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Celebrating 20 million players and the franchise's 14th birthday, Dambuster Studios have teased that another Dead Island game is in the works.

Microsoft’s semi-regular ID@Xbox game fest has once again gone live – letting you check our dozens of new and upcoming indie demos.

Prior to Nintendo's official announcement of the Switch 2 console, a company known as Genki caused quite a stir when it showed up to CES armed with dummy units of the console, dummy units that ended up being very accurate to the final product. As a result, Nintendo filed a …

Thermalright is bringing back a familiar name from its product stack, a refresh of its Frozen Horizon AIO liquid cooler. The new Frozen Horizon Digital features a new temperature display on the pump block and replaces the fans with the latest models, featuring RGB strips on the frame. The most …

AMD's latest Radeon graphics drivers have arrived. The latest update brings optimisations for the upcoming release of Borderlands 4, as well as optimisations for Hell is Us, which launched recently. This driver also brings the total number of FSR 4 supported games up to 85. AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.9.1 …

Two former Xbox executives have revealed their thoughts on Game Pass this week. While Game Pass has been a successful service for ensuring a broad number of games find an audience, there are an increasing number of people sounding warning alarms over the impact on overall sales.  As spotted by …

Back in December 2022, just weeks after the release of God of War Ragnarök for PS5, Amazon announced that it had signed a deal to produce a God of War TV series for the Prime Video service. Now several years on, production is finally set to begin. 

Thermaltake is embracing the popular wood accent trend with a new version of its View 270 Plus mid-tower case, launched just under a year ago. The newly revealed View 270 Plus WS takes the chassis of the original and adds a touch of natural elegance for builders who want a …

While the PlayStation 5 is still going strong, rumours for its successor have begun to surface. According to a new report, Sony plans to adopt a detachable disc drive strategy for the PS6 from its initial launch.

Chinese display manufacturer HKC Group is making its official European debut at IFA 2025, and it has come out swinging with a lineup of new high-end gaming monitors. Showcasing new flagship models from HKC, Koorui, and AntGamer, the company is demonstrating a variety of products using the most popular high-end …

Graphics card manufacturer XFX has announced that a recent revision to its Radeon RX 9060 XT has led to significant improvements in thermal and power efficiency. The change that brought about these benefits was a simple swap of the GDDR6 memory supplier from SK Hynix to Samsung. XFX (via Uniko's …

Intel's Application Optimisation (APO) technology has demonstrated the ability to deliver free performance gains in supported games by intelligently managing tasks across P-cores and E-cores. However, updates have been pretty slow, leaving the list of supported games relatively small. This week, Intel finally released an update, bringing APO support to …

Borderless Gaming has been helping gamers manage unruly game windows for some time. After more than a decade, the developer has finally released version 1.0, bringing a massive overhaul with it. Relaunching on Steam as a premium, paid application, the new version has been completely redesigned from the ground up, …

Final Fantasy Tactics is making a big return this year with the release of The Ivalice Chronicles, a remaster of the original 90s classic for PC, Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox. Final Fantasy Tactics has been revered by longtime fans of the franchise, but the upcoming remaster is just step one, with Square Enix remaining open to doing more Tactics games in the future. 

Despite being announced five years ago, we've had no official updates for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake. Originally in development at Aspyr, the game ended up shifting to Saber Interactive, but progress has been painfully slow from the outside looking in. Now, thanks to a former concept artist on the project, we have at least a small look at what the game was going to look like. 

Following their split with Sony, Paramount is now set to distribute the upcoming Street Fighter adaptation – with the film arriving in October 2026.

Square Enix’s Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura has offered development updates for both Final Fantasy VII part 3 as well as Kingdom Hearts 4.

Following its announcement a couple years ago, the live-action Life is Strange adaptation has officially been greenlit by Amazon.

Reviews for Ghost of Yotei will go live a week ahead of the game’s official launch – suggesting that Sony are feeling confident in this much-anticipated sequel.

After delaying its debut by a year, Sports Interactive has given us our first look at the long-awaited new match engine for Football Manager 26. Built on the Unity engine, the visual overhaul for the football management series is substantial, resulting in a slight increase in the game's hardware requirements. …

Konami's long-awaited remake, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, has had quite a successful launch, but technical issues have somewhat soured the celebration. The publisher has announced that the game sold over one million copies on its launch day across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox, despite players reporting significant performance issues. …

It's a sad time for handheld gaming fans, as the Nintendo 3DS era has now officially come to a complete close. This week, Nintendo officially ended its repair service for the New Nintendo 2DS XL, the last and final model in the beloved console family to be supported by the …

Lenovo has unveiled its latest high-end gaming displays at IFA 2025, introducing a new trio of Legion Pro monitors featuring “PureSight” QD-OLED panels. The new lineup includes two 4K high-refresh-rate models and a QHD option, all boasting the rapid response times and stunning image quality that QD-OLED technology is known …

Machine Games impressed greatly with Wolfenstein: The New Order and its sequel. Unfortunately, the story of B.J. Blazkowicz has been on pause since the 2017 release of Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, but the studio may finally be ready to wrap up its planned trilogy. Over the past few years, …

August was a big month for Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead welcomed a whole new platform to the ranks. Helldivers 2 is now out on Xbox consoles for the first time and so far, it appears to be a massive hit.  Alinea Analytics shared their list of the most downloaded games …

Borderlands 4 is less than a week away at this point. For those eager to get in as soon as their pre-order unlocks, Gearbox has now finalised its launch-day plans, revealing global launch times for the game on all platforms. Interestingly, PC players will get in hours earlier than those …

This week, LC-Power lifted the lid on yet another impressive monitor in its arsenal, the LC-M27UFD. This is a 27″ flatscreen monitor with Dual Mode functionality, enabling higher resolution at a lower refresh rate, or a lower resolution at a super charged 320Hz refresh rate, so you can take advantage …

Last year, PowerColor entered the gaming peripheral market with its new brand, Alphyn. The launch kicked off with two great products, the PowerColor Alphyn AM10 wireless mouse and the Alphyn AH10 wireless gaming headset. We gave both positive reviews when they launched at their initial MSRPs of £99 and £79, …

Gigabyte is getting in on the hardware game bundle action this month. For a limited time, anyone buying select Gigabyte graphics cards or gaming laptops will also receive a free copy of Borderlands 4, which has been garnering plenty of positive reception from early previews.  If you buy a Gigabyte …

Cougar has unveiled the FV150 Mini RGB, a new compact case that joins the popular trend of panoramic showcase chassis. Designed for Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX builds, this new case features a pillarless, dual-chamber design and is available in three colours: black, white, and pink. Measuring 285 x 436 x 365mm, …