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Read More »Avaloren expansion appears in leaks ahead of WoW BlizzCon announcements
BlizzCon is finally returning this year with the big event set to kick off next month. If recent leaks are anything to go by, we can expect a new World of Warcraft expansion, set in the new continent of Avalon. In convincing images shared to Reddit, we get a look …
Read More »Star Wars Outlaws may have been delayed
Ubisoft has had a big release planned for early 2024 for quite some time. While not confirmed to be Star Wars Outlaws, it was widely believed that Ubisoft's Star Wars game would be releasing earlier than expected, especially after the 10-minute gameplay reveal this summer. However, the game may have …
Read More »Alan Wake 2 is a critical hit ahead of tomorrow’s launch
Alan Wake 2 officially launches tomorrow and it sounds like Remedy has cooked up an end-of-year hit. Reviews for the game went live today, the latest game to achieve a 90+ overall rating. 2023 was already a pretty stacked year for highly-rated games, with titles like The Legend of Zelda: …
Read More »Apple becomes latest company to hike up subscription prices
Apple's subscription prices have held firm over the last year but prices are now going up. Soon, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus and the Apple One subscription bundle will all see substantial price increases. Starting with Apple TV Plus, the service is going from £6.99 per month …
Read More »Embark Studios high-octane FPS ‘The Finals’ enters open beta
Last night during the Xbox Partner Preview stream, we got a new trailer for The Finals, a new multiplayer game developed by Embark Studios, which was founded by former Battlefield developers. Now, you can dive into the game and try it for yourself thanks to the open beta. The Finals' …
Read More »Payday 3 patch delays caused by progression-wipe issue
Payday 3 has not had the best start, with the game suffering from a rocky launch with matchmaking issues. Starbreeze has been working on the game's first patch for well over a month now but delays have pushed things back. Now, Starbreeze is taking the time to explain the delays …
Read More »Ark: Survival Ascended is out on PC but performance is lacking
Last night during the Xbox Partner Preview stream, we finally got a good look at Ark: Survival Ascended gameplay. What wasn't mentioned on the stream was the fact that the PC version was releasing. The Unreal Engine 5 remake of the game is now officially available but you may want to hold off on picking it up for now.
Read More »Ark: Survival Ascended UE5 remake finally gets a proper gameplay reveal
Microsoft has worked with the developers behind Ark: Survival Evolved a few times in recent years. Ark 2 was announced at an Xbox conference and Microsoft aided in funding with a day-one Game Pass deal. Before we get to the sequel though, Studio Wildcard has us returning to the original …
Read More »Apple teases ‘scary fast’ Macs launching next week
We're a month on from the launch of the latest iPhone but Apple isn't done for the year just yet. As usual, the September iPhone event is being followed up by an extra hardware event in October. This time around, Apple is teasing “scary fast” Macs. The October Mac event …
Read More »Dataminers confirm Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2
The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 has arrived and fans are already datamining to discover what's next for the franchise. This year, Konami officially unveiled the new remaster collection, containing the first half of the Metal Gear series for modern platforms, as well as a remake for Metal …
Read More »The big community-made Starfield patch is now available
Bethesda has been working on its own patches for Starfield in the weeks since its launch but as always, the community has patch plans of its own. Following on from the unofficial patches for Skyrim and Fallout 4, the Starfield Community Patch is now available for PC players. This mod …
Read More »Diablo 4’s first expansion to be titled ‘Lord of Hatred’
Blizzard has already confirmed plans for at least two Diablo IV expansions. The base game's campaign already gave us plenty of hints as to where the story will go next but now thanks to the efforts of dataminers, we have some confirmation. Blizzard recently released a new technical alpha build …
Read More »Payday 2 surges in popularity following disappointing Payday 3 launch
The release of Payday 3 has not exactly gone to plan. While this was supposed to be a big return for the co-op heist series, the game launched with various issues and it seems players are quickly dropping it in favour of returning to Payday 2. We're roughly one month …
Read More »Modder reimagines Skyrim as an RTS game
I've never really put much thought into the idea of turning The Elder Scrolls into an RTS game but one modder certainly has and now with a Skyrim RTS mod on the cusp of release, the idea sure makes a lot of sense. Skyrim has had a very healthy modding …
Read More »Qualcomm unveils 12-core Snapdragon Elite X for PCs
Since 2016, Qualcomm has worked with Microsoft, supplying laptop processors capable of running Windows. Today at the Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X Elite, a powerful new 12-core processor for PCs.
Read More »The group behind 2020 Capcom hack has been arrested
Back in November 2020, Capcom revealed that it had suffered a major security breach. Cyberattackers managed to infect Capcom's systems with ransomware and steal private data, leading to a number of leaks. Now almost three years later, the people behind the attack have been arrested. The ransomware group known as …
Read More »Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on track for December release
Ubisoft has been working away on its Avatar game for years but the release date is now swiftly approaching. While December release dates for AAA games are often viewed as tenuous due to regular delays, it sounds like Ubisoft will in fact hit its planned release date for Avatar: Frontiers …
Read More »Ubisoft is reportedly working on a multiplayer Far Cry extraction-shooter
Earlier this year, we began hearing about two Far Cry projects. One of these is obviously Far Cry 7, the next single-player game in the franchise. However, there is also a multiplayer spin-off being developed and now, it appears that the team has settled on it being an extraction-based shooter. …
Read More »Alan Wake 2 will have path tracing, DLSS 3 can provide up to 4.7X performance boost
Alan Wake 2 is just around the corner. We've already had a look at the demanding PC system requirements and now, we get to dive into exactly why the game requires such beefy hardware. The simple answer is ray-tracing, and lots of it. The team at Remedy began pushing graphical …
Read More »Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster release date announced
Nightdive has been working away on classic PC games for a while now, having shipped remasters for games like System Shock, Turok 1 & 2, and providing development for the recent re-releases of Quake and Doom 64. At Gamescom this year, the studio unveiled another new remaster, this time focusing …
Read More »Nvidia and AMD reportedly working on Arm processors for Windows PCs
Microsoft has been working on Windows for Arm for years at this point but for the most part, the PC industry still relies on x86 processors. Apple began to change this with the launch of Apple Silicon, its own specialised processors for Macs using Arm technology. Now, it looks like Nvidia and AMD might be preparing Arm processors of their own for Windows PCs.
Read More »APNX debuts its first PC case with ultra-efficient fans
An all-new gaming hardware brand is making its debut this week. APNX is a newly formed company with a team of experts in creating gaming and PC hardware products. Today, APNX is unveiling its first PC case, the APNX C1. For those wondering, APNX is an acronym for Advanced Performance …
Read More »Xbox Games Showcase airing this week focused on third-party studios
It looks like we're in for another Xbox games showcase. While the summer showcase focused on first-party games, this month's unveilings will focus primarily on third-party studios. We won't be seeing what's next for Starfield, Hellblade, Fable or Avowed at the next Xbox showcase but we will get updates on …
Read More »The Fallout TV series will air in April
The Fallout TV show has looked good so far in set photos, with the production team appearing to do everything it can to capture Fallout's war-torn wasteland aesthetic. After years in development and over a year on since filming began, we now know when we'll get to see the show …
Read More »Star Citizen is still in alpha but Squadron 42 is finally heading towards release
Star Citizen might still be in alpha but CIG's single-player spin-off, Squadron 42, is finally on the final stretch of development.
Read More »Spider-Man 2 is the fastest-selling PS Studios game ever
Last Friday was a big one for PlayStation fans, as Insomniac released the sequel to its highly praised Spider-Man game. Spider-Man 2 has now been available for a few days and it has swiftly become the fastest-selling game in PS Studios' history...
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 Xbox beta coming in January
Earlier this summer, Square Enix officially announced plans to bring Final Fantasy 14 to Xbox, with plans for an open beta test ahead of launch in 2024. Now, we have more details, with the beta taking place in January. The Xbox version of Final Fantasy 14 will include all available …
Read More »People Can Fly is working on an Xbox exclusive RPG
People Can Fly didn't quite strike it big with Outriders but the studio has multiple new games lined up. One such game is Project Maverick, a new RPG developed in collaboration with Xbox. We first heard about Project Maverick earlier this year but People Can Fly has now confirmed a …
Read More »EA confirms Iron Man game will use Unreal Engine 5
EA Motive has impressed us with games like Star Wars: Squadrons and Dead Space Remake. Now, the studio is turning its attention to its big Iron Man game. Announced last year, the project officially entered production earlier this year and recent updates have revealed that the game will be built on Unreal …
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