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Blizzard has been making good progress with Diablo 4 this year. Not only did we finally get a gameplay trailer back at E3, but the development team has also been posting monthly updates on the game's progress. This month, the company announced the first ‘public' Diablo 4 beta, and the …

Blizzard has made some questionable decisions with Overwatch 2. The sequel will completely replace the original next week, ushering in a new age of battle passes, 5v5 gameplay and character grinding. We already know that players will have to unlock new heroes by levelling the in-game battle pass, but newcomers …

Earlier this month, EA announced a partnership with Koei Tecmo and Omega Force to produce a new Monster Hunting game to rival Capcom's Monster Hunter series. That game is now officially known as ‘Wild Hearts', and it will be coming out in 2023.  The reveal trailer surprisingly includes a lot …

Slime Rancher 2 is the sequel to the cult-hit farming simulator which sees you grow and take care of different types of Slimes. Following the success of the first game, a sequel was announced. Having launched just last week, the studio has revealed that the game is already a success, …

Grounded is one of the more interesting titles published by Xbox Game Studios. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, this ‘Honey I Shrunk the Kids’ styled survival game has spent the past many years in Early Access. Two years on and 10 million players later, Grounded has officially gone 1.0. Alongside a …

Supermassive Games has spent the past few years expanding its Dark Pictures Anthology of titles, with the series now spanning across two console generations. In order to make for a more cohesive package, a number of entries in the Dark Pictures Anthology now have bespoke PS5 and Xbox Series X|S …

Recently, Nvidia announced the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards, complete with a new power connector designed for new ATX 3.0 PSUs. These power supplies are still quite rare, but SilverStone appears to have one of the very first available. Earlier this month, SilverStone unveiled the HELA 850R power …

Intel Raptor Lake desktop chips have just been officially announced, but the mobile counterparts have yet to be shown to the public. That, however, doesn't mean that other parties don't have access to them, as you can see by the first Geekbench entries of the upcoming 13th Gen Core mobile …

Xbox has just released a new colour option for the Xbox wireless controller. The new colour named Mineral Camo is the fourth out of the camo series, which already includes Night Ops Camo, Arctic Camo and Daystrike Camo. In addition, Razer is also launching a matching charging stand. The new …

A new generation of Intel processors is upon us, and with it, there are a ton of new motherboards ready to be paired with the latest CPUs. MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, NZXT, and EVGA have introduced new products, giving plenty of options for choosing the perfect motherboard for your system. All …

After months of apparent delays, Intel is finally launching its top-end Arc A770 graphics card in October. The new GPU will launch on October 12th and targets RTX 3060-beating performance.  Intel finally showed off the Arc A770 GPU shortly after unveiling the new 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake” CPUs. The …

Today during Intel Innovation, the company officially unveiled its line-up of unlocked “Raptor Lake” processors. The initial line-up focuses on desktop, offering K-series and KF-series options, headlined by the new Core i9-13900K.  With its 12th Generation “Alder Lake” CPUs, Intel introduced the new hybrid architecture, combining performance cores with efficiency …

Back in March, Google announced the Google Play Games PC beta, a new app to bring Android games to PC. The beta is now finally going live, but access is limited to just a handful of countries.  With Google Play Games, PC gamers have an official way to access Android …

Nvidia is once again partnering with CD Projekt Red to design a special edition graphics card. This time, Nvidia will be giving away a Cyberpunk-themed RTX 4090 with a custom ‘Samurai' backplate. The limited edition graphics card has the same design as the Founders Edition model. However, instead of the …

The day has finally arrived – today AMD's Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors officially become available, sporing the new Zen 4 architecture, and making the jump to Socket AM5. We've gone ahead and looked up UK availability and pricing for those planning to upgrade to the new platform. We've already …

Oxenfree, the supernatural mystery horror adventure indie title saw a great deal of success following its launch back in 2016. The game’s sequel, originally planned for release back in 2021, was later delayed to some time this year. With just a few months left in 2022 however, Night School Studios …

While VR as a gaming platform has yet to match the universal appeal of regular console and PC gaming, more and more impressive titles are showing us just how far the VR market has come in a relatively short time. One of the most exciting VR-exclusive titles – BONELAB – …

We're some ways into the DDR5 generation now, and memory makers have been continuously improving with new memory modules. Now just ahead of the launch of new DDR5-supported platforms, Klevv is unveiling its new CRAS XR5 RGB DDR5 memory kit.  This particular memory kit is available in a 32GB (16GB …

NieR: Automata was one of the most unique video games to release back in 2017. Directed by Yoko Taro, the open-world action-adventure JRPG featured hauntingly beautiful music, a deep and emotional story, and bombastic action and visuals. Following its success, it was announced that a NieR: Automata anime was in …

These days it seems as though any and all successful video game IPs will eventually be adapted into a different medium. The latest game to be getting such a treatment is Capcom’s Onimusha franchise, with Netflix now announcing that the series will be getting an anime adaptation. Taking to Twitter …

Over the past year, reports have insisted that Konami has multiple Silent Hill games in development as part of an effort to revive a few key video game franchises. Now, we may have our first legitimate piece of evidence, as South Korea's game rating committee has listed an unannounced Silent …

We're just hours away from Intel kicking off its ‘Innovation' event and unveiling its new generation of desktop processors. In the lead-up, listings for the new CPUs began popping up on Amazon UK, giving us an early look at pricing, which has increased compared to last generation. The listings were …

Over the Summer, Sony announced plans to bring both of its Spider-Man games to PC for the first time. We've already had high praise for Spider-Man Remastered and soon, Miles Morales will be dropping too.  Spider-Man: Miles Morales is not a full sequel to Spider-Man Remastered. It is more of …

Atlus has filed a lawsuit against a group of Shin Megami Tensei fans for creating and operating servers for its defunct Shin Megami Tensei MMO ‘Imagine Online'. The game shut down back in 2016, but fan servers have kept the game alive in the years since.  Over the years, many …

Over the past year, Netflix has been building up Netflix Games, a new part of the streaming service that offers games. So far, Netflix has been acquiring independent studios to help build up its library. Now, the company is investing even further by setting up its own in-house development studio …

The ESA ultimately scrapped E3 for 2022, but did announce plans to bring the show back in 2023 as a full, physical event, with additional streamed content. Now this week, the ESA has announced that E3 is scheduled for June 13th to the 16th.  In recent years, E3 has scaled …

Earlier this month, EA announced a partnership with Koei Tecmo and Omega Force to produce a new Monster Hunting game to rival Capcom's Monster Hunter series. The company promised more information soon, but the Tokyo Game Show came and went without an announcement. That will change this week, when ‘Wild …

While Netflix's live-action Witcher series has been well received so far, but there was quite a lengthy gap between Season 1 and Season 2. Fortunately it looks like Season 3 will be coming a bit sooner, with Netflix announcing plans to air in Summer 2023.  The Witcher Season 3 began …

Back in April, Halo Infinite support studio, Certain Affinity, announced that it was ‘deepening' its partnership with 343 Industries. At the time, this was heavily rumoured to be a Battle Royale mode. We still don't have confirmation or denial on that, but Certain Affinity does currently have a huge team …

After the success of the Ryzen DRAM Calculator and the Clock Tuner for Ryzen, 1usmus is now focusing all efforts on Hydra. The software development has been going on for some time, and it will soon receive a massive update that brings a new tool targeted at RDNA 2 graphics. …