With the conclusion of Microsoft’s Inside Xbox event last week, Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest is well and truly underway. The “industry wide celebration of video games” is taking place between May and August 2020, and will encapsulate many individual announcements and events taking place during this time. The Festival’s …
Read More »Poco F2 Pro’s global launch event is on May 12
Xiaomi's Pocophone F1 – or Poco F1 as it's known in India – was widely praised upon its release for offering flagship specs in a budget phone. However, India was the the main market for the Pocophone it proved hard to come by in other countries. Now, the phone's successor – …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 3 3100 overclocked to 5.92 GHz
AMD's Ryzen 3 3100 was designed as an entry-level CPU, offering a good price to performance ratio, but with lower clock speeds than the 3300X. That said, TSIAK, a Taiwanese overclocker, was able to push his AMD Ryzen 3 3100 to 5923.62 MHz. TSIAK was able to push the entry level CPU …
Read More »Win a Seagate NVMe SSD and Ryzen 9 3900X! (closed)
We are back with another competition, and this month we have partnered with Seagate to offer you the chance to win not only a FireCuda 510 NVMe SSD, but a 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X CPU as well!
Read More »Call of Duty Warzone will carry over to other games in the series
Back when Activision announced Blackout Battle Royale for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, we had assumed that this would be a mode that carries over to each new game. That didn't last very long, with Infinity Ward opting to create Call of Duty Warzone instead- a mode that does …
Read More »DOOM Eternal is getting its first major update this month
If you are still hopping into DOOM Eternal, then there is a big update to look forward to this month. The game's first major update promises to bring ‘a ton of features and enhancements', including quality of life improvements and new multiplayer updates. Empowered Demons is a new addition to …
Read More »Dying Light 2 is ‘in good shape and in good hands’ despite recent rumours
This week, there has been a lot of talk around Techland and the studio's upcoming game, Dying Light 2. A translation of a Polish interview citing sources within Techland claimed that Dying Light 2 was in big trouble as internal issues continued to affect the studio. However, Techland claims these …
Read More »The Outer Worlds is just under 10GB on Nintendo Switch
The Outer Worlds is going to be back in the news over the next couple of months, as the Nintendo Switch version nears release. The game will be heading to Nintendo's platform in June and now, we know how much storage space you will need to free up to play …
Read More »Halo 2: Anniversary PC unlock times revealed
After a period of testing last month, Microsoft is now ready to add Halo 2: Anniversary to the Master Chief Collection on PC. The 2004 masterpiece will be heading to Steam and Game Pass on May 12th, just over two months after Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary released. We even have …
Read More »Diablo 2 might be the next Blizzard classic to get remastered
In an effort to release games on a more regular basis, Blizzard has begun going back to its older titles and remastering them. So far, we've had spruced up versions of StarCraft and Warcraft 3, but now, it looks like Diablo 2 might be next on the list. According to …
Read More »Bungie to overhaul rewards in Destiny 2 and make changes to the Eververse store
Bungie has had some mixed success with its seasonal content plans lately, particularly when it comes to pursuing rare, new or unique gear. This has also led to complaints about the Eververse, which has been at odds with the game's balance for a while. As part of this week's update …
Read More »Stadia now supports wireless controller on PC and HDR web streaming
It has been a slow process, but Google Stadia has been improving in the last few months. Stadia's free tier is now available, Chrome browser streaming has full 4K support and now, HDR can also be streamed over the web. Previously, 4K/HDR streaming was only available on Stadia when streaming …
Read More »Sony’s next PS5 showcase tipped for early to mid June
While Microsoft has been very open about its next-gen console over the last few months, Sony is being a bit quieter. We've all been wondering when that might change and now, we've got a good idea, with multiple sources pointing to an event in June. First up is VentureBeat, which …
Read More »Screenshots for DOOM Eternal’s first campaign DLC released
As great as DOOM 2016 was, the decision to focus on multiplayer for DLCs rather than the campaign wasn't a high point. That is changing with DOOM Eternal, as id Software has already confirmed additional campaign levels post-launch, and now, we have a sneak peek at what to expect. There …
Read More »Ubisoft acknowledges criticism over Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ‘gameplay’ trailer
Last night during Inside Xbox, the big trailer that everyone was waiting to see was undoubtedly the gameplay showcase for Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Unfortunately, what we got can't really be described as gameplay, something that Ubisoft is responding to criticism over. The ‘First Look Gameplay Trailer' is uploaded to both …
Read More »The Nintendo Switch is “barely halfway through its life cycle”
Nintendo recently held its investor Q&A as part of its quarterly earnings announcements. Alongside the reveal that the Nintendo Switch has sold over 55 million units, representatives for the company reportedly claimed that the successful hybrid console is “barely in the middle of the switch cycle” and despite the looming …
Read More »Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 11.77 million copies in its first 12 days
The Nintendo Switch is a successful console, there's no denying this fact. The hybrid console’s success has led to a knock on effect for its first-party games, which have exhibited a high attachment rate. Even so, the overwhelming success of the recently released Animal Crossing: New Horizons is somewhat unprecedented. …
Read More »Switch sales have surpassed several other Nintendo consoles
The Nintendo Switch has found its way into many homes all over the world, and in March of this year it was reported that had the Switch had surpassed the Wii's lifetime sales in Japan. Despite suffering recent shortages, the console continues to sell well and has now surpassed N64, …
Read More »Nintendo begins filing copyright complaints against fan-made Super Mario 64 PC port
Earlier this month, an independent group shadow-dropped a PC port of Super Mario 64 online, avoiding copyright legal issues by not announcing the project beforehand. Of course, plenty of buzz has spread around about the game since then, so Nintendo's copyright lawyers have caught up on the situation. The fan-made …
Read More »MediaTek announces Dimensity 1000+ SoC for flagship phones
Hot on the heels of its Helio G85 announcement, MediaTek has introduced the Dimensity 1000+ SoC with support for 5G and 144Hz displays. The chip is designed to offer powerful performance as well as “best-in-class power efficiency”. MediaTek's Dimensity 1000+ is fitted with an octa-core CPU manufactured using 7nm technology, …
Read More »Bungie confirms that Destiny 2 will be coming to next-gen platforms
With the current generation of consoles, the notion of the ‘live-service’ game really came into fruition. With that, one of the major talking points surrounding the next generation is which games are set to make the leap to the new consoles, and which will be left behind. In the wake …
Read More »Tokyo Game Show 2020 shifts to a digital format due to COVID-19
Shortly after yesterday's news that Paris Games Week has been cancelled, the organisers behind the Tokyo Game Show have also confirmed that there will be no physical event this year. The Tokyo Game Show was initially due to take place in late September. This is the first time that TGS …
Read More »Dirt 5 will have a 120 frames per second mode on Xbox Series X
Last night during Inside Xbox, CODEMASTERS announced Dirt 5 for the Xbox Series X, complete with an announcement trailer. There is one key detail about this game that was not mentioned in the trailer though- Dirt 5 will have a full 120 frames per second mode on Microsoft's next-gen console. …
Read More »Adata announces its new Ultimate SU720 SSD
Adata has just announced its latest SSD, the Ultimate SU720. Featuring 3D NAND memory and intelligent SLC caching, Adata claims the Ultimate SU720 SSD is the “ideal offering” for anyone in search of an SSD upgrade. Reaching sequential read/write speeds of up to 520/450MB and 4K random read/write IOPS of up to 50K/65K, …
Read More »Free “Mystery Game” announced for the Epic Games Store
Each week, the Epic Games Store offers at least one free title to all users with an Epic account. This week, the Final Destination inspired puzzler ‘Death Coming’ is available to all. More interesting however, is the way in which Epic Games have chosen to obfuscate next week’s offering – …
Read More »Thermaltake Level 20 RGB Mouse Review
Could the Thermaltake Level 20 be the best budget friendly gaming mouse of 2020?
Read More »Asus lists five AMD A520 chipset motherboards
AMD has already launched the X570 and B550 chipsets to be paired with Ryzen 3000 processors, but there' still no official word on the entry-level A520 chipset. Despite that, Asus has listed five new motherboards using the unannounced chipset. From the five listed motherboards, three are from Asus' Prime series, …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla won’t be ‘the longest or biggest’ game in the series
While the reinvention of Assassin's Creed as an open-world RPG has largely been a success, a good chunk of players definitely felt that Assassin's Creed Odyssey was simply too much. Fortunately, Ubisoft has taken that feedback on board for Valhalla. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is coming at the end of this …
Read More »Call of Duty: Warzone reaches 60 million players
Though some people may be fatigued by the sheer number of Battle Royale games available today, it would appear as though the genre still has much to offer. Call of Duty: Warzone, which released in early March, has now officially surpassed 60 million players, cementing it as a success for …
Read More »Xbox Series X gameplay shown for the first time
Today, Microsoft officially revealed first-look gameplay for a bunch of games coming to the Xbox Series X console. The episode of Inside Xbox began with the announcement that first-party games will be showcased in July, leaving today's show to focus entirely on third-party developers. You can find each trailer shown …
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