While Microsoft accidentally went live early with a Final Fantasy 14 beta announcement in January, it has taken several weeks to get new details. With Final Fantasy 14 launching on Xbox consoles for the first time, Square Enix will be holding an open beta for the Xbox Series X/S version …
Read More »CD Projekt Red begins ramping up for Cyberpunk sequel
CD Projekt Red is building up its new US and Canada-based studios, both of which form CD Projekt Red North America. This is the team spearheading Project Orion, otherwise known as the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. The game is now in the early stages of development, with many former CD …
Read More »There is apparently an Elden Ring mobile game on the way
Last year with the launch of the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple made a few surprising gaming announcements. Now, several AAA studios are bringing their games to iOS devices, including the likes of Resident Evil Village and Death Stranding. Unfortunately, other acclaimed titles are going in a different direction, with a …
Read More »Stormgate demo launches with DLSS 3
February has kicked off which means it is time for another Nvidia DLSS update. This week, there will be two new games getting DLSS updates. For starters, we have Stormgate, which features both DLSS 2 and DLSS 3. Stormgate managed to raise over $2.2 million in crowdfunding last year, making …
Read More »Resident Evil 3 Remake and Madden 24 head to Game Pass this month
There has been a lot of drama around Xbox in recent days, as news broke that Microsoft is considering ditching game exclusives and moving towards multiplatform development. Microsoft hasn't addressed those rumours yet, but while we await an official response, the next batch of Game Pass titles have been announced. …
Read More »Call of Duty to transition to ‘open world’ campaigns
While Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launched with a widely praised multiplayer mode, its single-player campaign left a lot to be desired. The campaign ditched the structured missions of previous COD campaigns and instead opted for 'open world missions'. Now, it appears that this will not be a one-off occurrence.
Read More »KitGuru Games: The Console Wars are ending… and PC wins
Microsoft going multiplatform could finally end the 'console war' for good and PC gamers stand the most to gain...
Read More »Metro: Awakening is an ‘origin story’ coming to VR platforms this year
Earlier this week, Deep Silver announced plans for a brand new Metro game. While this won't be the next major game in the series from 4A Games, it will be an exciting spin-off, bringing the tense world of Metro to VR for the first time. Metro: Awakening is an origin …
Read More »Blizzard games are finally coming to GeForce Now
Nvidia is gearing up for another month of GeForce Now updates. There will be 27 titles joining GeForce Now this month as Nvidia celebrates the service's four-year anniversary. The big news here is that Blizzard games are now joining GeForce Now, in keeping with Microsoft's agreement to bring Activision Blizzard …
Read More »Cooler Master launches new Mini LED and GM series gaming monitors
Cooler Master is launching a trio of new monitors for 2024, each arriving at under £500, putting them in more affordable territory. The new Tempest GP2711 is Cooler Master's new Mini LED display, while the GM2711A offers an ultra-fast IPS panel instead. Finally, we have the GM34, a new 34-inch …
Read More »The RTX 3050 is making a comeback
The RTX 3050 lives on in 2024 with a new model hitting the market with some rather major spec changes...
Read More »PS4 horror hit ‘Until Dawn’ is getting a UE5 remake for PC and PS5
Supermassive Games had its first major hit back in 2015 with the PS4 exclusive, Until Dawn. Now almost nine years later, we're getting a remake, but this time, it will be landed on PC alongside PlayStation. If you never had the opportunity to play Until Dawn on PS4, you'll seen …
Read More »A Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo may be just around the corner
While we expected to get a good look at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth during last night's State of Play stream, it would seem that Sony wants to give the game a bit more of an exclusive spotlight. At the end of last night's stream, Sony announced plans for a second …
Read More »Kojima unveils massive 10-minute trailer for Death Stranding 2
As promised, Death Stranding 2 returned to the spotlight yesterday during Sony's State of Play stream, but we were caught off-guard by the massive trailer we ended up seeing...
Read More »Foamstars is launching on to PlayStation Plus this month
We've entered a new month which means it is time for a new PlayStation Plus update. For February, PS+ Essential subscribers can expect three new games, including Square Enix's new Splatoon-inspired shooter, Foamstars. Foamstars was announced during a PlayStation Showcase last year as one of Sony's major upcoming live service …
Read More »Former Volition Studio veterans form new studio, will co-develop Clockwork Revolution
Last year, Embracer Group officially shut down Volition, a long-running studio best known for the Saints Row games. Now, a group of former Volition developers have banded together to start up a new studio, known as Shapeshifter Games. Shapeshifter Games is founded by former Volition veterans. The new studio won't …
Read More »Microsoft gaming revenue surpasses Windows following Activision acquisition
Several months on from acquiring Activision Blizzard, Microsoft kicked off 2024 with the announcement that it would be laying off nearly 2000 employees. Unsurprisingly, this has been followed up by a glowing earnings report from Microsoft executives. With the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft's gaming business is now one of …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 update brings optimisations for hybrid CPUs
Development on Cyberpunk 2077 has been winding down over the last couple of months as CD Projekt Red shifts its focus to new projects. Still, the game has continued to receive some surprise patches and feature updates following on from the launch of the Phantom Liberty expansion. The latest update …
Read More »Rocksteady reimburses Suicide Squad buyers for early access downtime
Rocksteady ran into some unfortunate issues with the launch of Suicide Squad into Early Access this week. Due to a progression bug that skipped the campaign and other maintenance, the game ended up being offline for large chunks of time during the first two days of early access. To make …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest Game Ready driver optimises for Suicide Squad, Enshrouded and more
The RTX 4080 Super has launched today, rounding out Nvidia's latest trio of graphics card launches. As expected, the new card has been accompanied by a new GeForce graphics driver, which also acts as the Game Ready driver for several upcoming releases, including Rocksteady's Suicide Squad. The latest Game Ready …
Read More »Asus and Noctua team up once again for RTX 4080 Super
Asus's partnership with Noctua continues. The RTX 4080 Super has officially launched today, with reviews now live across the web, including several of our own, covering the Founders Edition and a few partner cards. Soon, Asus will be launching a new Noctua-cooled version of the RTX 4080 Super. Asus and …
Read More »AMD launches Ryzen 8000G desktop CPUs with Ryzen AI support
Following on from an announcement at CES, today AMD is officially launching its new Ryzen 8000G series of desktop processors, ushering in a new generation of powerful APUs.
Read More »WB wants its gaming business to be ‘always on’ as it steps into the live service market
Warner Bros has already made its intentions for future game projects pretty clear, with plans to lean heavily into the live service model for future projects. The company is reiterating those plans now, with ideas of pushing more “always on” games using franchises like DC and Game of Thrones. In …
Read More »Destiny 2 is getting a Mass Effect crossover next month
Bungie has done a few Destiny 2 crossovers at this point. The most recent saw Witcher-inspired armour added to the game. Now, Bungie has nailed down a crossover with BioWare's Mass Effect, with new armour sets inspired by Commander Shepard, as well as his loyal crewmates, Garrus Vakarian and Liara …
Read More »Spec Ops: The Line has been delisted from Steam
Spec Ops: The Line earned a reputation as one of the best first-person shooters of its time. Unfortunately, any newcomers may miss out on the game moving forward, as it has mysteriously been delisted from Steam. As spotted by Eurogamer, the Steam Store listing for Spec Ops: The Line has …
Read More »Rumoured Sonic Generations Remaster may actually be a new Sonic & Shadow game
In a recent leak, we learned about a number of games set to be revealed during Sony's upcoming State of Play stream this week. One of those games was an unannounced Sonic Generations remaster. As it turns out, Sega might actually be planning something much more exciting – a new …
Read More »Visions of Mana is not launching on Xbox Game Pass
Square Enix made a surprise appearance at Xbox's recent Developer Direct showcase, announcing plans to bring Visions of Mana to Xbox consoles this year, alongside other platforms. Shortly after, a pre-order page for the game on the Xbox Store was listed with a Game Pass tag, leading to rumours that …
Read More »Eidos Montreal undergoes layoffs following Deus Ex cancellation
Yesterday we received news that Embracer Group had cancelled a new Deus Ex game at Eidos Montreal. Now, that news seems to be confirmed, alongside confirmation that Eidos is also going to suffer a round of layoffs.
Read More »Embracer’s financial struggles continue with new Deus Ex game cancelled
Embracer Group hit dire times in 2023 after an investment deal fell through. In the aftermath, some of the studios that have been acquired by Embracer Group in recent years have undergone layoffs, project cancellations and others have been completely shut down. The latest casualty in this saga seems to be an unannounced Deus Ex game...
Read More »4A Games has been quietly working on a single-player Metro VR game, it is claimed
Since the release of Half-Life Alyx in 2020, we've not really seen a huge boost in high-quality and widely praised single-player VR titles. We could be heading towards another similarly big release soon though, with a new Metro VR game teased to be in the works. Half-Life translated very well …
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