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Last month, the Artifact category on Twitch mysteriously sprung back to life. Did Valve manage to bring its card game back from the dead? Were big streamers suddenly interested in returning to the game? Nope. The Artifact category was so dead on Twitch that people were managing to get away …

When Google first announced Stadia, I think many of us assumed that PC versions of major games would be hosted on the servers for all to play. As it turns out, Stadia versions of games are separate from other platforms, so some titles like Destiny 2 will have multiplayer limited …

Gameplay issues and poor critical reception aside, Fallout 76 caused headaches for Bethesda at launch in other areas. The hardcore fans that shelled out for the game’s collector’s edition were promised quality looking canvas bags as part of the package but what they ended up with was something that looked …

For years now, Amazon has owned its own in-house games studio working on secretive projects with some big name talent involved. Amazon even went out and made a deal with Crytek to use CRYENGINE as the basis for its own engine. Now, the situation at Amazon Game Studios is starting …

One of the biggest announcements to come out of E3 last week was Cyberpunk 2077's release date. At the event itself, people had a chance to go and see a new gameplay demo, showing off new parts of the game compared to what we saw last year. This gameplay demo …

It has been a few years since Sony first announced The Last of Us Part II and while gameplay was shown at E3 2018, Sony didn't take part in the event this year, so we've had no official news on its release. While official announcements are being kept under wraps …

After five years of rumours surrounding Samsung's foldable smartphone experiments, this year the Galaxy Fold was officially announced. The initial launch should have happened already but reviewers swiftly began experiencing display failures, forcing Samsung to push back its release. Things have been quiet since then, but Samsung has apparently found …

The Witcher 3 will be the first physical Switch game to launch on a 32GB cartridge in the west, cutting out the need for additional downloads.

Back in March, the Steam Link Anywhere feature went into open beta, allowing users to stream their Steam games to a smartphone from outside of your home network. Now, that same functionality is also coming to Steam In-Home streaming, which is being renamed to Steam Remote Play. Steam Link hardware …

Cloud gaming is a big topic of conversation within the industry once again. The concept went away for a while after OnLive went under but now heavy weights like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and more are all working on the technology. Google Stadia and Microsoft’s Project xCloud will be part of …

Just a few weeks ago, Valve announced that it was working on its own version of Dota Auto Chess after having conversations with the original modders behind the game mode. As we expected, this new Dota spin-off is called Dota Underlords and surprisingly, Valve has the game ready and playable …

The Oculus Quest standalone VR headset launched a few weeks ago and one of the first apps available on the new platform was Virtual Desktop. This has been a popular VR app since the original Rift began shipping and for Quest users, a new feature allowed you to stream SteamVR …

Over the last week, Bungie has announced plenty of major changes coming to Destiny 2. Not only is the game coming to new platforms with full cross-save functionality, but the base game and its year-one content will be made free to play and a new expansion is coming out in …

In the last nine months, there has been plenty of discussion surrounding Riot Games and its internal practices. Recently, there have been lawsuits alleging discrimination and sexism, which Riot has moved to block due to a waiver found in most employee contracts. This led to a walkout protest, which didn’t …

Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 made a big splash at E3 by revealing that Keanu Reeves would play a character in the game. At the time, we didn't know much about his role but much more has been revealed during gameplay demos at the show. Keanu Reeves will be playing …

When the Nintendo Switch first launched, the console arrived alongside one killer launch title- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This full open-world take on Zelda proved to be incredibly popular and now, Nintendo is officially working on a direct sequel. At the very end of Nintendo's E3 …

This week, CD Projekt Red confirmed that The Witcher 3 will be coming to Nintendo Switch this year. There were rumours surrounding this over the course of 2019 and many doubted that the game could be adjusted to the point of running on a Switch. However, CD Projekt Red has …

While new GPUs and the new 16-core Ryzen 9 processor were the main stars of AMD’s Next Horizon event during E3 this week, there were some other announcements sprinkled in too. In particular, ASUS ROG announced a new monitor, delivering 43-inches of 4K, high refresh rate greatness. The monitor is …

There has been a lot of talk around the US trade war with China and its impact on the mobile market, but there has been less discussion surrounding how it is going to impact other areas of tech. Today, we are starting to see how other companies are planning to …

We’ve known for a while now that Valve has been working on a UI overhaul for Steam. We saw the first part of this in last year’s Steam Chat update and next, the Steam library will be getting an overhaul. We had a preview of these changes a couple of …

Cyberpunk 2077 is on the way and it will be coming out much sooner than anticipated. The game already looks incredible based on the early footage we saw last year but it is going to look even better at launch, with real-time ray-tracing being added to the PC version. CD …

At E3 this year, Square Enix gave us our first proper look at Final Fantasy VII Remake and its gameplay changes. At this point, we know that the first part of Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming out in March but unfortunately, Square Enix isn’t sharing its plans beyond that, …

Just as previously rumoured, today Ubisoft announced Watch Dogs Legion, the third game in the franchise. This time around, players will be travelling to a fictional version of London, which is now under heavy government surveillance. Legion is built around one very unique gameplay mechanic. There doesn’t appear to be …

During its E3 press conference last night, Ubisoft took to the stage to announce Rainbow Six Quarantine, a new game set in the Rainbow Six universe. Based on the popular ‘Outbreak’ mode from Rainbow Six Siege, Quarantine will pair teams together in a co-op PvE fight for survival. After several …

It has been a few years now since Microsoft first renewed interest in the Age of Empires IP. We know that the original three games are all getting remastered and released on Windows 10 and Steam. We also know that Age of Empires IV is being worked on. Unfortunately progress …

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Just two weeks ago on the first day of Computex, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 3000 series, complete with Zen 2 architecture, built on the 7nm process and with options all the way up to 12-cores. What we didn’t know at the time was that AMD was holding a little something …

We've known for some time now that Xbox Game Pass will be coming to PC this year, in addition to various improvements to the Windows Store experience for gamers. Last night, Microsoft's new strategy became clear- Xbox Game Pass has now launched on PC, alongside a brand new app that …

Double Fine Productions has been floating around the gaming industry for almost two decades now and has delivered a bunch of cult classics. In recent years, the studio has turned to crowd funding platforms to fund new games but those days are now over, as Microsoft has acquired them. Double …

It has been almost four years since Final Fantasy VII Remake was first announced. Development updates were few and far between while Square Enix focused on shipping Kingdom Hearts 3 but now, Final Fantasy is back in the spotlight once again. Square Enix will be showing off Final Fantasy VII …