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Fans have been waiting to jump into XDefiant for a long time now, especially after the game's successful playtests last year. However, after multiple delays, buzz around the game began to go quiet. That changed this week with the game finally coming out.  According to Insider Gaming, XDefiant surpassed 1 …

Earlier this week, Activision officially announced this year's Call of Duty. Just as leaks suggested, this year's game will come from Treyarch and will be the latest mainline entry in the Black Ops series. It would seem that Black Ops 6 has had some extra development time too, as the …

Nvidia is back this week with another round of games for GeForce Now users. The cloud gaming service adds new games each week throughout the year. Today's update includes seven new titles, including swift support for Ninja Theory's long-awaited sequel, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.  If you are using a Steam …

AMD has yet to say much about its next-generation GPU plans but there have been plenty of rumours floating around. Currently, RDNA 4 is set to launch with two main GPUs – Navi 44 and Navi 48. Now, recent datamining through Linux drivers has shown exactly that.  X user Kepler_L2 …

The specifications for the ROG Ally X have finally been revealed, ending the speculation. Even if not official, a recent leak shows that the upcoming handheld will retain the same APU, screen, and aesthetics but will come in black. The leak is from VideoCardz. In terms of design, adjustments have …

Months ago, Anti-Lag+ had to be disabled in online multiplayer games like Counter-Strike 2 due to the technology leading to false anti-cheat flags and player bans. Now, Anti-Lag has been reworked with Anti-Lag 2, which has now debuted in Counter-Strike 2 and should be friendly to use with other online …

AOC recently unveiled the latest addition to its monitor line-up, the new Q27B3CF2. This value-focused QHD monitor, with its 27-inch display, is designed for both home and workplace environments, with some gaming potential hidden away in there thanks to its 100Hz refresh rate.  The AOC Q27B3CF2's IPS panel has a …

The dwindling Suicide Squad fan base had plenty of questions for Rocksteady earlier in the month, after the studio quietly missed its release window for the game's ‘Episode 2' update for its first season. Now, Rocksteady has finally spoken up. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League entered its first season …

Following on from a leak earlier this week, Antec has now officially announced its new handheld gaming system, the Antec Core HS. The new handheld will be debuting at Computex, offering a new hardware option for those looking to take their PC gaming on the go. The Antec Core HS …

Following on from numerous leaks in recent weeks, Activision has now officially announced this year's Call of Duty. As you would expect, previous leaks were indeed accurate, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 set to release this year. While it was no secret that there would be a new …

After successfully shipping Helldivers 2, Arrowhead is going through some changes. Internally, the studio's outspoken CEO, Johan Pilestedt, has decided to step down, passing on the CEO role to Shams Jorjani, who was previously part of the team that shipped Arrowhead's 2011 game, Magicka. While Pilestedt will no longer be …

We've been hearing for a while that Sony is gearing up for a new PlayStation showcase ahead of Summer Game Fest next month. Just like previous years, it looks like Sony will be holding its summer showcase in late May, revealing the next wave of major titles for the PS5, …

Over the past few months, MSI has been hard at work improving its new handheld gaming system, the MSI Claw. Earlier in the year, a major BIOS update saw the device take a significant leap in gaming performance. Now, MSI is back again, boasting another 30 percent performance uplift with …

Recent leaks have revealed Valve's next game, Deadlock, which is currently undergoing playtests ahead of an official launch later in the year. The game aims to combine elements of DOTA 2, Team Fortress 2 and Tower Defence, all wrapped up in a magic-infused 1940s art style, not too dissimilar to …

In collaboration with DAN Cases, Lian Li has unveiled the A3 mATX, a new compact yet versatile PC case. Featuring mesh panels on the top and sides, the A3-mATX prioritises airflow and cooling for SFF systems. Despite its compact size, the A3-mATX can accommodate a wide range of components, making …

Microsoft is gearing up to integrate super-resolution technology for gaming at the OS level. This upcoming feature, currently available to Windows Insiders, will allow super-resolution upscaling in select games and applications through the Windows graphics settings. However, it seems this feature will initially be limited to specific devices. As noted …

It has been around six months since Crytek first announced plans to overhaul Hunt: Showdown with the latest version of its CryEngine technology. Now, we finally have an update, with the big engine upgrade set to arrive in August.  Hunt: Showdown has always been a great looking game, especially on …

There have been plenty of rumours over the years claiming that major game publishers have put in offers to acquire Valve, the company behind huge IP like Half-Life and Portal. Given that Valve also owns and operates the Steam Store, the company has never exactly been hurting for cash, so …

At Microsoft Build, AMD demonstrated its latest advancements in AI computing with several key new announcements. For starters, Microsoft is using AMD's technology, namely Instinct MI300X GPUs and ROCm software to power AI workloads.  The AMD Instinct MI300X has been deployed in Microsoft Azure servers to power OpenAI services like …

After numerous delays, Ubisoft’s once-hyped Call of Duty competitor, “XDefiant”, has officially released. The game caught on with fans initially last summer thanks to a successful round of playtests. However, various issues led to the game’s release being delayed far longer than planned. Now that the game is out, its …

Amazon Games has remained in the US & Canada since its inception but with publishing and development activities picking up in recent years, it is time to expand. Now, Amazon Games is opening up its first game studio in Europe. The new studio will be based in Bucharest, Romania, joining …

Antec is preparing to get into the gaming handheld market with the help of AyaNeo. The Antec Core HS is a tweaked version of the AyaNeo Slide, which features a 6-inch sliding screen, and integrated gamepad controls.  According to LTN (via Tom's Hardware), the Core HS features a 6-inch sliding …

We’ve been following the development of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors closely in recent months. Following on from our hands-on, in which we were able to test these chips in reference Snapdragon laptops, Qualcomm has now announced the first consumer devices to use them. Qualcomm has partnered with Microsoft to support …

AMD has debuted the new EPYC 4004 series of processors. Based on the Zen 4 architecture, EPYC 4004 chips will offer up to 16 cores, 128MB of cache, and clock speeds as high as 5.7GHz out of the box.  Aimed at enterprise and datacentres, EPYC processors aren't for the regular …

A newly found JEDEC presentation reveals new details about Low Power Double Data Rate 6 (LPDDR6) memory. The upcoming standard is set to offer data speeds of 10.6Gbps and a bandwidth of 32Gbps in its introductory phase. Still, these values are expected to increase with later iterations of the memory. …

MSI has proudly announced that its MAG A1000GL and MAG A850GL PCIe 5.0 PSUs are among the first to receive the new PPLP ATX 3.0 certification. This certification, which stands for “PSU Performance Level Plan”, aims to identify and showcase high-performance and highly reliable PSUs in the market, instilling consumer …

At Microsoft Build this week, the company announced plans for a new range of ‘Copilot+' PCs, which are designed with AI computing in mind, complete with the necessary hardware to accelerate AI workloads. Now, Nvidia is joining in, announcing plans to launch RTX-powered Copilot+ PCs this year. To support the …

Hellblade 2 was first revealed in late 2019, alongside the announcement of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console. Now, four years into the Xbox Series X/S generation, Ninja Theory's long-awaited sequel has finally arrived, but reviews are a little more mixed than anticipated.  While Hellblade garnered universal acclaim back in 2017 for …

While we regularly see PlayStation and Xbox making headlines for acquisitions and mergers, Nintendo rarely ventures into the M&A arena. Typically, Nintendo makes smaller moves when acquiring additional studios and that continues to be the case now, with Nintendo announcing plans to acquire Shiver Entertainment.  Shiver Entertainment was previously owned …

Stellar Blade officially launched exclusively on PS5 earlier this year to a wave of positive reviews. Now, Shift Up's dazzling action game appears set to arrive on other platforms, like PC, and a sequel is already being considered.  Shift Up, the game studio based in South Korea, is considering bringing …