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Supermassive Games appears to be the latest game studio to run into financial issues. Over the past year, thousands of developers have lost jobs due to various cuts at companies across the games industry. Now, it is being reported that Supermassive, the studio behind Until Dawn, The Quarry and other …

Intel Arrow Lake is coming up and it would seem that we now know what to expect on the integrated graphics side. According to new reports, Arrow Lake-S processors will utilise Xe-LPG for the iGPU, while the Laptop oriented Arrow Lake-H CPUs will feature Xe-LPG+.  Coelacanth's Dream (via VideoCardz) notes …

Last year, Microsoft's plans for an all-digital Xbox Series X console leaked. While Microsoft has recently stated it doesn't plan to do away with physical media just yet, this all-digital Xbox Series X could be landing in just a few months. Current rumours also suggest that this new digital version …

Mobile World Congress kicks off today and as you would expect, Qualcomm has plenty to show this year. With the whole tech world moving towards AI, we've seen plenty of new PC hardware designed with AI acceleration in mind. Now, Qualcomm wants to bring those same AI capabilities to mobile …

FurMark is a widely popular graphics card benchmarking tool that has been around since 2007. After numerous updates, in 2022, the developers launched the beta of its successor, Furmark 2. This past weekend, the developers announced that Furmark 2 would come out of beta, marking its official launch. The latest …

Microsoft is gearing up for the Graphics Developer Conference (GDC), where it plans to make some exciting announcements. One of the primary focuses of the conference will be DirectSR, a new super-resolution technology that Microsoft is reportedly unveiling. DirectSR aims to establish a standardised solution for graphics cards operating at …

With the announcement that Microsoft are set to bring a select number of their exclusive Xbox titles to PlayStation and Switch, many fans wondered just how much the publisher would allow its teams to take advantage of these competing pieces of hardware. Fortunately, it seems as though the power of …

Back in May of last year, famed video game creator Hideo Kojima announced that he was working on a documentary titled ‘HIDEO KOJIMA – CONNECTING WORLDS’ which “takes you on a journey into the creative mind of the most iconic video game creator in the world”. Initially said to be …

For over a decade, Ubisoft had pretty much ignored the Prince of Persia franchise in favour of Assassin’s Creed. Released just over a month ago, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown reinvented the franchise as a metroidvania – to great success. Now, the team have promised that the game will …

Helldivers II has been suffering from success, with the game’s overwhelming and unexpected popularity leading to extended waiting times for eager fans of the game. Fortunately, the team have now managed to increase the game’s server capacity – allowing for up to 800,000 concurrent players. Over the course of the …

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Prior to Fortnite, Epic Games had Paragon – a 3rd person MOBA which was eventually shut down in 2018 as a result of Fortnite’s overwhelming success. In a welcome gesture, Epic released all of the game’s assets for free; spawning two spiritual successors in the form of Predecessor and Paragon: …

Thermaltake has recently announced the global availability of the Toughfan EX12/14 Pro cooling fan. The new EX Pro fans feature TT's new Magforce 2.0 Quick Connect design for daisy chaining, as well as swappable fan blades.  The Toughfan EX12 Pro and EX14 Pro come with the new MagForce 2.0 Quick …

Palworld has achieved another remarkable milestone by surpassing 25 million players across all platforms. Developed by Pocketpair, the game has garnered 15 million unit sales on Steam and 10 million Xbox gamers. Pocketpair announced the latest Palworld download stats on the game's official Twitter/X account. According to the developer, the …

According to recent reports, Skull & Bones has failed to attract a significant number of players. As it seems, the game has not reached 1 million players yet, with around 850,000 players, including those playing it through the eight-hour free trial period.  As per Insider Gaming, one significant factor behind …

Elden Ring quickly became by far FromSoftware’s biggest success following its release in February 2022 – where the game managed to sell over 12 million copies within its first few weeks on the market. With the official announcement of its long-anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, the team have revealed …

NieR: Automata started its life as a pseudo-sequel to a highly niche Japanese title from an equally niche-yet-unique creator ‘Yoko Taro’. In the years since its 2017 release, the Action-JRPG has gone on to see a surprisingly massive amount of commercial success – with the team now revealing on the …

Last year, the President and CEO of PlayStation Jim Ryan announced that he would be retiring from the company come this March. With his 30-year tenure at Sony set to end soon, the executive has revealed the most challenging moments of his career. In an interview with Variety, the soon-to-be …

Riot has been working on its own fighting game, featuring characters from League of Legends, for years now under the working title ‘Project L'. Now, the game finally has an official name, platform confirmation and a release window.  Project L, Riot's League of Legends-based fighting game, now has an official …

Last year, Bungie announced a very late delay for Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, The Final Shape, a decision that also brought about some high-profile lay-offs at the company due to players dropping off of the game due to the poor reception to the Lightfall expansion. As it turns out, Sony …

Epic Games shut down its big MOBA project, Paragon, back in 2018 and opened up the game's assets to the community. A few years later, Netmarble relaunched the game as Paragon: The Overprime and now, the game is shutting down once again. Paragon first launched in 2016 as an early …

We reviewed a lot of products through 2023 and we're setting our sights on doing even more in 2024. We are looking for someone new to join the team and to create written reviews, primarily focused on the more technical side of hardware...

It has been a couple of years since Atlus brought Shin Megami Tensei V to the Nintendo Switch. The mainline series that preceded the Persona games is back in the news again this week, with Atlus announcing plans to bring the game to even more platforms, complete with a big …

After a lengthy wait and much anticipation from fans, From Software has officially announced the release date for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Unfortunately, there is still several more months of waiting ahead but given From Software's track record, the wait will be worth it.  Elden Ring: Shadow of …

Ahead of the game's launch next week, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reviews officially gone live and by the looks of it, Square Enix has a hit on its hands. As of now, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is the second highest rated Final Fantasy game of all time.  If you were …

Larian has already surpassed all expectations with the current version of Baldur's Gate 3 on PC and consoles but the studio isn't done adding new content yet. This year, the game will be getting official mod support, which will be cross-platform compatible, enabling console players to install mods for the first time.

Back in November, we learned that Nvidia saw massive growth from the sales of its AI accelerators, leading to a huge $18.4 billion in revenue for the quarter. Now, Nvidia has published its Q4 results and somehow, more records have been shattered.  Nvidia's Q3 revenue for the year grew by …

The latest additions to Sony PlayStation's audio product line are the new Pulse Elite wireless headset and the Pulse Explore wireless earbuds. Now available, both deliver immersive audio that complements the gaming experience on the PS5 and PlayStation Link-enabled devices such as the PS5, PC, Mac, and the PlayStation Portal. …

Arrowhead recently patched Helldivers 2 to lay the groundwork for the addition of extra servers. In the meantime, many players have been hogging up the limited server space by logging in and leaving the game running idle for hours on end until they could finally play. To put a stop …

Just a few days ago, Microsoft announced the latest batch of games for Xbox Game Pass to wrap up the rest of the month. It would seem that they missed one on the list, as today, Xbox players suddenly found that they had access to Dead Island 2 via Game …