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Just a couple of days ago, leaks pointed to a November 15th launch date for Sonic Frontiers, SEGA's attempt to deliver a fully open-world 3D Sonic game. As it turns out, the game might be coming out a week earlier than that in order to get out ahead of God …

While there were initially rumours and leaks to suggest that Grand Theft Auto V would get single-player DLC, Rockstar instead chose to drop any additional single-player content in favour of continuous updates to GTA Online. With Grand Theft Auto 6 on the horizon, rumour has it Rockstar will be looking …

Despite efforts to rework the game, Battlefield 2042 hasn't managed to win back its player base yet. Still, DICE is continuing to improve things. For Season 2, players will still have to use the game's specialists system, which has been a major point of contention amongst Battlefield fans. However, from …

Geoff Keighley has been especially busy this year, having organised Summer Games Fest and currently putting the final touches on Gamescom: Opening Night Live, which airs tonight. We'll be seeing Keighley again in just a few months time, as The Game Awards are returning for 2022.  The Game Awards is …

Sony has been sporadically dropping details about the PlayStation VR2 all year long. In a surprise move, at 11PM last night, Sony announced that PlayStation VR2 is launching in early 2023. 

Last week, Embracer confirmed that one of its AAA projects has recently transitioned studios. Now, sources have confirmed that the game is KOTOR Remake, which is now being developed by Saber Interactive.  Many of us put the puzzle pieces together already last week, as recent reports indicated that the project …

Spider-Man Remastered has been out on PC for a little while now and the game has been well received so far. Not only did the game garner positive reviews for the PC version, but it has also gone on to become PlayStation's fastest-selling PC title in the UK, beating out …

Back in 2020, AOC and Porsche Design extended their partnership beyond office monitors and into high-end gaming displays. This week, the pair revealed their latest creation – the Porsche Design AOC Agon Pro PD27S, which packs 1440p at up to 170Hz, 1ms response time and HDR in a stylish package. …

Back in December 2019, 2K Games officially set up a new studio to begin working on a new BioShock game. Last year, the team decided that the game would be built on Unreal Engine 5, and take the series into an open-world direction. We could be in for another update very …

One of the biggest surprises from Xbox's games showcase in June was High On Life, a new sci-fi shooter from Squanch Games, with Rick & Morty's Justin Roiland also being involved in the project. While the game was targeting an October release date, the team needs a bit more time, …

After years on the backburner, Saints Row is back in the spotlight, with a new reboot arriving this week. Reviews for the title went live today, just ahead of its consumer release, and so far, it looks like the game is a flop.  At the time of writing, 79 approved …

There has been a lot of buzz around Marvel games recently, with rumours pointing to new Black Panther and Iron Man games being announced, alongside other known projects. This week, word began spreading that Ubisoft is working on a game based on Blade, which is also getting a new movie …

While many of us had hoped that CD Projekt Red would deliver Cyberpunk 2077's first expansion this year, the studio needed more time after spending most of 2021 creating the game's massive 1.5 update. While the expansion isn't releasing until 2023, it looks like we'll be getting a look at …

Earlier this year at Star Wars Celebration, Respawn and EA officially announced Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the highly anticipated sequel to Fallen Order. Officially, the game's release date is currently ‘2023' but new evidence points to a March release date.  This week, two new Star Wars Jedi books were announced, …

Intel has used the same design for the NUC Extreme Compute Element for some time, but a new photo suggests some radical changes will be in place for the upcoming Raptor Lake-based NUX 13 Extreme.  A leaked roadmap shared over a month ago suggested Raptor Canyon, Intel's next-gen NUC, would …

By now, it's clear that Meteor Lake will bring many architectural changes over Raptor Lake. Unlike the latter, which is basically a revised version of Alder Lake, Meteor Lake will have new components, including a VPU (Versatile Processing Unit) for AI workloads and likely a new integrated graphics architecture. Intel …

Back in January, Ubisoft announced it would bring its Ubisoft+ subscription service to the Xbox platform. Seven months have passed since then, and we are still waiting for Ubisoft+ to arrive, but new evidence suggests launch is just around the corner. Twitter user @ALumia_Italia is known for datamining and sharing interesting …

It would seem that Sony has a new lawsuit to contend with, as the company is reportedly being sued in the UK for 'ripping off' PlayStation customers by as much as £5 billion. 

The AMD X670 and X670E chipsets were announced earlier this month, with each of the leading manufacturers showcasing their flagship models. Asus was at this event, where it introduced the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme and X670E Hero motherboards. However, the company has plans to launch other boards, including the ROG …

Intel is expected to reveal the 13th generation of Core series desktop processors fairly soon, but we're already seeing leaks surfacing across the web. This time around, a leaker has revealed what looks to be the full launch line-up for Raptor Lake on desktop.  Over on Bilibili, ExtremePlayer (via VideoCardz) …

Despite rough, choppy gameplay reveals and calls from fans to delay the game to keep working on it, Sega is determined to release Sonic Frontiers before the year ends. The game is set to turn up once again at Gamescom Opening Night Live next week, but the game's release date …

We finally got our first look at Arkane's upcoming vampire shooter, Redfall, back in June. Now, just a couple of months later, as part of QuakeCon, Arkane has debuted another 20-minute gameplay deep dive.  During QuakeCon, Arkane released a lengthy new video, featuring discussion from Redfall leads, Harvey Smith, Ricardo …

While the team behind Days Gone wanted to move straight onto a bigger and better sequel to the game, Sony passed, but that doesn't mean the company doesn't have future plans for the IP. While we aren't getting a Days Gone 2 soon, Sony has apparently begun exploring a movie …

ASUS has issued a recall through the US Consumer Products Safety Commission, asking consumers and retailers to send back their ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboards due to a misplaced memory capacitor. Due to the error, the capacitor poses a fire risk, leading to the recall of roughly 10,000 units in the US. 

This has been a huge week for Embracer Group, as the company updated investors on its business and announced new high-profile acquisitions, including the IP rights to The Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien works. The update appears to have contained a sneaky update on KOTOR Remake too.  Embracer …

QuakeCon officially kicked off yesterday evening and to celebrate the occasion, we got another big Bethesda drop for Xbox Game Pass. As of yesterday, Game Pass for PC now has five more classic titles, including Quake 4 and some of the original Elder Scrolls games.  In an update for QuakeCon, …

Recently, there has been some discussion around Sony's exclusivity practices, including paying for ‘blocking rights' to keep certain titles from launching on Xbox Game Pass. Despite all of this, Death Stranding is now coming to Microsoft's service.  While Sony owns the Death Stranding IP, the game was developed by Kojima …

It's no secret that Square Enix has been trying some new things for Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy XV went fully open world, while the Final Fantasy 7 Remake ended up being a linear trilogy with flashy, action-based combat. Final Fantasy 16's director recently admitted that the series has been ‘struggling' …

After initially being unveiled last year, and one several-month long delay, the Saints Row reboot is finally launching next week. On the PC side, we now know exactly what hardware you'll need to run the game, with the minimum spec targeting 1080p/30FPS. There are also system requirements for 1080p/60FPS, 1440p/60FPS …

Intel has new high-performance HX laptop CPUs on the way. Recently, an unannounced 13th Gen Core i5-13600HX was spotted in a database, suggesting that engineering samples are now being circulated for testing.  The BAPCo entry shared by @momomo_us shows the unreleased processor will pack 14x cores and 20x threads, meaning …