Earlier this summer, Logitech and Tencent announced plans to join forces to launch a new dedicated gaming handheld. However, unlike the Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch, which play games locally, the Logitech G Cloud would primarily focus on streaming services, like GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Following a leak …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 has had over 1 million daily players this week
Earlier this month, CD Projekt Red released the latest major patch for Cyberpunk 2077, and revealed the game's upcoming expansion. At the same time, the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime debuted on Netflix to rave reviews. Combined, this has led to a huge resurgence in players, to the point where over a …
Read More »Splinter Cell Remake will include some story rewrites
Back in late 2021, Ubisoft officially announced Splinter Cell Remake, with plans to go back to the franchise's beginning and bring it forward into the modern era. The remake won't be entirely 1:1, as there will be changes made to the game's story. This isn't entirely uncommon for remakes. Some …
Read More »You will soon be able to mute the Xbox start-up sound
For many, a console’s start-up sound can bring with it excitement and emotion as the jingle lets you know that it’s time to game. For some however, the noise is obtrusive and loud and serves no real purpose. For the latter kind, Microsoft has announced that you will be able …
Read More »New Terraria update arriving later this month
Despite announcing and releasing their ‘final update’ years ago, the Terraria team have continued to update the game with new features and content. Going live on the 28th of September is the Labor of Love update, once again bringing with it major changes. Terraria’s update 1.4.4 will be going live …
Read More »Session: Skate Sim officially leaves Early Access
For years, the video games industry suffered from a drought of new skateboarding games, with the late 90s and early 00s ‘fad’ fading out of the limelight. One game which helped to bring the genre back was Session: Skate Sim, and after 3 years in Early Access, the game has …
Read More »Videogamedunkey creates publishing label BIGMODE
Videogamedunkey is one of the biggest and most consistently-enjoyed gaming YouTubers, with videos ranging from serious reviews to humorous gameplay videos among fresh experimental content. After more than 10 years on the platform, Dunkey has announced his direct involvement in game creation, announcing new publishing label BIGMODE. No games nor …
Read More »Embracer CEO discusses Saints Row’s poor reception
The Saints Row reboot finally released last month, though to an unfortunately poor reception – commercially, but especially crititcally. The founder and CEO of Embracer Group has now commented on the matter. As transcribed by Stephen Totilo, Lars Wingefors, the founder and CEO of Embracer Group (publisher Deep Silver’s parent …
Read More »Our AMD Frame Pumps Are Dead… or are they?
While working on the final video for our huge AMD Frame custom build, we came across a problem that temporarily brought the project to a halt. Just a couple of days after filling the cooling system up with some new fluid, a very odd issue became apparent related to the pump and coolant. So we're reaching out to our readers and viewers to decipher if this is a common issue or not...
Read More »Scalebound might come back someday, but Xbox has ‘nothing to say’ at this time
Back in February, PlatinumGames publicly stated that it wants to revive Scalebound and work with Microsoft once again. Microsoft had not responded to this at the time, but now in a Japanese interview, Xbox lead, Phil Spencer, has finally commented on the situation. The cancellation of Scalebound was a huge …
Read More »2K Games hacked, official support emails have been sending out virus downloads
Take-Two is having a rough week. One bad actor already managed to worm their way into Rockstar's network, leading to a massive GTA 6 leak. Now, one of Take-Two's other subsidiaries, 2K Games, is having security problems of its own. Someone managed to gain access to the company's help desk …
Read More »Blizzard announces Diablo 4 beta plans
Blizzard has been making good progress with Diablo 4 this year. Not only did we finally get a gameplay trailer back at E3, but the development team has also been posting monthly updates on the game's progress. In the latest update, Blizzard set out plans for Diablo 4's beta. We've …
Read More »Philips Momentum 32M1N5800A Review (4K/144Hz)
Philips has a new Momentum 4K/144Hz monitor - it's not perfect, but at £759 it's well worth a look
Read More »Board partners reveal custom-cooled RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards
Last night, Nvidia officially announced the first RTX 40 series GPUs - the RTX 4090 and a 16GB and 12GB version of the RTX 4080. Like most GPU launches, these announcements are accompanied by a range of custom-cooled cards being announced by board partners. Here, we round-up the custom cards announced so far.
Read More »Cheat seller countersues Bungie, claims company violated ToS and DMCA
Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when a lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed by a judge. Now, …
Read More »EA Motive is officially working on an Iron Man game
In recent weeks, we have heard that EA is working on multiple Marvel projects – one focused on Black Panther, and another focused on Iron Man. In an announcement this week, EA confirmed that it is indeed working with Marvel, and the first game will be Iron Man. Back in …
Read More »Nvidia’s RTX Remix tool enables modders to create their own ‘remasters’ with ease
Today's Nvidia stream didn't just deliver the announcements for RTX 4090 and RTX 4080. We also saw a number of other announcements for Nvidia Omniverse, a software stack featuring AI and ray-tracing tools that can be used to generate new content. Nvidia used these tools to create the newly announced …
Read More »RTX 4080 12GB to be AIB-only, no Founders Edition model
Announced earlier today at GTC 2022, the RTX 40-series is official, with Nvidia confirming the RTX 4090 as well as two versions of the RTX 4080, with slightly differing specs. Interestingly, it appears the RTX 4080 12GB will only be available through Nvidia's board partners (AIBs) and will not be …
Read More »Nvidia will continue to sell RTX 30 GPUs alongside RTX 4090 and RTX 4080
Today, Nvidia officially announced its first next-gen GeForce graphics cards using the new Ada Lovelace architecture. So far, we're getting an RTX 4090, and two versions of the RTX 4080 with differing amounts of memory. Due to the current situation with Nvidia's RTX 30 series GPUs, older-gen graphics cards will …
Read More »Sony finally brings region switching to older PS1 Classics
Earlier this year we reported that Sony’s revitalised PlayStation Plus service – namely the Premium tier – ran into some issues when the service’s PS1 titles did not adhere to the correct region settings for players, making for a less-than-stellar experience. After announcing that they would fix the issue, we …
Read More »Nvidia is releasing an RTX remaster of Valve’s Portal
Nvidia's in-house Lightspeed Studios has worked with several game developers in recent years to bring RTX features to various titles. During that time, this team has also created its own fully ray-traced remasters of games like Quake II and Minecraft. Today, alongside the RTX 40 launch, Nvidia announced Portal RTX. …
Read More »Nvidia launches RTX 4090 for £1679, RTX 4080 starts at £949
Today during a GeForce Special Event stream, Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, officially announced the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards. Powered by the new Ada Lovelace architecture, featuring 3rd Gen RT Cores, 4th Gen Tensor Cores, and plenty of new optimisations to enable next-generation performance.
Read More »EA’s CEO responds to Call of Duty console-exclusivity controversy
The past few weeks has seen Microsoft’s desired acquisition of Activision Blizzard come into scrutiny, with Call of Duty being placed at the centre of it. In the wake of this, EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson has commented on the matter, claiming that Battlefield will take this opportunity to try and …
Read More »HyperX announces Naruto-themed gaming peripheral collection
If you're a fan of Naruto, you might be interested in this. HyperX has just announced the release of limited edition Naruto: Shippuden gaming peripherals, including a mouse, a mousepad, a mechanical keyboard and a headset. One set is themed after Naruto himself, while another set is themed after Itachi …
Read More »AMD will launch the first RDNA 3 GPUs in November
Just hours ahead of Nvidia's planned RTX 40 GPU reveal, AMD has announced its plans for RDNA 3. We've known for sometime now that AMD's next-gen GPUs would debut in 2022, but we didn't know exactly when. That changed today with the announcement of a November launch event. AMD's Senior …
Read More »Grounded, Valheim and Deathloop headline September Xbox Game Pass update
After a slow start to the month, Microsoft has now revealed the next batch of titles for Xbox Game Pass, which will fill out the final two weeks of September. This time around, Microsoft is packing a lot more punch, with Deathloop finally debuting on Xbox, and Obsidian's excellent survival …
Read More »Free Deathloop update is live now with ‘Extended Ending’
Deathloop was one of PlayStation’s biggest PS5 titles in 2021, offering fun powers in an immersive-sim like environment. Alongside it coming to other platforms, Deathloop has now received a free update adding all sorts of new content – including an extended ending. After almost exactly a year, Deathloop has left …
Read More »Sharkoon Skiller SGK50 S4 Keyboard Review
Sharkoon are back with their first ever 60% mechanical gaming keyboard - the Skiller SGK50 S4
Read More »DeepCool unveils AK500 CPU cooler with 240W heat dissipation
DeepCool is back with a new high-performance air cooler. Following on from the AK620, this month DeepCool is launching the AK500, a stylish CPU heatsink with a black shroud covering the top of the aluminium heatsink to help with aesthetics. The DeepCool AK500 is a single-tower CPU cooler, with a …
Read More »Rockstar publicly addresses ‘network intrusion’ and GTA 6 leak
The games industry was shocked over the weekend when 90 videos showcasing legitimate Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay leaked onto the web. Now, Rockstar has managed to assess the situation, confirming a 'network intrusion'.
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