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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. In the current battle over GPU memory speeds between AMD and Nvidia, Micron and Nvidia scored a decisive victory. Together the companies made GDDR6X, which tops out around 21Gb/s. That memory found its way to Nvidia’s high-end GPUs, named the

In a recent AMA on Reddit, lead writer on the first two Mass Effect games Drew Karpyshyn expressed surprise at people getting horny for Garrus. An important thing to consider when writing a story of any kind, is that if you make any kind of humanoid race that can bone, people will want to bone

Digital Extremes has announced during TennoCon 2022 that it’s started development on a whole new game. Titled Soulframe, the team led by former Warframe senior staff Jeff Ross and Steve Sinclair, is a fantasy title — drifting away from the sci-fi setting Warframe has established over the past seven years. In their place, Rebecca Ford

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Tamara Bitter/Unsplash)Sony is introducing a new loyalty program that rewards PlayStation users for everything from purchases to gameplay. The program is called PlayStation Stars, and it’ll be completely free to join, according to an announcement from Thursday. When PlayStation

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There’s been a lot of news in the past week or so about a crisis of sorts unfolding for Nvidia. The company is gearing up to launch its 40-series GPUs, but it has a little problem: There’s currently way too

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Step aside Voodoo 5 6000, there’s a new monster GPU in town so over the top you can’t help but admire the audacity of it. (As a onetime functional Voodoo 5 6000 owner, I take exception to this statement – Ed)

“If at first you don’t succeed, it’s because you sold the Warhammer of the Winnet King.” That’s the wrong-headed message I’ve taken from Elden Ring and it’s why I’m half-dreading the near-inevitable release of Elden Ring 2. Logically, I know that having the right weapon or item isn’t a cast iron guarantee of success; there’s

The Epic Games store is handing out two free games this week, and they are Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms and Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap. Both games are free to download and keep today through July 21. The cult-classic Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap returns and features hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack.

SEGA has confirmed it is bringing the Genesis Mini 2 to North America. Previously announced for an October 27 release in Japan, the system will arrive in North America same day as an Amazon-exclusive. The system comes with over 50 classic titles as well as bonus games Star Mobile and Fantasy Zone from the SEGA

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As we head into summer, more information about AMD’s upcoming GPU architecture is finally coming to light. So far there hasn’t been a lot of information to peruse, despite there being a deluge of leaks about Nvidia’s plans. To rectify

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Billy Freeman/Unsplash) If you’ve missed the sweet, sweet boot-up noise of Windows 98, we have good news: your Xbox Series X can run the classic operating system.  Digital Foundry, a blog and YouTube channel specializing in hardware and game

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The GPU market seems to have descended into turmoil with the recent crypto crash. What was a slow trickle of GPUs back into the market has turned into a deluge in the past few weeks. Although it was encouraging to

Relic Entertainment and SEGA have announced a release date for Company of Heroes 3. You will be able to pick up the latest installment in the RTS franchise on PC via Steam come November 17. The game promises to contain the “biggest and deepest” single-player experience in the franchise’s history and offers four playable factions

According to one developer who’s worked on the PS5 remake of The Last of Us, it’s not “just a cash grab.” The developer in question, Robert Morrison, recently put out a tweet on his personal Twitter account responding to criticisms of The Last of Us Part 1 and its existence being purely for profit. “‘It’s

Playground’s upcoming Fable has a new narrative lead, one that has a strong history including titles like Control. Anna Megill, award-winning writer and narrative designer, announced the news on her personal Twitter account that she is now narrative lead on the next Fable game. “Some exciting news to end the week,” wrote Megill. “I’m now

The Devil in Me, part of Supermassive Games’ stand-alone series of cinematic horror titles, The Dark Pictures Anthology, will be released this fall. Announced in July 2021, you can get a look at what to expect from the fourth entry in the series via the latest video below. Starring Oscar-nominee Jessie Buckley, the game features

The eighth major update for Baldur’s Gate 3 is now available, and it comes with a new class: the Bard. Update 8 also includes the playable Gnome race, a major upgrade to the pace of combat, and more. The patch, titled Of Valour and Lore, comes with the masters of song and speech who can

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Back in 2020 Facebook came up with an ingenious way to get more people on its platform. Since it owned Oculus, it would just require people who bought a Quest headset to create a Facebook account to use it. Brilliant!

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Competition and Markets Authority)The UK’s antitrust authority has started a probe into Microsoft’s $68.7 billion bid to acquire Activision Blizzard. In a statement Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it seeks to determine whether the acquisition would

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Derek Story/Unsplash)The video game industry’s pandemic-induced heyday might soon be over—or at the very least, taking a break. New research reveals that the global gaming industry is set to contract this year by up to 1.2 percent. An analysis

The Quarry is the spiritual successor to Until Dawn of 2015, and while that’s a lot to live up to, we talk in our review about exactly how The Quarry doesn’t disappoint. These summer lovin’ teens are in for a surprise when things inevitably go wrong at Hackett’s Quarry. Better yet, Supermassive Games has released

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. MSI has released a new and mysterious feature for folks running AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU. As you may recall, this CPU does not allow overclocking or voltage changes. As AMD’s first chip with on-die L3 cache, the company says

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Even though Virtual Reality (VR) has been around for awhile now, it’s never completely caught on with gamers. Reasons for this vary, but one contributing factor is there’s not many modern, updated headsets to choose from. Today, there’s really only

Nintendo has announced a special edition Splatoon 3-themed Nintendo Switch – OLED model will be available in stores next month on August 26. Featuring design inspiration from Splatoon 3, the console is adorned with splashy images straight out of the game. The Special Edition includes a set of one blue and one yellow gradient Joy-Con

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Diablo Immortal launched a month ago to much fanfare, and for the first few days, things were good. Players were surprised how much the mobile game felt like a real Diablo title. Then, the in-app purchase hangover hit. Completely leveling

A crowd erupts in rapturous applause and hectic cheers as a goal is scored at London’s Copper Box Arena. The energy is electric, with no sign of easing up, seamlessly channeled into a spontaneous performance of DJ Otzi’s Hey Baby emerging from thundering hands and rumbling feet – the victorious player’s name and team subbed

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There are numerous ways to play high-end games in the cloud in 2022, but rarely can you access all the top streaming services from a single screen. However, Samsung is making that a reality for anyone with one of its

After initially releasing in Japan a literal decade ago, Phantasy Star Online 2 is finally making its way to PS4 in the west. Phantasy Star Online 2 first released on PC in Japan exactly a year ago today (July 4), but didn’t see any kind of western release until 2020. And while its first home

Last month 343 Industries confirmed that a playtest would take place for Halo Infinite’s campaign co-op, and now a date is set in stone. Those that are lucky enough to take part in the playtest will be able to drop in with their friends starting the week of July 11, as announced in a Halo

Sonic’s transition to 3D has always been tricky. That 2D to 3D lane change has continued to dog the hedgehog’s releases even into the modern generations (isn’t that right, Sonic Forces?) whereas former rival Mario kept soaring beyond galaxies, getting more comfortable with each release. For Sonic, these transitional woes were the case even at