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During Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest yesterday, Square Enix announced the MMO's next major expansion, Dawntrail. Scheduled to release in 2024, Dawntrail will bring a new campaign set in the “New World”, the level cap will increase from 90 to 100 and players will have new class jobs to try …

While Square Enix may have skipped Xbox with recent games like Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 16, the publisher is finally throwing Microsoft a bone by bringing Final Fantasy 14 over to the console for the first time.  Phil Spencer has publicly expressed a desire to get Final …

Just ahead of the Diablo 4 season launch earlier this month, Blizzard pushed out what ended up being a very controversial patch, bringing nerfs to all aspects of the game. Blizzard quickly revealed plans to course correct and now, a round of much more welcomed changes have been announced for …

Following on from the official reveal of the game in May, NetherRealm has now announced its beta plans for Mortal Kombat 1. Ahead of the game's launch in September, there will be a closed beta taking place on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. Unfortunately, it does not appear that …

While stock shortages have hampered the sales potential of the PS5 somewhat, the console has still sold a lot of units since launching in 2020 and this year, supply has greatly improved. With a potential new PS5 design revision on the way, Sony has now announced the first official price …

Each month, those who are subscribed to Amazon Prime are privy to a number of free games as part of the company’s Prime Gaming initiative. For the month of August, subscribers can get their hands on a number of titles, including PAYDAY 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 and …

A decade ago, Slender Man took the internet by storm, with the creepy faceless horror icon rising to fame thanks in part to the creation of Slender: The Eight Pages and Slender: The Arrival – two survival horror experiences from Blue Isle Studios. 10 years on from the release of …

The music industry is notorious for having rather harsh copyright laws with a relatively recent example seeing Nintendo forcefully remove over 1000 songs from YouTube in 2022. Fortunately not every company takes this approach as we saw with Square Enix uploading over 5500 songs to its YouTube channel last year. …

During the heights of its popularity, Naruto was undeniably one of the biggest anime shows of its time, with dozens of games being made based on the IP. The Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games saw particular success, with the latest entry in the series having officially become the best-selling anime …

There have been rumours of a Red Dead Redemption remaster circulating for years but everything seems to be coming to a head in recent months. Shortly after a new version of Red Dead Redemption was rated, Rockstar's website has now been updated and sleuths have discovered more references hinting at …

The PS5 has reached a new sales milestone, with Sony confirming that over 40 million units of the new-gen console have been sold. It didn't reach this milestone as quickly as the PS4, but that can primarily be chalked up to significant supply issues during the console's first two years …

GeForce Now is updating its library again this week, bringing eight more games to the service, headlined by Remnant II, which has garnered a fantastic reception on Steam.  Remnant II launched earlier this week. The game already looked highly impressive in trailers thanks to its Unreal Engine 5 feature set, …

Earlier this week, we heard that Apple was planning to have 85 million iPhone 15 units made this year, showing confidence in this year's launch. However, Apple will also be asking for more money, particularly for its Pro models, which are set to get a significant price increase.  As reported …

While Insomniac's PC release of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was supposed to support ray-tracing, this is only the case for Nvidia users. Insomniac disabled RT features for AMD GPUs. The game also supports an older version of AMD's FSR feature than anticipated.  In a support article posted earlier this …

At CES earlier this year we learned about a number of new AMD laptop chips in the 7040HS and 7045HX series. Today we have the opportunity to showcase an HP Omen 16 laptop that uses an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS processor with eight cores/16 threads that are built on the latest Zen 4 architecture.  This enables the HP Omen 16 to storm along in office work or games while consuming very little power, and that helps to maximise battery life.

A couple of weeks ago, we reviewed another FSP power supply, the Hydro PTM X Pro 1200W. As it turns out, we got our unit quite a bit ahead of schedule, with FSP officially announcing availability this week. The Hydro PTM X Pro 1200W power supply from FSP performed admirably …

From Software ruled the 2022 gaming landscape with Elden Ring, which is widely considered to be the studio's best game to date. This year, the studio is taking a break from its Souls-like games to return to Armored Core. Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is due out later this …

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The Ratchet & Clank series is making its long awaited debut on the PC platform. The formerly PS5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart releases on Steam today and just ahead of launch, Insomniac has now confirmed that the game is Steam Deck verified. Sony has been pretty good about …

Last year, CD Projekt Red announced a huge roadmap of titles, with a new Witcher trilogy, new Witcher spin-off games and a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel all making the list. Unfortunately right now, all of these projects are in the early stages and as a result, CD Projekt Red has found …

AMD has found success with its new 3D V-Cache technology on desktop processors and soon, we may see that same technology making its way to laptops. According to new reports, AMD is now preparing new Zen 4 mobile CPUs with 3D V-Cache for a new generation of gaming laptops.  According …

Over the weekend, Ubisoft drew criticism over its data policies, with Ubisoft Support indicating that uPlay/Ubisoft Connect accounts are deleted after a period of inactivity, removing access to purchased games. Ubisoft has since clarified this, claiming that it does not delete any accounts with purchases on them. When this news …

Apple shares spiked recently thanks to fresh leaks around the iPhone 15. In the months leading up to launch, Apple has reportedly set a target to make around 85 million iPhone 15 units this year.  According to Bloomberg, Apple has asked its manufacturer to make between 83 million and 85 …

Bethesda has released a few teasers in the run-up to Starfield, with short talks about some of the different planets and their capital cities. With the game now just six weeks away, Bethesda has released a series of animated shorts, offering a deeper look at Starfield's universe. Starfield is the …

At this point, most popular online games rely on a seasonal battle pass model for recurring income. Diablo 4 is no exception, but while other battle passes give players enough in-game currency to purchase the next season's battle pass, the Diablo 4 battle pass doesn't even give players enough currency …

There have been several Call of Duty leaks recently. During the NBA Summer League, a number of players posted images of themselves playing a new preview build for Call of Duty 2023. Shortly after, a bunch of screenshots were posted online, only for Activision to issue DMCA takedowns, confirming Call …

As with the first game, the team at Techland have been adding a whole bunch of new stuff to Dying Light 2, from small changes and refinements, to entirely new gameplay styles. Thanks to a dataminer, it seems as though Dying Light 2 is set to soon get a whole …

Earlier this year, Meta officially announced plans to launch the Quest 3 headset later this year. Since then, Meta has apparently rethought its strategy, scrapping plans for a Quest Pro 2 and other devices to focus all resources on the Quest 3. According to a report from The information, Meta …

While stock shortages have hampered the sales potential of the PS5 somewhat, the console has still sold a lot of units since launching in 2020 and this year, supply has greatly improved. We may see stocks sell out again later this year though, as Sony is reportedly planning a price …

Insomniac has been incredibly active since officially joining PlayStation Studios a few years ago. The developers have released Spider-Man Miles Morales, as well as Spider-Man Remastered, followed by Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and this year, Spider-Man 2 will release. In the middle of all this, Insomniac has also been …