EKWB recently launched a range of Direct Die CPU cooling products, but unfortunately, there have been some issues. This week, EK confirmed that it has heard the feedback around issues and is making adjustments to solve them.  Some of you may remember that we worked with EKWB last year on …

The RTX 4080 is a powerful graphics card and most air-cooled models are indeed massive, taking up a lot of space inside of PC cases. One way to shrink down the size of the graphics card and improve performance is to add a liquid cooling block. Today, Phanteks is announcing …

Since 2022, Thermaltake has offered a full range of TOUGHRAM DDR5 memory modules, primarily in black and white colour options, with and without RGB. Now, TT is adding six new colourways to the TOUGHRAM RGB D5 memory line-up.  Thermaltake's TOUGHRAM RGB D5 memory contains tightly-screened ICs, an optimised 10-layer PCB …

Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Dead Island 2 are both launching on PC very soon. Nvidia is getting GeForce GPU users prepared for both titles with the release of a new Game Ready graphics driver today, which also enables DLSS 2 in new games and adds additional G-Sync Compatible displays …

343 Industries has gone through a lot of changes in the last six months, with many members of the leadership team leaving Microsoft. Joseph Staten, who was brought back to Microsoft in an effort to steer Halo Infinite back on track, has moved on from his 18 years at Microsoft …

Diablo 4's beta in March was a huge success for Blizzard, with millions of players logging into both the pre-order and open betas. Now, Blizzard has had time to go through feedback and implement a range of changes ahead of launch. Beyond that, Diablo 4 just hit a new milestone, …

While Hogwarts Legacy didn't include Quidditch within the game, it turns out WB had another Harry Potter game in the works focusing exclusively on this. This week, WB announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a competitive multiplayer game.  Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is billed as a “complete, standalone Quidditch experience”. The …

In late 2022, Capcom announced that it had teamed up with TiMi to produce a new Monster Hunter mobile game. As it turns out, there was another project in the works with the AR specialists at Niantic. This week, Capcom and Niantic revealed Monster Hunter Now, a game similar in …

While Hogwarts Legacy was widely expected to sell well based on the strength of the Harry Potter IP, there was some concern due to a string of controversies involving JK Rowling, the author behind Harry Potter. The game ended up selling 12 million copies in its first two weeks, and …

Recently, Capcom updated Resident Evil Village to remove Denuvo DRM from the game. It would seem that Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 also received updates recently, mysteriously removing ray-tracing features from both remakes.  While the removal of Denuvo from RE Village was a welcome change, the removal of …

343 Industries has gone through some major changes this year. A round of layoffs at Microsoft in early 2023 saw the majority of the campaign team let go and other major studio leads have also departed the studio in recent months. Now, Frank O'Connor, the franchise director for Halo, is …

Over the weekend, it was claimed that Sega was in the midst of acquiring Rovio, the company best known for producing the Angry Birds games. Now, Sega has officially confirmed the deal, marking a rare major acquisition for the publisher.  Sega has acquired several studios in the past, but these …

Last week, we learned that FromSoftware's next major game, Armored Core VI, has been rated in Korea, which typically means a release date is imminent. Now, a leak through the Xbox store has added some fuel to the fire.  It would seem that From Software is gearing up to announce …

Discord has been making a lot of improvements lately. Earlier this month, the company brought a much needed boost to file sharing sizes, increasing the limit from 8MB files to 25MB for all users. Now, Discord is taking notes from other popular messaging apps by adding a voice message option.  …

In one of the weirder acquisitions we've seen, SEGA has reportedly negotiated a deal to acquire Rovio Entertainment for roughly $1 billion USD. Rovio Entertainment is a mobile-focused developer, best known for Angry Birds.  According to The Wall Street Journal, SEGA is close to completing the deal and it could …

In recent months, the anti-cheat teams behind games like Rainbow Six Siege and Call of Duty have been cracking down on the use of XIM devices, allowing for mouse and keyboard controls on consoles, providing the benefit of swifter aiming with the aim assist traditionally reserved for controller users. Now, …

At The Game Awards last year, From Software announced its next big game, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, a long-awaited return to the studio's mecha series, which has been on the back burner recently with FromSoft focusing on its Souls games and newer titles like Elden Ring. We didn't …

Last night, Sony went live with its latest State of Play stream, focused entirely on Final Fantasy 16. Producer, Naoki Yoshida, presented the stream, giving us a great look at everything from combat and exploration to companion pets.  The stream is roughly 25 minutes long, so there are plenty of …

While it is pretty typical to see new games launching with Denuvo in place, we rarely see games adding the controversial DRM post-release. This week following Ghostwire: Tokyo's Game Pass release and big Spider Thread update, Bethesda has implemented Denuvo.  The new Spider Thread update for Ghostwire: Tokyo does indeed …

Shortly after the poorly received gameplay reveal for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, we heard rumours that the game was due to be delayed. Now, just six weeks ahead of the game's planned release date, Rocksteady has officially confirmed that the game has been pushed back.  While it was …

Ubisoft+ has launched on Xbox today, but not quite in the way we expected. While we anticipated a standalone version of Ubisoft+ for consoles, instead, Ubisoft is launching a new Multi Access plan, a slightly pricier subscription option that includes access to games on PC, cloud and console.  Ubisoft Multi …

A few weeks ago, Nintendo aired a Zelda-focused Direct, showcasing new gameplay for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Now, Nintendo has released the third and final trailer for the game ahead of its launch next month.  The trailer is roughly three and a half minutes long and …

Nvidia has another GeForce Now update for us this week, which has more than a few surprises. As of today, Bandai Namco is partnering with Nvidia to bring its games to the cloud, including games like Get Even and the Little Nightmares series.  Aside from Little Nightmares and other Bandai …

Dead Island 2 is finally coming out in just over one week. The game has been in development for a decade and has been handed to several studios along the way. The game officially went gold back in February and now, we have PC system requirements ahead of launch, with …

Ubisoft confirmed plans to bring its Ubisoft+ subscription service to Xbox consoles a long time ago and progress has been very slow. Last week, a prominent Xbox reporter claimed that the service would be heading to Xbox ‘imminently' and now, we have some evidence to back that claim up.  Ubisoft's …

Today, Sony has announced the next batch of titles for PlayStation Plus. In the April 2023 update, a few big games will be leaving the service, including Insomniac's Spider-Man, however, plenty of other titles are joining the library, including an early PS5 exclusive in Kena: Bridge of Spirits, as well …

With the jump to the Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft made big promises about shifting the gameplay standard to 60FPS and enabling more 120FPS games on console. This has mostly held up so far, but unfortunately, one of its big 2023 exclusives, Redfall, will be letting us down in this department.  …

At this point, Final Fantasy 16 has gone gold and is well on its way towards its June release date. With the game now complete, it is time for Square Enix and Sony to give us another look at the next major game in the franchise.  State of Play will …

Modders have been working on making Half-Life: Alyx playable without a VR headset ever since the game first launched in 2020. Great progress has been made on this front since then and now, the NoVR mod allows you to play the entire game from start to finish.  The NoVR mod …

While many of us assumed we'd see Injustice 3 after Mortal Kombat 11, rumours in recent months have pointed to Mortal Kombat 12 instead. Now, one prominent fighting game tournament competitor has hinted that we'll see a Mortal Kombat 12 announcement as early as this week.  SonicFox is well-known in …