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Yesterday, Apex Legends was targeted by a hacker who had successfully hijacked the servers, making the game unplayable for some. As it seems, this hack was a form of protesting the current state of Titanfall 1, which is suffering from issues with cheaters.  This past Sunday, those interested in playing …

The MSI Bravo 15, an entry level gaming laptop, is now being updated with AMD's Ryzen 5000H mobile processors. The laptop also comes equipped with an RX 5500M discrete GPU for mainstream gaming.  The Radeon RX 5500M may be a previous-gen GPU, but it can still offer decent gaming performance …

More details about the AMD 4700S processor desktop kit have come to light, and apparently, it's actually based on the PlayStation 5 SoC, rather than the Xbox Series X/S chip. Moreover, additional benchmarks results have also been posted online and compared to an Intel Core i7-11700. Initially, it was thought …

Qualcomm's new president, Cristiano Amon, has revealed the chip maker’s plans to release a laptop CPU in 2022 in order to compete with Apple’s new chips, such as the M1 processor. This new laptop chip will take advantage of Nuvia's core architecture, which Qualcomm acquired a while back.  In an …

Following id Software’s RTX update for Doom Eternal earlier this week, some GeForce graphics card users began experiencing driver-related crashes. Fortunately for anyone experiencing this issue, a hotfix driver has now been made available. Earlier this week, Nvidia released the 471.11 driver, which enabled support for ray-tracing and DLSS in …

Recently we reported that the publisher Kalypso Media announced that it would be permanently slashing the prices of its past and future game releases thanks to “constant shifts in the video games marketplace, a further move toward digital sales, and the noticeable and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic”. It …

id Software recently released the much anticipated next-gen and ray tracing version of DOOM Eternal (an analysis of which we conducted HERE), making 2020’s much-loved shooter even better. With parts 1 and 2 of The Ancient Gods DLC now out, the team has announced their future plans for the game. …

Following the announcement that Sony would be acquiring Housemarque, the Finnish studio behind Returnal, rumours of another acquisition quickly followed. Due to an incorrect posting by one of the official PlayStation accounts, it would seem as though the console manufacturer may have also acquired Bluepoint Games. In the wake of …

MSI is about to expand its portfolio of gaming chairs with two new entries: the MAG CH130 I Repeltek Fabric and the MAG CH130 I Fabric. Both will share similar features, but unlike the Fabric model, the Repeltek Fabric comes with a unique surface layer covering the seat with water …

While Microsoft has received a great deal of praise for its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, PlayStation has similarly offered its own service (called PlayStation Now) to much less fanfare. It would seem that Sony may be preparing to increase not only the quality but quantity of games coming to …

Yuri Bubliy, also known as ‘1usmus' online, has introduced the successor to CTR. Expected to release later this month, the new tool, called Project Hydra, aims to bring better overclocking to systems equipped with a Zen 3 processor or upcoming Zen 3+ processor, if they ever release. According to the …

Bioware might not be showing up to EA Play Live this year, but that doesn't mean the studio doesn't have new content coming out this year. The team behind Star Wars: The Old Republic has been busy working on a new expansion, known as ‘Legacy of the Sith'.  This expansion …

CD Projekt Red first branched out into free-to-play mobile games a few years ago with a standalone version of GWENT, which is still running today. This year, another mobile game based on The Witcher IP is being added to the portfolio – The Witcher: Monster Slayer. This game is being …

If you've ever wanted to run Windows on a Mac, then chances are you've used Parallels for that task. The company has previously supported major versions of Windows and the company has now confirmed that it is working on bringing Windows 11 to Macs as well. The last major version …

Summer has come, and with it, MSI's ‘Beat the Heat with Cool Treats' promotion, allowing you to get up to a £120 cashback when buying components for a system. The promotion will run from July 1st to September 5th or while stocks last. MSI's new promotion is only available for …

EA Play Live is coming up later this month and while we don't know specifically which games will appear during the show, we do have some disappointing news on games that won't be there. This week, BioWare confirmed that it won't be part of EA's upcoming live show. In an …

Prior to Google Stadia shutting down all game development and publishing efforts, Hideo Kojima had approached the company in hopes of releasing an episodic horror game on the platform. Now, all signs indicate that Xbox will be working with Kojima Productions on this game instead.  According to VentureBeat, Hideo Kojima …

In recent weeks, rumours around EA Motive's next game have picked up steam. According to a new report this week, this upcoming game will be a Dead Space reboot, with a full remake of the original game, similar to the Recent Resident Evil remakes from Capcom.  According to VentureBeat's sources, …

With the one year anniversary of Ghost of Tsushima coming up, Sony has announced a new Director's Cut for the game. This re-release, coming to PS4 and PS5, will include new upgrades to the game, as well as a brand new expansion.  The expansion leaked late last month, revealing that …

ZADAK is the latest PC gaming memory maker to announce its first DDR5 memory modules. With its new DDR5 memory line up, Zadak promises to deliver speeds from 4800MHz all the way up to 7200MHz. Zadak is a PC gaming components producer, operating under parent company ‘Apacer Technology', which is …

It looks like Sony may be getting more serious about bringing PlayStation games to PC. Following on from Sony's acquisition of Housemarque, today the company announced that it has also acquired Nixxes Software, a studio mostly known for bringing console titles to PC. Nixxes Software has been closely partnered with …

During the Lian Li Digital Expo, the company has showcased its upcoming cases and a new 120mm fan. Some cases had already been announced earlier this year, but they have since received some modifications. Nonetheless, there are also new cases, like the O11 Air Mini and the Lancool III. The …

Nvidia might be preparing to launch a new DLSS mode called ‘Ultra Quality'. Listed as a placeholder in Unreal Engine 5's DLSS documentation, details about this setting are still scarce, but looking at the 1.30x factor of the AMD FSR's ‘Ultra Quality', the new DLSS mode may follow that example. …

Mountain burst onto the peripheral scene last year with a Kickstarted keyboard, the Everest Max, which earned our Worth Buying award last year. Now today, the Everest Max is getting even better for content creators, thanks to integration with OBS Studio.  Starting with version 1.0.36 of Mountain's Base Camp software, …

In Nvidia's first GeForce Now update for the month of July, the company has revealed that 36 games will be joining the library over the next few weeks. The first batch consists of 11 games and lands on GFN today.  Aside from a number of games joining GeForce Now today, …

Last year, SEGA surprisingly brought Persona 4 Golden over to Steam, breaking the much-loved JRPG from its PS Vita prison. The game saw quick success, selling 500,000 copies in its first month. Just over a year after its initial launch, the game has now been confirmed to have sold over …

During E3 this year, Square Enix announced ‘pixel perfect' remasters for the first six Final Fantasy games for mobile and PC. Now, the first three remasters in the series are set to release later this month. Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III will all be re-released in …

At launch, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart offered 3 graphics and performance modes. One which targets 4K at 30fps with ray-tracing, one which hits 60fps without ray-tracing, and one which offers both 60fps and raytracing, but at a lower resolution. In a new update however, displays which support 120hz can …

To celebrate the upcoming Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege UK Ireland Nationals, Asus ROG has partnered up with Ubisoft to giveaway a peripheral bundle every week for the next four weeks. The grand prize will be an Asus PG259QN 360Hz gaming monitor. Ubisoft's has recently kicked off the Summer Season …

Microsoft Flight Simulator launched last year to critical success, offering a hugely ambitious world. With that however came a great level of requirement on hardware, with the simulator taxing even the most powerful PCs. It seems Asobo Studio have been working on making the game more accessible, as an engine rewrite is set to bring with it massive performance gains.