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Both Nier Automata and Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139… are undeniable sales successes. This week, Square Enix revealed that both games have sold a combined 7 million copies digitally so far.  Back in February, Nier Replicant wasn't out yet, but Nier Automata had already amassed over 5.5 million copies sold for PS4, …

During a live stream where an ASRock representative was detailing the company's upcoming Desk Mini Max ITX system, something unexpected happened. When they were talking about the GPU compatibility, an unknown AMD Radeon P120 ITX card was mentioned. No details about the card were disclosed, but considering the looks, size, …

We check out no less than three ASUS ROG Z590 boards - but which is right for you?

The DDR5-era is closer than ever. It has been noticed that the next beta release of HWiNFO will receive support for Intel XMP 3.0, the memory profile tool for DDR5 that allows users to overclock the memory modules more conveniently. The first DDR5 modules have already released, but there's no …

Although we have yet to see the first Exynos SoC featuring RDNA graphics, a new report claims that Samsung is already discussing the graphics unit successor with AMD. Moreover, some performance figures of the upcoming mobile GPU have also been shared, and as it seems, it's faster than the current …

Nvidia keeps expanding the DLSS environment. With 57 games and counting, DLSS is now also supported on Unreal Engine 5 through a free plugin. Moreover, Nvidia will also introduce support for its upscaling technology on Unity 2021.2, but an exact date hasn't been set yet. As of today, DLSS is …

The latest phase of overpriced graphics cards might be coming to an end. According to a 3DCenter investigation into GPU market prices for current-gen AMD Radeon RX 6000 series and Nvidia RTX 30 series cards, the pricing of these cards is slowly reducing and stock is beginning to improve too. …

Over the last couple of years, there has been a massive increase in the number of console gamers using gaming monitors, rather than TVs. Now, Xbox is partnering with monitor makers across the industry to deliver “Designed for Xbox” displays. All certified ‘designed for Xbox' gaming displays will have to …

It is time for another GeForce Game Ready driver update. This time around, Nvidia is introducing RTX support for three titles – Lego Builder's Journey, DOOM Eternal and Rust. The driver also enables DLSS in Vulkan games using Proton to play on Linux-based systems.  Starting off with our RTX games, …

Seagate is looking to revamp mass-capacity storage this year with the launch of the Exos CORVAULT, a ‘self-healing', high-density storage system intended to streamline data management and reduce human intervention for macro edge and data centre environments. The Exos CORVAULT offers SAN-level performance using a breakthrough storage architecture that combines …

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Despite being one of the most famous superheroes, Superman has struggled in the game industry, with many attempts failing to capture the market in the way that the Spider-Man or Arkham series have. In the wake of many failed attempts and even some cancelled projects, WB continues to be committed …

Kim Swift, the lead designer behind Valve's Portal, is now joining Xbox Game Studios. In recent years, Swift has worked at Amazon, EA Motive and Google Stadia. Now, as part of the Xbox team, Swift will be working to further Microsoft's cloud gaming ambitions. Microsoft confirmed the hire in a …

Earlier this month, we learned that driver support for Nvidia's Kepler based GPUs will be coming to an end soon. Now, AMD is announcing the end of driver support for some of its ageing graphics cards, including the Radeon HD 7000, Radeon 200, Radeon 300 and R9 Fury series.

Dead Space is commonly seen as being one of EA’s best but forgotten franchises. The survival-horror sci-fi game saw a cult following, and while EA tried to capitalise on this success by making its sequels more and more mainstream, the franchise then started to lose what made it unique in …

Earlier this month, Facebook announced plans to begin testing advertisements inside Oculus Quest apps. These new in-VR ads would be tested across a few different apps and games, leading to a wave of negative reviews for certain titles and forcing at least on developer to reconsider. Facebook's VR ads won't …

Sonic the Hedgehog has had a tumultuous life. Once as big as Mario himself, SEGA’s mascot has ebbed and flowed when it comes to popularity both within and outside the video game medium. Following 2017’s disappointing Sonic Forces, SEGA seems to have gone back to the drawing board, with the …

With E3 officially coming to an end, it’s time to see which games and conferences ‘won’ E3. One of the biggest hubs for discussing E3 was Twitter. The social media platform has now released its list for the most discussed games, and while some of these entrants are understandable, others …

We've known that Intel is planning a number of ‘DG2' GPU SKUs, but recently, a brand new one popped up, featuring 448 Execution Units, a notch below the flagship model, which will have 512 Execution Units. This newly discovered SKU will reportedly offer similar performance to the RTX 3070 and …

Samsung is continuing to break into the gaming monitor market this year with the expansion of its Odyssey monitor line-up. Samsung is now adding several flat-panel monitors to its portfolio, all with a mix of resolutions and high refresh rates, joining the curved monitors that launched back in 2020. There …

During the lead-up to E3, there was a lot of chatter around the Nintendo Switch Pro, which was supposedly going to be revealed before the event so that new games that take advantage of the hardware upgrade can also be announced. This ultimately did not end up happening and now, …

The Lian Li Odyssey X is officially coming to the UK. This large form factor case is built around offering builders multiple configuration options, with the capability of being ‘transformed' into three different configurations – Dynamic, Dynamic-R (Rotate), and Performance. This case was designed in collaboration with renowned overclocker ‘Der8auer', …

Rather than hosting its own event during E3 week, this year, EA decided to hold EA Play Live a month later in July. EA's flagship holiday game, Battlefield 2042 has already been revealed, but according to reports, there is another big announcement on the way, which will see an old …

It has nearly been four years since Nintendo first announced Bayonetta 3 for the Nintendo Switch and each year, fans are left disappointed in the lack of any news around the game. Bayonetta 3 skipped E3 again this year, although the game is reportedly “progressing well”.  During an interview with …

As of today, Cyberpunk 2077 is officially back on the PlayStation Store, six months after initially being removed. While the game has had some major patches since release, the game is returning to PSN with a big warning against playing it on a standard PS4 console.  Both the PlayStation and …

EK is launching a unique line of water blocks and fittings this week. The EK Lignum line blends the modern aesthetics of water cooling components with wood finishes. Each block has its own wood pattern too, making each one different to the next.  Based on the EK-Quantum Vector RE water …

During Computex 2021, AMD confirmed that it has been working with Samsung to develop a new mobile SoC with integrated RDNA 2 graphics. We initially thought we would see this new chip later this month, but it looks like Samsung won't be unveiling its new flagship Exynos chip until July.  …

This Aorus laptop packs an RTX 3080 and the latest Intel Tiger Lake CPU

Amazon Prime Day is now officially upon us and Razer is not missing out on the action. For the next two days, Razer has discounts across its entire range, from ever popular peripherals to mobile accessories and gaming laptops...

E3 2021 has officially wrapped up after several days of virtual conferences from major publishers. Microsoft and Nintendo had particularly good showings, but the event as a whole felt somewhat disjointed and dare I say, lacked the magic of previous E3 events. Let’s take a look back at the winners and losers of this year’s E3.