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Back in August, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands would release on the 27th of October – a new trailer was also released alongside the announcement. Since then though, Blizzard has run into some difficulties and as a result, the expansion has been delayed.  World of Warcraft: Shadowlands executive …

Though Google has been much quieter on Stadia than when the service first launched late last year, the search giant still very much supports the game streaming service. Still, it appears as though Stadia is far from the company’s main priority, as the new Google Chromecast, which was announced at …

A screenshot of a CPU-Z benchmark score of an alleged AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has surfaced. The screenshot shows us both the single-core and multi-core score, compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X, but another image with the Ryzen 9 3900X overclocked to 4.5GHz has also been posted by the same leaker.

One of the best aspects of the Epic Games Store’s free weekly game program is the fact that it can introduce new and unique games to a wide audience, allowing players to experience new sides to video games. This week, the unique co-op adventure-puzzle game, Pikuniku, is available for all …

Over the last couple of weeks, Nvidia has faced plenty of criticism over lack of availability for new RTX 30 series graphics cards. Ahead of this month's RTX 3070 launch, Nvidia is taking that feedback on board, delaying retail availability so that more units can be made. 

MSI is planning to launch a new series of curved gaming monitors with ‘AI' features. The first monitor of the MSI Artymis series will be the MPG Artymis 343CQR – “the world's first 1000R AI curved gaming monitor”. Technical specifications of the MPG Artymis 343CQR were not fully disclosed yet, but we …

While the Yakuza series has historically been synonymous with PlayStation, Microsoft have put a great deal of effort into bringing the much-loved series to Xbox, even going so far as to make the next-gen version of Yakuza: Like a Dragon a timed-exclusive on Xbox Series X/S. If you have yet …

Cooler Master has launched a new lightweight gaming mouse weighing just 49g. The new MM720 features an ergonomic form factor and it will be available in four models: black glossy, black matte, white glossy, and white matte. The form factor was inspired in the widely known Cooler Master Xornet and …

Microsoft is lowering the entry bar for the Surface ecosystem this week with a new Surface Laptop Go. This is a 12.5-inch notebook, providing a middle ground between the Surface Go 2 tablet and the Surface Laptop 3, set to compete with the Chromebook market.  The base edition of the …

Just as promised, today the latest DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was announced. This time around, the team is bringing Minecraft Steve and Alex to the battlefield, as well as Minecraft themed maps to play on.  The announcement was made earlier this afternoon and has much of the …

Respawn Entertainment has wanted to bring cross-play multiplayer to Apex Legends for a long, long time now. Back in  June, the studio confirmed plans to bring the feature to the game later this year and next week, it will officially be going into beta.  The cross-play beta will cover PC, …

Bringing 4K Netflix streaming to PC has been quite the ordeal, with Windows systems only just getting wide support in the last couple of years thanks to new CPUs and GPUs. On the Mac side of things, gaining access to Netflix's highest streaming quality is even more of a chore, …

At this point, the Master Chief Collection on PC is very close to completion. Halo Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST are all out on PC and soon, Halo 4 will be joining that list, with beta tests set to begin very soon.  This …

Thursday has arrived once again, meaning it is time for another GeForce Now library update. This week is a smaller update, but it packs a punch, with big games like Spellbreak, Blade & Soul and Hunt: Showdown making their way to the library.  A short while back, Hunt: Showdown was …

Late last year, Apple launched its Apple TV+ video streaming service, which saw the iPhone manufacturer join the likes of Netflix and Amazon in creating and distributing original programming to its subscribers. Over the course of the past year, the Apple TV app has slowly been making its way to …

Back in May, Nintendo took aim at a retailer known as Uberchips, taking legal action against the store for selling hacking tools to enable piracy on Nintendo Switch consoles. The case has had a quick turnaround, with a judge ordering the seller to pay $2 million in damages to Nintendo.  …

Each month, Sony offers two PlayStation 4 games for free to all those who are subscribed to the console manufacturer’s PlayStation Plus online service. For the month of October, players can get their hands on the choice-based action RPG Vampyr, as well as the open-world racing title Need for Speed: …

MSI latest Beta BIOS for AMD 500-series motherboards adds support for “future AM4 socket processors”. This BIOS update comes with the Combo PI V2 1.1.0.0 which includes other optimisations and fixes for memory and CPU overclocking related issues. For now, only 11 motherboards have received this Beta BIOS update: 5x X570 …

A new rumour suggests that AMD will launch its first Ryzen 5000 processors on October 20th or 27th. A release date for the Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards has also been rumoured, sitting somewhere between November 15th and 20th.  As per Yuri Bubliy, the creator of CTR and DRAM Calculator …

Sony stirred up some controversy recently when the console manufacturer announced that its PlayStation 5 remaster of the much-loved Marvel’s Spider-Man would not be offered for free to those who already own the game on PS4. Players would instead have to purchase the Ultimate Edition of the upcoming Miles Morales …

It looks like the announcement of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is right around the corner. Gigabyte has added 4 new graphics card at Eurasian Economic Commission database using Nvidia's unannounced GeForce RTX 3060 Ti SKU.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate possibly represents the biggest crossover in video game history. This is set to become only more true as Nintendo continues to add new DLC fighters to the game’s already huge roster. Though COVID-19 has certainly slowed down the company’s output, pushing back the release of new …

ASUS is expanding its lineup of B450 motherboards this week, aiming to boost “the utility and flexibility of this platform” with a refreshed set of motherboards that deliver “great performance at a solid value”. As part of the B450 refresh line-up, each new motherboard coms with ASUS' BIOS FlashBack for …

Microsoft has been working on ARM support for Windows 10 for some time now and while 32-bit x86 apps are supported via emulation, the vast majority of apps are now x64/64-bit and don't work on devices like the Surface Pro X. That will change soon, as Microsoft is set to …

We are just hours away from Google's official unveiling for the Pixel 5 smartphone but leaks are already creeping in. This time around, two images of the device have popped up online, showing off the front and back.  Jon Prosser, a reporter well known for leaking Apple announcements, has turned …

Since the introduction of Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s other subscription service, Xbox Live Gold and its Games with Gold program, appears to have fallen to the wayside a little bit. Still, for the month of October, Microsoft is offering those with Xbox Live Gold memberships a number of games suitable …

CD Projekt Red has come up plenty of times in discussions about development crunch. As we enter the final push towards Cyberpunk 2077's release, CD Projekt Red has found its name in the news again, this time for a mandatory crunch period to get the game ready for November 19th.  …

SanDisk is back this week with new portable SSDs that bring a close to 2x speed increase over previous generations. The new SanDisk Extreme and SanDisk Extreme Pro are launching today with capacities up to 2TB, a rugged design and 256-bit AES hardware encryption to keep your data sage.  The …

Just as Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout saw a sudden and rapid burst of success, so too has Among Us. Originally released in 2018, the online multiplayer ‘social deduction’ game saw a recent surge in its player base thanks in part to online streamers. Just quite how successful the game has …

On a regular basis, Microsoft updates its Xbox Game Pass library, both adding new games to the service, and taking some away. For the first half of OCtober, subscribers can look forward to getting their hands on DOOM Eternal, Forza Motorsport 7, and Brutal Legend, to name a few. The …