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Throughout 2024, Valve has been consistently upgrading its Steam platform with a ton of new and highly welcome quality of life improvements. Following the likes of the family share revamp, a new screen recorder and much more, a new ‘Trending Free’ tab has been added to the store. As noted …

The remake of the PS1 JRPG Final Fantasy VII might just be Square Enix’s most ambitious project so far, with the 1997 classic being reborn in the form of a reimagined trilogy. While the first two entries utilised Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 as its core, the concluding part of the trilogy might upgrade to the latest and greatest UE5.

Each week, Epic gives away a title or two to all those with an Epic Games account. Available from 4PM today, players can get their hands on the striking 2D Souls-like metroidvania Death’s Gambit: Afterlife. Available to add to your library from today until the 22nd of August, Death’s Gambit: …

Valve has rolled out the SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta: Megafixer update, which brings many improvements and new features. Among the key enhancements are fixes for hardware and software issues. However, the highlight would be Valve's inclusion of “support for extra ROG Ally keys”, hinting at future compatibility with gaming handhelds beyond …

New developments suggest that Zen 5 desktop parts could soon come with increased default power limits. The upcoming AGESA 1.2.0.1A Patch A is anticipated to raise the default power limitations (TDP) from 65W to 105W. The report is from chi11eddog, who claims this adjustment is expected to impact both the …

Amid a cost-cutting effort that has seen layoffs and the cancellation of Intel Innovation 2024, Intel has now sold its stake in ARM. The company held over a million shares in the chip maker, but they have since been sold off.  With 1.18 million shares going out, Intel should raise …

Sony kicked off the month with a few new games for PS Plus Essential subscribers and now, the next batch of games for PS Plus Extra and Premium have been announced. There will be 15 games joining the service in August, including hits like The Witcher 3 and beloved indie …

Capcom has been on a spree of reveals for its next generation Monster Hunter game, Monster Hunter Wilds. The publisher has been uploading gameplay clips focusing on different mechanics and weapons, seemingly in a lead-up to a big announcement at Gamescom. We've already seen some of the heavier weapons in …

Techland has been keeping busy since launching Dying Light 2, supporting the game for all owners with many free updates, as well as a few paid DLCs. Now, it looks like Techlands' next major project could be on the horizon, titled ‘Dying Light: The Beast'.  Techland filed for a trademark …

We were already expecting the upcoming Until Dawn remake to drop around Halloween. As it turns out, Sony will be dropping the game on PS5 and PC well ahead of time. The remake of Supermassive Games' slasher thriller, Until Dawn, is launching on the 4th of October. While this is …

G.Skill has released various new DDR5-6400 memory kits for Intel and AMD systems, boasting a CAS latency of just 30 clocks. This latency positions these kits as some of the faster kits with such a low latency. The leap from DDR4 to DDR5 heralds faster data transfer rates but traditionally …

It appears that AMD is expanding its line-up of 3D V-cache CPUs with the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, breathing new life into the AM4 platform, which has existed for nearly eight years. KOMACHI_ENSAKA found this processor in an EEC filing from August 6th. Alongside the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, there were many …

Concord is the next major gamble from PlayStation Studios. Set to arrive later this month, the multiplayer-focused live service hero shooter has not had the warmest of receptions during its beta period. That said, the team at Firewalk Studios appear to be committed for the long term – announcing their …

Back in April of this year, the former Xbox console exclusive ‘Grounded’ from the team at Obsidian Entertainment was released on PlayStation and Nintendo Switch – marking one of the 4 initial Xbox games which were promised to come to other systems. The multi-platform release arrived alongside a pretty major …

Gamescom is set to go live later this month, with multiple different publishers confirming that they will be present at the convention. Following the likes of Microsoft, Goeff Keighley has now detailed some of what fans can expect from the headlining ‘Gamescom Opening Night Live’ showcase. As he does each …

After many years of rumours, speculation and anticipation, Nintendo finally confirmed back in May that they would be officially announcing the Switch’s successor at some point during the current fiscal year (ending 31st March 2025). While this may still be the case, it seems the system itself won’t be available to purchase until the following fiscal year.

Antec is expanding its fan lineup by introducing various 120mm and 140mm fan models. These include the new Tranquil PWM fans, the Neo Prizm T3 PWM fans, the P12R PWM ARGB fans and the Nova PWM fans. Starting with the Tranquil PWM, this series was designed to be an affordable …

Terminator: Survivors has been delayed. The game's Steam early access launch, initially scheduled for October 24th, has been pushed back to 2025. Nacon shared this news via social media, explaining that the delay is necessary to fully realise their vision and deliver a game that meets player expectations. Nacon expressed …

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has been very active on social media lately, in part to respond to feedback from the Borderlands movie. While most of the posts are fairly uninteresting complaints against critics, one did catch our eye thanks to mention of Borderlands 4 being in development.  Just to keep …

Last year, Rockstar re-released Red Dead Redemption and its companion game, Undead Nightmare, for modern consoles, including PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately for the PC crowd, we were once again left off the list of supported platforms. However, there has been a growing number of signs that a PC launch …

This week new games are receiving DLSS support including Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks which speeds onto the scene with early access. At the same time, players can choose their favourite flavour of horror with Level Zero: Extraction and Hunt: Showdown 1896. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is a new free to …

Capcom has been on a spree of reveals for its next generation Monster Hunter game, Monster Hunter Wilds. The publisher has been uploading gameplay clips focusing on different mechanics and weapons, seemingly in a lead-up to a big announcement at Gamescom. In previous trailers we got to see some of …

Black Myth: Wukong is finally launching this month. This game has become well known for its visual prowess, harnessing many of the most advanced tools available today. The game is set to be a demanding one on full graphical settings, but a standalone benchmark is now freely available, so you …

Cult of the Lamb released in 2022 to a good deal of fanfare, due in part to the contrasting nature of the game’s narrative and themes mixed with the cutesiness of the art, characters and animation work. Following a number of solid updates, the team at Massive Monster have now …

Leaving Early Access back in 2021, Chernobylite was an interesting and relatively unique first-person survival-thriller shooter. The game continued to receive further updates post-launch, bringing additional content alongside ray-tracing to make the abandoned buildings of the exclusion zone even more realistically creepy. In the wake of its success, a very …

Marvel Rivals is one of the biggest upcoming free-to-play multiplayer games, with the 3rd-person Overwatch-like Hero shooter receiving a great deal of buzz during its beta period. With the game set to arrive at some point in the unknown future, the team at Marvel have revealed their plans for ‘surprise’ …

While Sony’s PlayStation Portal remote play handheld was initially scrutinised for its relative simplicity and lack of features, the accessory appears to be doing very well for itself ever since its launch back in November of last year. In fact, the £199.99 Portal has become the number 1 best-selling accessory in the UK by revenue this year.

Much like major sports games, or the annual Call of Duty cycle, Assassin's Creed also used to be a yearly franchise. That changed with Assassin's Creed Origins, with Ubisoft taking more time to create even bigger open worlds with more RPG mechanics. Now, ahead of the launch of Assassin's Creed …

Valve has still yet to publicly announce or even acknowledge the existence of its next game, Deadlock. However, unlike the next Half-Life game, Deadlock is perhaps the worst kept secret in the industry right now, as over 16,000 people are actively playing it.  It is rare to see a completely …

Contrary to many expectations, the Intel Panther Lake architecture might be exclusive to mobile platforms. As for desktops, we should get a refresh after the initial launch of Arrow Lake. These refreshed Arrow Lake CPUs will then supposedly be followed by Nova Lake. According to Jaykihn, Nova Lake, Intel's next-generation …