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Tencent has been expanding its roster of studios in recent years, putting significant investments into companies like Dontnod Entertainment, Remedy and others. In its latest move, Tencent has now acquired Spanish studio, Tequila Works.  Tequila Works is best known for Rime and The Sexy Brutale, both of which released to …

Supermassive Games has been working on the Dark Pictures Anthology of games over the last few years, but the Until Dawn studio now has something new in-store for us. Today, Supermassive officially announced The Quarry, with a full trailer coming tomorrow.  We first learned of The Quarry just a few …

Last year, Gearbox updated Borderlands 3 with full cross-play support, allowing players on console and PC to group up. However, for reasons unknown, cross-play was not allowed on the PlayStation version of the game. This was brought back up again recently, as it was confirmed that Gearbox's new game, Tiny …

Following on from yesterday's leak, Microsoft has confirmed the next batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass. The official announcement also includes supported platforms for each game – something that wasn't included in the leak.  While Xbox Game Pass is available across Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC and …

Hyte's new case promises to bring a fresh take on PC cases. featuring bezel-less tempered glass surrounding half of the case, the Y60 looks to be perfect for those wanting to showcase their hardware.  Featuring a three-part, bezel-less, tempered glass front and side panel, the Hyte Y60 is a window to …

Back in August, we learned that Google was hiring new Stadia employees to work on licensing its streaming tech out to game developers and publishers, in lieu of focusing on first-party games and bringing consumers on to Stadia directly. Now, Google has officially announced ‘Immersive Stream for Games', a licensing service that lets …

A recent change to one of Steam's APIs unintentionally revealed the hidden release dates behind a lot of games. On Steam, publishers and developers can set a hidden release date for apps before announcing dates publicly. Many of the release dates shown through the leak are placeholders, but there are …

ViewSonic is launching a new portable monitor, but this one is aimed at gaming. Named VX1755, the new portable monitor looks to be a good companion for gaming while travelling, offering a 144Hz 17.3-inch screen in a compact casing to easily carry it everywhere. Featuring a 17.3-inch IPS display with …

For the game industry, summer is the season of gaming events. From E3 to Gamescom, the summer of the last 20 years or so was always full of conferences and presentations from game publishers announcing what they were working on. Lately, that idea has been deteriorating, as companies prefer to …

NZXT is officially stepping into the gaming peripherals market, starting with the new Function Modular Mechanical Keyboard and the Lift Lightweight Ambidextrous Mouse. The introduction of peripherals will also see deeper customisation options offered through the NZXT BLD service. The NZXT Function keyboard is a low-profile keyboard with an aluminium …

Arm's future plans were drastically changed recently when a deal to be acquired by Nvidia fell through. Now, Arm is going through changes, the first of which appears to be a 12 to 15 percent decrease in staff, putting hundreds out of a job. Arm chief, Rene Haas, reportedly told …

Last year, Intel announced plans to build new facilities in Europe to boost chip production. Now, that plan has been finalised, with Intel today announcing plans to invest as much as 80 billion euros in the EU over the next decade, as well as plans to create six new facilities …

Recently, we learned that Perfect Dark director, Dan Neuburger, has left The Initiative. As it turns out, the number of key departures from the studio is much, much larger. After assembling a team of hand-picked talent, nearly half of The Initiative's employees left over the past year. Currently, it is …

Last year, shortly after the successful launch of Monster Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch, Capcom announced that it would be releasing a ‘massive expansion' for the game in Summer 2022. Today, more information was finally revealed, with the Sunbreak expansion set to release for Switch and PC on the …

AMD has announced that its 3D V-cache-equipped Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor will launch on April 20 at $449 USD. And in a bid to compete with Intel’s increasingly strong budget and mid-range CPU offerings, AMD has also announced the introduction of six new Zen 2 and Zen 3 Ryzen processors. …

The Xbox team has had a busy month so far. We’ve already seen Xbox Game Pass updated with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy joining the service, alongside other titles. Now, the second batch of games hitting Game Pass have been revealed, including Weird West, a new game from the creator …

When Microsoft first announced the Xbox Series X/S consoles, DirectStorage technology was also announced, paving the way for speedier loading times and better game performance. Now roughly 18 months later, DirectStorage has officially come to PC following months of testing. Microsoft announced that DirectStorage would come to PC last year …

Intel has always claimed that the first Arc Alchemist GPUs would launch in Q1, but following a no-show at CES, the clock has been ticking down fast. It seems that Intel will just about meet this release window, with a graphics-focused event set to take place on the 30th of …

Philips has always been widely known in the consumer electronics markets, featuring a broad portfolio of products, including TVs, monitors, headsets, earphones, Hue devices, lamps and various home utilities. However, the company may soon expand into a whole new market – DDR memory. According to leaked photos on the BoardChannels …

It looks like FSR 2.0 isn't the only upscaling technology in the works at AMD. While we expect to see it in action at GDC 2022, it seems the chip manufacturer will also announce a new technology called RSR, which is implemented at the driver level.  As reported by VideoCardz, …

Aside from announcing plans to acquire Activision Blizzard, the Xbox team has been very quiet so far in 2022, with no announcements or streams. Meanwhile, competitors like Nintendo and Sony have both held game reveal streams in Q1. We could be waiting a little while longer to hear from Xbox …

Sony was initially very resistant to allowing game developers to enable cross-platform multiplayer in their games. This unfortunately had an impact on Borderlands 3, which received cross-play on all platforms except PlayStation. Fortunately whatever hang-ups that were present previously have been resolved just in time for the release of Tiny …

Warren Spector's studio, OtherSide Entertainment, first announced plans to develop System Shock 3 all the way back in 2015. At the time, many of us assumed the game would have released by now, but the game continues to be a no-show at events. Now, we know why, as it appears …

Back in January, Google announced its own plans to bring Android apps to Windows, using a new Google Play app for PCs. The app will pave the way for supported Android games to run on PCs natively, without the need for an emulator like Bluestacks. Now, Google Play Games for …

Recent rumours have claimed that Hogwarts Legacy gameplay will be revealed this month, ahead of a September 2022 release. Now, this is partially confirmed, with Sony today announcing its next State of Play stream, which will be a Hogwarts Legacy showcase.  Sony has the marketing deal in place for Hogwarts …

AMD released the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000WX series a few days ago, finally launching the Zen3-based chips that power users and creators waited for. Featuring up to 64x cores with SMT, many thought this would be the most powerful single-socket CPU to date, and according to the PassMark database, it sure is.

Last week, Blizzard confirmed that Overwatch 2 will be entering beta in April, giving players their first chance to check out the new 5v5 PvP gameplay. Now ahead of the first wave of beta invites, the game's PC system requirements have been revealed.  As with the original Overwatch, the Overwatch …

XFX has found itself in the spotlight for dubious reasons this week. According to the China Customs Office, XFX has been accused of illegally importing graphics cards by mislabelling them, leading to over 5000 GPUs being seized.   The post from China Customs Office was first reported by MyDrivers, which also …

Fifteen years ago, pictures of a fake portable Gamecube were floating around the Internet. Much like the Gameboy Advance SP, the renders showed a hand-sized, laptop-like console that seemed too good to be true for that era. However, that concept design is now possible with today's technology, so a modder …

Last year, EA surprised us all with the announcement of Dead Space Remake. While the game was initially targeting a late 2022 release, the game has since been pushed to ‘early 2023'. In the meantime, we have 20 minutes of new gameplay footage to take a look at.  The original …