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EKWB recently launched a range of Direct Die CPU cooling products, but unfortunately, there have been some issues. This week, EK confirmed that it has heard the feedback around issues and is making adjustments to solve them.  Some of you may remember that we worked with EKWB last year on …

Xbox Game Pass has proven to be quite a success for Microsoft, with the subscription-based service adding a bunch of games on a monthly basis. Unfortunately, as is the case with such services, each month also sees the removal of a number of titles. Come the end of April, subscribers …

Twice a month Microsoft updates its Game Pass library with a number of new and exciting games. For the second half of April, the console manufacturer has now detailed the full list of titles dropping onto the service over the next two weeks – including the likes of Minecraft Legends …

Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Dead Island 2 are both launching on PC very soon. Nvidia is getting GeForce GPU users prepared for both titles with the release of a new Game Ready graphics driver today, which also enables DLSS 2 in new games and adds additional G-Sync Compatible displays …

Leo unboxes two Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs, worth about 10 grand

343 Industries has gone through a lot of changes in the last six months, with many members of the leadership team leaving Microsoft. Joseph Staten, who was brought back to Microsoft in an effort to steer Halo Infinite back on track, has moved on from his 18 years at Microsoft …

Mortal Kombat is one of the biggest names in fighting games, with the 30-year old franchise continuing to be stronger than ever decades on from its initial release. Ahead of the expected official announcement of Mortal Kombat 12, it has been revealed that the most recent entry – MK11 – …

Stardew Valley has been nothing if not a massive labour of love, with primary developer ConcernedApe continually updating the game with massive features, additions and changes over the past 7 years or so. Despite them having announced their next game (Haunted Chocolatier) quite a while ago now, work on Stardew …

Diablo 4's beta in March was a huge success for Blizzard, with millions of players logging into both the pre-order and open betas. Now, Blizzard has had time to go through feedback and implement a range of changes ahead of launch. Beyond that, Diablo 4 just hit a new milestone, …

While Hogwarts Legacy didn't include Quidditch within the game, it turns out WB had another Harry Potter game in the works focusing exclusively on this. This week, WB announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a competitive multiplayer game.  Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is billed as a “complete, standalone Quidditch experience”. The …

In late 2022, Capcom announced that it had teamed up with TiMi to produce a new Monster Hunter mobile game. As it turns out, there was another project in the works with the AR specialists at Niantic. This week, Capcom and Niantic revealed Monster Hunter Now, a game similar in …

Originally known for their work on the Resident Evil 4 spiritual successor The Evil Within, Tango Gameworks has in the past few years shown off a great deal of versatility – first with the open-world FPS Ghostwire: Tokyo, followed by the unique rhythm-based action game Hi-Fi Rush. Now, according to …

Recently, Capcom updated Resident Evil Village to remove Denuvo DRM from the game. It would seem that Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 also received updates recently, mysteriously removing ray-tracing features from both remakes.  While the removal of Denuvo from RE Village was a welcome change, the removal of …

Over the weekend, it was claimed that Sega was in the midst of acquiring Rovio, the company best known for producing the Angry Birds games. Now, Sega has officially confirmed the deal, marking a rare major acquisition for the publisher.  Sega has acquired several studios in the past, but these …

Last week, we learned that FromSoftware's next major game, Armored Core VI, has been rated in Korea, which typically means a release date is imminent. Now, a leak through the Xbox store has added some fuel to the fire.  It would seem that From Software is gearing up to announce …

ASUS is looking to shake up the gaming industry with its latest offering – the ROG Ally handheld. This cutting-edge device is slated for worldwide release, and rumours suggest it could hit the market sooner than expected. Initially announced as an April's fool joke, the ROG Ally is coming to …

Discord has been making a lot of improvements lately. Earlier this month, the company brought a much needed boost to file sharing sizes, increasing the limit from 8MB files to 25MB for all users. Now, Discord is taking notes from other popular messaging apps by adding a voice message option.  …

The Philips Evnia series of premium gaming monitors now has a great option for those looking for a smaller 1080p screen. The new Evnia 25M2N5200P offers a 25-inch IPS display, FullHD resolution and a 280Hz refresh rate for ultra-smooth gaming.  The Philips Evnia 25M2N5200P is the latest monitor from the Evnia …

Asus already has plenty of different graphics card designs, aimed at both gamers and professionals. Now, Asus is launching its first graphics card line aimed at the creator market, with new ProArt RTX 40 series graphics cards.  While graphics cards are traditionally associated with gaming, that's not true for the …

In one of the weirder acquisitions we've seen, SEGA has reportedly negotiated a deal to acquire Rovio Entertainment for roughly $1 billion USD. Rovio Entertainment is a mobile-focused developer, best known for Angry Birds.  According to The Wall Street Journal, SEGA is close to completing the deal and it could …

Some juicy details have recently surfaced about AMD's upcoming Zen architectures, straight from the LinkedIn profile of one of their engineers. This content has since been removed, but as expected from the Internet, someone was fast enough to take a screenshot. According to the engineer's profile (via Wccftech), he was …

At The Game Awards last year, From Software announced its next big game, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, a long-awaited return to the studio's mecha series, which has been on the back burner recently with FromSoft focusing on its Souls games and newer titles like Elden Ring. We didn't …

The famous open-source media player just got even better. Like Chromium-based browsers, VLC now supports Nvidia's RTX Video Super Resolution (VSR) technology for enhancing video playback. This AI-based upscaling technology powered by RTX hardware can be used with Chromium-based browsers like Chrome or Edge. That means you can enjoy higher-quality …

Last night, Sony went live with its latest State of Play stream, focused entirely on Final Fantasy 16. Producer, Naoki Yoshida, presented the stream, giving us a great look at everything from combat and exploration to companion pets.  The stream is roughly 25 minutes long, so there are plenty of …

While it is pretty typical to see new games launching with Denuvo in place, we rarely see games adding the controversial DRM post-release. This week following Ghostwire: Tokyo's Game Pass release and big Spider Thread update, Bethesda has implemented Denuvo.  The new Spider Thread update for Ghostwire: Tokyo does indeed …

Shortly after the poorly received gameplay reveal for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, we heard rumours that the game was due to be delayed. Now, just six weeks ahead of the game's planned release date, Rocksteady has officially confirmed that the game has been pushed back.  While it was …

God-level hardware specs but does it have the performance to match?

A few weeks ago we reported that the actor playing Venom in the upcoming Spider-Man 2 game by Insomniac claimed that the much-anticipated title would be arriving this September. Following this, an industry insider has corroborated the claims, stating that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will indeed be launching in September.

Each week, those with an Epic Games account are privy to a number of titles for free. This week, Epic is giving away the first-person co-op multiplayer dinosaur shooter ‘Second Extinction’ as well as medieval multiplayer slasher ‘Mordhau’. Available to add to your library from now until the 20th of …

LawBreakers was a promising Hero Shooter from Boss Key Productions and Cliff Blezinsky (of Gears of War fame). Released back in 2017, the game unfortunately struggled to find a foothold in the then-saturated market – leading it to ultimately be shut down just one year later. Half a decade later, …