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While Microsoft has signed a legal agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition goes through, there has been doubt as to whether or not we'd see Call of Duty on the Switch. As it turns out, Microsoft is pretty confident that it could get a native version of the game working, even on the Switch's ageing hardware.

We have long known that Grand Theft Auto 6 is in development and while Rockstar Games themselves have yet to officially announce the game, last year saw a huge data breach leak a bunch of in-development GTA 6 footage. With GTA V nearing its 10th anniversary, many fans have been eagerly awaiting the announcement and release of the game’s sequel. According to one insider however, we may be waiting for almost 2 more years.

Following on from a leak earlier today, AMD has now officially announced its latest GPU game bundle. Starting today and running through to the 15th of April, anyone who purchases select Radeon RX 7000 series or RX 6000 series graphics cards will get a free copy of The Last of Us Part 1. 

AMD already has its next game bundle lined up for potential Radeon graphics card buyers. According to a recently spotted retail page, AMD will soon be offering free copies of The Last of Us Part 1 with its current and previous-gen graphics cards. 

Given that the vast majority of PC gamers use Steam, Valve's Steam Hardware Survey usually offers a decent look at PC hardware trends and adoption. The February 2023 Steam Hardware Survey results have now been shared and it looks like new-gen GPUs from Nvidia are finally starting to be more widely used, although AMD's RX 7900 series has yet to appear on the list. 

While Destiny managed to find success and usher in the age of 'live service' games, many other publishers have tried and failed to replicate that formula. While it seemed that Marvel's Avengers might have had a good shot, content exclusivity controversies, a lacking end-game and an empty post-launch roadmap meant that the game never found its feet. Now, I fear that Rocksteady is heading in the same direction with Suicide Squad.

It has been a couple of months since AMD's new RX 7900 XT and XTX graphics cards launched and we're now starting to see some good deals popping up. Today, the Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card can be found for £100 under MSRP. 

As excited as many of us were to see Final Fantasy 16 announced, the game being exclusive to PlayStation 5 withered that excitement for many. Fortunately, the game has been confirmed for PC, but it will be arriving significantly later than the console version...

This month we are teaming up with be quiet! to give a couple of lucky readers a power supply upgrade. If you want to jump to the new ATX 3.0 standard and futureproof your rig, then be sure not to miss out. 

In recent years, Valve has essentially stopped trying to keep Steam Sale details secret and the company is much more open about its schedule. On the Steam developer site, Valve has now revealed the schedule for all upcoming sales and 'Steam Fests' for 2023. 

While Call of Duty has been a big part of the discussion around Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, regulators have also expressed concern regarding the cloud market. To help with that, Microsoft has now entered an agreement with Nvidia to bring all of its Xbox PC games to GeForce Now.

While the RTX 4070 hasn't been officially announced by Nvidia yet, some curious listings were recently spotted on the Gigabyte website. Six RTX 4070 models were found on Gigabyte's page, suggesting 10GB, 12GB and 16GB versions of the card. 

The PC gaming platform has continued to go from strength to strength. Matching the trends seen within the console gaming market, PC gaming is bigger than ever, with Valve sitting comfortably at the top thanks to the near ubiquity of its Steam service. Unsurprisingly, 2022 represented the biggest year ever for the platform in many ways – including data delivery – with Valve revealing that almost 45 exabytes of data was downloaded last year.

Smartphones are low-key the best emulation devices that one could ask for – especially if you have a relatively modern Android Smartphone. Thanks to the tireless work of countless developers you are able to emulate dozens of consoles on smartphones, from the NES to the PlayStation 2 and even the Nintendo Switch. Finally, the much-anticipated Android release for the PS Vita emulator ‘VITA3K’ has gone live.

Recently, 4A Games made headlines after making extensive content creation tools available for Metro Exodus, setting things up nicely for the modding future of the game. Now, the studio is back in the news, as it seems a new Metro game is on the way and is already fully playable. 

Earlier this month AMD addressed its ongoing lack of new drivers for previous-generation graphics cards. While the new RX 7000 series GPUs have had driver updates, those using AMD's older-gen cards have gone months without an update. That finally changes this week, with AMD bringing the driver drought to an end. 

Back when 3DFX was still an active company, it was working on releasing the promising Voodoo 5 6000 graphics card. Despite the manufacturer's efforts, it was never released. However, a number of functioning prototypes have surfaced over the years and recently, one such prototype was auctioned off for a whopping $15,000.

Back in January we saw Microsoft go live with a developer direct, giving Xbox players some insight into a number of upcoming games – as well as the surprise announcement and immediate release of Hi-Fi Rush. PlayStation has been rather quiet so far in 2023, though this is set to change with a State of Play stream seemingly set for later this month.

Starfield didn't end up making its 2022 release date, so now all eyes are on Bethesda for an update on the game's supposed first-half 2023 launch. There is talk of a media event being held in the near future, and additional sources are now pointing to a June release date...

Whether we're talking about single-core or multi-core performance on a laptop platform, it seems we have a new reigning champion. The first Core i9-13980HX entries have started to be submitted into PassMark's database, and in both rankings, the upcoming Intel flagship mobile CPU is the new leader.

Those who pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition of Hogwarts Legacy on PC and console have had the chance to play the game for a couple of days now. As it turns out, the game is doing very well and is already breaking records ahead of its official release date. 

Following on from last year's delay, many of us wondered if The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom would make it out in the first half of 2023. Today, Nintendo can put all of our minds at ease, with today's Direct closing out with a new trailer and release date announcement. 

We've been hearing a lot about the RTX 4070, but Nvidia has yet to announce it formally. The latest rumours claim we'll see the upcoming graphics card release in April, but an announcement may come before that.

Steam’s Next Fest event sees hundreds of demos for upcoming games released for a short period of time, allowing users to get a taste of just some of the games set to arrive on Steam in the not-too-distant future. The latest iteration of Steam’s Next Fest has now gone live, letting you play hundreds of demos over the course of the next week.

We've not seen many Dragon Age leaks in recent years. While BioWare has announced Dreadwolf as the next game in the series, we still don't have a release date and gameplay details are shrouded in mystery. Some of the fog may have lifted over the weekend thanks to a playtest leak. 

With several major games on the horizon, coupled with recent releases like Dead Space Remake, we know a lot of you have some games lined up on your wishlist. If you fancy trying your luck, we're giving away a free PC game of your choice this weekend! 

Over the last couple of years, there have been rumours that Respawn is working on a new single-player game set in the Titanfall/Apex Legends universe. The good news is, it seems the project was indeed real, the bad news is that EA reportedly cancelled this game recently. 

This week, Intel began rolling out a new graphics driver for its Arc GPUs. The driver launched earlier this morning, but it is only now that we can talk about the big improvements this driver brings. Since Arc's launch, Intel's engineers have been hard at work to polish up performance, particularly in DX9 titles. With this new driver, Intel has delivered up to 43 percent better performance in DX9 with smoother frame times too. 

With patch 1.6, Cyberpunk 2077 finally made the step we'd all been waiting for, delivering a vastly more polished and feature-rich experience compared to launch. CD Projekt Red has taken a break from patches since then, but the downtime ends today with a new PC update, bringing Nvidia's Reflex and DLSS 3 features to the game. 

Phil Spencer is not one to shy away from the limelight, being one of the more vocal executives in the industry, partaking in interviews while being relatively candid at the same time. As part of a new interview, the head of Xbox discussed all manner of topics, ranging from the company’s recent string of layoffs to the struggling Activision-Blizzard acquisition.