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When Intel announced its new 12th Gen Core lineup at CES 2022, the company made no mention of the i5-12490F, but this processor has since been listed at multiple Chinese retailers. Moreover, the first Geekbench results for this CPU have come to light, showing a substantial performance uplift over the …

Dying Light 2 is one of the year's most hotly anticipated games, but eyebrows were raised when the game's developers recently commented that it would take 500 hours to fully complete the game. Techland has now clarified those remarks by issuing an update on Twitter, affirming that the 500 hour …

Do you remember the truckload of EVGA RTX 30 series cards stolen in California in October 2021? Some of those cards have now reportedly been found up for sale in a Vietnamese store. Ouch. As per Vietnamese Gaming Drama, users that bought RTX 30 series cards from an undisclosed Vietnamese …

Pretty quickly after Intel released its 12th Gen core processors, we began hearing a lot of user reports claiming the inability to play certain games using DRM services. Intel and motherboard vendors, including Gigabyte, quickly launched fixes and workarounds to solve these issues, but Intel has now finally confirmed that the games exhibiting these errors have been fixed...

Horizon Zero Dawn became an instant hit when it launched in 2017, selling 10s of millions of copies and solidifying Aloy as a lifelong PlayStation mascot. Even so, the game was not perfect, and featured some noticeable issues. Thankfully, the upcoming Forbidden West sequel is looking to fix all of …

Nvidia’s RTX technology is mighty impressive, and has helped many PC players make the most of their Nvidia GPUs. Unfortunately, the company's RTX technology requires bespoke implementation on a game-by-game basis. Fortunately, 10 more games are now seeing support being added – including Hitman III. In a recent blog post, …

NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are currently one of the biggest and most controversial topics in gaming. Deemed as the future by some, but a simple scam by others, many publishers have begun exploring the application of NFTs into video games. SEGA had such plans, however has now reversed the decision following …

Zynga is one of the most well known video game publishers in the mobile space, having released classics such as Farmville, Words With Friends and more. Their repertoire within the mobile space must have piqued the interest of Take-Two Interactive as they have acquired the company for $12.7 Billion. Making …

Following in the footsteps of services such as PlayStation Plus and Games with Gold, each month, those with a Prime Gaming account (through Amazon/Twitch Prime) can get their hands on a number of premium games for free. This month, subscribers can look forward to quality titles including Star Wars Jedi: …

Last week at CES 2022, AMD officially introduced its latest GPU, the RX 6500 XT. Announced with a $199 MSRP, the RX 6500 XT has been positioned as an ‘affordable' RDNA 2-based graphics card. Confirming what we all knew, however, ASUS has announced its own set of MSRPs for the …

Intel only announced the company's new 12th Gen Core laptop CPUs last week, but thanks to an early preview from Lab501, we've already got some performance data for the Core i9-12900HK mobile CPU, showing what the processor can do in Cinebench R20 and other benchmarks. The Core i9-12900HK preview comes …

AyaNeo recently announced that its Next console would ship with a Ryzen 7 5800U, but things are already changing now that AMD has announced the Ryzen 7 5825U. The AyaNeo Next Advance will remain with the Ryzen 7 5800U, but the standard and Pro variants will now come with AMD's …

We've heard a ton of rumours about Nvidia updating the RTX 3080 with 12GB VRAM, but so far nothing has ever been officially confirmed. That could change soon though, as rumours point to January 11th as the announcement date for this new(ish) graphics card...

Dying Light was a pretty long game in its own right, but it looks like the upcoming sequel will push gameplay hours to new heights. According to the developers, a 100% completion should take 500 hours.  100% completion is a bit more involved than simply checking off all the main …

We've known for a while now that Amazon is teaming up with Bethesda to produce a TV series based on Fallout. Now, we have a few more details, with Westworld's co-creator signing on to produce and direct.  The premiere episode of the Fallout TV series will be directed by Jonathan …

It appears that From Software is already coming up with ideas for its next game following Elden Ring. According to reports this week, it appears the studio is considering returning to its roots, with a new Armored Core game.  Armored Core was initially From Software's biggest franchise prior to the …

With AMD Zen 4 processors planned to come out later this year, it's reasonable to expect the chipmaker has already begun making engineering samples. Two of those samples have now been spotted in the BOINC database, giving the first benchmark results of the upcoming processors. The entries were spotted by …

During CES 2022, Intel unveiled the successor to the NUC 11 Extreme compute module. Codenamed Dragon Canyon, the new NUC 12 Extreme will be powered by a 12th Gen Core i9 processor, bringing Alder Lake to Intel's extreme computing module. Cassandra Bodzak, Intel's marketing specialist, presented the NUC 12 Extreme …

Many of us have been waiting for AMD to introduce support for Ryzen 5000 series CPUs on 300-series motherboards. Currently, that's only possible through custom BIOS and on A320 motherboards, but AMD is reportedly planning to expand adoption to B350 and X370 boards. That's according to Tom's Hardware, who had …

It has been a long time since Nintendo last launched a new Mario Kart game. Currently, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to be a best-seller on Nintendo Switch, but that game in itself is an updated version of Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U. We may see a new …

Last year, South Park Studios confirmed that it was working on another new video game, but did not confirm which studio would be developing the game, seemingly indicating that its partnership with Ubisoft has come to an end. Now, we seem to know which studio is working on the new …

Over the last few years, Apple has made some waves after moving away from Intel processors and producing its own high-power chips based on ARM. Now, the industry is seeing another shakeup, with Apple's Silicon lead now departing the company to join … you guessed it, Intel. Apple Silicon lead, …

MSI is expanding its gaming display line-up with a new monitor specifically aimed at Xbox Series X|S owners, as well as the world's first 27-inch mini LED monitor with a 300Hz refresh rate. The MPG321UR-QD Xbox Edition is a 32-inch monitor, packing a 4K IPS panel with 144Hz refresh rate, …

Today, the ESA has announced that E3 will be an all-digital event once again this year, cancelling in-person plans for the third year in a row. As was the case in the previous two years, concerns around COVID-19 have led to the cancellation for 2022.  In a statement issued this …

After founding in 2021, Streamplify has been working on a slew of new products aimed at aspiring and upcoming streamers. For 2022, Streamplify is introducing a number of new products, providing you with everything you need to get started with creating content.  The launch line-up for 2022 inclues the Streamplify …

We've been waiting for OLED panels to become more common amongst gaming monitors and it seems that monitor makers are finally starting to adopt the technology. This week at CES, Alienware unveiled its latest high-end gaming display, sporting a QD-OLED ultra-wide panel with 175Hz refresh rate. 

The AMD AM4 socket has been around since September 2016, and even today, AMD is still releasing processors compatible with it. However, AMD plans to launch a new platform based on the AM5 socket later this year. This announcement led some to question if the new socket would last as …

The Steam Deck isn't the only portable, handheld gaming PC in town. Prior to the Steam Deck's announcement the original AyaNeo released and for 2022, there will be an upgraded model hitting the market, packing a more powerful Ryzen 5000 series APU.  The AyaNeo Next is the company's next-gen handheld …

SK Hynix, the second largest memory maker in the world, has today announced its latest NVMe PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD – the Platinum P41. The new Platinum P41 offers increased performance over the previous Gold P31 series, offering top-end PCIe 4.0 speeds.  The new SK Hynix Platinum P41 is the …

PUBG Mobile has now won a major lawsuit targeting a group of cheat creators caught distributing and selling cheat tools for the game. The previously prolific group of hackers will now have to pay $10 million in damages, which will be re-invested in improving anti-cheat tools for the game.  Federal …