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2015’s Dying Light served as a spiritual successor to Techland’s zombie slaying series ‘Dead Island’ – going on to surpass its predecessor with over 20 million copies sold. Following the successful release of its sequel Dying Light 2, Techland has now revealed that the first entry in the series will …

First revealed back in 2019, Project L is an upcoming free-to-play tag team fighting game set in the world of Runeterra and is being published by Riot Games. So far, the game has only been confirmed to be releasing for the PC platform – in alignment with Riot’s other releases …

Ever since Microsoft debuted its Xbox Game Pass subscription service we have seen the console manufacturer’s legacy Xbox Live Gold fall somewhat out of relevancy. Despite this, Xbox Live Gold and its Games with Gold program remains – though with a noticeable decrease in the quality of its offerings. This …

Ahead of its official launch on the 6th of June, Blizzard hosted a beta for the much-anticipated Diablo IV. With the open beta now officially concluded, the publisher released a number of impressive stats for the period, revealing that Diablo IV achieved “the largest Beta in Diablo franchise history.”  Taking …

Ever since the Steam platform blew up in popularity we have seen Valve shift its focus away from primarily developing video games. Despite how it may appear, the team continues to work on new games, with a number of employees sharing the fact that Valve is currently hard at work …

Asus had already released XG Mobile external RTX 3080 and Radeon RX 6850M XT GPUs to pair with its ROG Flow systems. However, with RTX 40 graphics cards now available, Asus thought it would be nice to upgrade the XG Mobile with a more modern GPU for the new ROG …

PowerColor recently launched two GPU backplates for its Radeon RX 7900 series Red Devil graphics cards. Named Devil Skins, PowerColor's swappable backplates are considerably different from one another, each offering unique aesthetics to choose from. Previously, only the customers who bought the Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Limited …

The Last of Us Part 1 finally launched on PC earlier this week, but despite a one-month delay, the game did not arrive in a fit state. Unfortunately, players are facing crashes, numerous bugs and performance problems on a range of PC setups, but the first patch is now rolling …

The Jonsbo D31 and D41 cases have finally arrived, offering clean aesthetics with a modern feel, with a varied range of options in size and front panels depending on your needs. The Jonsbo D31 and D41 share a similar design and layout, but one is smaller, with a 31.3L capacity …

G.Skill has been at the forefront of the DDR5 memory market for a while now, consistently offering some of the fastest kits. Today, the company is introducing two more to its roster, the new DDR5-8200 48GB kit and the DDR5-6800 96GB kit.  Using 24GB and 48GB capacity modules, G.Skill can …

Back in late 2022, AMD and UL Benchmarks confirmed that an FSR feature test benchmark would be coming to 3DMark in the future. Now just a few months later, that day has finally arrived, with the FSR Feature Test for 3DMark now becoming available.  The FSR Feature Test is part …

The BAFTA Game Awards have been getting more and more attention in recent years. This year, titles like Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok were competing for the coveted ‘Best Game' award, but both were beat out by an unlikely contender – Vampire Survivors.  Vampire Survivors released last year …

Earlier this month, CD Projekt Red told investors that it had plans to ‘write off' funds spent on an upcoming game, Project Sirius, as the team plans to reboot and start again. Now, the company has explained this a bit more, citing a new effort to “cut costs early” rather …

While the ESA and new E3 organiser ReedPop had big plans to bring the event back this year, it would seem that too many companies pulled out. Last night, the ESA confirmed that E3 has been cancelled and at this point, it is being widely assumed that the event won't be returning again. 

While many are now starting to go for QHD or 4K monitor upgrades, 1080p displays still have the fastest refresh rates. The MSI G253PF is an example of that. Offering a 380Hz refresh rate, MSI's latest gaming monitor is a compelling solution for competitive gaming. With a 24.5-inch Rapid IPS panel, …

A number of game publishers have made cuts in the early months of this year. Microsoft let go of many employees from across Xbox, Take-Two recently announced a round of layoffs and now, EA is joining the list with plans to cut around 750 positions.  EA is cutting roughly six …

In 2022, CD Projekt Red successfully managed to turn Cyberpunk 2077 around, with continued patches and content additions polishing up the game, and the Edgerunners anime series helping to bring fans back to the game. Now, we're all waiting on the Phantom Liberty expansion, and it looks like CD Projekt …

After a somewhat slow start due component supply issues, Sony announced at the beginning of the year that PS5 consoles should no longer be in short supply. We have seen this pan out, with the console sales skyrocketing over the past few months. Now, it has been revealed that last …

While Square Enix has struggled with some of its 3D RPGs in recent years, the company has been dominating on the classic RPG front. The new era of HD-2D games has been hugely successful for Square Enix. Last year, we saw one of the first HD-2D remakes, bringing back the …

Sonic Origins released last year to somewhat of a mixed reception. While the remastered games included in the collection were solid, the offering as a whole felt somewhat incomplete. Following the announcement by SEGA that a new package in the form of ‘Sonic Origins Plus’ is on its way, the …

We've known through leaks that Apple has been working on its own VR/AR headset for quite some time now. Analysts have believed that we'll see Apple's first mixed-reality headset in 2023, but it is now being reported that Apple has some concerns about the current state of the VR market.  …

GeForce Now is heading towards a big April, with plans to bring 23 new games to the service, 13 of which will be day-one titles for GFN. Before then though, 11 more games will be joining the library this week.  One of this week's new GeForce Now titles is a …

Despite being a cross-gen title, Sony announced that Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores expansion would be released exclusively for the PlayStation 5, with the team promising that its current-gen exclusivity would allow for the implementation of new technology. Now, ahead of the expansion’s launch next month, the team has detailed …

Sony’s PlayStation VR2 launched in late February to high praise across the board with many deeming it to be the best virtual reality headset available. Unfortunately, it seems despite the critical reception Sony’s latest headset is off to somewhat of a slow start. As reported by Takashi Mochizuki via Bloomberg, …

In recent weeks, we've been hearing rumours about the RTX 4070, including specs and an apparent mid-April launch date. While some earlier rumours suggested that the RTX 4070 would be priced uncomfortably close to the RTX 4070 Ti, it would seem that Nvidia has now settled on a much more palatable price tag. 

Each month, those subscribed to PlayStation Plus’ Essential tier are able to get their hands on a small selection of PlayStation 4 and PS5 titles. For the month of April, regardless of whether you have a current-gen machine or not, Sony has you covered, as all the games being offered …

If current rumours are accurate, we'll be seeing a new RTX 40 GPU launch each month for the next three months. Recent reports have claimed the RTX 4070 will land in April, followed by the RTX 4060 series in May. Now, another source is claiming the RTX 4050 will arrive …

Intel recently shared its plans for the next two years of Xeon series processors. The new Xeon series CPU roadmap was shown during the Data Center and AI Investor Webinar, giving us a glimpse at the four upcoming architectures planned to release by 2025: Emerald Rapids, Sierra Forest, Granite Rapids …

While Square Enix has already announced plans to shut down Luminous Productions and reassign employees to other internal studios under the publisher's umbrella, work on Forspoken hasn't ended just yet. There is a story DLC on the way first, which now has a May release date.  Forspoken's ‘In Tanta We …

The Cooler Master MM71 has been around for a while now, ranking highly amongst fans of lightweight gaming mice. The limited edition Retro version of this mouse packs the same feature set in a different colourway and currently, Cooler Master has knocked a chunk off the price tag, meaning you …