Following on from its showcase at Computex last month, Phanteks is now launching the new NV5 MKII, its next-generation case designed for the new wave of BTF motherboards. The Phanteks NV5 MKII is an upgraded version of its predecessor, enabling support for BTF motherboards. With these boards, the connectors are …

Sharkoon has made plenty of great gaming keyboards over the years but it also has a line up typist-focused keyboards too. This week, the company is debuting the new Pure Writer W65, offering a compact and wireless 65% keyboard, with all of the benefits of a tactile mechanical switch. The …

Ling Long has recently introduced an interesting system – a mini PC integrated within a foldable keyboard. This device was showcased in a live demonstration on Bilibili, where the presenter surprised the audience by unveiling the compact gadget from his back pocket.  This unique gadget shared by Tom's Hardware and …

Today, Corsair is launching its latest mid-tower PC case. The new Corsair 3500X series chassis is designed for builders seeking something that ticks the boxes for cooling, compatibility and aesthetics at an affordable price. The Corsair 3500X takes on a popular design with a wraparound tempered glass panel, offering a …

Earlier this year, Sony unveiled its next big live-service game, Concord. With two betas coming up for both console and PC, the team at Firewalk has shared the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to play the game at 1080p/60FPS, 1440p/60FPS or 4K/60FPS.  The minimum PC requirements aren't particularly high but …

Microsoft announced that Windows 11 would feature Windows Dynamic Lighting in the past year. This new OS component would allow users to have a single point of control for everything related to their systems' and peripherals' RGB lighting. Now, Asus looks to be amongst the first to support this new …

According to the latest benchmark results, the upcoming 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X looks quite capable in single-core workloads. In the Geekbench database, an entry of a system equipped with a Ryzen 9 9900X clocked at 5.65GHz tops the ranking with a whopping 3,400 single-core score. The Geekbench entry shared by …

The introduction of Battle Passes a few years ago seemed to wipe out most uses of the arguably worse loot box system which plagued many free-to-play (and premium) games. While such passes do have their own issues, players are typically able to earn currencies for future battle passes by completing said passes. After using this exact method since its inception, Apex Legends’ battle passes are about to get a lot more expensive.

RGG Studio has made a name for itself over the years for its work on the excellent and much-loved Yakuza / Like a Dragon series. In recent entries especially, the team have gone all out, embracing multiple genres, game modes, themes and more. That said, even beyond this, it seems …

The Dolphin emulator is one of the most well known in the scene, with the GameCube / Wii emulator being by far the best way to experience Nintendo’s games from the 6th/7th generation. Already a pretty mature platform, Dolphin emulator is set to enter a new era as it switches …

The first benchmark results for the Ryzen 9000 series are starting to pop up. A new report compares the upcoming and current Ryzen 9 processors in Cinbench R23 (multithread), showing a decent performance bump over the existing Ryzen 9 7900X.  AMD is set to introduce four new SKUs for the …

Cities Skylines 2 launched on PC last year but was quickly panned by players for performance issues. Since then, Paradox has been focused on fixing up the PC version of the game, delaying the planned console release. Unfortunately, it looks like the console version of the game is also facing …

In recent years, Tencent has worked with some of the larger game publishers to bring major IP to mobile. The company is already working on a mobile version of Elden Ring for From Software, and next, the company may be bringing a version of Final Fantasy 14 to mobile devices.  …

We've known for some time now that 2K is working on a Bioshock sequel. The next game in the series will be the first without involvement from director Ken Levine, and will utilise Unreal Engine 5 to deliver next-gen visuals. Now, it seems a remake of the original game may …

Piranha Bytes has made some interesting games over the years, including cult classics like Gothic and Risen, as well as the more recent fantasy RPGs, Elex and Elex 2. Unfortunately, while the studio has improved with every release, its days are now numbered due to a lack of investment.  Piranha …

AMD is gearing up to launch its first Zen 5-based desktop CPUs later this month. As far as we know, the first batch of processors will only consist of the Ryzen 9000 series, which is known to have the same core count as their Ryzen 7000 equivalents. The Ryzen 9000X3D …

While Mario + Rabbids surprised us all back in 2017, Ubisoft's sequel, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope did not do as well. Fortunately, Nintendo is stepping in to get more players into the game by bringing it to Nintendo Switch Online.  If you have a Switch Online subscription, you …

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Last week, we reported on the news that Satisfactory would be getting a price increase following the release of the game’s 1.0 update. At the time, no specific date was given for when this would be occurring. Now however, it has been officially announced that Satisfactory will be hitting 1.0 …

Since the initial release of Gran Turismo 7 back in 2022, the team at Polyphony Digital have continuously updated the game with new vehicles, modes, tracks, and a whole bunch more. Arriving later this month, GT7’s July update is set to introduce half a dozen new cars, improved physics, AI …

Intel's next-generation Arc Xe2 discrete GPUs, featuring the "Battlemage" graphics architecture, are reportedly set to be manufactured using TSMC's 4nm EUV foundry node. This move represents a significant leap from Intel's previous Arc "Alchemist" series, which uses the TSMC 6nm DUV technology...

MiHoYo / HoYoverse have had a meteoric rise in the past few years, with their debut console title Genshin Impact becoming one of the biggest free to play games around. Since then, the team has continued its string of successes with the launch of Honkai Star Rail – and now …

Fallout London is one of the most anticipated mods ever created for a Bethesda Game Studios title, with the DLC-sized mod bringing the entirety of London to the Fallout universe. Initially planned to release back in April, the surprise Fallout 4 next-gen update threw a spanner into the works, with no follow-up release date announced. It seems the team have finally worked through the changes brought about with the most recent update, as Fallout London now appears to be releasing imminently.

Asus has entered the NUC market with the launch of the ROG NUC, a small but powerful gaming PC. The new ROG NUCs are based on Intel's Core Ultra 100H series and Nvidia RTX 40 gaming laptop GPUs, offering plenty of power to play your favourite games in a compact …

The European Union passed a new law in 2023, forcing companies like Apple to open up their mobile platforms for competing services like app stores and payment technologies. As a result, Epic Games has been hard at work to bring the Epic Games Store to iOS. However, the relationship between …

While the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster might look like a huge graphical upgrade, some fans were quick to notice just how different the main character, Frank West, looks in the new version of the game. While in the original Dead Rising Frank was a younger character, he is shown to …

Last year during the Xbox Games Showcase, we got our first look at Avowed gameplay. Unfortunately, the game was still in rough shape at the time, so fans were unimpressed by the game's combat. Obsidian took that feedback seriously last year and has now reworked the combat ahead of the game's planned 2024 release. 

Beyerdynamic has recently unveiled the latest iteration of the MMX 300. Made in Germany, the new MMX 300 Pro comes with the proven Stellar.45 drivers, a condenser microphone, and velour earpads. The MMX 300 Pro's closed-back design is powered by the same drivers found in Beyerdynamic's studio headphones. With enhanced …

Exoprimal didn't take off in the way that Capcom had hoped, but the company still put in a full year of support for the game, creating four seasons of post-launch content. Now, Capcom is ready to move on, with no more content updates planned.  Exoprimal launched in July 2023 to …

A former Rockstar employee has shed some light on what happened to Grand Theft Auto V's planned story DLC. Joe Robino, who worked as a virtual cinematographer at Rockstar from 2010 to 2016, confirms something fans have thought for a long time – story DLC was abandoned due to the …