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Over the past few months, Valve has been making a ton of moves when it comes to updating and improving its Steam PC storefront. Following the likes of the family share revamp, a new screen recorder and much more, the latest function to receive an overhaul are Steam demos. Making …

A few days ago, Polyphony Digital released their latest patch for Gran Turismo 7, bringing with it a ton of new additions including a new track; half a dozen vehicles; AI improvements and more. Interestingly, one of the stated improvements was to the game’s physics system. Unfortunately, its implementation has …

Riot Games has been working away on Valorant for a couple of years now, securing a top spot as one of the most-played competitive shooters on PC. As of today, the game is now also freely available to play on consoles, including the Xbox Series X/S and PS5. While we …

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The Lemokey X0 is a one-handed QMK mechanical gaming keypad with 35 keys and a 1000Hz polling rate. What sets this keypad apart is the convenience of the Launcher online app, which allows users to customise each key to improve their gaming experience. Furthermore, its inclusion of a silicone palm …

Following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, the console manufacturer promised that it would begin to bring the publisher’s back catalogue of titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. While it took some time, Activision games are finally coming to the platform – with Crash Bandicoot arriving in …

Back in March, developers Team Ninja and publisher Koei Tecmo released Rise of the Ronin exclusively for the PS5. While the game appears to be performing well, an added incentive has now been given for those interested in checking it out – as a demo has now dropped onto the …

While Microsoft are known to produce many custom Xbox Series X|S controllers based on its various IP, Sony has mostly stayed away from the practice. It is therefore interesting to see the console manufacturer announce a special limited edition Concord controller. Making the announcement on their Twitter, the official Concord …

It looks like the upcoming Rryzen AI 300 series is getting an extra SKU. AMD's new flagship mobile APU might not be the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 as originally thought, as the company has confirmed the existence of the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375. This aligns with recent reports …

The first benchmark results for an Intel Core Ultra 9 QS (Qualification Sample) have been shared. With the chip running at 250W, the upcoming Core Ultra 9 processor outperformed the Core i9-14900K in the Cinbench R23 nT test by 17.5%. However, adding other benchmark results to the equation reduces the …

Back in May, Sony announced plans to make PlayStation VR2 headsets usable on PCs, granting owners access to a much wider range of virtual reality experiences. Sony will sell an adapter that allows the headset to be hooked up to any gaming PC, but you'll also need to grab the …

Earlier this week, Bethesda Game Studios became the very first team under the Xbox umbrella to unionise. Now, Blizzard has done the same thing, with the World of Warcraft team forming a union, known as the World of Warcraft Game Makers Guild.  The WoW Game Makers Guild is going to …

The team at GSC Game World has been through a lot over the past couple of years. While their new game, Stalker 2, was due to release in 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced the studio to move. Then, the studio became the target of cyberattacks, leading to more delays. …

Over the last couple of weeks, Apex Legends players have been flocking to the game's Steam Store page to update their reviews, bringing the game down to an overwhelmingly negative rating based on thousands of user reviews. The key complaint here was a change to the Battle Pass system, which …

After a couple of unexpected delays, the FOLON team is finally dropping Fallout: London today. Fans will be able to jump into the total conversion mod later today, turning Fallout 4 into an entirely new game with a full campaign set in a part of the world previously unexplored in …

Gamers have been shocked by the low player numbers for Concord, Sony's next big live-service game, due to launch on PS5 and PC next month. During an open beta period, the game reached just 2,000 concurrent players, a far cry from the numbers we would expect from a first-party game …

A few months ago, I put together a list of the most promising looking indie games hitting PC this year. Right near the top of that list, you'll find Cataclismo, the next game from the studio behind Moonlighter. Now, Digital Sun is ready to put the game into the spotlight, …

While it is true that Yasuke is a Japanese legend, there is debate over whether or not he was actually a samurai. As a result, there has been a petition doing the rounds, calling out Assassin's Creed: Shadows for basing the new game on the character. Now, Ubisoft has officially …

Intel has recently introduced the AI Playground, a new generative AI tool designed for Arc GPU and Core Ultra users. This free, open-source Windows software allows users to create images and text based on various LLMs, which can then be manually tuned to refine the results. The tool is user-friendly …

It's a 1440p 360Hz QD-OLED monitor - would you pay almost a grand for this?

Skull & Bones was touted by Ubisoft as being a AAAA experience, marking the first game to have released with such a moniker. Of course, we now know that this was far from the case, with sentiment surrounding the game being less-than-stellar. While the game failed to grab an audience …

While the adoption of live service as a model for gaming only began to gain heavy traction a few years ago, there have for over a decade been plenty of examples of fruitful live-service experiences. One such success story is Digital Extremes’ Warframe. More than 11 years on from the …

A couple weeks ago, it was leaked that in alignment with the upcoming Deadpool and Wolverine film, the duo would be crossing over into the world of Fortnite. Though it has yet to be officially announced, images of the pair have now leaked online, all-but-confirming the impending announcement. As shared …

Following on from numerous leaks, Microsoft has officially confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will finally be added to the Game Pass library this week. After what I view to be a pretty low-ranking month for Game Pass, Microsoft is upping the ante a little bit during the …

It seems we'll have to wait a little longer for the RTX 50 series. Initially expected to debut later this year with the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, a new report claims that Nvidia might push the launch to early 2025. According to Kopite7kimi, it is unlikely that Nvidia will …

The Helldivers team made the wise decision to slow down the release cadence for new War Bonds (battle pass) a while ago after shipping one every month since launch. Now thanks to that extra time, the studio has been able to put together their biggest update yet.  Helldivers 2: Escalation …

The relaunch of MultiVersus earlier this year has not gone the way Warner Bros. were likely hoping, with general sentiment surrounding the game being that it is inferior to the pre-release beta version from prior years. Despite this, it seems the publisher has a great deal of faith in developer …

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was a mini phenomenon when the Netflix show released a couple years ago, bringing in a whole new audience to the world of Night City while also drawing old players back in. One of the show’s main protagonists, Lucy, is interestingly making her debut into the medium of …

Star Wars is a big franchise and Ubisoft is a massive publisher. As such, the two pairing up for a big-budget open-world Star Wars game did not come as a surprise. What is surprising perhaps is just how much Ubisoft is banking on this game’s success, having put more money …

Riot Games has been working away on Valorant for a couple of years now, securing a top spot as one of the most-played competitive shooters. Soon, millions of console players will be able to access the game for the first time, as the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 version of …