

While many had hoped that the graphics card supply situation would improve over Q1 2021, it seems that things actually got worse. During a recent investor conference call, ASUS confirmed that it received less shipments of Nvidia GPUs in Q1 than it did in the previous quarter.

DeepCool is appealing to the compact PC crowd this month with the launch of the new MATREXX 40 3FS case. This is an mATX chassis with “enhanced airflow and cooling capabilities in a smaller form factor”. That enhanced airflow comes via the mesh front panel and a mesh top panel, …

We still don't know when Rainbow Six Quarantine/Parasite is coming out, but Ubisoft has been holding closed gameplay tests recently. Some early in-game footage leaked last month, giving us a few-second glimpse at the game. Now this week, someone has streamed over an hour of gameplay, revealing all the details …

Microsoft isn't only interested in acquiring game developer studios, it seems the company is also looking at gaming-adjacent services for acquisitions too. This week, reports claim that Microsoft is currently in talks to buy Discord – potentially for more money than it spent on acquiring Bethesda.  According to VentureBeat, Discord …

Acer has reportedly been hit by a cyber attack, leading to a $50 million ransomware demand. The attackers possibly abused a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, allowing access to internal systems.  Microsoft recently released security updates to address vulnerabilities found in Exchange, but it would seem that Acer may have been …

Back in 2015, Personalised Media Communications (PMC) accused Apple of infringing on seven of its patents. After years of back and forth legal filings, a judge has finally ruled on the case, ordering Apple to pay $308.5 million in damages.  Out of the seven patents, a jury found that Apple …

Capcom's highly anticipated Resident Evil Village is coming out in just over one month's time, which means it is time to start talking about beta dates and PC system requirements. In this instance, Capcom has geared the recommended PC system requirements towards 1080p gameplay at 60 frames per second.  We'll …

SEGA has been working on bringing the full Yakuza series to PC for a few years now and the final piece of the collection is officially coming later this week. Ahead of the PC launch for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, the game's minimum and recommended system requirements have …

Two weeks ago, the upcoming remaster of Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne was rated by the ESRB, indicating a release date announcement very soon. This week, we got official confirmation, with Atlus announcing that the remastered cult-classic JRPG will be releasing on the 25th of May for PC and consoles.  …

While Rocksteady is working on its co-op Suicide Squad game, WB Montreal has been working on a co-op title of its own – Gotham Knights. While this game was originally going to release in 2021, the studio has realised that it needs more time, pushing the game back to 2022.  …

While CD Projekt Red initially planned to ship Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.2 in February, a cyber attack on the company resulted in a delay to late March. As we approach the update's release window, CD Projekt has shared some of the improvements that will be included. In a blog post …

Earlier this week, Intel officially announced its “Rocket Lake-S” 11th Gen Core desktop processors. MSI is getting involved with the launch early, updating its gaming desktop systems with Intel's latest hardware.  This week, MSI announced that its Aegis, Codex, Trident and Infinite series of gaming desktop PCs will ship with …

Last year, the Among Us team announced that it would be scrapping plans for a sequel and bringing new content updates to the original game due to the surprising surge of player interest in mid-2020. It has taken quite some time to get the first major content update ready, but …

Ever since Intel hired Raja Koduri and announced plans to create new discrete graphics cards, we've been waiting to see what Intel can do in the gaming segment. So far, we've seen the Xe graphics architecture introduced in low-power DG1 discrete graphics cards, which are primarily sold to OEMs. Later this month, however, we may get our first look at Intel's first high-performance gaming GPU. 

We may have our first look at the next upgrade for the Valve Index VR headset. This week, Valve filed a patent application for a new adjustable headstrap with a wireless module.  The Valve Index is one of the best VR headsets for PC gaming, but it still has the …

We've known for a while now that Starbreeze has been searching for a publishing partner to help fund Payday 3. Now, the company has finally found one, with Koch Media set to co-publish the game. In an announcement today, Starbreeze confirmed that it has signed a €50 million publishing deal …

Last night during the Square Enix Presents showcase, the publisher announced its future plans for Marvel's Avengers. For the first time since launch, Crystal Dynamics has put out a roadmap, detailing the content we can expect over the next six months, which includes a Black Panther expansion.  Marvel's Avengers did …

Sony Interactive Entertainment is expanding its esports presence this year with the acquisition of Evolution Championship Series, otherwise known as EVO. The renowned fighting game tournament is now part of the PlayStation family. Sony and a new esports upstart company known as RTS jointly acquired the fighting game league and …

Last year, Nvidia brought GeForce Now out of beta and launched a limited ‘Founder's Edition' subscription for the service, granting subscribers with access to RTX-powered servers. Now as GeForce Now enters its second year, Founder's Edition sign-ups are being closed and replaced with ‘Priority' memberships for new subscribers. As of …

One of Microsoft's big features for backwards compatible games on Xbox Series X/S consoles has been Auto HDR, enabling High Dynamic Range across a number of SDR-only games. Now, PC gamers are also going to benefit, with Microsoft preparing to enable Auto HDR for over 1,000 PC games. Auto HDR …