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It was recently reported that some players invited to the closed beta for Amazon’s upcoming MMO New World experienced catastrophic hardware issues thanks to the game pushing graphics card power consumption over their limit. EVGA GPUs appeared to be disproportionately affected, but the company has now confirmed with YouTuber JayzTwoCents confirming that it will replace

Trust and credibility (Image credit: Matt Swider / Instagram) PS5 restock tracker Matt Swider has helped 59,700 people in the US buy a next-gen console in 2021 with his tireless 24/7 tracking, in-stock Twitter alerts and exclusive restock reporting. Even if it feels impossible, buying the PS5 console today is easier than it has been

The prospect of PC Gaming has always intimidated me. What type of setup do I need? Which GPU is best? Which motherboard do I need? If I spend a chunk of money on a setup, will it soon be out-of-date? So, I’m ashamed to say, I’ve shied away from it, opting to play games on

Sometimes we all need a little push in life. However, when it comes to the Steam Deck, Valve has given Nintendo an almighty smack around the chops – the type that’s typically seen during a game of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. While the Steam Deck is unlikely to send the Switch flying into the abyss

FIFA 22 is coming this year – but you probably didn’t need us to tell you that. An annual FIFA release is as inevitable the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening, but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the best-selling games every year. The number one football fest remains

Gamescom is back for 2021 and, as always, it’s shaping up to be one of the most significant events on the gaming calendar. Naturally, the show is going to look a little different this year due to Covid-19. Organizers had initially planned to make Gamescom 2021 a hybrid event with some in-person opportunities alongside virtual

If you assumed that the Steam Deck‘s hardware was going to restrict it to less demanding games like older releases and indie titles, Valve has some news that might surprise you. In a new video breakdown of the console with IGN, Valve states that it’s focusing on making the entire Steam library playable on the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. EA announced it’s remaking the original Dead Space. I’ve actually been playing Dead Space 2 (again) in the last few weeks, so this unveil feels quite timely. The game is being developed by Motive Games, though information on the project

Trust and credibility (Image credit: Matt Swider / Instagram) PS5 restock tracker Matt Swider has helped 59,000 people in the US buy a next-gen console in 2021 with his tireless 24/7 tracking, in-stock Twitter alerts and exclusive restock reporting. Update: The Walmart PS5 restock today is expected, but not guaranteed to happen. The latest PS5

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Molly Flores)Laptops have fewer upgrade opportunities than desktops, so the question of whether your laptop’s built-in GPU can handle gaming makes a big difference as to how useful the system is. Our colleagues at PCMag have tested multiple laptops

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Warcraft 3 was hailed as a smashing success when it launched way back in 2002. It was one of the first truly modern real-time strategy titles, and it made meaningful improvements over Warcraft 1 and 2. It was also easy

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Valve’s Steam Deck announcement earlier this week has made waves, but underneath lies a second story: the company plans to replace Steam’s Big Picture UI with the Steam Deck interface. In response to a Steam forum post calling Valve’s Big

Could this finally be the day we learn more about Metroid Prime 4? The E3 2021 Nintendo Direct is scheduled to happen later today (June 15) at 5 PM BST / 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET and fans are hoping to learn more about the game they’ve been waiting to play for over

Gotham Knights is going to be Batman: Arkham Origins developer WB Games Montréal’s return to the Batman universe and it’s safe to say it’s highly anticipated.  Taking place in a “dynamic and interactive” Gotham city where Batman is apparently dead and chaos reigns, Gotham Knights will give players control of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Robin (Tim

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The beta for Amazon’s MMO, New World, dropped yesterday. It was quite popular, with reports of up to 187,000 simultaneous players at times. But if New Worlds was in the news for its popularity yesterday, it’s making waves today for

Back 4 Blood is a cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically-acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. The game will see you fending off hordes of undead with up to three friends or AI-controlled teammates, and will be available on both PS5 and Xbox Series X, as well as last-gen consoles and PC. The

Trust and credibility (Image credit: Matt Swider / Instagram) PS5 restock tracker Matt Swider has helped 57,500 people in the US buy a next-gen console in 2021 with his tireless 24/7 tracking, in-stock Twitter alerts and exclusive restock reporting. New PS5 restock dates in the US are coming in the next few days, and our

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft appears to be bending a bit in terms of which Windows 11 features will actually be supported in Windows 10. When it announced its upcoming operating system, the company told users that Windows 11 would be required if gamers

Resident Evil Village just got a patch on PC which aims to smooth over frame rate hitches caused by the game’s anti-piracy countermeasures (DRM), while also potentially giving a further frames per second boost via AMD’s new FidelityFX Super Resolution (or FSR for short). The official Resident Evil Twitter account announced an important update on

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Earlier this month, it seemed GPU prices might fall back to normal more quickly than anticipated. Once China cracked down on cryptocurrency mining, the price of GPUs plunged worldwide. Unfortunately, the decline has stalled out at least in Europe. Things

Trust and credibility (Image credit: Matt Swider / Instagram) PS5 restock tracker Matt Swider has helped 58,000 people in the US buy a next-gen console in 2021 with his tireless 24/7 tracking, in-stock Twitter alerts and exclusive restock reporting. The Sony Direct PS5 restock tomorrow, July 20, is this week’s first confirmed restock date and

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia has showcased RTX graphics running on ARM CPUs as a way of highlighting the potential performance non-x86 processors can offer to consumers — and to make the point that gaming does not require an x86 microprocessor. There are a

To many people’s surprise, Nintendo has taken to Twitter to publicly reiterate that it has “no plans” to release another Switch model at this time, as rumors of a Nintendo Switch Pro refuse to fade away. The conversation around whether Nintendo will ever release a more capable version of its popular hybrid console reignited recently

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Valve only just opened reservations for its Steam Deck to anyone over the weekend, and the wait times are already up to six months long in some cases. As of this writing, the Steam Deck 64GB and 256GB models have

Trust and credibility (Image credit: Matt Swider / Instagram) PS5 restock tracker Matt Swider has helped 57,500 people in the US buy a next-gen console in 2021 with his tireless 24/7 tracking, in-stock Twitter alerts and exclusive restock reporting, including this Walmart PS5 restock story. The Walmart PS5 restock may be next, and our 24/7

I was ready to give Sony and Nintendo my money, I really was, but both the PS5 and recently-revealed Nintendo Switch OLED have left me unimpressed, further convincing me that the PC is by far the best platform to play on at the moment. While I have been a PC gamer all my life –

Nintendo Switch OLED pre-orders in the US became available this week and quickly sold out, but our 24/7 Nintendo Switch OLED pre-order tracker Matt Swider will send you a Twitter alert when it’s in stock – if you follow his account and turn on notifications. He’s found the new Nintendo console – both the Switch

A recent datamine of the Netflix app has reportedly uncovered some PlayStation imagery, suggesting some kind of partnership between the companies could be in the works.  Dataminer Steve Moser (thanks VGC) claims that they’ve found imagery related to PlayStation products in the code of Netflix’s iOS app and has shared their findings on Twitter. The

First revealed back in 2019, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction (originally known as Rainbow Six Quarantine, then as Rainbow Six Parasite) was finally revealed at the Ubisoft Forward event, which took place on June 13 as part of E3 2021. Rainbow Six Extraction is a 1-3 player co-op experience which pits you and your team

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Valve’s new Steam Deck has already attracted a great deal of attention. The company’s servers aren’t responding particularly well today, because they’re getting slammed with preorders. Would-be buyers should keep in mind a caveat that Valve didn’t prominently disclose when