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There has been a lot of discussion around Konami in recent months, with many sources claiming that the publisher is going to revive some beloved franchises. According to new reports this week, we're set for new Metal Gear, Castlevania and Silent Hill games.  Silent Hill has been at the centre …

It turns out that ‘8K' badge displayed on the box of every PlayStation 5 console might actually mean something. This week, the first 8K/60FPS game on PS5 was discovered, although there is a catch. The Touryst, a game that originally launched on the Switch in 2019, and then on PC …

While many expected new Ryzen Threadripper 5000 CPUs to launch this year, plans may have changed. According to reports this week, AMD's upcoming Threadripper “Chagall” processors may have been delayed to 2022.  None of this has been confirmed by AMD, but @greymon55 believes we won't see the AMD Ryzen Threadripper …

PCIe 4.0 is currently the fastest standard we have for consumer SSDs, but with Intel Alder Lake-S coming later this year, we expect to see the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs hitting the market in the near future. This week, Phison revealed that its PCIe 5.0 SSD controller is coming next …

The same leaker that shared the first Cinebench R23 single-core benchmarks for the Intel core i9-12900K has recently posted CPU-Z screenshots of the upcoming processor paired with 32GB of DDR5-8000 memory. According to the CPU-Z screenshots shared by @hw_reveal, the system featured a Gigabyte Z690 Tachyon motherboard. The DDR5 memory …

Crystal Dynamics had a lot of success with the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy and it looks like the studio won't be leaving Lara Croft behind anytime soon. Currently, the studio looks to be hiring for a new Tomb Raider game, calling for candidates that can match the cinematic style of …

DICE has had its fair share of problems trying to keep cheaters out of Battlefield games, so with Battlefield 2042, the studio is implementing new tools to tackle the problem. Not only will Battlefield 2042 shift to Easy Anti-Cheat, the same system used by Apex Legends, but it will also …

Earlier this year, Square Enix announced Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, an action-focused spin-off to the long-running JRPG franchise. Now at the Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix has shown the game off once again, while also announcing a release date and a new demo version coming this year.  Stanger …

Following the recent announcement that Bluepoint Games had been acquired by Sony, many fans were left wondering what this means for the studio. Having worked almost exclusively on remasters and remakes since their founding, fans might have expected their next project to likewise be a remake. This however will not …

In the last decade, Corsair has been expanding into multiple new markets, launching peripherals, water cooling components, custom PCs and streaming gear. Now, Corsair is getting into gaming monitors too, starting off with the Xeneon 32QHD165. As the name implies, the Xeneon 32QHD165 will come with a 32-inch panel with …

As the year is slowly coming to its end, we are getting closer to a new Game Awards ceremony. Like in previous years, The Game Awards 2021 will be held in December, but there will be a big difference compared to last year's event — it will be in person. …

Synology NAS owners are about to get a big upgrade. Today, Synology announced its new operating system, DSM 7.0, which is now available for the vast majority of Synology storage devices, including enterprise NAS and surveillance-focused systems. Since its official release, DSM 7.0 has received praise for its greater speed …

The recently launched eFootball 2022 might not be as good as many hoped. Users have been sharing screenshots of weird animations with deformed bodies and gameplay bugs that are just not acceptable for a game in 2021. The game launched less than 48 hours ago and already is the worst-rated …

Following on from a successful beta in August, Back 4 Blood is set to officially release in less than two weeks. With that in mind, Turtle Rock Studios has revealed the game's finalised minimum and recommended PC system requirements.  While Back 4 Blood will be available to buy via Steam …

Intel has been quietly working away on neuromorphic computing for years now, resulting in the first dedicated silicon, Loihi, back in 2018. Now this year, Intel is introducing Loihi 2, which brings significant improvements to performance, efficiency and more importantly, software and programming support to really push what this processor …

Thanks to an accidental early reveal by PlayStation Japan, it was already known that Sony had intentions to acquire Bluepoint Games. Now that the ink has dried however, the console manufacturer has finally officially announced that Bluepoint Games has been acquired, making the studio the latest in a quick succession …

It has been made quite clear that Microsoft is going all in on Xbox Game Pass, viewing it as the future of the Xbox brand (and gaming as a whole). The console manufacturer has seen great success, amassing millions of subscribers, however a new slip of the tongue may have …

In recent months, we've been hearing about a new partnership between ASUS and Noctua, which will see Noctua cooling technology utilised on an ASUS graphics card. Now, the first images of this collaborative GPU have surfaced.  On the ASUS ROG Vietnam Facebook page (via Videocardz), the first renders of the …

The Twisted Metal franchise has been dormant for quite some time, although it appears as though the classic PlayStation Destruction Derby series is making a major comeback. Alongside the announcement of the Twisted Metal TV show – Starring Anthony Mackie – Lucid Studio who worked on Destruction All-Stars is reportedly …

Just as promised, today during the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom shared more on its future plans for Monster Hunter Rise. The game initially released on Nintendo Switch back in March, but in January 2022, the game will also land on PC, ahead of its first major expansion in the summer.  …

Rockstar is notoriously secretive with its projects, but for months now, we have been hearing rumours about a Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy. Those rumours now have some weight, as a new rating for ‘Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition' has been spotted.  The Korean Game Rating and …

While the Spider-Man franchise has had its fair share of dark moments, the wall crawler has been categorised as a rather light hearted character – always making the best of a bad situation. Such was the case with Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man and Miles Morales. For the upcoming sequel however, the …

Nintendo has denied the existence of a ‘Switch Pro' console for years at this point, and while it looked like we were going to get an announcement this year, Nintendo rolled out the Switch OLED instead. Following up on the story, reports this week claimed that a number of studios …

EA has been showing interest in cloud gaming over the last few years. The publisher already has a partnership with Xbox to bring certain titles to xCloud and today, Nvidia has announced that it has also partnered with EA to bring its games to GeForce Now, with the first batch …

Many fans were disappointed by the announcement that the upcoming God of War Ragnarok would be delayed in 2022. Taking to Twitter, the voice actor for Kratos has now explained the reason for the delay – and revealed that he almost quit working on the sequel. Taking to Twitter, Christopher …

Forza Horizon 5 is just over a month away from release, so today as part of the Tokyo Game Show, Playground Games revealed the PC system requirements for the game, complete with a minimum, recommended and a very high-end ‘ideal' specification that calls for an RTX 3080. Beyond that, PC-specific …

Xbox held its Tokyo Game Show livestream earlier this morning and while the event was light on new reveals, it did bring some exciting announcements for Xbox Game Pass. To cap off September, Game Pass subscribers will be getting two excellent Japanese games – Scarlet Nexus and AI: The Somnium …

GTC returns in November and as usual, Nvidia will be holding a keynote, hosted by none other than CEO Jensen Huang, joined by multiple AI research and industry leaders, including Tim Sweeney from Epic Games. During this keynote, Nvidia plans to unveil new AI technologies, an increasingly big focus for …

AMD recently announced that one of its goals is to increase the energy efficiency of AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct accelerators by 30x in AI and HPC. To put this into perspective, to achieve this goal, AMD will have to be 2.5x faster at increasing energy efficiency than the …

It's starting to look like every CPU cooler manufacturer will be offering Intel LGA1700 mounting kits for those upgrading to an Alder Lake-S processor. This week, be quiet! and Phanteks joined the growing list.  With the increase in the size of the Intel LGA1700 socket, cooler manufacturers had to create …