Remedy Entertainment impressed us all once again with the release of Alan Wake II in October. The game has swiftly been nominated as one of the best releases of the year thanks to its inventive and unique blend of action, horror and exploration. However, Remedy isn't done with the game …

Ahead of the announcement of Alan Wake II, Remedy Entertainment remastered the first entry, bringing the updated package to current-gen systems – and to PlayStation for the first time. Released just over 2 years ago in October 2021, the game has finally made its money back, recouping development and marketing …

Remedy made its plans for an inter-connected universe of games well known with the second expansion for Control, which featured a tie-in with Alan Wake. Now, it looks like this cross-universe worldbuilding will continue with an upcoming expansion for Alan Wake 2.  Alan Wake 2 officially launched last week to …

Alan Wake 2 officially launches tomorrow and it sounds like Remedy has cooked up an end-of-year hit. Reviews for the game went live today, the latest game to achieve a 90+ overall rating.  2023 was already a pretty stacked year for highly-rated games, with titles like The Legend of Zelda: …

Alan Wake 2 is just around the corner. We've already had a look at the demanding PC system requirements and now, we get to dive into exactly why the game requires such beefy hardware. The simple answer is ray-tracing, and lots of it. The team at Remedy began pushing graphical …

Alan Wake II is on the cusp of release. We already know that the game will be ambitious from a technical standpoint, as Remedy has implemented a range of ray-tracing and Path Tracing settings. It is also the second game to support DLSS 3.5, which features ray-reconstruction technology. Now, the full PC system requirements have been announced and it looks like we are in for a pretty demanding game. 

As we inch our way closer to Halloween, many live service titles in particular are prepping their games for thematically-linked horror-based events. Being one of the biggest games in the space, Fortnite is of course getting in on the action, with a number of horror icons set to drop into …

Last week we reported that the much-anticipated and upcoming survival-horror title Alan Wake II from Remedy Entertainment would be getting a performance mode on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. At the time, no word was given on whether Microsoft’s lower-powered Series S would receive such an option, however …

Alan Wake II is one of the most anticipated games of the year, with Remedy Entertainment’s upcoming survival horror title recently seeing previews go live from a bunch of different outlets. Said previews have all been pretty positive, and so to add to the good news, Remedy Entertainment confirmed that …

We put the RX 7800 XT head-to-head with the RTX 4070 and see who comes out on top

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Alan Wake II is one of the most anticipated games of the year, with Remedy Entertainment’s upcoming survival horror title announced to be launching on the 17th of October. Unfortunately for them, October has quickly become one of the most stacked months of 2023, with the likes of Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and more set to release within days of Alan Wake II. As such, the game has now been delayed slightly to give “more space for everyone to enjoy their favorite games.”

Tencent is continuing its gaming investment and acquisition spree. This time around, Tencent has bought up a majority share in Techland, the studio behind the Dying Light games.  The news was announced today by Pawel Marchewka, who founded the studio decades ago. While Tencent is now the majority shareholder in …

While Microsoft could have completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard this week after winning its case against the FTC in the US, doing so would have meant closing over the UK's CMA, which did object to the deal back in April. Since then, the CMA has seemingly had a change …

Just ahead of Sony's official announcement, next month's PS+ Essential games have leaked. In July, PS+ subscribers will get to claim three PS5 titles, including Alan Wake Remastered, just in time for the long-awaited sequel releasing later this year. Many gamers have likely heard of billbil-kun. Posting on Dealabs, billbil-kun regularly …

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Renowned author Stephen King granted Remedy the rights to use his famous quote that opens the original Alan Wake game for just $1. The quote sets the tone for the game, capturing the essence of nightmares and their enigmatic nature. In an interview with Eurogamer, Remedy's CEO Sam Lake revealed …

Dead Cells may have initially launched all the way back in 2018, but the rogue-lite metroidvania-inspired action platformer featuring fast and frantic combat (alongside a near endless number of unique weapons) has only gone from strength to strength with each new update and piece of DLC. following the reveal that …

Earlier this week during the PlayStation Showcase, the first gameplay trailer for Alan Wake 2 finally dropped and better yet, we got confirmation of an October release date. Since then, Remedy has revealed a few more details – for starters, Alan Wake 2 won't be a ‘full-priced' game and PC …

Shortly after the European Commission announced its decision to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the CMA took to Twitter to outline the reasons it disagrees with the decision and is moving ahead with its decision to block. Now today, the EU has put out a lengthy statement on its …

Earlier this month, the voice actor for Alan Wake revealed that Remedy was planning to release the game in October. Today during the PlayStation Showcase, the first gameplay trailer for Alan Wake 2 officially dropped, confirming the October launch.  Alan Wake 2 was first announced at The Game Awards in …

We put AMD's RX 7600 through its paces to find out what performance is on offer for £260

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Remedy has been working away on Alan Wake 2 for a few years now, with plans for a 2023 launch. We don't have an exact date yet and Remedy has yet to show any gameplay. However, that should change very soon, as according to the voice actor behind the Alan …

This afternoon, the European Commission officially approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, noting that the remedies offered by Microsoft should be enough to do away with competition concerns. Now, the UK's Competition & Markets Authority has responded, saying it stands by its initial decision.  In a series of tweets …

Just a couple of weeks after being removed from digital stores and Xbox Game Pass, Quantum Break has officially returned. The game had to be removed due to expiring licenses but it would seem that Microsoft and Remedy were swiftly able to fix the problem.  Quantum Break had to be …

While Microsoft was able to convince the UK's Competition & Markets Authority that its acquisition of Activision Blizzard would not harm the console gaming market, it would seem the CMA was not convinced that the deal wouldn't impede competition in the cloud gaming market. 

The RTX 4070 is here and today we put it through its paces in a whole heap of games

Recently, we learned that Xbox-exclusive, Quantum Break, is due to leave Xbox Game Pass this month. At the time, it was theorised that this was due to licensing issues, or perhaps Remedy buying back the IP from Microsoft as it did with Alan Wake back in 2019. Now, Microsoft has …

Typically, all of Xbox's modern exclusive games are available through Game Pass and it is extremely rare to see one of these games removed from the service. It has happened once before with Forza Horizon due to expiring licenses. Now, it seems to be happening again, but this time it …