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In AMD's Q4 earnings release, Lisa Su admitted that AMD had been “undershipping” CPUs and GPUs to balance supply and demand in the last two fiscal quarters. Initially, some interpreted AMD CEO's words as the company intentionally doing it to keep prices high. Soon after, a representative clarified that the …

Knockout City didn't end up being the multiplayer hit the developers were hoping for, and while the team will be moving on from the game soon and shutting down official servers, the game won't be left to wither away. Rather than letting development efforts go to waste, the team is …

When the PlayStation 5 first launched, it was met with a great deal of scarcity due in part to incredibly high demand, but also as a consequence of deep supply issues. Over the years, the console has become more and more accessible, with 2023 said to be the best year …

If you're curious about how the RTX 6000 Ada GPU would fare in gaming workloads, the recently leaked 3DMark Time Spy score hints at how it would perform. Despite its raw specs, performance is inferior to that of an RTX 4090, but that's only expected considering it only has a …

Back in June of last year we reported that Fortnite looked to be getting a first-person mode in a future update, thanks to the work of diligent dataminers. Deemed to be in early development at the time, a new update has indicated that the first-person mode could be coming to …

Following a lengthy development period, Sonic Frontiers finally released late last year to a positive response both from the mainstream critics, but especially from hardcore Sonic fans. That said, the game is not perfect and so the game’s director has already laid out some of the many changes being considered …

Fntastic found itself making headlines for the wrong reasons recently, after a suspicious trademark dispute and release delay had fans questioning whether or not the studio's upcoming game, The Day Before, even existed. Now, the studio has revealed its promised 10-minute gameplay video, giving us a good idea of what …

Turtle Rock Studios revived the Left 4 Dead series through a spiritual successor known as Back 4 Blood. Released back in October 2021, post-launch support for the title has officially ended, with the team now focusing on their next project. Making the announcement on their blog, the team at Turtle …

Razer describes the Basilisk V3 Pro as their most advanced mouse to date, but is it worth £160?

Since releasing Gears 5 back in 2019, The Coalition has been pretty quiet. The studio has revealed publicly that it is currently working on projects with Unreal Engine 5, but it would seem that plans for a new IP have now been scrapped following on from recent lay-offs at Microsoft.  …

Insomniac has been very busy since joining Sony officially a few years ago. So far, the company has delivered an expansion to 2018's Spider-Man, a new Rachet & Clank game and is on track to release Spider-Man 2 later this year. As it turns out, Insomniac's other Marvel project, Wolverine, …

Over the last couple of years, there have been rumours that Respawn is working on a new single-player game set in the Titanfall/Apex Legends universe. The good news is, it seems the project was indeed real, the bad news is that EA reportedly cancelled this game recently. 

Today, Razer is launching its lightest gaming mouse yet, the Viper Mini Signature Edition. With an upgraded exoskeleton, a Razer Focus Pro 30K optical sensor and up to 60 hours of wireless battery life, the mouse looks good on paper, although it does have an eye-watering price tag.  Speaking on …

Nintendo typically goes live with a Nintendo Direct sometime during Q1 each year and it looks like 2023 will be no exception. According to new rumours, Nintendo is planning a Direct very soon.  According to Jeff Grubb in his latest podcast, Nintendo is planning a new Direct stream for February. …

EA Motive has successfully brought Dead Space back to the forefront with a fantastic remake of the original 2008 game. Now, EA Motive is looking to the future, with hopes of being allowed to continue working on the series. In an interview with GQ this week, Phil Ducharme, Senior Producer …

Corsair brings out its big guns with a new 420mm H170i Elite LCD XT cooler

One of the most anticipated PlayStation exclusives of 2022 was God of War Ragnarök. The sequel to 2018’s Game of the Year winner took two games worth of story and jam packed it into a bombastic and action-heavy sequel. This seems to have resonated with fans as in less than …

Redfall is one of the biggest first-party Xbox games currently set to release in 2023. Launching on the 2nd of May, Microsoft recently gave fans a deep look at the upcoming open-world co-op shooter. Unfortunately it seems as though even if you were to play the game solo, Redfall will …

Last month we reported that the popular PowerWash Simulator was getting a crossover with the Tomb Raider franchise, letting players powerwash the entire Croft Manor as part of a free update. It seems more collaborations are on the way, as a new Final Fantasy VII crossover has just been announced. …

The Steam Deck's release necessitated the need for a new UI, as the platform’s ‘Big Picture mode’ was not only outdated in its design, but also functionality-wise. Following a somewhat-lengthy beta period, the Steam Deck’s UI is finally replacing the old Big Picture Mode as part of a new update. …

This week, Intel began rolling out a new graphics driver for its Arc GPUs. The driver launched earlier this morning, but it is only now that we can talk about the big improvements this driver brings. Since Arc's launch, Intel's engineers have been hard at work to polish up performance, particularly in DX9 titles. With this new driver, Intel has delivered up to 43 percent better performance in DX9 with smoother frame times too. 

At CES last month AMD officially announced its new Ryzen 7000X3D series processors, promising three SKUs equipped with 3D V-cache to provide a boost to gaming performance. Today, AMD is finally announcing availability and pricing for each of these processors, starting at $449 for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.  With Ryzen …

Apex Legends Mobile has only been around for a short while and Battlefield Mobile only just recently began public testing. In a surprise move, it looks like EA has pulled the plug on both projects and it also appears to be shutting down one of its mobile development studios.  Last …

Nvidia unveiled the RTX 4070 Ti last month at CES and it seems the RTX 4070 won't be too far behind. According to recent reports, board partners are currently in the process of preparing custom RTX 4070 graphics cards, and we may already know the GPU's base and boost clock …

Leo goes hands-on with the Corsair RMx Shift PSU, promising a new way to build a PC

Acer took its first steps into the desktop graphics card market last year as an AIB partner for Intel. Now, the company looks to expand and may soon offer AMD Radeon graphics cards too.  According to ITHome (via Wccftech), Acer will join the ranks of AMD AIB partners this year. …

While it seemed everything was on track for Star Wars Jedi Survivor to launch in March, Respawn has opted to push the release date back for additional testing and bug fixing. Fortunately, it isn't a huge delay, so while the game is coming out a little later, we won't have …

If you play games regularly, particularly multiplayer games, then chances are you have Discord installed. Unfortunately, a recent update to the app has introduced a bug that unintentionally harms Nvidia GPU performance.  The bug seems to have an impact on memory clocks, reducing them by up to 200MHz on a …

Over the last couple of years, 343 Industries' struggles with the Halo IP reached a boiling point, resulting in a round of layoffs at the studio this year. At this point, many of those in leadership positions during Halo Infinite's development have moved on and just under 100 employees have …

While Sony is boosting PS5 console supply for 2023, the company is scaling back in other areas. Just ahead of the PlayStation VR2 launch, sources have claimed that Sony has cut sales projections for the headset due to low pre-orders.  According to Bloomberg, Sony is halving its sales projection for …