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We are back with another giveaway this month! We have teamed up with DeepCool to offer not one, but TWO hardware bundles, each consisting of a case, CPU cooler, PSU and a set of fans. What's more, this competition is open worldwide!

Intel has officially entered the dedicated desktop graphics market by partnering up with AiBs to produce discrete Iris Xe graphics cards for OEMs.  The Intel Iris Xe is based on the Xe-LP architecture, featuring 80 EUs (Execution Units), 4GB of LPDDR4X memory across a 128-bit memory bus, and PCIe 4.0 x4. With …

First popular back in the early to mid-2000s, we have begun to see a renewed interest in developers creating high quality AAA licensed games. One of the latest licensed games to be announced is that of IO Interactive’s James Bond game. While little is currently known, the studio has offered …

While Cyberpunk 2077 mods have been popping up since launch, these have all been made without any official modding tools. To help give the modding community a push, CD Projekt Red has now released some of the official mod creation tools for the game.  CD Projekt Red previously confirmed that …

The Elder Scrolls Online is about to enter a new year of content. Last year, the focus was on the ‘Dark Heart of Skyrim'. In 2021, players of ESO will be moving on to the Gates of Oblivion, a new year-long adventure.  Things will get started with a new DLC …

Lord of the Rings: Gollum is no longer coming out in 2021. This week, the developers at Daedalic announced that they'll be needing more time, so the game has been pushed back to 2022.  This game was first announced back in 2019, but we didn't really get a good look …

Biomutant has been in the works for a number of years now and while it has seemingly come close to release a few times, delays have kept pushing it back. That changes this year though, as Biomutant is set to finally release in the first half of this year.  Today, …

We're used to seeing Cooler Master's name pop up when it comes to peripherals, cases and even power supplies but not in the monitor space. That is changing this year, with Cooler Master preparing four different gaming monitors for 2021.  Cooler Master first began its push into the gaming monitor …

Skyforge garnered a lot of attention back at release, in part due to a collaboration with Obsidian Entertainment. The game was announced for the Nintendo Switch last September and now, just ahead of its February release date, we've got our first look at gameplay.  Skyforge puts players on the planet …

Kolink has another new case prepared for early 2021. The new Kolink Void X aims to set itself apart from the competition with a striking front panel design with ARGB infinity mirror panels. The Void X also boasts impressive hardware support, including dual-radiators, vertical GPU mounting, up to E-ATX motherboards …

The Medium is coming out later this week and since this is an RTX-supported game, there is a new Nvidia GeForce graphics driver to go along with it. This week's driver update provides support for The Medium and its RTX features, GeForce RTX 30 series laptops and expands the number …

SilverStone is introducing a new model to the NightJar series of fanless PSUs. The new NJ700 is an 80 Plus Titanium certified power supply, featuring a modular design with a 700W capacity and 0dBA acoustics. Besides the 80 Plus Titanium certification, this PSU is also certified with Cybenetics Titanium and …

Recently we reported that The Last of Us Part II had surpassed 200 Game of The Year awards, entering an exclusive club which only a few games have managed to achieve. Since then, the accolades have continued to flow in, and now The Last of Us Part II has officially become …

Back in early 2020, noblechairs officially partnered up with Bethesda to produce officially licensed gaming chairs based on Bethesda's biggest game franchises. So far, we've seen Fallout and DOOM get the noblechairs treatment and soon, it will be The Elder Scrolls' turn. Today, noblechairs has officially revealed the design of …

Of all of Koei Tecmo's franchises, its Warriors games are by far the best selling. With over 42 million copies sold across the entire franchise, it more than quadruples the publisher’s next best-selling series. Even among Warriors games however, the newly released Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity stands out, becoming …

More details about the upcoming AMD Ryzen 5000 mobile processors have surfaced through a leaked presentation. Besides describing the improvements coming with the new architecture, this presentation also includes comparisons between the Ryzen 5000H APUs and the currently available mobile APUs and CPUs from AMD and Intel. Besides the leaked slides …

Ever since the delay for Halo: Infinite was announced from Holiday 2020 to Fall 2021, fans have expressed concern at the state of the game, and whether the situation is even worse than previously thought. In order to qualm these concerns somewhat, 343 Industries has promised that it will offer …

3DMark Time Spy scores of the upcoming RTX 3060 and 3070 Mobile GPUs have surfaced. These GPUs will be featured in multiple mid/high-range gaming laptops in February, but thanks to this leak, we get our first glimpse of their performance before their launch.

Each week the Epic Games Store offers at least one free game to all those with an Epic Games account. While the quality and popularity of the title varies from week to week, last week’s offering of Star Wars Battlefront II was perhaps one of the store’s biggest. It has …

Late last year, Apple began to put the ‘battery gate' scandal to rest by settling one of the more prominent class-action lawsuits over the issue in the US. In December though, it quickly became clear that Apple was still in trouble with consumer groups in Europe. Now, a consumer advocacy …

Grand Theft Auto Online and more recently, Red Dead Online, have had issues with cheaters and hackers on PC since their respective launches. As part of an effort to crack down on cheating, Take-Two has recently been targeting cheat makers and sellers, with one popular cheat website now shutting down.  …

Thanks to a new leak, we now know even more about Intel's upcoming Alder Lake-S series of CPUs. These processors aren't due out until the second half of 2021, but SiSoftware Sandra has been updated with support for the full stack of Alder Lake CPUs. In addition to this, the …

Once again, the Geekbench 5 database is giving us a glimpse of what to expect from Intel and AMD's upcoming processors. This time, the two CPUs spotted in the database were the Intel Core i7-11375H and the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS, with Intel coming out ahead in single-core and AMD's …

Jagex, the UK studio behind RuneScape, has been sold again. The studio has changed ownership a number of times over the years, with the latest buyers being Carlyle Group, a US private equity holder.  Carlyle Group has reportedly acquired a majority stake in the studio behind RuneScape. Previously, a Chinese …

Among Us was by far one of the biggest games in 2020. Despite launching originally in 2018, the imposter-styled online game blew up in 2020 following global lockdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the fast-paced nature of the video games industry, Among Us continues to see immense …

It has been over four years since Nightdive Studios successfully crowdfunded its System Shock remake. There has been progress and some setbacks along the way, but it looks like the game may finally release this year.  In a Kickstarter update, Nightdive let backers know that the System Shock remake will …

During CES 2021, Nvidia announced the RTX 3060 graphics card, scheduled for a late February release. While Nvidia set the MSRP of this GPU at $329, early listings for board partner cards indicate that pricing will be significantly higher than that at launch.  

Dying Light took many by surprise when it offered a fun and interesting take on the zombie genre in 2015. Since then, fans have been eagerly anticipating the game’s sequel. Unfortunately the game appears to have been suffering from some development issues, with many delays taking place. That being said, …

It has been a couple of days since CD Projekt Red released Cyberpunk 2077's first major patch. In Update 1.1, a lot of issues were fixed and the foundation was set for future updates too. Unfortunately, while there were a lot of fixes, at least one game-breaking bug has been …

In late 2020, the Esports Integrity Commission began investigating and suspending a number of professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players for illegal betting and match fixing practices. As the investigation has gone on, a number of additional players have been caught out, bringing bans to another 35 players. Today, the commission …