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March has been a big month for Xbox Game Pass. Just last week, 20 Bethesda games were added to the service to celebrate Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media. It looks like there is another major addition to Game Pass coming next month too – Outriders.  Today, Microsoft announced that People …

Each week, Valve releases its Steam weekly sales charts, giving insight into which titles are performing well on its platform and which are not. Since its launch on the 2nd of February, Valheim has steamrolled the charts, maintaining its position at the top for 6 weeks in a row. For …

The GeForce RTX 3060 has been on the market for a few weeks now, complete with Nvidia's new anti-mining measures in place. As you may expect, groups have been working to crack Nvidia's anti-mining tech since the launch and now, it would seem that someone has successfully managed to crack …

Each Quarter, Nintendo updates its console sales figures, letting investors and fans know just how well its system is doing relative to all others. The most recent Quarterly figures put the Switch just behind the Game Boy Advance. Thanks to some new external data, it has been confirmed that the …

As we get closer to the launch of the Radeon RX 6700 XT, more performance benchmarks have leaked early. Last week, we saw ray-tracing and 1440p benchmarks up against the RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti. Now this week, we have a fresh batch of RX 6700 XT benchmarks via …

Following the confirmation that Microsoft had purchased ZeniMax Media, the console manufacturer announced that almost two-dozen Bethesda titles would be coming to Xbox Game Pass. We already knew that some of these titles would get a boost to 60fps, but we now have more details on which games exactly. During …

For the last few weeks, we've been running a PC auction to raise money for the NI Children's Hospice. Bidding closed last week and today, we are pleased to announce that we'll be donating £2,400! 

Last week, EA launched an internal investigation after evidence emerged that an employee was granting themselves rare FIFA Ultimate Team icons and selling them online for profit. Since then, there has been an update, with EA uncovering that more people may have been involved. Normally when buying a FIFA Ultimate …

This pre-built PC costs around £2800 and offers a 5800X and RX 6800 XT

We're all painfully aware of the current GPU stock situation, with shortages impacting both Nvidia's RTX 30 series and AMD's Radeon RX 6900 and RX 6800 series cards. We've got another AMD launch coming up soon – the Radeon RX 6700 XT and early reports indicate that supply will still …

Last month, AMD representatives asked for help to resolve USB connectivity issues found on 500-series motherboards. After investigating these issues, it seems a fix has finally been found and it should be included with the new AGESA 1.2.0.2 firmware update next month.  Since the release of AMD 500-series motherboards, a number …

While AMD hasn't announced its upcoming Ryzen 5000G APUs yet, early engineering samples are appearing in online auctions. Over on eBay, someone is attempting to sell an engineering sample of the Ryzen 3 5300G APU, the listing even links to a video with performance benchmarks, giving us an idea of …

There has been a lot of concern around Dying Light 2 recently, including reports of strained development. Still, Techland maintains that the game is doing fine and making progress, promising new updates next week.  On Twitter this week, Techland announced that it has “a few words” to share about “the …

Last month, Activision announced that it would be bringing Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time to more platforms. Aside from enhanced Xbox Series X/S versions, the game is also coming to PC for the first time and its release date is not far off.  Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time …

For a while now, there has been talk of Microsoft holding a gaming-oriented event in March. Now, we finally have some more details, with an Xbox-focused event reportedly happening on the 26th of March.  Initially, Microsoft expert, Paul Thurrott, tweeted that we should expect Xbox and Windows focused events from Microsoft …

Last month ahead of the RTX 3060 launch, Nvidia announced that it would be limiting mining performance in future GeForce graphics cards and releasing a new set of ‘CMP' cards for crypto miners instead. Now, the first images of an Nvidia CMP graphics card have leaked.  There are going to …

Back when Crysis Remastered was announced, we learned that the game would include full RTX support, including hardware accelerated ray-tracing and DLSS. It has taken quite some time, but DLSS 2.0 has now been implemented.  Today, Crytek began rolling out Patch 2.1 for Crysis Remastered, which includes the long-awaited implementation …

While the rumour mill originally led us to believe that the RTX 3080 Ti would launch as early as January 2021, the current GPU stock situation resulted in delays. Apparently, the RTX 3080Ti is indeed still on the way and the latest reports are pointing to an April 2021 launch …

Apple is one of those companies that just can't seem to avoid information leaking to news outlets. We regularly hear reports about Apple's plans, whether it is the next iPhone or far-future projects like Augmented Reality or the Apple Car. In a surprise turn, Apple seems to have caught one …

Last night, Microsoft hosted a Bethesda-focused roundtable to give new insight into the company's acquisition of ZeniMax Media and what that means for the future of Xbox. During the discussion, Phil Spencer was openly asked about future game exclusivity and he finally gave us a clear answer – future Bethesda …

AMD is currently fleshing out the RX 6000 series of GPUs based on RDNA 2, but as we know, RDNA 3 is already on the way. We may have our first hint towards RDNA 3 this week, with a notable leaker finding references to multiple “Nashira” GPUs.  Roland Quandt of …

While just a few years ago the number of physical games sold greatly outweighed that of digital sales, the scales are quickly being rebalanced, with digital overtaking the market across all console manufacturers. Such is the case with Sony, who has reported that almost 63% of all PlayStation games sold …

Lenovo has finally released the ThinkVision Creator Extreme 4K Mini LED monitor. Initially introduced back in CES 2020, the ThinkVision Creator Extreme is a monitor aimed at colourists, editors, and VFX specialists because of its high contrast and accurate colours.  Featuring a 27-inch IPS panel with a 4K resolution, the ThinkVision Creator Extreme …

Little Nightmares offered a unique and visually disturbing horror platformer when it launched back in 2017. The game was enough of a success to warrant a sequel, with Little Nightmares II announced at Gamescom in 2019. Following its launch on the 11th of February, it has now been announced that …

While AMD's latest generation graphics cards all support hardware acceleration for ray-tracing, the company has not revealed ray-tracing performance numbers during launch events. In the case of the RX 6700 XT, ray-tracing performance numbers have leaked early. 

We know that Intel plans to release its Alder Lake processors before the end of this year and we've recently heard about Lunar Lake coming in 2023 – so what is happening in 2022? Well thanks to another leak this week, we've learned about Intel “Raptor Lake”, which is planned …

Throughout 2020, many industries saw major losses due to COVID-19 and the ensuing pandemic which required shops and venues to close. The gaming industry however not only persevered but thrived during this period, growing to its biggest size ever, with the console market surpassing $50 Billion worldwide. As reported by …

While some games get next-gen patches which offer older titles at higher frame rates, this process often requires the direct input of the developer. With the Series X|S, Microsoft announced that the next-gen Xbox consoles would receive a feature called FPS boost. Though currently only a small selection of games …

This graphics card is barely longer than a PCIe slot - but can it cool an RTX 3060?

As we get closer to a major launch, there is a good chance that we'll see presentation leaks detailing upcoming tech early. This time around, two slides from Intel's Rocket Lake launch presentation have leaked, detailing the full Core i9 and Core i7 line-up in addition to some gaming performance …