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Last week during an earnings call, Remedy Entertainment gave us some interesting updates on a few of its projects. Unfortunately, we won't be seeing Alan Wake 2 this summer, but the game is still on track for 2023. The studio also gave updates on new Control titles, the Max Payne …

A while back, Ubisoft confirmed plans to bring its Ubisoft+ subscription to Xbox consoles. As it turns out, Ubisoft+ will also be heading to PlayStation, as part of the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers, offering a selection of games from the publisher's back catalogue. This version of the service …

Late last year, ASUS and Noctua teamed up, slapping a beefy Noctua air cooler on an RTX 3070 graphics card. Now in 2022, the two companies are teaming up again, this time for a Noctua Edition RTX 3080 graphics card. The Asus GeForce RTX 3080 Noctua Edition uses a massive …

Earlier this month for May 4th, noblechairs announced its new partnership with Lucasfilm, which will see a series of Star Wars themed gaming chairs released. The first chair was based on Boba Fett and now, the second chair has been revealed, the noblechairs Hero Stormtrooper Edition.  The noblechairs HERO Gaming …

For years now we have been hearing MANY contradictory rumours surrounding a potential remake of the classic PS1 horror game Silent Hill. Independently of these rumours, a new leak has sprung up suggesting that Polish studio Bloober Team is working on a remake of Silent Hill’s sequel: Silent Hill 2. …

We're almost two years removed from the launch of the RTX 30 series of graphics cards, which means a new generation of GPUs from Nvidia is just on the horizon. The RTX 40 series may even be arriving sooner than expected, according to new reports.   According to known leaker, kopite7kimi, …

The video games industry is an ever-evolving place, but one of its core truths is the fact that no matter how good a game is, it will likely be outsold by that year’s Call of Duty. This has been the case since the FPS hit its stride in the late …

Aya, the company behind the Neo and the Neo Next portable gaming systems, is preparing to update its line-up with new devices. As part of the mainline, we will get AyaNeo 2, but Aya will also release the AyaNeo Air as its new entry-level console and the AyaNeo Slide as …

Prior to the announcement that a remake of 2008’s Dead Space was in development at EA, Striking Distance Studios (consisting of ex-Dead Space devs) announced The Callisto Protocol: a survival horror game set in the world of the battle royale game PUBG. Though only teased back in 2020, we will …

Intel has recently released a Beta DCH driver for its existing Arc Alchemist GPUs. However, after analysing the code, users found references to unannounced graphics cards, including what seems to be the Arc desktop line-up and workstation GPUs for laptops and desktops. A screenshot showing the list of cards supporting the …

Bloober Team have been one of the core horror-focused video game studios currently operating in the industry. Responsible for the likes of Layers of Fear, Blair Witch and – most recently  – The Medium, the Polish studio has now announced a new “significant license and distribution agreement with Sony Interactive Entertainment.”

Firaxis has been working away on its Marvel-based tactical RPG, Midnight Suns, for a few years now. After announcing the game in August 2021 with a March 2022 release date, the game was quickly delayed to later in the year. Now, all signs are pointing towards the game launching soon.  …

With Zen 4 expected to release later this year, rumours and leaks about the upcoming architecture have become frequent. According to the latest reports, Zen 4 chips will bring a considerable IPC increase over Zen 3, as well as higher clock speeds. Starting with the benchmark entry spotted by Petykemano, …

If you own an MSI 300-series motherboard (AMD) and want to upgrade to a Ryzen 5000 series chip, you should be pleased to read this. A new BIOS is being made available for 300-series motherboards, which will introduce support for all Zen 3 chips, including the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. The new …

Intel announces its XeSS upscaling technology earlier this year, with plans for game developers to adopt the feature throughout this year. Now, according to the developers behind the game ‘Dolmen', XeSS will be launching next week.  In an interview with Wccftech, Kiev Martins, a producer at Massive Work Studio, stated …

While the PC market has allowed for multiplayer games to be freely played online without any issues, all three console manufacturers offer subscription services for online play. Nintendo’s most recent service, the Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack has seemingly been performing well despite the initial controversy. The Nintendo Switch Online’s …

Dying Light 2 released earlier in 2022 after many years of delays and uncertainty surrounding the sequel to 2015’s hit open-world zombie game. After struggling to get the title out the door initially, the team at Techland have now announced that they are delaying the first piece of post-launch DLC. …

When Nintendo officially announced its Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) Expansion Pack service, adding Nintendo 64 and SEGA games, many were left wondering just how often it would be supported with new content. Currently, Nintendo is continuing its trend of releasing a new title each month – with Kirby 64 coming …

Last month, one of the core creators of Sonic the Hedgehog and the ex-head of Sonic Team, Yuji Naka, took to Twitter in a surprise move, discussing the many problems with Naka’s most recent console release and placing much of the blame squarely on Square Enix. The publisher has now …

Intel announced the 12th Gen Core HX processors just yesterday, but laptops featuring these chips have already gotten into the hands of reviewers. The first HX chip to be tested was the Core i7-12800HX, which according to the review, seems like a Core i7-12700H with better multi-core performance. The author …

Computex is coming up in just a couple of weeks and it looks like Nvidia will be playing a big role in this year's event. This week, Nvidia announced its Computex 2022 keynote, during which, the company will reveal "the latest products and technologies for gamers and creators". 

For a couple of months now, we've been drip fed small updates on the status of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2. The sequel is set to be revealed later this month at Star Wars Celebration, but it will be dropping ‘Fallen Order' from the game's name. Instead, the game …

Last year after months of leaks, WB Games announced its own Smash Bros-style crossover fighting game – Multiversus. We've already seen some gameplay and know a bunch of confirmed characters. Now this month, the first playtest is taking place and invites for it are being sent right now.  Yesterday, WB …

Yesterday in an unexpected announcement, Bethesda delayed two of its major 2022 releases – Starfield, the next RPG from Bethesda Game Studios, and Redfall from Arkane Studios. While Bethesda has been ramping up marketing in recent months in anticipation for the game's release, one developer on the project claims the …

After years of waiting, Remedy announced Alan Wake 2 late last year, with plans to release the game in 2023. While usually that would mean we would see the game in action this year, Remedy has decided to not make any major reveals this summer to avoid taking resources away …

For months now, there have been persistent rumours that a new Silent Hill game is in development, possibly multiple. Now, new leaks have come to light showing concept art for a new Silent Hill game, and thanks to a swift DMCA claim from Konami, we know the leak was likely …

Just two weeks ago, Elon Musk secured a deal to acquire Twitter for $44 billion. Now, following Twitter's most recent quarterly earnings report, the deal has been put ‘temporarily on hold' in order to investigate the true number of spam and fake accounts on the platform.  After the deal announcement, …

If you like anime or just know a thing or two about Japanese animation, there's a good chance you've heard about Evangelion. If you're one of the millions of fans worldwide, you might be pleased to know that MSI has partnered with the Khara and the EVA e: Project esports …

Earlier this week, EA unveiled its upcoming release schedule, which included an unnamed remake coming in early 2023. As it turns out, that game was indeed Dead Space, which has now been confirmed to be releasing in January. Beyond that, EA Motive has also given us a new look at …

Ubisoft held its earnings call this week, and with it being the first earnings report for the new financial year, Ubisoft also gave investors some much needed updates on the upcoming release schedule. For starters, Skull & Bones should finally release this year, and other anticipated titles, like Mario + Rabbids: …