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Nintendo and Microsoft have been making headlines over the last couple of years due to lawsuits around ‘Stick Drift' on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch controllers. Now, Sony is also joining those ranks, with a law firm filing a class-action suit over the PS5's DualSense controller. Stick drift is an …

Back in Spring of 2019 it was announced that a TV show based on the classic PlayStation game series ‘Twisted Metal’ was in development. Word on the show has been mostly quiet ever since. Now however, a number of potential details have leaked, including the story’s synopsis as well as …

NZXT has issued a recall of all H1 case units sold in the United States of America and Canada. The voluntary recall has been announced by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada on February 12th and should affect over 33,000 units sold in both countries.

Many Kingdom Hearts fans were pleasantly surprised when it was announced that the entire Kingdom Hearts collection was coming to PC. Unfortunately for some, the game’s exclusivity to the Epic Games Store still remains a roadblock. The Producer for Kingdom Hearts has now explained why they decided to go down …

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While there were some rumours swirling around this weekend about Techland being acquired by Microsoft, a studio community manager has since spoken out, claiming the rumours are untrue. The rumour initially stemmed from the Defining Duke podcast, when a host mentioned that Microsoft was in talks to acquire another studio …

Alongside the 11th Gen Core lineup of desktop processors, Intel is also planning to release refreshed Comet Lake-S SKUs. Proof of this has begun to surface, with one retail worker in Malaysia uploading photos of the new CPU packaging. These photos confirm that Intel won't rebrand its refreshed Core i3's …

Microsoft's ambitious foldable phone concept, the Surface Duo, will officially be available outside of the US starting next week. On the 18th of February, the dual-screen Android smartphone will release in Europe and Canada, although it has quite the price hike in the UK compared to the US.  Equipped with …

While the developers at Ubisoft Massive had planned for Title Update 12 to be the last piece of content for The Division 2, it seems those plans have now changed. The December 2020 update wrapped up the game's content roadmap, but due to player interest, Ubisoft is now making plans …

While Bungie initially had Destiny 2 players excited with the idea of the Cosmodrome location growing over time, the studio has since walked back on those plans. This week, Bungie confirmed that there are ‘no plans' to further expand the Cosmodrome to include more Destiny 1 content. With Destiny 2's …

Microsoft has been on an acquisition spree in the games industry over the last few years, with the latest being the massive $7.5B Zenimax deal. The Zenimax deal is set to complete soon but it seems that Microsoft may already have another Xbox Game Studios acquisition lined up, this time …

It looks like a lot more games could be making use of Nvidia's DLSS technology in the future. This week, Nvidia officially released its DLSS plugin on the Unreal Engine marketplace, meaning any developer working with Unreal Engine 4 or newer can take advantage of it.  Unreal Engine already supports …

Last year, Nvidia announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire ARM from SoftBank in a $40 billion deal. Of course, these big acquisitions have to go through regulatory checks and gain approval before things can move forward. This process gives rival companies an opportunity to voice concerns about …

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare was one of the most popular multiplayer PC games back in the early 2010s and over the years, the studio has been working on a big sequel to compete with the likes of For Honor and other modern multiplayer brawlers. Chivalry 2 was delayed to 2021 last …

Ubisoft is one of the biggest players in the video games industry, releasing a number of large-scale AAA titles each year. That being said, it would seem the publisher does not want to be overly reliant on these releases, and plans to supplement its future AAA games with “new premium …

Back in 2018, following the swift collapse of TellTale Games, Tales From the Borderlands was pulled from sale and delisted from digital store fronts. Now, in 2021, it looks like the game will be restored thanks to a new licensing agreement.  TellTale initially developed Tales from the Borderlands under a …

While Asobo Studio had planned to ship Microsoft Flight Simulator's UK and Ireland focused World Update this week, it has been pushed back a bit for final polish.  Microsoft Flight Simulator has had two other major World Updates since launch, one focusing on adding more landmarks to the United States …

There are many games which come and go, each of which get their time in the limelight. While they may leave the minds of those who are constantly looking forward to that next big release, these titles often continue to silently sell. Such is the case with Human: Fall Flat, …

The Kingdom Hearts series is one of Square Enix’s most loved, filled with millions of loyal fans. While the series has stretched across a number of various platforms, the PC-sphere had been left out, with none of the mainline entries making their way onto the platform. Finally, it has now …

Owners of the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE are flashing a custom vBIOS with 155W TGP to increase the RTX 3080 laptop GPU performance. Featuring a default TGP of 115W, increasing up to 130W through Dynamic Boost, the RTX 3080 laptop GPU found on the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 …

Each week, the Epic Games Store offers one or two games for free to all those with an Epic Games account. Following last week’s free titles of Metro: Last Light Redux and For the King, this week, users can get their hands on the “retro space strategy RPG” Halcyon 6. …

The developer behind 3DMark has introduced the Mesh Shader feature test mentioned in the Intel Xe HPG tease. By introducing a test using DirectX 12 Ultimate Mesh Shaders, UL “shows how game engines can improve performance” with this feature. Before explaining what a mesh shader is, first, you need to know what …

It seems that the Chinese tech giant, Huawei, also wants a piece of the gaming market. According to the latest reports, Huawei is developing new gaming notebooks and a gaming console to rival Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. As per the news shared on Weibo by TomatoPrince (via HuaweiCentral), …

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Earlier this week, we learned that CD Projekt Red has been hacked, with the attackers obtaining the source code for Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3 and GWENT alongside other documents. Now, it seems that some of CDPR's data has been sold off in an auction.  Cybersecurity firm, KELA, monitored the …

Since the PS5's launch, we've known that Sony has two major first-party games planned for 2021. While Horizon Forbidden West is scheduled for late 2021, we were expecting Ratchet & Clank to come before the holiday season. Now, we have a final release date. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is …

We learned via an earnings call earlier this week that Blizzard won't be releasing Diablo 4 or Overwatch 2 this year. However, we will be seeing both games in action at BlizzCon, which takes place later this month.  The BlizzCon Online schedule went live last night, so we know what …

Ever since around 2014, the Call of Duty franchise has been operating on a three year development cycle. Between Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, the Call of Duty series has offered a decent amount of variety through the unique gameplay and story stylings of each development studio. Though this …

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