A lot of PC gamers at one point or another have used a VPN to buy a game from a country where it is sold at a cheaper price. Moving forward, doing this on Steam is going to be much more difficult, as Valve has implemented some changes to discourage …
Read More »EA acquires Playdemic from Warner for $1.4 billion
Ever since WarnerMedia announced plans to merge with Discovery to form a new company, we've been wondering what will happen to a number of WB Games' studios. While some studios will be staying, others are being sold off. The first studio to be sold is none other than Playdemic. This …
Read More »GeForce Now adds 13 more games this week
Nvidia started off this month promising to bring over 30 games to GeForce Now. As we near the end of June, the final batch of GeForce Now games for the month have been announced, with another 13 titles joining the library. Due to the inclusion of DLSS and ray-traced lighting …
Read More »You’ll have to win a raffle before being able to buy Doom Eternal RTX 3080 Ti Limited Edition
To celebrate the ray tracing and DLSS coming to Doom Eternal, Nvidia and Bethesda have partnered up to create the Doom Eternal GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Limited Edition Demon Slayer bundle. The bundle is limited to 300 units, but first, you'll need to go through a lottery system just to buy one.
Read More »LIMBO, Need for Speed and more come to Game Pass
Microsoft refuses to let up with its consistent addition of new games to its Game Pass subscription service. Though not the biggest month ever, the console manufacturer has now announced what games will be joining the service during the remainder of June and the beginning of July. The games which …
Read More »Square Enix hopes for “highest quality visuals ever seen in an open-world game” with Forspoken
At the PS5 reveal event, Square Enix popped up to show off a new game announced at the time as Project Athia. This game, which appeared to offer a unique blend of identities, while showcasing fluid traversal and combat would later be officially titled Forspoken. Now, the team behind Forspoken …
Read More »Nvidia Canvas turns your doodles into impressive landscapes
Nvidia has just launched the public beta of Canvas, an app that turns sketches into beautiful landscapes. Using the real-time painting tool GauGAN, Canvas allows anyone with an RTX-powered system to create photo-like images out of their doodles. Through deep learning models and AI, Nvidia Canvas can turn basic strokes …
Read More »Sonic the Hedgehog is becoming a VTuber
One of the latest crazes to take over the internet is the invention of VTubers. Originally observed with the likes of Hatsune Miku and vocaloid singers, VTubers have taken a similar concept and adapted it to online streaming. Now SEGA has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog is set to become …
Read More »Super Magbot brings platforming with a twist to Steam and Switch
Usually in precision platformers, we jump and dash around to get through levels. Super Magbot takes platforming in a different direction, with players using magnets to traverse around. Super Magbot launched this week for PC via Steam and on the Nintendo Switch. Players take on the role of the robotic …
Read More »Epic Games makes its cross-platform voice chat and anti-cheat tools free
Over the last few years, Epic Games has been working on making Fortnite’s online feature set accessible and free to all developers. Today, Epic has an update on just that, announcing that its voice chat technology and Easy Anti-Cheat system is free for developers to use in any game being …
Read More »Sony expects to have its biggest year ever in console sales
Despite the fact that PS5s consoles continue to be out of stock everywhere, the system is selling just as fast as they are being made. With that in mind, it seems that Sony is confident that it can supply enough systems to meet demand, with the next fiscal year expecting …
Read More »Minecraft x Sonic the Hedgehog announced
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. While SEGA's big anniversary game will not be released until 2022, the blue blur has been making his way into a number of other games. Now it has been announced that Sonic the Hedgehog is crossing over with Minecraft. Making the …
Read More »Microsoft is upgrading xCloud servers to Xbox Series X hardware
Earlier this month, Microsoft revealed that it would soon be expanding Xbox cloud gaming to more devices and soon, servers would be upgraded from Xbox One S hardware to newer Xbox Series X server blades. Now, it looks like the rollout has begun, bringing next-gen console power to the cloud. …
Read More »Marvel’s Avengers is leaking player’s IP addresses
Marvel’s Avengers released its latest content patch earlier this week and immediately, players noticed something very wrong. For some reason, the patch made it so that the game displays the player’s IP address on screen at all times. This would be particularly problematic for anyone looking to stream the game, …
Read More »Sea of Thieves patch reduces maximum FOV for Steam players
Microsoft has seemed to fully embrace the PC market with regards to Xbox and its exclusive games. That being said, it would appear as though some aspects to PC gaming, namely mod support and player tweaks, is a bit of a step too far. As part of the latest update, …
Read More »Microsoft dropping special refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox
Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 was finally welcomed back on to the PlayStation Store after months of bug fixing patches. Now, Microsoft has announced it will be lifting the revised refund policy on purchases of the game on Xbox consoles. As of the 6th of July, Xbox Store purchases of …
Read More »Nier Automata and Replicant have sold over 7 million copies combined
Both Nier Automata and Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139… are undeniable sales successes. This week, Square Enix revealed that both games have sold a combined 7 million copies digitally so far. Back in February, Nier Replicant wasn't out yet, but Nier Automata had already amassed over 5.5 million copies sold for PS4, …
Read More »Nvidia DLSS is now available for Unreal Engine 5 as a free plugin, support for Unity Engine 2021.2 coming soon
Nvidia keeps expanding the DLSS environment. With 57 games and counting, DLSS is now also supported on Unreal Engine 5 through a free plugin. Moreover, Nvidia will also introduce support for its upscaling technology on Unity 2021.2, but an exact date hasn't been set yet. As of today, DLSS is …
Read More »Tencent acquires majority stake in Yager, studio behind ‘The Cycle’
Yager Development, the studio behind Spec Ops: The Line, The Cycle and a cancelled version of Dead Island 2, is now the latest game developer to attract interest from Tencent. Following on from acquiring a minority stake in Remedy Entertainment last month, Tencent has now acquired a majority stake in …
Read More »GeForce driver update preps for Doom Eternal and Rust RTX updates
It is time for another GeForce Game Ready driver update. This time around, Nvidia is introducing RTX support for three titles – Lego Builder's Journey, DOOM Eternal and Rust. The driver also enables DLSS in Vulkan games using Proton to play on Linux-based systems. Starting off with our RTX games, …
Read More »AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution Tested!
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Read More »WB Montreal may be working on a Superman game
Despite being one of the most famous superheroes, Superman has struggled in the game industry, with many attempts failing to capture the market in the way that the Spider-Man or Arkham series have. In the wake of many failed attempts and even some cancelled projects, WB continues to be committed …
Read More »Portal designer joins Xbox Game Studios
Kim Swift, the lead designer behind Valve's Portal, is now joining Xbox Game Studios. In recent years, Swift has worked at Amazon, EA Motive and Google Stadia. Now, as part of the Xbox team, Swift will be working to further Microsoft's cloud gaming ambitions. Microsoft confirmed the hire in a …
Read More »AMD ends driver support for R9 Fury and older graphics cards
Earlier this month, we learned that driver support for Nvidia's Kepler based GPUs will be coming to an end soon. Now, AMD is announcing the end of driver support for some of its ageing graphics cards, including the Radeon HD 7000, Radeon 200, Radeon 300 and R9 Fury series.
Read More »EA is said to be working on a new Dead Space game
Dead Space is commonly seen as being one of EA’s best but forgotten franchises. The survival-horror sci-fi game saw a cult following, and while EA tried to capitalise on this success by making its sequels more and more mainstream, the franchise then started to lose what made it unique in …
Read More »Sonic 2022 will lay the groundwork for the franchise’s future
Sonic the Hedgehog has had a tumultuous life. Once as big as Mario himself, SEGA’s mascot has ebbed and flowed when it comes to popularity both within and outside the video game medium. Following 2017’s disappointing Sonic Forces, SEGA seems to have gone back to the drawing board, with the …
Read More »E3’s most discussed games revealed
With E3 officially coming to an end, it’s time to see which games and conferences ‘won’ E3. One of the biggest hubs for discussing E3 was Twitter. The social media platform has now released its list for the most discussed games, and while some of these entrants are understandable, others …
Read More »Nintendo responds to latest ‘Switch Pro’ rumours following E3 no-show
During the lead-up to E3, there was a lot of chatter around the Nintendo Switch Pro, which was supposedly going to be revealed before the event so that new games that take advantage of the hardware upgrade can also be announced. This ultimately did not end up happening and now, …
Read More »EA to revive another fan favourite IP next month
Rather than hosting its own event during E3 week, this year, EA decided to hold EA Play Live a month later in July. EA's flagship holiday game, Battlefield 2042 has already been revealed, but according to reports, there is another big announcement on the way, which will see an old …
Read More »Bayonetta 3 ‘still exists’ and is ‘progressing well’
It has nearly been four years since Nintendo first announced Bayonetta 3 for the Nintendo Switch and each year, fans are left disappointed in the lack of any news around the game. Bayonetta 3 skipped E3 again this year, although the game is reportedly “progressing well”. During an interview with …
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