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We see how far Intel Arc has come since its launch back in October

Over the last few months, James has been putting together a stunning new showcase build - the Fractal High Contrast custom PC. Now with the system complete, Fractal has decided to give it away to one VERY lucky winner - read on to find out how you could win this jaw-dropping PC!

It has been around a year since the Steam Deck first launched and to celebrate the system's first anniversary, Valve is discounting it for the first time. As part of the ongoing Steam Spring sale, you can pick up a Steam Deck direct from Valve for 10% off. 

While we've known for a while now that Sony has been in talks with the CMA to express concerns about Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, we haven't heard much about studios speaking out in defence of the acquisition. That changed today, with the CMA's filings being updated with responses …

IO Interactive is hard at work on multiple new projects, putting the Hitman series on hiatus for a little while. Currently, the studio's biggest focus is its James Bond game, which will feature a new and original 007. Speaking with Eurogamer recently, IO Interactive's Christian Elverdam and Hakan Abrak revealed …

Techland has been hard at work on updates for Dying Light 2 since its launch but now the studio is ready to start turning its attention to something new. Today, Techland announced that it has begun developing a new IP.  Moving beyond the Dying Light series, Techland is now developing …

The Radeon 780M iGPU is set to debut in new Ryzen 7000 series laptop processors, but we still don't entirely know what to expect in terms of performance. That is now starting to change through benchmark leaks, the first of which shows the Radeon R780M pumping out similar performance to …

GDC is set to kick off next week but Nvidia is making a few of its gaming-related announcements early. For starters, DLSS is coming to more games, DLSS 3 is getting Unreal Engine 5.2 integration and the next graphics card game bundle is now official.

The Ultra 79 XTX prebuilt from CyberPowerPC goes full AMD

Ubisoft has been rather good in ensuring many of its previously published titles get updated with some level of support for the new generation of consoles. We have already seen a whole host of games get their free upgrades including multiple Assassin’s Creed titles, Rainbow Six and more. Unfortunately, the …

It has been roughly one year since Tango Gameworks released Ghostwire: Tokyo on PS5 and PC. Now with Sony's timed console exclusivity deal coming to an end, Microsoft has announced plans to bring the game to Xbox consoles and Game Pass.  Ghostwire: Tokyo will release on Xbox Series X/S, and …

Yesterday Microsoft announced a new deal with a competing cloud gaming provider in an effort to convince regulators that its acquisition of Activision Blizzard won't squeeze the competition out of the market. Today, the company is announcing yet another deal, this time with a more widely known cloud gaming company.  …

Recently, it was claimed that the RTX 4070 would launch in mid-April. Now, another report seems to back this up, claiming that Nvidia will announce the new GPU on the 12th of April, followed by reviews and availability on the 13th. 

For its entire existence, IO Interactive have focused almost exclusively on the Hitman franchise, with their most-recent non-Hitman project being 2010’s Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. After successfully turning the latest HITMAN trilogy into a ‘World of Assassination’ sandbox, the team at IOI are putting Agent 47 on ice …

Unlike Microsoft with Xbox Game Pass, Sony does not bring its first-party titles to the console manufacturer’s PlayStation Plus subscription service at launch. Despite this, Sony has been rather good with adding partner titles day-one to PS Plus. Such is the case with Behaviour Interactive’s upcoming post-apocalyptic first-person building and …

Can the 'Pro' version improve upon the original Model O Wireless?

One of the biggest first-party PS5 titles to have been released so far is Horizon Forbidden West. Despite it being a major improvement over the first game in many aspects, the sequel to 2017’s open world action adventure title still came to PS4 as well as Sony’s latest system. That …

Announced nearly 8 years ago, Nightdive Studios have been working on a remake of the classic 1994 cyberpunk immersive sim System Shock. Development has not been the smoothest, with the title being delayed multiple times over the years. Ahead of the game’s intended March release, the team have now delayed …

In recent weeks, Microsoft has signed legal agreements to bring Activision Blizzard titles to additional platforms, including Nintendo consoles and Nvidia's rival cloud gaming service, GeForce Now. Microsoft is looking to pile on here with additional deals with competing companies. While Sony isn't playing ball with Microsoft's 10-year agreement, other …

Last year, it was claimed that studio Hangar 13 is now working on a new Mafia trilogy, built using Unreal Engine 5. Later on in 2022, the studio confirmed that it is indeed working on Mafia 4 and now through job listings, we have an idea of just how far …

The Diablo 4 beta is just around the corner, with early access beginning this week. Ahead of the beta, Blizzard has announced preload plans, so you can get the game installed ahead of time and avoid waiting for the download when the beta goes live.  Pre-order customers will get early …

It has been reported that we'll see a new version of the PS5 console with a detachable disc drive later this year, but it seems something even bigger could be just around the corner. While the rumoured PS5 redesign won't include any hardware upgrades, it has now been claimed that a PS5 Pro is on the way in 2024. 

Soon after the release of the first RTX 40 series GPUs, we heard several user reports of malfunctioning 12VHPWR connectors, leading to questions around the design of the connector. Nvidia stands by its design and it does appear that unseated cabled was the root cause behind the issues, but Intel …

Ever since Sony announced that it would support the PC market with its first party games, we have seen a good number of major titles find their way onto the platform at a rather consistent rate. With The Last of Us Part I set to arrive on PC at the …

It's an innovative new PSU design from Corsair, but we find out if it is technically proficient

With HBO’s The Last of Us finale recently concluding, Naughty Dog co-president and The Last of Us Part II director Neil Druckmann recently sat down with Kinda Funny for a ‘spoilercast’ in which he revealed a bunch of details on what the team is working on, including the fact that …

Diablo IV is the next big game set to come from Activision Blizzard, and while the acquisition by Microsoft has yet to go through, fans were beginning to wonder whether the upcoming ARPG would find its way on Xbox’s Game Pass service. Unfortunately – though unsurprisingly – this will not …

Chrono Cross is a classic PlayStation One JRPG released all the way back in 1999. As with many games from that era, fears began to arise at the fact that these classic titles may no longer become playable as the generations proceed. This is why Square Enix opted to release …

Streets of Rage 4 came as a huge surprise to long-time fans of the side-scrolling beat ‘em up franchise. After being absent for so long the series came back with a vengeance in 2020 bigger and better than ever. In another surprise, the game has now received a free update …

Nvidia has yet to announce the RTX 4070 officially, but we've heard a lot about it lately. Rumours have loosely pointed to April for the GPU's release date, but a more recent report has been more precise, pointing to an April 13th launch. As reported by VideoCardz, a Twitter leaker …