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Sharkoon has been releasing gaming-oriented furniture for some time now, with a full selection of gaming chairs and desks. This month, Sharkoon is introducing two new desks – the SKILLER SGD10 and SGD20, both of which come with a tabletop-sized mouse mat and plenty of space for a full gaming …

Last Friday, we had the opportunity to pop down to Silverstone to meet with ASUS. While there, two new OLED ROG gaming monitors were revealed, and Asus is also partnering up with the Racing Sim experts at Vesaro. During an ROG Apex event at Silverstone, the company revealed two upcoming …

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With every major Bethesda game comes a flurry of mods and typically, one of the most installed mods is an unofficial patch that fixes bugs that have persisted in Creation Engine games. There were heavily-downloaded unofficial patches for Skyrim, Fallout 4 and soon, Starfield will join that list. 

It is now official – AMD will properly unveil its next generation Ryzen processors later this month. Today, the company announced a livestream for the occasion, which will include new details on Zen 4 and the AM5 platform.  In recent weeks, rumours have been pointing to a late August announcement …

The first half of the month saw titles like Ghost Recon Wildlands, Two Point Campus, Cooking Simulator and Offworld Trading Company joining the Xbox Game Pass library. Now, Microsoft has revealed the titles coming in the second half of August, including another big Ubisoft release.  Ubisoft is continuing to add …

Back in 2020, ArenaNet announced plans to finally bring Guild Wars 2 and its expansions to Steam. The update was eventually delayed and things went quiet. Now, just in time for the MMO's ten year anniversary, a Steam launch date has finally been announced.  Guild Wars 2, complete with its …

The Dragon Ball crossover is now live in Fortnite, bringing along several iconic characters for you to play as, as well as new gameplay items, quests, themed-islands and even a Dragon Ball Super festival.  The crossover event will be live for one month, ending on September 17th. Between now and …

For years now, Marvel and Disney have been looking to ramp up their video game efforts. There is now a good number of games in development based on licensed IP, giving Disney enough content to put on its own games showcase.  The first Disney & Marvel games showcase will be …

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DXRacer will soon launch new models of its Air and Master series gaming chairs. In addition to a revamp to the Master series with its 2023 model, there will also be a Pro variant of the DXRacer Air.  Starting with the 2023 Master model, this gaming chair is supposed to …

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It seems it will take a bit longer than expected to see Ryzen 7000 CPUs in action. According to a new rumour, the launch has been postponed by a couple of weeks, with availability now apparently planned for late September.  There was already plenty of proof that AMD would reveal its …

Last week, Unity received a surprise acquisition offer, with mobile-focused company, AppLovin, offering $17.5 billion. There's just one problem, the merger would mean that Unity would have to cancel its previously announced deal to acquire IronSource. After talking it over, Unity has decided to go ahead with its original plans. …

Scorn was first announced as an early exclusive for the Xbox Series X/S consoles, as well as a big day-one title for Xbox Game Pass. The game was unfortunately delayed back in 2021, but now, Ebb Software is on the road to release, with plans to launch in October.  Scorn …

It looks like The Lord of the Rings is making a resurgence in video games. Recently, there have been rumours of several studios getting access to the Middle-Earth license, and we've now got another studio to add to that list, as Wētā Workshop is now working on a game set …

Last week ended with a major new PC release in Spider-Man Remastered. Originally a PlayStation exclusive, Spider-Man has now arrived on PC, complete with all of the features you expect from a PC game. Nvidia released a set of day-one drivers for the game, and AMD also rolled out a …

To cap off last week, THQ Nordic held its own games showcase, announcing several new and upcoming titles. One of those titles was none other than a new Alone in the Dark game, confirming leaks from earlier last week.  Alone in the Dark will be a “reimagination” of the original …

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We seem to be rapidly approaching launch for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 desktop processors and the first 600 series motherboards. Ahead of AMD's official unveiling, retailers have begun listing multiple processors and X670 motherboards online complete with pricing.  The listings are no longer online, but they were shared by @momomo_us. Looking …

Intel appears to be having trouble with DX9 on its new, modern GPUs. As a result, Intel is changing things up and will drop DirectX 9 support on Arc and Xe GPUs, and will instead use an open-source mapping layer to emulate DX9 using DX12. 

Avatar: The Last Airbender is still loved by fans to this day, but it has been quite some time since we last saw a video game based on the series. That could change soon, as an unannounced Avatar game has leaked via Amazon, and it may be releasing in November.  …

We've known for a while now that there is a new South Park video game in the works, but exactly who is working on it has remained a mystery. A small California-based studio called ‘Question Games' is working on something, and in a surprise move, it appears that THQ Nordic …

WB has been a little cagey on the release date for Hogwarts Legacy, sticking to a ‘holiday 2022' release window. Typically when a release date isn't set this late, it means there is a delay. With that in mind, it shouldn't be too surprising to learn that WB's upcoming Wizarding …

As we approach Q4 more details about upcoming product launches have been leaking. This week, new reports claim to reveal the internal codenames for AMD's upcoming RDNA 3 GPUs, as well as the upcoming Ryzen 7000 series CPUs for laptops.  According to Angstronomics (via VideoCardz), AMD has internally named the …

With more platforms supporting PCIe 5.0 coming later this year, SSD manufacturers have been developing new storage solutions to take full advantage of the new standard. Some manufacturers have already announced they're working on PCIe 5.0 SSDs, but Samsung has been quiet so far. However, a list published by PCI-SIG …

After two years of virtual Gamescom events, the game conference will again open its doors to attendees and gaming companies. One of those companies is AMD, which has already confirmed it will be at the event, inviting fans to visit their booth. Gamescom, the biggest gaming convention in Europe, is …

It has been five years since Ubisoft first announced Beyond Good and Evil 2, and unfortunately, there have been few development updates since. The game lost its director back in 2020, and now according to new reports, it seems that the game has been internally rebooted once again.  Recently, industry …

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, …

A few days ago, we first heard that THQ Nordic is planning a new game based on the survival horror classic, Alone in the Dark. THQ Nordic acquired the IP back in 2018 and now, the series will be getting rebooted once again.  Leaked screenshots and a retail listing with …