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Audio player loading… Fans of cloud gaming might come crashing back to earth following the news from CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer that Microsoft has shelved plans for an Xbox streaming stick. The long-discussed Xbox streaming stick, codenamed Keystone, is no longer a viable option from either a production and utility standpoint, “It was

Audio player loading… This clever Sony patent could mean the end of pesky away-from-keyboard timers if it goes into testing. Ever had to drop your controller while playing one of your favorite FPS games to answer the door, only to return to find your character sprawled dead on the ground cruelly slain by some hidden

Audio player loading… You’ll have to wait 12 extra weeks before catching some sun with the undead, as Dead Island 2 gets pushed back to April 2023. Originally announced back in 2014, Dead Island 2 is the much-anticipated follow-up to its 2011 predecessor. Dead Island is an open-world melee hack n’ slash adventure featuring hordes

Audio player loading… Toxic gamers who enjoy harassing others via in-game comms are set for an equally rude awakening. As creators and publishers of some of the best co-op games out there, Ubisoft and Riot Games are no strangers to having to deal with toxic players. Fortunately, both companies have joined forces for Zero Harm

Audio player loading… A new trailer for the upcoming tactical RPG Fire Emblem Engage has been revealed, teasing the game’s main story.  Due to release on January 20 for the Nintendo Switch, Fire Emblem Engage is the latest entry in the long-running series of tactical fantasy RPGs. Though not a story sequel to Fire Emblem

EA and the Battlefield team today revealed more details regarding Battlefield 2042 Season 3: Escalation. Available November 22, Season 3 adds a new map, Specialist, weapons, vehicle, and more, including 100 new tiers of Battle Pass content. All core gameplay-affecting content will be available to all players as part of the Free tier in the

Blizzard Entertainment has announced it will suspend most Blizzard game services in mainland China due to the expiration of the current licensing agreements with NetEase. Come January 23, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Warcraft 3: Reforged, Overwatch, the StarCraft series, Diablo 3, and Heroes of the Storm. World of Wacraft: Dragonflight Launch Cinematic “Take to the

The Devil in Me marks the fourth instalment in Supermassive Games’ The Dark Pictures Anthology, the finale of the anthology’s first season. You’d expect The Devil in Me to go out with some sort of bang, then, right? Sadly, this lacklustre dénouement lets itself down with performance issues, a severe lack of quality, and limited

Al Mazrah is the shining jewel at the centre of Warzone 2.0’s release, a massive map filled with distinct points of interest and new geographical features that mix things up in a major way. So far, we’re loving it, but what does one of the genre’s best players think? To find out, we talked with

Unless it involves The Sims 5, leaks in all shape or form simply suck. That said, someone has leaked the teaser trailer for the next instalment in The Dark Pictures Anthology, Directive 8020 ahead of the launch of The Devil in Me, which is tomorrow (November 18).Here’s the teaser trailer for Directive 8020, but be

We’re seeing games set in outer space make a comeback harder than ever lately, but what about the survival horror genre? A subgenre of horror that, without a doubt, thrived throughout the late nineties and early noughties with the likes of the Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Clock Tower series paving the way.Check out the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Rumors percolated over the past year that Microsoft was set to release a streaming stick for its Xbox Cloud Gaming service, but then it didn’t. The canceled piece of hardware made an unexpected cameo in a photo posted by Xbox

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The RTX 4080 has finally arrived and as expected, it’s a seriously potent GPU. It’s officially the second most powerful GPU money can buy. That would normally be good news for gamers, but its $1,199 price puts it in an

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. This time around Nvidia has beaten AMD to market with its next-gen GPUs. It’s hard to say if this was happenstance or intentional by both parties. Regardless, with the RTX 4080 launching Wednesday, AMD is now trying to convince gamers

Xbox Game Pass launched all the way back in 2017, but it’s undeniably the ‘killer app’ for Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X/S hardware. Often referred to as a ‘Netflix for games’, it’s a moniker that’s actually pretty accurate – just as the now ubiquitous streaming service means you could never buy a DVD or 4K

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: PCMag)Back in September, Microsoft began to send the first big Windows 11 update of the year to users via a slow rollout. Dubbed 22H2, it is sort of like the Service Packs of yore, offering a ton of patches

Audio player loading… Since before its official announcement, there has been a cloud of speculation surrounding key aspects of Hogwarts Legacy, the Harry Potter RPG. In particular, how the game would handle character creation. It may sound odd that a character creator would be the focus of so much attention, but there are good reasons

Audio player loading… Control 2 has officially been signed off following an announcement from developers Remedy Entertainment. Released back in 2019, Control sees you take on the job of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive organization that investigates spooky occurrences all over the globe. You’ve one hell of a first day,