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The Bug-Off tourney in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a four times yearly event, which sees friendly chameleon Flick presiding over a carnival of creepy-crawly catching taking place on your island. The event works similarly to C.J.’s fishing tourneys. However, the Bug-Off takes place once a month throughout the summer (June-September in the northern hemisphere),

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Earlier this week, AMD launched FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR). FidelityFX is nominally AMD’s response to DLSS, and while it works on different principles than Nvidia’s upscaling network, both features are positioned as performance enhancers that can reduce the amount of

By Dom Peppiatt24 June 2021 10:07 GMT Aliens: Fireteam Elite gets a release date: the co-op survival game is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on August 24. The game is a three-player cooperative survival shooter set in the Alien universe – understandably – and was previously known as just Aliens:

By Dom Peppiatt23 June 2021 09:53 GMT Streamers, beware: the latest Marvel’s Avengers patch has triggered a bug that displays your IP address clearly on-screen, potentially sharing very sensitive information with viewers. Patch 1.8.0 went live in Square Enix and Crystal Dynamic’s game yesterday, and since then we’ve seen a raft of complaints from players

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. PC gamers have been suffering under the weight of the GPU shortage for the last year, but there’s some hope on the horizon. China has effectively banned cryptocurrency, and whether or not you think that’s good for Bitcoin, it’s great

By Dom Peppiatt22 June 2021 09:35 GMT Square Enix‘s classic role-playing game Final Fantasy 9 is being turned into an animated TV series, with Square Enix overlooking the project. An animated series based on Final Fantasy 9 is being developed by a French company called Cyber Group Studios who will be working in partnership with

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Samsung’s Odyssey G-series gaming monitors are a popular option for dedicated PC gamers, and there are three new models today. The 2020 Odyssey release focused on curved display panels. The latest ones are all flat, but they’ve still got various

Every now and then there comes along a video game design idea that’s so obvious that you wonder why it hadn’t been thought of sooner. When these ideas come along, they’re of course often brilliant – which is why they feel so like they weren’t so much conceived and developed so much as they simply

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin’s concept is based on Final Fantasy 1, but is a story all its own. Speaking in an interview with Weekly Famitsu, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin’s creative producer Tetsuya Nomura, producer Jin Hujiwara, and director Daisuke Inoue spoke about the game, and how it’s using the original Final Fantasy as

By Stephany Nunneley18 June 2021 20:38 GMT Phasmophobia’s latest update has moved out of the beta phase and is now live. Today’s Phasmophobia update has added two new ghost types, two more daily challenges, the Willow Street House map, and some changes and bug fixes. Watch on YouTube Speaking of the new ghosts, it’s worth

By Stephany Nunneley17 June 2021 21:02 GMT A Plague Tale: Innocence is getting enhanced for Xbox Series X/S and the optimization will be available in July. Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive have announced that A Plague Tale: Innocence will come to Xbox Series X/S on July 6. Watch on YouTube This enhanced version will

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. After nine months of interminable drought in the GPU market, a drop of hope. Asrock has reported that it sees weakening GPU demand in China as cryptocurrency weakens. Like all manufacturers, Asrock is currently making money hand over first; the

By Tom Orry16 June 2021 19:05 GMT We gather to discuss the highs and lows of E3 2021, including the re-reveal of Breath of the Wild 2, plus the Xbox Showcase. E3 2021 is over, yet you might be wondering if it even began, what with most publishers barely showing up and Sony not taking

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Ever since Ampere’s launch in September 2020, there’ve been questions about how much of the shortage was driven by semiconductors and how much was driven by cryptocurrency demand. Reports over the last 10 months have pointed to various additional causes,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Owners of Sony game consoles will have another way to get Cyberpunk 2077 soon. Developer CD Projekt Red announced this week that the game will return to the PlayStation Store after being pulled more than six months ago. If you

By Dom Peppiatt15 June 2021 23:41 GMT Metroid Prime 4 is still in development, Nintendo has confirmed at the spotlight swings to focus on the newest game in the series, Metroid Dread. Nintendo announced at its E3 2021 showcase that Metroid Prime 4 is still in development, seemingly reassuring fans that have been concerned about the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Razer makes all manner of gaming hardware from mice to powerful laptops, and of course, it’s all adorned with glowing multicolor lights. The company has just announced a new version of its premium gaming monitor with faster refresh and the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A group of hackers has gotten Doom up and running on an unusual platform: an Ikea smart bulb. The group wrote up its project on Next-Hack and shared details of the implementation. This group decided to get Doom running on

By Stephany Nunneley15 June 2021 00:29 GMT Capcom showed off two new trailers at E3 3022 today for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles was part of Capcom’s 30-minute E3 2021 presentation today, we were given a look at some gameplay mechanics. Watch on YouTube In this particular trailer from E3

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s almost time for your next trip to the mystical realm of Sanctuary. Blizzard has announced that Diablo II: Resurrected will launch on September 23rd. This release will bring the iconic story and gameplay of this piece of gaming history

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia is making some changes to its long-term Windows support, and a number of operating systems and GPUs are headed for the great big parts bucket in the sky. As of August 31, the GPU manufacturer will drop support for

Obsidian is busy working on Avowed, so busy, it’s not ready to show it off just yet. That’s why Avowed was not shown during the Microsoft + Bethesda showcase today. Watch on YouTube For those who are wondering about Avowed, Obsidian said it is hard at work making something it’s sure fans of its games

By Dom Peppiatt13 June 2021 01:11 GMT Yakuza: Like A Dragon is probably coming to Xbox Game Pass soon – at least that’s according to the Brazilian Microsoft Store. We’re less than 24 hours away from the big Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, but already we’re starting to see some of the big announcements that are

By Dom Peppiatt12 June 2021 01:18 GMT If you want to check out the opening three minutes of Netflix’s upcoming Resident Evil series, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, we’ve got some good news for you. The series is going to stray slightly from the Raccoon City setting its protagonists feel more comfortable in, but that shouldn’t be

By Dom Peppiatt11 June 2021 01:41 GMT The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes release date has been revealed by Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games. Following on from Man of Medan and Little Hope, the next game in the Dark Pictures series is coming to PC and consoles just in time for Halloween on October

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. When Nvidia’s RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti first appeared on radar, the persistent rumor was that these GPUs would feature much more memory than the base cards — 20GB and 16GB, respectively. Rumors of GPU memory shortages were

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia’s latest Ampere GPU is out today and we’ve rounded up reviews from multiple sources to cover opinions on the card. Up until today, Ampere has been hailed as one of Nvidia’s strongest architectures to date, and the RTX 3070

By Stephany Nunneley9 June 2021 20:16 GMT Cross-Play is coming to Overwatch soon, allowing players to group up and play together. Overwatch players will soon be able to play with others, regardless of platform, thanks to the latest global Battle.net update. Watch on YouTube The update will allow players from around the world to team

By Stephany Nunneley8 June 2021 17:47 GMT Playdate pre-orders will open in July, Panic has announced. The hand-crank mini-console will run you $179, and the exact launch date for Playdate will come soon, and there will be at least a week’s warning before pre-orders open up. Watch on YouTube During a live update stream today,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. In news that will surprise no one, GPU sales soared in Q1 2021. Sales defied historic trends and the market’s overall momentum is expected to continue through the back half of the year. That’s the word from Jon Peddie Research,