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CD Projekt Red has been making a lot of headlines this week. It started off with the studio president loudly confirming that the company is not for sale and will not be joining a larger publisher. As the week went on, Cyberpunk 2077 received an influx of new, positive reviews, …

Microsoft has announced that it is partnering with itself to improve Xbox Cloud Gaming visuals. As part of the self-serving partnership, the Xbox Cloud Gaming team has partnered up with the folks behind the Microsoft Edge browser to roll out Clarity Boost, a new image improving technology.  The goal with …

Over the weekend, a Halo Infinite designer sided with the community and agreed that multiplayer is still too stingy with XP rewards. Now this week, 343 Industries has detailed the next set of changes to get things right, and this time, the change is much more substantial.  When complaints of …

Over the last couple of years, Ubisoft has moved away from Steam and has instead embraced the Epic Games Store, with all newer releases being made available through Ubisoft Connect and EGS, dodging Steam entirely. Ubisoft would still continue to advertise its newer releases on Steam through community posts for …

Last year, Facebook made a very sneaky acquisition, snapping up popular GIF sharing platform, Giphy, in a $400 million deal. The acquisition was done privately, and seemingly at a discount, considering the company had recently been valued at $600 million. That little deal quickly caught the attention of regulators, and …

The Antstream Arcade has been available for a long time now, offering over a thousand retro titles available through cloud streaming. The service quietly joined the Epic Games Store last week, offering a free welcome pack for all users.  For one reason or another, neither Antstream or Epic Games sent …

Back in July during Nacon Connect 2021, it was announced that Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong, a spin-off of the cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade series, would be arriving in February 2022. As we get closer to the end of the year, we've seen many developers re-evaluating their early 2022 …

Over the last few months, there has been an increasing number of rumours pointing to new Nvidia graphics cards in early 2022. One of these cards is apparently none other than the RTX 3090 Ti, which will reportedly feature new GDDR6X memory modules from Micron. 

While Valve is known primarily as a software company, the Steam founder has created a plethora of different hardware projects over the course of the past many years. The company’s VR efforts proved to be successful, however in the wake of the interest behind the Steam Deck, it appears as …

As we inch closer to the end of the year, there is but one major video game event left – The Game Awards. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the annual celebration is met not only by an awards ceremony, but also new game announcements. According to one leaker, a remaster of …

Today, Sapphire is launching its latest external graphics solution – the GearBox 500  Thunderbolt 3 PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT eGFX. As the name implies, this is an external GPU system with its own power supply, and an RX 6600 XT 8GB GPU to go with it to bring …

Microsoft surprised us all this month with an early launch for Halo Infinite Multiplayer, giving everyone the chance to jump in early and play all the launch-day maps and modes. There was one problem that immediately stood out – Battle Pass progression. While 343 has taken some small steps to …

While some video game genres control better with a gamepad, others function much more efficiently with a mouse and keyboard. Such is the case with first-person shooters, and so many fans were left frustrated when the latest Battlefield game (BF2042) launched without any keyboard/mouse support on console. In response, fans …

Since ending the BioShock trilogy years ago, game designer Ken Levine has been quiet. Back in 2017, he started a new studio called Ghost Story Games but the studio has yet to officially announce its first game. That could be changing very soon though, as one notable leaker claims that …

While Capcom has yet to officially announce a new Resident Evil Remake, many anticipate that Resident Evil 4 Remake is in development. Now, a long-time Resident Evil series voice actor appears to have confirmed this, revealing concept art for the game in a live stream.  In a recent stream, DC …

Over the weekend, we've seen an influx of new user reviews for Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam. The game is currently 50% off for the Steam Autumn Sale and so far, the game is being positively received, boosting the game to a ‘very positive' overall rating.  Over the weekend, over 15,000 …

With cloud gaming services becoming more prominent, particularly on mobile devices, we've seen a good rise in the number of game controllers released for smartphones and tablets. It looks like Sony will be getting in on this soon with its own split gamepad for mobile gaming.  In a patent first …

Valve finally made its grand return to Half-Life last year with the release of Half-Life: Alyx, which also happens to be arguably the best story-driven VR game created to date. Unfortunately, we could be waiting quite some time for a sequel, as it looks like Valve has lost interest in …

As the rumoured release date of the RTX 2060 12GB graphics card approaches, we're getting new leaks, detailing specifications. The latest leak unveils its TDP and a few more details about the GPU and the memory, suggesting that the new card is more than just a memory capacity upgrade. Considering …

Intel has yet to officially announce its remaining 12th Gen Core desktop processors, but leakers have been ahead of the game. This time around, there are pictures of Intel's non-K SKUs, as well as more details on specifications.  DDAA1177, a user on Chinese site, Zhihu, appears to be in possession …

Steam has broken records in the past, seemingly surpassing its peak concurrent user count at least once a year. 2021 is no different in that regard, as Steam has surpassed its previous record, with over 27 million concurrent users over the weekend, in part thanks to the on-going Steam Autumn …

It has been roughly a full calendar year since I first picked up an Xbox Series X and with PC upgrades hitting all-time high prices, I've spent most of 2021 as a console gamer, primarily playing on Xbox. With Year-One down, it is time to take a look back at the first year of 'next-gen' and whether or not it was worth upgrading right from the jump. 

While one former BioWare writer is vocally apprehensive about the idea of a Mass Effect TV series, others are offering their support to the idea and have expressed interest in helping out with the show.  Earlier this week, we heard from former BioWare writer, David Gaider, who had a number …

Enad Global 7 (EG7), the parent company of DC Universe Online developer, Daybreak Games, appears to have unveiled a major new Marvel game. Recently, the publisher confirmed to investors that it is working on a new MMO game based on the Marvel IP.  EG7 owns several studios capable of taking …

This week, an interview with CD Projekt Red President, Adam Kiciński, has been doing the rounds. We've already learned that the studio has no plans to sell or be acquired by another publisher. Beyond that though, Kiciński reaffirms the studio's commitment to ensuring Cyberpunk 2077 turns into the polished game …

We've been hearing that Nvidia has new RTX 30 series GPUs planned for early 2022 for quite some time. To date, the RTX 3060 remains the entry point to the RTX 30 series on desktop, with the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti only releasing for laptops. That could change …

There has always been a lot of innovation in the mini-ITX case market, as case makers are constantly trying to come up with ways to ensure high-end hardware compatibility in a small package, while retaining ease-of-use for system builders. Jonsbo has a new addition to its mini-ITX line-up this year, …

By now, most of you know Intel is planning to launch the first Arc Alchemist graphics cards next year, but there are successors already planned and based on new reports this week, it looks like Intel will be upgrading fairly quickly. According to an Intel Arc community advocate, we might …

As usual with Apple products, its upcoming Augmented Reality headset is one of the worst kept secrets in the industry. At this point, it is widely expected that Apple will launch its first AR device in 2022, and the latest reports back up that claim, while adding on an important …

CD Projekt Red has had a very rough year, with the disappointing release of Cyberpunk 2077 tarnishing the studio's reputation. Earlier this year, some financial analysts did suggest that this launch could prime CD Projekt Red for a takeover or acquisition by a larger entity, but the studio this week …