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It is AMD launch day, with the company revealing the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards in full. As always, Sapphire is hot on the heels of the launch with its own custom-cooled models, and they look to be their best yet. 

Ahead of its premiere on the 4th of April, Warner Bros. have released the ‘Final Trailer’ for the upcoming A Minecraft Movie.

Playground Games has now detailed the PS5 version of Forza Horizon 5, with the Pro console getting ray-tracing on track among other enhancements.

Further sparking rumours of their addition to Xbox Game Pass, Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 has now been added to the PC Microsoft Store:

AMD has done very well with its hardware game bundles in recent years and that isn't stopping in 2025. This week, AMD has launched its latest hardware bundle, offering up free copies of Capcom's highly anticipated Monster Hunter Wilds. 

NetEase responds to the Marvel Rivals controversy, claiming: “Depending on the circumstances, support for a project may be increased or withdrawn entirely.”

Nacon has announced the 2025 edition of its Connect showcase, featuring Hell is Us, Edge of Memories, new controllers and more.

It seems COD isn’t the only series trying to replace its voice actors with AI, as the French dub team for Apex Legends were given new agreements focused on AI.

Initially planned to launch this past winter, Sonic Rumble is now set to arrive some time in Spring 2025 for mobile and PC.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the eagerly anticipated remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, is due to launch in late August, so it is a bit soon to be talking about PC system requirements. Still, that hasn't stopped Konami from releasing PC specs well ahead of time, and confirming that the game will require a ray-tracing capable graphics card. 

Fable has been delayed from 2025 to 2026. As it turns out, this could have something to do with Microsoft's evolving multiplatform strategy, as rumour has it that Fable will now launch on PC, Xbox and PS5 simultaneously. 

Given the massive $300 million hole left in WB Games' balance sheet in 2024 due to the unsuccessful launches of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Quidditch Champions and Multiversus, we had a feeling that some form of restructuring would be taking place. Now, WB Games has confirmed plans to …

March is shaping up to be a surprisingly big month for PlayStation Plus. Despite releasing less than six months ago, BioWare's latest RPG, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is already hitting subscription services.  Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5) is the headliner for next month's set of PlayStation Plus monthly games. Anyone …

We've known for quite some time that Valve has been quietly working on a new VR headset. At one point, it was thought to be a Meta Quest competitor, bringing costs down and offering cable-free VR. However, the plan appears to have changed, with the new headset, codenamed ‘Deckard', poised …

Back in 2014, Monolith Productions impressed us all with Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and its central game mechanic – the Nemesis System. The technology allowed for dynamic NPCs that would hunt the player character down and level up if it managed to beat you, adding an interesting twist to gameplay …

Samsung has recently announced its new consumer flagship 9100 Pro series SSDs, designed to deliver next-generation performance for demanding users. These PCIe 5.0 drives boast blistering speeds and improved power efficiency, making them ideal for everything from gaming and content creation to AI applications.

be quiet! is expanding its popular Pure Base 501 case lineup with two new models: the Pure Base 501 LX and Pure Base 501 DX. These additions cater to users seeking stylish aesthetics and enhanced cooling capabilities while retaining the core features that made the original Pure Base 501 a favourite among PC builders.

The ESRB has published more listings for current-gen versions of a bunch of Resident Evil games, with RE: Revelations reportedly coming at some point.

Just over year on from release, Bandai Namco have confirmed that Tekken 8 has sold over 3 million copies - outpacing its predecessors.

Announced last year, Pathologic 3: Quarantine is finally almost here, with the game set to arrive in a little under a month’s time:

Following multiple leaks and rumours, it seems as though the upcoming Tony Hawk game is in fact the previously-cancelled Pro Skater 3+4.

We've known about Microsoft's long-awaited Fable reboot since 2017. Fans were pleased to see the game listed on the release schedule for 2025 but now, just two months into the year, Xbox has revised its plans, pushing the game back to 2026. 

In recent weeks, early buyers of RTX 50 series graphics cards have discovered that their GPU does not meet the advertised specification. At first, it was thought that this issue was only impacting a limited number of RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti models, but this week, the first affected RTX 5080 was discovered. Now, Nvidia has responded with an updated statement.

Recently, Valve updated its Steam policy, forcing developers to disclose when Generative AI tools are used to create games. This led Activision admitting that GenAI is already in use to create assets in Call of Duty, for instance. Now, gamers have gone to the Steam feature suggestion forum to request a way to filter games that use AI from the store. 

Following appeals by the publishers, both Balatro and Luck Be a Landlord have now had their PEGI board ratings reduced from 18+ to 12.

The excellent Sayonara Wild Hearts has gotten a surprise free PS5 upgrade, adding a new mode, DualSense support and more.

Gamers have made it well known that they don't want to see the market flooded with titles that make heavy use of generative AI. As it turns out, one of the biggest games in the world, Call of Duty, is already there. Activision has admitted that it has been using GenAI tools to produce a range of in-game assets for Black Ops 6. 

During the ID@Xbox Showcase, Balatro was announced to be coming to Xbox Game Pass, alongside new crossovers with 8 different gaming franchises.

This month, the Delta Force team released their first single-player campaign DLC - a retelling of Black Hawk Down. Unfortunately, the campaign has been met with negative reception, in large part due to difficulty. 

Revenge of the Savage Planet is officially launching in just under two months, set to arrive soon on the 8th of May 2025.