We've known for some time now that Guerilla Games originally envisioned its Horizon series as having a multiplayer component. Plans for this were scrapped early on in development of Horizon Zero Dawn, but recently, early footage of multiplayer gameplay has leaked online.  It would seem that after scrapping multiplayer plans …

While a good chunk of Xbox's recent Developer Direct showcase focused on Redfall, Bethesda's other major 2023 game, Starfield, was unfortunately absent. While the game's release date is still a mystery, we have recently learned that the game is indeed complete, in the sense that it can be played from …

We've known for some time now that Amazon is teaming up with Crystal Dynamics to publish the next major Tomb Raider game, which will reportedly be officially unveiled later this year. As it turns out, the deal may reach beyond gaming, with rumours now claiming that Amazon is making a …

Since premiering a couple of weeks ago, HBO's The Last of Us has gone on to break multiple records, reaching huge viewership numbers. Now, HBO has confirmed the obvious – The Last of Us will indeed return for a second season.  Many of us assumed The Last of Us would …

While Microsoft initially announced plans to launch Forza Motorsport in the first half of 2023, a lack of release date announced during the recent Developer Direct stream has sparked rumours of delays.  According to games reporter, Jeff Grubb, multiple sources have told him that Forza is likely to slip into …

Back in 2019, Apple acquired Intel's smartphone modem business for roughly $1 billion, giving Apple everything it needs to develop its own WiFi chips for future devices. We've yet to see Apple make the jump to its own WiFi modems in the iPhone and it looks like the company will …

The Day Before has garnered a lot of hype over the past year, going on to become the most wishlisted game on Steam. Unfortunately, just over a month from the game's supposed March 1st release date, the game has been delayed and fans are beginning to question the game's existence. …

EA surprised us all last year with the announcement of Dead Space Remake. Given EA's checkered history, there was some concern that a 'modernised' version of the game would bring about unwanted changes, similar to what happened with Dead Space 3. Fortunately, the reviews are now in and it looks like the team at EA Motive has delivered an impressive and faithful retelling. 

While many fans enjoyed The Last of Us Part II, some elements of its story were divisive among fans. Naughty Dog has not yet announced any plans for a third game, but the team is kicking around some ideas. This week, The Last of Us co-creator and director, Neil Druckmann, …

Our regular readers will know that we like to run many competitions ourselves, but sometimes we see a giveaway running elsewhere that we think you'd all be interested in. This month, be quiet! is running a competition for its new generation Dark Power 13 ATX 3.0 power supplies.  If you …

The Day Before has garnered a lot of hype over the past year, going on to become the most wishlisted game on Steam and earning spots in big public keynotes, including Nvidia's recent GeForce Special Event at CES. However, fans are growing increasingly concerned about the game's development progress, as a promised gameplay trailer has been pushed back, along with the release of the game. 

We are less than two months away from the release of Respawn's highly anticipated Fallen Order sequel, Star Wars Jedi Survivor. The game is set to launch on PC (as well as consoles) on the 17th of March and now ahead of that date, EA has announced the game's minimum …

All through last year, we heard rumours that Rare was remastering its classic N64 shooter, GoldenEye 007, for Xbox consoles. As it turns out, this revamped version of the game is heading to both Xbox and Nintendo Switch, and it will be available later this week. Months on from the …

Microsoft has already confirmed that Starfield won't be part of tonight's Xbox Developer Direct steam. Instead, the company will be focusing on titles like Redfall today. We may not be waiting long to get our next look at Starfield though, as Bethesda will reportedly host a media event in March.  …

AMD is back with another game bundle, this time around for Ryzen 7000 series processors. AMD recently expanded the Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors with cheaper alternatives and now, anyone picking up one of these CPUs from a participating retailer will also get a free copy of Star Wars …

We've got a couple of big game releases scheduled this week, including Square Enix's Forspoken and EA's highly anticipated Dead Space Remake. Ahead of those launches, Nvidia has rolled out a new Game Ready driver with day-one optimisations, in addition to expanded DLSS support for a few games.  With today's …

We've been hearing for a few months now that Netflix is planning on cracking down on ‘password sharing', putting an end to users sharing accounts between separate households. Many already cancelled their subscriptions due to this, but Netflix hasn't actually banned password sharing just yet. That should be changing pretty …

We were all surprised when Forspoken's PC system requirements were revealed earlier this month, calling for powerful GPUs like the RTX 3070 just to hit 30 frames per second. This has caused a lot of concern over the game's optimisation and PC performance. Fortunately, there will be a free demo …

A few years ago, Nintendo took some bold risks with the Fire Emblem franchise, adding new Persona-style social elements to the game and expanding the story to include three paths and a huge cast of likeable supporting characters. Now just a few years later, Fire Emblem is back in the spotlight, this time with Fire Emblem Engage. Unfortunately, this time around, the development team has shied away from the elements that helped Three Houses stand out so much. 

EA's Dead Space Remake is shaping up to be a hit, delivering a modern retelling of the original game with improvements to gameplay and a huge graphical overhaul. As it turns out, there will be one surprise change in the remake with the addition of an alternate ending.  While the …

Many of us were excited for Forspoken following its initial PS5 reveal trailer. Since then, a round of divisive previews put the breaks on the hype train. Now with the review embargo lifted, we can take a proper look at what Forspoken does well, and where it falls short. 

CD Projekt Red found itself in hot water with fans due to lofty expectation-raising statements made through Cyberpunk 2077's development. In a recent Polish interview, the company appeared to state that Phantom Liberty, the upcoming expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, would be its ‘biggest expansion' to date, but there is an …

Crystal Dynamics has been planning a new Tomb Raider game for a while now. Back in 2021, the studio stated it wanted to merge more elements of classic Tomb Raider into its next game and by the end of last year, it was announced that Amazon has signed on to …

Last week, Microsoft announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs across its different businesses. Some of these layoffs have impacted Microsoft-owned game development studios, including 343 Industries. Not long after this, rumours began claiming that 343 would no longer be developing Halo, and instead, the studio would shrink and simply ‘oversee' …

Recently, Ubisoft revealed that it has cancelled a number of unannounced games internally and the publisher is bracing for difficult times amid slowing sales and a lacking release schedule. While Ubisoft's 2022 was largely empty, the publisher does still have around 11 projects planned to release in the next financial year. 

Throughout 2022, we heard rumours that Obsidian may take the Fallout IP back on to help alleviate the long wait ahead for Bethesda's Fallout 5. Following that, Obsidian leadership has repeatedly expressed interest in returning to Fallout, and this trend has continued into 2023. We've heard from Obsidian CEO, Feargus …

At CES 2023 this week we checked in with Lexar to take a look at their new and upcoming storage and memory devices. For starters, there is new Ares RGB DDR5 memory on the way for new gaming PCs, but beyond that, there have also been a number of new …

We're continuing to do the rounds here at CES this week. Today, we swung by the be quiet! booth to check out the company's new ATX 3.0 power supplies, including the new Dark Power 13, which is rated with 80Plus Titanium Efficiency.  This year at CES, be quiet!'s big announcements …

Earlier this week, AMD held its CES 2023 keynote, announcing new Ryzen processors for laptops and desktops, new Radeon GPUs for laptops and even advancements in the AI and data centre space. Now today, Luke visits the AMD booth at CES to take a closer look and share his thoughts on all the new hardware. 

Today at CES 2023, Luke takes a walk through the DeepCool suite, taking a closer look at new coolers, fans and cases, including the recently launched Quadstellar Infinity chassis, and the new Assassin IV CPU cooler.