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Dan Houser left Rockstar after the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 and revealed his new game studio, Absurd Ventures, this year. Now, two of Rockstar's most credited creatives are joining him. As reported by Begeek, former Vice President of writing at Rockstar Games, Michael Unsworth, and former writer and …

Just as promised, last night Capcom showcased Dragon's Dogma 2, with a new story trailer, a gameplay deep dive and confirmation of the game's swiftly approaching March 2024 release date. On the PC side, we also have confirmation of system requirements targeting 1080p/30FPS or 4K/30FPS.

Gamdias has recently introduced the Chione M4, a series of AIO liquid coolers featuring 2.1-inch LCD displays. The standout part here is that the display is rotational, so there are no limits on where you have to mount the AIO in your system to get everything oriented correctly. These coolers …

Intel plans to unveil its Meteor Lake processors next month, but it has already started to send samples of its successor, Arrow Lake, to some of its partners. At least that seems to be the case based on the shipping manifests that have appeared online, where you can see an …

Details of AMD's upcoming Zen 4 update for 2024 laptops seem to have been leaked. From what we see, the Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” series is the first to use the new AMD Phoenix architecture, suggesting that the 8040H series will feature Zen 4 cores and RDNA 3 graphics. According …

In recent weeks, there have been reports that Free Radical Design, a studio that was only just revived in the last couple of years, is facing closure as Embracer Group continues to grapple with the financial fallout of a failed multi-billion dollar investment deal. Now, it would seem that the …

In 2022, CD Projekt Red unveiled an ambitious lineup of projects, headlined by a new instalment in The Witcher series. The team working on the game has remained small over the past 18 months but now, with work on Cyberpunk 2077 completed, CD Projekt Red is in the process of …

Recently, Nvidia announced plans to bundle a three-month subscription to PC Game Pass when picking up a six-month GeForce Now Ultimate subscription. As it turns out, the company's partnership with Microsoft doesn't end there. Now, Nvidia has revealed its latest GeForce game bundle, giving new RTX 40 GPU buyers access …

While Xbox's first-party studios don't have any games in the running for GOTY at this year's edition of The Game Awards, the company does have a few nominees in other categories, with Starfield, Hi-Fi Rush and Forza Motorsport in the running for a few categories. Now, Microsoft has publicly revealed …

Chet Faliszek, former Valve veteran and writer for iconic games including Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and Portal, has expressed some heavy criticism of the Early Access model this week. Faliszek left Valve a few years ago to start up a new studio, which released its first game, The Anacrusis, …

Shortly after the launch of Red Dead Redemption 2, Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, left the company. After staying quiet for a few years, he officially unveiled his new company this year, known as Absurd Ventures. Now, months later, we have the first hints at what the company is …

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is finally set to launch next month, giving us deeper look at the world of Pandora with content not yet seen in the films. During the game's development, Ubisoft was even granted access to scripts for the upcoming Avatar films, allowing them to create an accurate …

Remedy Entertainment impressed us all once again with the release of Alan Wake II in October. The game has swiftly been nominated as one of the best releases of the year thanks to its inventive and unique blend of action, horror and exploration. However, Remedy isn't done with the game …

It has been over a decade since Dragon's Dogma first launched. Over the years, the game has garnered a cult following but Capcom is hoping to expand the series' reach with a long-awaited sequel, Dragon's Dogma 2. Ahead of a showcase for the game later this evening, the game's release …

AMD looks to be preparing a new range of desktop APUs for launch. The new Ryzen 8000G series is expected to use Phoenix 1 and Phoenix 2 designs, driven by the Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures for CPU and GPU cores. Additionally, the first mentions of a new Ryzen …

CES is coming up and plenty of companies are already applying for Red Dot Design Awards for new products ahead of the event. AOC just secured two Red Dot awards for unannounced monitors, both of which continue the company's partnership with Porsche Design.

An experiment has shown that using AMD Ryzen processors' 3D V-Cache as a RAM disc is possible. As you might've guessed, such a RAM disc is extremely fast, offering sequential read and write speeds over ten times faster than the best PCIe 5.0 SSDs. The experiment began with an unusual …

AOC is expanding its monitor lineup with a new 27-inch gaming monitor. Featuring a similar design to other AOC monitors, this model stands out with its 260Hz refresh rate, giving gamers an edge regarding how many frames it can display in a single second. With a 27-inch IPS screen, QHD …

The Assassin's Creed games have changed a lot over the years, moving from smaller open-world action games to massive RPGs with map sizes to match. The last ‘classic' game in the series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, didn't get a great reception at launch due to franchise fatigue but if you now …

In recent years, ByteDance has been making efforts to get into the gaming market, primarily through mobile games. Despite the success of titles like Marvel Snap, the comapny isn't pleased with the outlook of its games publishing division and is now planning on shutting things down.  Speaking with Reuters, the …

A couple of months ago, sources indicated that Bungie was delaying the release of Destiny 2: The Final Shape. Now, after spending some extra time farming pre-orders, the studio has finally confirmed the delay, pushing the game from February to the Summer months.  Destiny 2: The Final Shape is the …

It has been six years since Nier: Automata launched. The game was hailed as a feat of creative genius from director, Yoko Taro, and went on to spawn an anime series, a stage play and a successful line of merch, including figurines. Despite the game's high praise, we have yet …

Geoff Kieghley has had some unfortunate run-ins with stage rushers at his recent events. While both instances of stage rushing ended peacefully, it only takes one bad actor to cause some real damage. Fortunately for The Game Awards 2023, Keighley seems to be taking a more serious approach to security …

Insomniac struck gold once again with Spider-Man 2 this year, telling a new story centred around both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, with both featuring prominently throughout with their own sets of missions that intertwine over the course of the campaign. As it turns out, the voice actor for Venom …

Back in April 2021, Wolfire Games filed an antitrust lawsuit against Valve, claiming that the company abuses its dominance of the PC gaming market and has formed a monopoly with Steam. Valve had initially managed to get the lawsuit dismissed , but after reviewing Wolfire's appeal, a judge reversed that …

Noblechairs has made plenty of excellent themed gaming chairs over the years, from Marvel and Star Wars to The Elder Scrolls, Doom, Fallout, Resident Evil and others. Today, noblechairs is calling all Warhammer fans with the unveiling of its new noblechairs Hero Warhammer 40,000 Edition chair. Beginning life as a …

Kolink is back with a trio of new PC cases to end off the year. The new Kolink Unity Peak and Kolink Unity Meshbay offer affordable options for those looking to go all out on aesthetics or airflow performance with their new build.  The Kolink Unity Peak ARGB is a …

Ubisoft has been working away on a couple of spin-offs in The Division franchise in recent years. These games have taken a while to hit the market but it looks like that will finally change soon. The Division: Heartland has now been submitted to ratings boards, indicating that a release is just around the corner. 

Tuxedo Computers, a specialist in Linux notebooks, has decided to launch what should be the first mass-produced all-AMD Linux gaming laptop, the Sirius 16, powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS APU and Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU. The laptop has a sleek all-aluminium chassis with configurable RGB keys, providing …

Intel's upcoming Emerald Rapids HPC processor series aims to enhance its Xeon lineup by increasing the number of cores. Intel's 5th Gen Xeon architecture is expected to increase the core count to 64 cores and now thanks to some early benchmark numbers, we have an idea of what kind of …