With E3 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19, game studios have been moving to other venues to make their big summer game announcements. IGN was due to host a ‘Summer of Gaming' event starting this week, while CD Projekt Red was going to host ‘Night City Wire' next week. Both events …
Read More »PlayStation’s Days of Play 2020 goes live
PlayStation’s annual Days of Play celebration has now officially gone live. As part of the event, fans can find “huge savings on celebrated PS4 titles” alongside discounts for both PlayStation Plus and PS Now subscriptions. With over 100 games on offer, and almost 90% off, Days of Play represents one …
Read More »Phillips announces the privacy-focused 242B1V monitor
Phillips is about to launch a 24-inch monitor capable of preventing “visual hacking”. Using “the innovative Privacy Mode”, the Phillips 242B1V monitor can effectively hide whatever content is displayed on the screen, preventing others from seeing your screen. The Privacy Mode is easily enabled through a button and can protect users …
Read More »Kerbal Space Program 2 delays caused by questionable publisher tactics
Since being announced last year, Kerbal Space Program 2 has seen a number of lengthy delays. Usually when a game is pushed back by more than a year, there has been some behind-the-scenes trouble, which was the case here. This time around, the finger is pointing towards publisher Take-Two Interactive …
Read More »Intel’s 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors to be phased out by end of year
Intel has announced that it will discontinue its 8th Generation Core desktop processors. The CPU lineup was officially discontinued as of June 1, but it will take some time before it's completely phased out. The announcement from Intel was made through a Product Change Notice (PCN), which reveals that the …
Read More »Double Fine is ‘winding down’ its publishing business
Double Fine entered the publishing business back in 2014 with the ‘Double Fine Presents' label, aiming to help other independent publishers release and distribute their games. Of course, Double Fine is now part of Xbox Game Studios, leaving little room for a subsidiary publishing arm. The Double Fine acquisition was …
Read More »SEGA announces Game Gear Micro for 60th anniversary
Though it may now seem like a distant memory, there was once a time when SEGA was considered to be one of the main participants in the video game console hardware race. Before PlayStation and Xbox, there was SEGA. While the Japanese games company no longer makes video game hardware, …
Read More »AMD has shipped over 500 million GPUs since 2013
According to a study made by Jon Peddie Research (JPR), AMD has shipped 553 million GPUs since 2013, with discrete graphics cards accounting for 36% of this figure...
Read More »Tim Sweeney says offering games for free can help increase their sales on other platforms
In an interview with Gamespot, Tim Sweeney from Epic Games claimed that the Epic Games Store giveaways can lead to increased sales on other platforms. Additionally, the founder of Epic Games also said that he plans to launch Epic Games Store for Android and iOS devices. The interview was part of …
Read More »The Last of Us Part II offers over 60 accessibility options
As video games are a medium which requires active participation from the consumer, accessibility is an important consideration that needs to be made when accounting for all of a game’s audience. It would appear as though Naughty Dog has decided to go above and beyond when it comes to accessibility …
Read More »Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB memory kits now available in white
Corsair has released its latest addition to the premium Dominator Platinum RGB family, with a new kit that uses white heatspreaders. Similar to the black versions, these memory modules feature the same RGB lighting system, consisting of 12 Capellix ARGB LEDs. Besides the change to white heatspreaders, Corsair has also added multiple gold-coloured …
Read More »Metro Exodus and Dishonored 2 join PS Now in June
Each month, Sony’s PlayStation Now game subscription service sees a number of new titles added. For the month of June, subscribers can stream or download Metro Exodus, Dishonored 2 and NASCAR Heat 4. These three titles are joining the over 800 others already available on the service, including games such …
Read More »Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 4 postponed
Earlier, we reported that PlayStation would be delaying its digital PS5 showcase as a gesture of respect for the Black Lives Matter movement which is currently encompassing the global discourse. Following in its steps, Call of Duty has announced that it will be delaying the launch of Modern Warfare Season …
Read More »AMD COVID-19 HPC fund to donate 7 petaflops of computing power to US universities
AMD has announced that it will donate AMD-powered computing systems from the AMD HPC Fund for COVID-19 research to a number of universities in the US – with a combined computation power of seven petaflops. The first universities to receive equipment from the AMD fund are New York University (NYU), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) …
Read More »Future Games Show to feature over 30 titles from Square Enix and others
With E3 2020 not happening, over half a dozen other digital events have sprung up to take its place. The latest showcase to be announced is the Future Games Show. Presented by GamesRadar+, the showcase is said to feature over 30 games from publishers such as Square Enix, Devolver Digital, …
Read More »Abkoncore unveils the C710S mid-tower chassis
Abkoncore has introduced its new C710S ‘Middle Tower Case' that, amongst other things, features ‘auto spectrum' LED lighting, included RGB fans and a tempered glass side panel. The C710S case from Abkoncore comes with an ‘auto spectrum' RGB LED strip located at the bottom of the front panel, which Abkoncore says makes …
Read More »Bungie begins teasing Destiny 2’s next major expansion
Bungie seemingly slipped up last night by posting and then removing a brief teaser trailer for what appears to be the next major Destiny 2 expansion. While the post was removed, eagle-eyed fans were quick to preserve it. The teaser was posted to Instagram, so presumably this was a scheduled …
Read More »iOS 14 will support all iOS 13 devices – according to sources
Apple has always been known to offer its devices support for many years – perhaps even beyond what would normally be expected. Even so, it would appear as though the tech giant might outdo itself, as according to a report, all devices which currently run on iOS 13 will also …
Read More »Sony delays PlayStation 5 event indefinitely
Recently, Sony announced that it would be hosting a PlayStation 5 event scheduled for the 4th of June. However, due to the current global discussion surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, the console manufacturer has opted to delay the event, citing that right now “more important voices [need] to be …
Read More »Codemasters to create World Rally Championship games from 2023
Codemasters, the developer behind the Dirt series, has partnered with FIA World Rally Championship to develop and publish new games for the series starting from 2023. This five-year deal also includes any esports tournaments associated with the games that will be developed. The World Rally Championship (WRC) video game franchise has …
Read More »Lenovo introduces the Mirage VR S3 headset with ThinkReality
Lenovo announced a “new VR solution for enterprise” during this year's VR/AR Global Summit Online Conference. The Lenovo Mirage VR S3 headset with ThinkReality is being developed by Lenovo alongside Pico Interactive, a company specialising in VR and enterprise solutions. Built for professional use, the Lenovo Mirage VR S3 comes …
Read More »Prey VR may have leaked via retail listing
It has been a long time since Bethesda and Arkane Studios last discussed Prey. The game just turned three years old last month but it looks like we might be seeing a second resurgence, as ‘Prey VR' has appeared at an online retailer. Bethesda was one of the first major …
Read More »Halo 3 PC public testing begins this month with campaign, multiplayer and forge modes
Just last week, 343 Industries began teasing that Halo 3 for PC would begin public testing at some point in June. Now, the latest Master Chief Collection development update confirms this, telling us to expect testing to begin soon and giving us an idea of what content will be included. …
Read More »The Outer Worlds ‘targets’ 720p in handheld and 1080 while docked on Switch
Last week, Virtuos spoke highly of its ability to get Xbox One and PS4 games working on the Nintendo Switch. We'll be getting a good look at exactly how much the team can squeeze out of Nintendo's home/handheld hybrid system later this week, as The Outer Worlds is coming to …
Read More »Xenoblade Chronicles: DE doubles original game’s launch sales
Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition represents one of the three major first-party Switch titles that Nintendo has announced for 2020. Nintendo’s efforts to remaster its older titles appears to continue to pay off, as in the UK, the Definitive Edition managed to more than double the sales of the Wii original …
Read More »Raspbian changes name to “Raspberry Pi OS”
The official operating system for the Raspberry Pi has changed its name from Raspbian, to Raspberry Pi OS. However, the name isn't the only thing that has changed, as the Raspberry Pi OS now also comes in a 64-bit version. Raspbian was initially released back in June 2012 by its …
Read More »Long-rumoured Harry Potter RPG could come out next year
Back in 2018, footage leaked of what was claimed to be an upcoming Harry Potter RPG. What little footage was shown excited fans as the game was said to feature character creation, a morality system, and a fully explorable world set 100 years before the events of Harry Potter. Though …
Read More »AMD Renoir 4000-series APU 3DMark performance leaked
We've still had no official word on the release of AMD's Ryzen 7 4700G and Ryzen 5 4400G, but leaker Apisak has already released figures showing the 3DMark performance of the upcoming APUs. Earlier this year, AMD released the 4000-series Ryzen APUs for laptops. These accelerated processing units (APUs) combine the Zen …
Read More »The PlayStation 5 is allegedly “very fat”
Though Sony have already revealed a number of details regarding the PlayStation 5, one of its biggest omissions so far is what the console actually looks like. Now, according to “a specialist,” details on the physical box have been leaked, including the fact that it is allegedly almost twice as …
Read More »Sony’s PS5 event is as exciting as E3, says Jim Ryan
We are mere days away from finding out what PlayStation’s plan for the next half decade or so of gaming is. The “Future of Gaming” event, which is set to take place this Thursday, has until now remained very secretive. That being said, according to Jim Ryan, the upcoming livestream …
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