In 2022, the relationship between Activision Blizzard and its Chinese publishing partner, NetEase, began to rapidly deteriorate, leading to NetEase being dropped as the publisher for Blizzard titles in China and thus making those games inaccessible in the country. Now after acquiring Activision last year, Microsoft has mended fences. Microsoft …

Evil Empire, the small studio mostly known for its work on Dead Cells, might be quietly working away on a new Prince of Persia game. We've already seen the studio tackle a licensed IP to great success with the Dead Cells Castlevania DLC, but Prince of Persia might be getting …

Embracer Group has been undergoing a cost-cutting initiative over the past year, leading to several studio closures and layoffs. Other major companies under the Embracer banner have instead been sold. Earlier this month we saw Saber Interactive split off from its former parent company. Now, Gearbox Entertainment has also been sold. 

Since 2019, ThatGameCompany of ‘Flower’ and ‘Journey’ fame have been working on supporting Sky: Children of the Light: a free-to-play co-op focused casual MMO with beautiful visuals and a haunting world. Launching first on mobile devices back in 2019, the game has slowly found its way onto other platforms – …

Despite being by far the biggest success story of 2023, Larian Studios have been rather cagey when it comes to discussing Baldur’s Gate 3’s sales figures. That said, the team have offered enough clues to suggest that the universally-praised RPG has sold around 15 million copies. During a recent interview …

Intel first debuted a ‘KS' version of its flagship chip with the Core i9-9900KS back in October 2019, and the tradition has carried on each generation since. Today, Intel unveils its latest ‘KS' chip, the Core i9-14900KS, reaching 6.2GHz speeds out of the box.  While most enthusiasts will be happy …

Last year, Logitech released its G Pro X Superlight 2 wireless gaming mouse with high hopes of outperforming its 2020 model. Although considered overall better than its predecessor, its polling rate didn't match similarly priced competitors.  Logitech (via TechPowerUp) has some great news for Pro X Superlight 2 users. Their …

Fans of Titanfall have been hoping for a new game for years but unfortunately, following the launch of Apex Legends, it seems all plans for a Titanfall 3 were dropped. We aren't likely to ever get the Titanfall 3 that Respawn originally planned, but according to sources this week, the …

Last July Gunfire Games released Remnant II – the sequel to 2019’s surprise hit souls-like. Available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, the co-op focused title managed to sell over 2 million copies in just a few months. Unfortunately, those who wished to buddy up with friends from …

Call of Duty: Mobile has been a huge success for the first-person shooter franchise, with the free-to-play game having amassed more than 500 million downloads since its release back in 2019. That said, we have been waiting for the game’s successor for quite some time now. Built using the mainline …

Seven months on from its China-exclusive launch, AMD's RX 7900 GRE is finally hitting the global market

Just a few days ago, Microsoft announced the latest batch of games for Xbox Game Pass to wrap up the rest of the month. It would seem that they missed one on the list, as today, Xbox players suddenly found that they had access to Dead Island 2 via Game …

The Metro series has never been a blockbuster franchise, with the stealth-horror FPS games seeing a respectable amount of success relative to their popularity. That said, the latest entry in the series – Metro Exodus – has broken free of this niche in a massive way, having now officially sold …

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was recently shown off properly for the first time at Sony’s most recent State of Play. As with all Kojima trailers, there were a whole lot of hidden details to unpack. Beyond this however, Kojima has now offered over a dozen new and exciting …

For the past two generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Sony and Microsoft have both gone with AMD for their custom hardware. Microsoft is already laying the groundwork for its next console, as we know from files revealed as part of the FTC v Microsoft trial over the acquisition of …

It's the last of the new Super cards, as we check out the £959 RTX 4080 Super

Does the RX 7600 really need a version with 16GB VRAM? We put it to the test today

During the 2022 Game Awards, Hideo Kojima officially announced DS2 – the unexpected though highly welcome sequel to 2019’s unique open world delivery simulator. Of course, DS2 will not be the game’s final name, and while we have yet to get an official title, a new report has claimed that …

While fans have been waiting for a new single player Elder Scrolls game since 2011, the series’ MMO entry – The Elder Scrolls Online – has been trucking along for the past decade, seeing consistent support and updates from the team at Zenimax Online Studios. This has helped the MMO …

It's arguably the most interesting of the new SUPER cards, so let's find out how fast it is

RTX 4070 Super is here, and we find out just how much faster it is compared to the original 4070

Deep Rock Galactic is a fun co-op first-person shooter which sees players working together to mine underground resources in fully-destructible environments, all the while trying to hold back the horde of enemies coming your way. Since its Early Access release in 2018, the game has sold better and better each …

Despite being very successful with The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red has consistently appeared in acquisition rumours. The company is kicking off 2024 by making it clear that it has no interest in merging with a larger company and plans to remain and continue to grow as …

Since forming his own independent studio, Hideo Kojima has been rather busy, successfully launching 2019’s Death Stranding with at least 3 new projects currently in development. Taking to Twitter, the creator offered updates on all of the studio’s current and publicly announced projects. Publishing a rather lengthy post to Twitter, …

During the 2023 Game Awards, Sony Santa Monica and Kratos made a surprising appearance, announcing a free rogue-like DLC in the form of God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla. Alongside the announcement, SSM revealed that the 2022 game has sold an impressive 15 million copies. Taking to the PlayStation blog to …

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 was first revealed at The Game Awards in 2019. We've had a few more teasers since then, but the game has made one final TGAs appearance before its launch next year with a new gameplay trailer.  Ninja Theory earned plenty of praise for Hellblade's visuals but …

A little over a year ago, Asobo Studio’s A Plague Tale: Requiem was released. The sequel to the 2019 stealth-thriller title took the core gameplay concepts from the first game and expanded upon them greatly – making for an even more ambitious and emotive title. This seems to have resonated, …

Remnant II is a co-op focused Souls-like which switches out traditional melee combat for 3rd person shooting. Being a sequel to the 2019 surprise hit, many expected Remnant II to do well. Following its immediate success upon launch back in July, the game has now gone on to sell over …

Fortnite's rise to success also led to a big rise in spending for Epic Games, with the company embarking on a number of acquisitions, investing heavily in securing content for its own store to compete with Steam and a few major lawsuits levied against the likes of Apple and Google. …

This year's BlizzCon was a little different, taking place just weeks after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King. While we didn't get any major Xbox-related announcements, Phil Spencer did make an appearance during the show's opening ceremony. Speaking during the BlizzCon Opening Ceremony, Microsoft Gaming lead, Phil Spencer, took to the …