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Steam Next Fest kicked off earlier this week, and there are tons of indie demos ready for you to download and play. Steam Next Fest: February 2022 Edition runs through February 28 and alongside demos, developers are taking part in livestreams to discuss their upcoming releases. There are also chats with the devs themselves, and

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. New benchmark data for Intel’s upcoming Arc A380 GPU has leaked and it doesn’t paint Intel’s upcoming DG2 GPU in the best light. Keep in mind that this is a pre-release card being examined with pre-release drivers in an application

Square Enix has released its Q3 2022 financial report for the period ending December 31, 21021, and in it, the company notes Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy didn’t do as well as the company had hoped. In the firm’s financial results briefing, company president and representative directors Yosuke Matsuda said that despite not meeting expectations,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Ever since the Playstation 5’s launch in 2020, people have been wondering when Sony would release a next-gen virtual reality (VR) platform that could take advantage of the horsepower provided by its beefy new gaming console. The company broke its

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. If you’re a PC gamer, you better be babying your video card. While there have been some signs that GPU prices are dropping, it’s still nigh impossible to get your hands on a new video card. There was some hope

“Actually, Grand Theft Auto is a clever satire of the American Dream” is the sort of toe-curlingly obvious declaration that tiresome pseuds like me used to come out with in the early 2000s, in order to assert the artistic merit of a game in which you could get a blowjob from a prostitute to replenish

When starting development on Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios had a specific vision in mind, and that vision is something called NASA-Punk. Speaking with Xbox Wire, the game’s lead artist Istvan Pely said when trying to establish an artistic vision for the game, the team wanted a realistic take. And one that was “believable and relatable.”

Ubisoft doesn’t seem opposed to accepting an offer of a buyout as it once was, and should one come in the future, it would review it in the interest of all stakeholders. Speaking during its Q3 2022 call to investors, the subject of consolidation in the industry was brought up. Speaking on the subject, Ubisoft

Nacon has announced its intention to acquire videogame developer and publisher Daedalic Entertainment in a deal worth €53 million ($60 million). Already publishing partners for the upcoming title The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, the two companies decided to tighten their collaboration, which will allow Nacom to acquire several intellectual properties. The deal will also

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Despite a lot of bellyaching about the Metaverse, both here and elsewhere online, it appears that interest in this elusive future reality is beginning to drive a lot of growth in the Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) industries.

Niantic Labs has announced the dates for the next three Pokemon Go Community Days. While the featured Pokemon have yet to be revealed, it’s at least nice to know when the Community Days are coming so we can make plans ahead of time. However, the buzz around the internet points to either Chespin, Fennekin, or

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most hotly anticipated games of the last few years. It was supposed to launch in 2019, but repeated delays pushed it back to late 2020, and even then the game was in a sorry

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Game consoles don’t last forever, and the same goes for the online services to which they connect. If you’ve got an aging Nintendo 3DS or Wii U that you’re nursing along, this might be your last chance to grab digital

Nintendo has announced that in a year’s time, the firm will be shutting down the Nintendo eShop for the Wii U system and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. According to the company, as of late March 2023, it will no longer be possible to make purchases. Furthermore, as this date draws closer, related services

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Believe it or not, graphics card prices seem to be headed down. 3D Center has been tracking and reporting pricing trends for GPUs in Germany and Austria. There’s good news: prices are indeed on a downward slope. Even better; this

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: Valve) With only a matter of days left until the Steam Deck’s official launch on February 25, Valve is hard at work making as many games as possible available to play on the new console. And the company has

During today’s Panel From Hell: 5th Edition live show, Larian announced and released Baldur’s Gate 3’s seventh major patch, Absolute Frenzy. The patch hails the arrival of the playable Barbarian class and the introduction and Improvised Weapons, alongside many other additions, changes and fixes, bringing the game further down the path toward 1.0. Patch 7

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Omid Armin/Unsplash) Thanks to promises outlined in a new Microsoft blog post, Sony loyalists get to breathe easy knowing that their favorite Activision Blizzard titles aren’t leaving PlayStation anytime soon. Amid Microsoft’s pending bid to buy Activision, gamers have

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Back at CES 2021 Alienware caused a lot of gamers’ jaws to drop when it pulled the wraps off the industry’s first OLED gaming monitor. OLED panels are known for their perfect blacks and high contrast, but cost and burn-in

It’s wild to think Elden Ring is almost here. With hype reaching all-time highs and diehard FromSoft fanatics crawling up the walls in anticipation, it might be time to consider revisiting (or trying out for the first time) an overlooked game that could help us better understand the Lands Between. Dragon’s Dogma, initially released back

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Despite how hard it’s become to purchase a GPU at anywhere near MSRP over the past two years, there was still one beacon of hope. Best Buy has been the sole distributor of Nvidia’s extremely reasonably priced Founder’s Edition cards,

Fornite players will soon be able to grab some Uncharted skins for their characters. Epic Games recently released a teaser to the next collaboration for the game, and when you guessed the correct answer, a video appears showing off some Uncharted goodness (thanks, iFireMonkey). According to the video, the Uncharted collaboration starts next week on

The launch of Season Two of Warzone is the next step in what Activision says is its “ongoing commitment” to improving the gameplay experience. According to the developers of Warzone, this means improving and fixing what is already released, and Season Two “is aimed at doing just that.” Currently, the team is focusing on the

Activision has announced what to expect with this year’s Call of Duty and Warzone. While little information was shared today, it was announced this year’s entry is a sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare. The new game and a new Warzone experience are being designed together from the ground-up. This year’s single entry being a sequel

Quick bit of news for you: those without a PlayStation Plus subscription can play online multiplayer for free this weekend. This means you can hop into any game with a multiplayer component without needing a Plus membership. You will, however, need to have a PlayStation Network account. The Online Multiplayer Weekend kicks off on February

Mario Strikers: Battle League was announced during this evening’s Nintendo Direct. In this 5v5 soccer-like sport, you can tackle, use items like bananas and shells as well as activate special shots. Up to eight players, four players on each team, can compete against each other on one Nintendo Switch system. In addition to individual matches,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The last time we heard some rumors about MSI’s incoming Z690 Godlike motherboard, we wrote, “it’s not hard to imagine this board eclipsing the $1,000 mark, or more.” We were so naive way back in /checks notes December 2021. Now

Sucker Punch has released patch 2.15 for Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, and not only does it contain a couple of fixes, it adds some Horizon-inspired armor. According to the developer, it is “so excited for Horizon Forbidden West” from Guerrilla Games, that it added an”Aloy-inspired surprise”. In order to acquire it, you will need

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: PLA Labs)A gaming hardware designer who previously worked with Razer has unveiled what he believes is the future of gaming for first person shooters (FPS) on PC, and it’s actually a unique design unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Videocardz)The gaming world is waiting with bated breath for more details about Intel’s new Arc GPUs, which will mark the company’s return to the discrete GPU market after its failed attempt with Larrabee over 10 years ago. Things will