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Over the last month, there have been a ton of leaks coming out of WB Games, mostly pointing towards a Smash Bros-style crossover fighter using Warner Bros. IP. Today, WB officially announced Multiversus, confirming the leaks and revealing official screenshots, the launch character roster and more.  Multiversus is a platform …

Hunt: Showdown is a “thrilling, high-stakes PvPvE first-person shooter” from the team at Crytek. Running on their bespoke CryEngine, the game is graphically impressive – but also demanding. Those with an Xbox Series console or a PS5 can soon enjoy the game at 60fps however, thanks to an upcoming update. …

Nvidia has been working to expand GeForce Now's library every week all year long and this week is no exception. This week, eight more titles are joining the service but that's not the only announcement this week – for a limited time, GeForce Now users can also claim a free …

Prior to the launch of Rockstar's recent GTA remasters, Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two, filed lawsuits against a number of modders looking to reverse engineer classic games in the series like GTA 3 and Vice City. Rather than playing along with Take-Two's demands, modders are beginning to fight back.  As we …

Logitech, Streamlabs' parent company, is being accused of plagiarism for copying the layout of Lightstream to create the Xbox-exclusive Streamlabs Studios website. However, that's not all, as the “OBS” naming was used without the consent of OBS' founders, leading streamers and former employees of Streamlabs to ask Logitech to solve …

Black Friday doesn't officially start until next week, but there are a ton of early deals floating around this month. Overclockers UK has recently launched its early deals for the occasion, slashing prices across PCs, gaming laptops, components, cases, monitors and peripherals.  On the peripherals front, you'll find everything from …

There have been many questions lingering around future Bethesda game exclusivity now that Microsoft owns the company. While a new IP like Starfield being exclusive to Microsoft platforms seemed like a given, many doubt that a huge series like The Elder Scrolls would ever become exclusive. If you are one …

In the days following Halo Infinite's multiplayer launch, there has been a growing number of complaints around slow Battle Pass progression. Fortunately, it looks like 343 has now taken the feedback on board and changes will be made this week.  Halo Community Manager, John Junyszek, revealed the immediate changes coming …

Ryu Ga Gotoku (RGG) Studio are known best for being the developers behind the popular Yakuza franchise. With so many games within this franchise under their belt, it seems the studio is looking for new inspiration, as the team is currently working on a new IP – though more Yakuza …

Microsoft has released many major first party titles in November, with both Forza Horizon 5 and Halo: Infinite (multiplayer) being made available for free to all those with an Xbox Game Pass subscription. What this has meant however is that the second half of November is appearing to be rather …

NFTs are currently one of the most controversial topics in gaming, with the blockchain technology being scrutinised by some, while adopted by others. Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, has now given his thoughts on NFT’s and claims that “some of the creative that I see today feels more exploitive …

After years of fighting against customer's right to repair, Apple is taking a step in the right direction. Today, Apple announced plans to start selling its own parts and tools for users to repair their devices at home.  To start off with, Apple will release repair parts for the iPhone …

Rumours of Nvidia releasing a new RTX 2060 SKU have been floating around for a while, but there is finally some hard evidence available. This week, listings for several Gigabyte RTX 2060 12GB graphics cards  were spotted on the EEC database.  The EEC listings were first spotted by Twitter user @momomo_us. …

Qualcomm is an SOC manufacturer known best for their work on mobile and portable devices. One of the company’s customers is Meta (formerly Facebook) who uses Qualcomm chips to power their Quest 2 VR headset. According to Qualcomm, the Quest 2 is estimated to have sold over 10 million units. …

Back in April, the UK began looking into Nvidia's proposed $40 billion acquisition of ARM, a company based in the UK but currently owned by Japanese firm, SoftBank. After a preliminary investigation, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concluded that the deal “could create problems“, and now, a larger …

Halo Infinite's free to play multiplayer has launched and while the core gameplay is good, there are some notable areas for improvement – particularly when it comes to the Battle Pass and progression. In its current state, the Battle Pass is far too grindy, leading to complaints around the game …

The Saints Row reboot was only just revealed a couple of months ago at Gamescom, complete with a February 2022 release date. However, the game has now been swiftly delayed, pushing it into the second half of next year. In an announcement today, Deep Silver and Volition revealed that Saints …

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced a number of new backwards compatible titles for Xbox, with one of the big additions being Skate 2. Unfortunately, the game's renewed time in the spotlight will be short-lived, as online servers for the game will be shutting down in just a few weeks.  After …

Windows 11 is already out, but Microsoft hasn't abandoned its predecessor yet. For the foreseeable future, Windows 10 will still be supported, but feature updates will be slowing down a bit, moving over to an annual release model.  Since Windows 10 launched, Microsoft has been updating the operating system with …

Following a surprise launch yesterday evening, Halo Infinite has already gone on to become the most played Xbox Game Studios title on Steam, wiping out the record that Forza Horizon 5 set just a week ago.  Forza Horizon 5 just had the largest day-one launch of a game in Xbox …

While the Persona series has historically been linked to PlayStation systems, the Shin Megami Tensei franchise has most commonly been associated with Nintendo consoles. The lines have been blurring recently however with Persona 4 Golden coming to PC and Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster releasing for a modern …

Back in August, Microsoft rolled out a huge graphics upgrade for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, adding in new features like ray-tracing. Unfortunately, the upgrade was only available for the game on Xbox Series X/S consoles. That changes today, with the PC version getting the ray-tracing upgrade, as well as support for …

While skateboarding was all the rage back in the late 90s and early 2000s, the sport saw its relevance shrink both in the real world and video game space. One of the few companies continuing to create fun and interesting skateboarding games is Roll7 with their OlliOlli franchise. It has …

The Game Awards are just a month away and the nominees have now been revealed. Potential GOTYs this year include the likes of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Deathloop, Metroid Dread and some more surprising nominees.   The nominees for each category are selected by a jury, but it is then …

Oddworld: Soulstorm is the latest entry in a long list of platformer titles which stretch all the way back to 1997. Originally released in April of this year, Oddworld: Soulstorm was announced to be getting an ‘Enhanced Edition’ featuring “dramatically improved gameplay mechanics and motion code, audio balance improvements” and …

Xbox Game Pass represents one of the biggest gambles made by Microsoft when it comes to the Xbox ecosystem. Deprioritising purchasing games and instead focusing on bolstering an ever-expanding library for one monthly cost is certainly ambitious. It does seem to be paying off, however, as according to Xbox, Game …

Xtrfy has been releasing mice for eight years now and so far, they've all had one thing in common – they've been wired. This year, Xtrfy is getting into the wireless mouse market for the first time, while maintaining the company's signature lightweight design. The Xtrfy M4 Wireless is the …

With the release of Call of Duty: Vanguard, Activision is also introducing a new anti-cheat system, as well as harsher punishments for those caught cheating. As details in the updated security enforcement policy for Vanguard, those caught cheating will lead to permanent bans in all Call of Duty titles.  The …

Just yesterday, we showed you the first Geekbench 5 entry of the Intel Core i7-12700H. Today, we came to share the first entry of a different Intel Alder Lake mobile processor, the Core i7-12800H. Compared to the Core i7-12700H, the i7-12800H entry (via @Benchleaks) shows both CPUs have the same …

During Intel's keynote at Supercomputing 2021, the company detailed more specifications about two of its upcoming data centre products, confirming some rumours about the Xeon Sapphire Rapids CPU and the Xe-HPC Ponte Vecchio GPUs. During the keynote (via Anandtech), Intel confirmed that its upcoming Xeon “Sapphire Rapids” CPUs will pack …