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Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, CD Projekt Red delayed Cyberpunk 2077 from its original April 2020 release date to September 2020. Since then, there has been some concerns that the pandemic will cause further delays, but it looks like that won't be the case, as the game is in its …

In April this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FFC) set the standards for Wi-Fi 6E, and now Qualcomm has announced its FastConnect 6900 and 6700 chips that feature support for Wi-Fi 6E, with speeds of up to 3.6 Gbps. FastConnect 6900 is the faster of the two chips with speeds of up …

DONTNOD Entertainment has made quite the name for itself over the course of this console generation. To date, the studio has released successful titles including Life is Strange, Vampyr and Remember Me. Now, some of that money is being used to expand the studio.  Today, DONTNOD CEO, Oskar Guilbert, announced …

Acer's Veriton N mini-PCs are set to be updated with five new models featuring 9th Gen Intel processors. Designed for corporate users, these mini-PCs utilise cases ranging in size from just 1 litre, up to 3 litres. There will be two models that use the tiny 1-litre case: the “VN4660G-H58Q1” which …

Earlier this month, we shared the news about ASRock's approach to enabling overclocking of non-K CPUs on non-Z motherboards. Now it seems that both MSI and Asus will also offer the same feature on their non-Z motherboards...

MSI is set to launch a new gaming monitor. The MSI Optix MAG274R is MSI's latest IPS esports monitor featuring a high refresh rate and fast response time, designed to deliver an enhanced viewing and gaming experience. Sporting a 27-inch IPS panel with 144Hz refresh rate, 1080p resolution, and 1ms …

Razer is bringing some upgrades to the Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition, bumping up hardware specs to include Intel's latest 10th Generation processors and the Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000.  The Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition is designed as a mobile workstation, with enough power to properly serve the professional creator …

Late last year, Steam was updated with references to cloud gaming within its code. Now, we know what those updates were for, as Steam Cloud Play has gone into beta.  Steam Cloud Play is starting off with “a limited amount of games” as the team continues to build features and …

Fast & Furious: Crossroads served as Geoff Keighley’s “one more thing” at the 2019 Game Awards. Originally announced to be releasing in May 2020, a new gameplay trailer has been released, showing off the game as well announcing its official delay to August 2020. The trailer showcases some of the …

At this point in time, Metro Exodus is essentially complete, with the base game now available across consoles and PC, in addition to two DLC expansions being released. With that in mind, there is not much sense in keeping Denuvo in the game for much longer, so 4A Games is …

We already knew that Microsoft was committed to maintaining backwards compatibility on next-gen console hardware, but the number of improvements in place run deeper than that. Today, Microsoft released some more details on the tech behind backwards compatibility on Xbox Series X, including the ability to improve frame rates and …

Apple has confirmed that it has acquired the tech startup Inductiv, an engineering team from Ontario that specialises in machine-learning. It's believed that Apple's underlying reason for the acquisition of Inductiv is to enhance its virtual assistant, Siri.  Apple confirmed the deal, saying it “buys smaller technology companies from time to …

Thursday has officially become GeForce Now’s library update day, with new games added to the service every week. This week’s update sees Nvidia furthering its partnership with Ubisoft, as well as the addition of more ‘day and date' supported games for brand new releases.  In terms of brand new releases, …

Despite first being announced all the way back in January of 2017, there has been comparatively little shown off of Marvel’s Avengers – Square Enix’s take on the popular superhero team. With the game releasing this September, it would seem as though fans are finally set to see more from …

About every six months Windows releases a major update to its Windows 10 operating system, and on May 27 the latest iteration was released – the Windows 10 May 2020 update. This update offers many new features, such as passwordless login, more emojis and a new Cortana chat-based experience. The new update …

News about Apple's 2020 lineup of iPhones is continuing to ramp up, and we already know all the iPhones expected to launch later this year are likely to come equipped with OLED screens. Now it's reported that Samsung Display will deliver a majority of the screens for the upcoming iPhones. Apple …

Video game sales offer everyone a chance to buy excellent titles at reduced prices. Summer sales especially often produce the highest number of offers at the greatest levels of reduction. Such is the case with GOG’s Summer Sale. From now until the 15th of June, fans can get their hands …

Last month, noblechairs announced a big partnership with Bethesda, which will result in the release of several special edition chairs based on some of the biggest franchises in gaming. The first one up is the noblechairs HERO Fallout Vault-Tec Edition, which is launching today. The Vault-Tec Edition by noblechairs takes …

Fans of Phantasy Star Online have been waiting close to a decade for PSO2 to arrive in the West. That wait is finally over, with the game coming to Xbox One and Windows 10, but the transition has not been without issues, mostly due to Microsoft's iffy Windows Store.  The …

Over the years, Dead By Daylight has collaborated with some of the biggest horror franchises around, introducing new killers and monsters from the likes of SAW, Scream, Halloween, Stranger Things and more. The latest DLC for Dead By Daylight is a collaboration with one of the best horror franchises in …

Aqua Computer has just launched a new CPU water block with RGB lighting. The new Cuplex Kryos Next RGBpx water block is designed to provide a unique look for your system, even before the ARGB lighting has been turned on. Available in both plexiglass and white Delrin, the Cuplex Kryos Next RGBpx …

Last night, PlayStation hosted a roughly 25-minute long State of Play dedicated entirely to The Last of Us Part II. Narrated by Neil Druckmann, the showcase gave fans a deep dive into many of the new mechanics arriving with the much-anticipated sequel, as well showing off an extended gameplay sequence. …

Details about the next-gen Ryzen 5000 "Cezanne" and Ryzen 6000 "Rembrandt" APUs have leaked. These APUs will utilise Zen CPU cores alongside Vega/RDNA graphics, and will be used in both desktops and laptops...

Each month without fail, Xbox Live Gold members are offered a number of free titles to download. The console manufacturer has now announced which games subscribers can look forward to over the course of the month of June. The offerings include the 2D action-adventure game, Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, …

At this point, we've seen the specs for the PlayStation 5, we've seen the controller, we've even seen at least a couple of third-party games that will eventually land on the system, but Sony has yet to hold its own big games showcase. That will be changing as early as …

We've had a couple of big game releases recently and a couple more heading our way in the next few days, which means it is time for another GPU driver update. This week, the latest GeForce Game Ready driver has dropped, delivering optimisations and support for Valorant, which is leaving …

Though Google Stadia has appeared to be mostly forgotten by the gaming community at large, the game streaming service is slowly but surely adding new titles to its platform. The latest game to come to Stadia is The Elder Scrolls Online, which will arrive on the 16th of June, and …

This week thanks to some boring business paperwork filed by Take-Two Interactive, we may have a good idea as to when GTA VI will be coming...

Mafia 3 wasn't one of the most visually pleasing games of this console generation, particularly on base Xbox One and PS4. Eventually though, the game did get a graphical upgrade when the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro patch rolled out. Unfortunately, the latest ‘Definitive Edition' release has seemingly removed …

Apple launched its iPhone 11 towards the end of 2019, and it proved to be the world's most popular smartphone in Q1 2020. The company saw 19.5 million iPhone 11s ship from January to March 2020, which is almost three times as many devices as its closest rival, the Samsung …