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The top ten most popular games on Steam has been shaken up a few times in the last few years. This week, a newcomer has broken the ranks of Steam's most concurrent players, with Fall Guys gaining more concurrent users than Grand Theft Auto V, Rainbow Six Siege, Destiny 2 …

Intel begins investigating as 20GB of confidential files appear to leak online.

The file size for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been creeping up each season and as exciting as Season 5 might be, the game is starting to get out of control. As of the most recent patch, the game is now over 200GB on PC.  The game's install size …

The last 24 hours has seen the argument for looser iOS App Store restrictions to new heights, with Microsoft joining a growing list of corporations calling out Apple for its anti-competitive approach to new apps and services. Apple has since issued its own statement on the matter, confirming that it …

Earlier this year, Microsoft did begin testing its upcoming game streaming service, Project xCloud, on iOS. Invites to the alpha/beta were very limited, much more so than the Android equivalent and now, it would seem that xCloud won't be coming to iOS at all due to Apple's own App Store …

Back in March, Remedy's latest thriller, Control, received its first expansion, expanding on the history of ‘The Oldest House', where the game is set. Now, the second expansion is on its way, dubbed ‘AWE', which will also introduce an Alan Wake crossover of some kind.  The teaser trailer for Control …

Ever since shipping Batman: Arkham Knight back in 2015, Rocksteady has been silent, leading to plenty of rumours about the studio's next game. At first, this was believed to be a Superman game but later on, Suicide Squad rumours began popping up. As it turns out, Rocksteady is indeed working …

In May, we shared with you an A0 stepping engineering sample of a 16C/32T Ryzen 4000 processor with a 4.6GHz turbo boost frequency. A month later, we saw proof that the Ryzen 4000 series desktop processors had reached the B0 stepping, but we didn't know how much they had improved …

Temtem caught everyone’s attention when it was released in Early Access for PC back in January. The Pokémon-inspired MMORPG took the familiar and much-loved formula first created by GameFreak all the way back in 1996, and expanded beyond Nintendo’s systems – all the while introducing its own identity. In the …

The partnership between noblechairs and Bethesda continues today with the brand new HERO-series DOOM Edition gaming chair!

In just over three years since its launch, the Switch has quickly become one of Nintendo’s most successful systems. In its most recent financial briefings, the console manufacturer revealed that the Switch has now sold 61.44 million units – putting it just shy of the NES’ 61.91 million. These sales …

This week, ASRock introduced the DeskMini H470 & DeskMini X300 – two mini desktops that come equipped with either Intel 10th Gen CPU or a Ryzen 7 APU. ASRock DeskMini H470 uses the Intel H470 chipset, which supports Intel 10th Gen 65W LGA1200 processors and dual-channel DDR4-2933 memory. The DeskMini H470 also features USB …

PlayStation recently held its latest State of Play, where the console manufacturer gave particular attention to its PlayStation VR system. One of the biggest announcements by far was the revelation that the entire HITMAN ‘World of Assassination’ Trilogy will be playable in VR. On its website, developer IO Interactive stated …

ASUS yesterday announced the VivoBook Flip 14 TM420. The new laptop from the Taiwanese manufacturer uses a 360° hinge that allows the VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 to be used as “traditional laptop, a tablet, or anything in between”. The ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 can be equipped with up to an AMD Ryzen 7 4700 mobile …

We have previously shared a leak regarding some possible core configurations of the Alder Lake-S/P, but it looks like there will be more than what the leak suggested. A new leak shows that Alder Lake-S will have 15 core configurations, and Alder Lake-P will be available in 9 core configurations. …

Fractal Design and ASRock have collaborated to create the Meshify C TG Phantom Gaming Edition. As you would expect, this takes the excellent Meshify C TG chassis and spruces it up with ASRock's Phantom Gaming design.  The Swedish company, Fractal Design, and Taiwanese ASRock, have announced the Meshify C TG Phantom …

There’s no denying that Animal Crossing: New Horizons exceeded everyone’s expectations when it released back in March. The social-sim game sold nearly 12 million copies in less than two weeks, cementing it instantly as one of the best-selling Switch games. Nintendo has now updated its sales figures, revealing that New …

Last month, Intel issued invites to media outlets, informing them that they had “something big to share” on September 2nd. Many thought this was referring to the announcement of the Tiger Lake architecture, but it seems that it is actually the launch date. Intel will also host another event on …

Razer is well known for its peripherals and other accessories- like mouse mats. Today, Razer is launching its lowest-friction mouse mat yet, designed to deliver a perfectly smooth gliding experience for your mouse. The Acari Mouse Mat from Razer is an ultra-low friction hard surface for maximum speed mouse movements, …

Thursday has officially become GeForce Now’s library update day, with new games added to the service every week. This week’s update includes 8 more games coming to the service, one of which is a returning game after previously being removed.  Othercide is one of the highlights this week. This indie …

Bethesda is joining the growing list of publishers bringing enhanced editions of titles to next-gen consoles. For Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, Bethesda will be providing graphical enhancement updates for both DOOM Eternal and The Elder Scrolls Online.  These next-gen enhancements will be free for those that own the …

Today Leo is back, and Intel remains a hot topic of conversation. In this episode, our grumpy hero is focusing on the company's Tiger Lake architecture which is set for release next month. We first saw Tiger Lake back at CES 2020, so you can bet Leo had a lot to say on the topic back then... and there's even more to say now...

Back in June, CD Projekt Red held the first ‘Night City Wire' stream, bringing new gameplay footage, trailers and other announcements for Cyberpunk 2077. Soon, we'll be getting another taste of Night City, with another stream planned for later this month.  Today, CD Projekt Red announced that the next episode …

Just recently, Obsidian announced its next big RPG, ‘Avowed', which will launch on Xbox Series X and PC at some point in the future. With Obsidian putting its weight behind a first-person fantasy RPG, many have been wondering if Josh Sawyer, director of Pillars of Eternity, is involved. As it …

Mercury Research, known for tracking CPU and GPU market share, published its latest report this week, showing a new record for AMD. According to their stats, AMD's overall x86 CPU share in Q2 2020 was the company's highest since 2013.  Last week we reported that AMD had presented strong Q2 financial …

Samsung Unpacked took place last night, bringing the announcements of the Galaxy Watch 3 and Samsung's new Galaxy Buds Live. The new smart watch comes with new health and fitness tracking features, as well as new customisation options, while the Buds Live aim to take on the Apple Air Pods …

We've recently heard a lot about Nvidia's interest in acquiring ARM, but it was only a matter of time before other suitors began popping up. This week, reports indicate that TSMC and Foxconn are also interested in buying the British chip developer.  A couple of weeks ago we reported that Nvidia …

Each week, the Epic Games Store gifts its users with a number of free titles. While this week only a single game is on offer, it’s a unique one. Wilbert’s Warehouse is a puzzler which tasks the player with “keeping a warehouse running in tip-top shape”. The game is available …

EVGA has just launched the successors of the award-winning EVGA 1600 G2 and 1300 G2 power supplies. The new SuperNOVA 1600 and 1300 G+ PSUs are the latest addition to the SuperNOVA G+ line of 80+ gold power supplies, set to continue to deliver the “EVGA quality and performance” that the G2 PSUs …

Recently we reported that the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers title from Square Enix would be adding one of the most popular superheroes in the world – Spider-Man – to the increasing roster of playable characters. Unfortunately for PC and Xbox players, the character will be exclusive to PlayStation systems. Following backlash …