Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
There's only a little over a week before the first (and possibly last, given Microsoft's apparent lack of plans to do another Xbox One X-type launch) console refresh of this generation, the PS5 Pro, launches globally. As we approach the release date, more developers are talking about their experience with the hardware. Earlier today, we shared an excerpt from an interview in which Dying Light Franchise Director Tymon Smektala mentioned how PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution could be more important than the other hardware advancements. Interestingly, we can now reinforce that opinion with similar impressions from our PS5 Pro Q&A with […]
Empire of the Ants, the upcoming Unreal Engine 5 real-time strategy game based on a French sci-fi book, is part of the PS5 Pro launch lineup, being scheduled to release on the same day (November 7). In our freshly published interview with developer Tower Five, Game Director Renaud Charpentier shared impressions on Sony's upcoming mid-generation console refresh. According to Charpentier, due to how games are made nowadays compared to the previous generation, PS5 games could take better advantage of the PS5 Pro hardware compared to PS4 Pro and PS4. Most titles nowadays also include variable resolution, offering even more scaling […]
In a couple of weeks, French duo Microids (publisher) and Tower Five (developer) will release Empire of the Ants for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X. The game is an adaptation of a French sci-fi novel and will offer a combination of real-time strategy gameplay elements and stunning Unreal Engine 5 powered visuals, the latter being not so common in the RTS genre. The reception for the demo, available as part of the Steam Next Fest (which ends in a few hours), has been very positive: 87% of 131 user reviews gave it a thumbs up. Ahead of the […]
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D 3D V-Cache CPU will support some impressive memory OC capabilities on the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E motherboard. 3D V-Cache With Up To DDR5-8800 Memory! AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU Tested On ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Motherboard So one of our sources who has acquired an unreleased AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU tested it on ASUS's top-of-the-line ROG Crosshair X870E motherboard. The small overclocking demo shows that the next-gen 3D V-Cache chip will support some high-end memory overclocking speeds. Coming to the details, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 3D V-cache CPU was tested with a pair of […]
NVIDIA will introduce the GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" trio at CES 2025, which will include the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 GPUs. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 & RTX 5070 "Blackwell" GPUs Kick Start The Next Era of High-Performance PC Graphics at CES 2025 NVIDIA's CES 2025 will be hosted by CEO Jensen Huang and for good reason as this will be the showcase of the next-generation technologies for PC gamers and consumers in the form of the Blackwell "RTX 50" series. The past four CES keynotes have been all about GeForce RTX products with the RTX […]
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 GPU will feature the fastest 32 Gbps GDDR7 memory available at the time of its launch. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Will Be The First GPU To Utilize 32 Gbps GDDR7 Memory At Launch NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080 GPUs are going to be the flagship offerings within the next-gen Blackwell lineup and it looks like the second SKU is going to feature the fastest DRAM solution on the market when it launches. We have just received word from our sources that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU which will be utilizing the GB203 GPU […]
Polish developer The Farm 51 announced Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, the sequel to 2021's first-person shooter survival horror game, just before Gamescom 2024. While there, I had the chance to speak with Wojciech Pazdur, Development Director at The Farm 51, who discussed the big changes of this sequel, which is moving to the third-person open world role-playing game genre (albeit with an optional first-person view for exploration) and shooting for a much bigger game in terms of explorable area and playtime, not to mention optional support for cooperative multiplayer. We also learned that the studio is tentatively targeting a Fall […]
Nearly five years after the Gothic Remake playable teaser was released on Steam, I watched a detailed presentation of the project at Gamescom 2024, followed by an in-depth Q&A with the developers at Alkimia Interactive. To start with, the developers stressed Gothic's importance from a gaming cultural standpoint, especially in Germany and Eastern Europe, where the fantasy role-playing game immediately garnered a huge following. They also immediately clarified that the Gothic Remake Gamescom 2024 demo was not part of the actual game. Instead, it was a sort of prequel featuring another main character rather than the nameless hero. Alkimia Interactive […]
The first Dying Light 2 DLC, Bloody Ties, launched in October 2022. Originally, Techland had promised two story DLCs included with the Ultimate Edition, and the second DLC was supposed to be far larger than Bloody Ties. It turns out it became so large that it's now its own standalone game called The Beast. The upside is that the aforementioned owners of Dying Light 2 Ultimate Edition will get it for free once it is released. What about the future of Dying Light 2, though? Here's what Franchise Director Tymon Smektala told me at Gamescom 2024. We have promised five […]
The First Berserker: Khazan was among many games placed under the spotlight during this year's Gamescom, and for good reason. The game in development by Neople is incredibly promising, thanks to an interesting setting, high production values, and a hardcore action role-playing game experience inspired by the Souls series, whose quality feels quite close to that of its illustrious inspiration. After trying out The First Berserker: Khazan, I had the chance to talk with game director JunHo Lee and Neople CEO Myeongjin Yun about the game's settings, mechanics, and PC-exclusive features. Enjoy! The interview was conducted via an interpreter and has […]
Following the July beta, Amazon Games and NCSoft were supposed to launch the free-to-play MMORPG Throne and Liberty on September 17, but they decided on a small delay to October 1 to add more features from the Korean version that's already live and some fixes decided following the feedback of Western players. This extra time allowed us to set up an email Q&A focused specifically on the global launch of Throne and Liberty and what players can expect next from the Amazon/NCSoft duo. Below are the answers provided by Daniel Lafuente (Globalization Design Manager at Amazon Games). As a reminder, […]
In many ways, the announcement of Fairy Tail 2 was an unexpected but welcome surprise. While there's no denying the popularity of the series by Hiro Mashima, Koei Tecmo and Gust gave no indication that the franchise would continue to bring a close to the original manga's storyline. During Gamescom 2024, I had the chance to try out the game before its December release and speak with Producer Hiroshi Kataoka, discussing the setting, characters, battle system, future content, and more. Enjoy! The interview was conducted via an interpreter and has been edited for clarity. The original Fairy Tail was almost […]
Vampire Survivors draws tons of inspiration from Castlevania, so it is no surprise that the new Ode To Castlevania DLC is fantastic. I’m here to guide you through unlocking each Hero and evolving each weapon, because that’s how you’ll end up accessing ...
I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more...
There's only a little over a week before the first (and possibly last, given Microsoft's apparent lack of plans to do another Xbox One X-type launch) console refresh of this generation, the PS5 Pro, launches globally. As we approach the release date, more developers are talking about their experience with the hardware. Earlier today, we shared an excerpt from an interview in which Dying Light Franchise Director Tymon Smektala mentioned how PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution could be more important than the other hardware advancements. Interestingly, we can now reinforce that opinion with similar impressions from our PS5 Pro Q&A with […]
Empire of the Ants, the upcoming Unreal Engine 5 real-time strategy game based on a French sci-fi book, is part of the PS5 Pro launch lineup, being scheduled to release on the same day (November 7). In our freshly published interview with developer Tower Five, Game Director Renaud Charpentier shared impressions on Sony's upcoming mid-generation console refresh. According to Charpentier, due to how games are made nowadays compared to the previous generation, PS5 games could take better advantage of the PS5 Pro hardware compared to PS4 Pro and PS4. Most titles nowadays also include variable resolution, offering even more scaling […]
In a couple of weeks, French duo Microids (publisher) and Tower Five (developer) will release Empire of the Ants for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X. The game is an adaptation of a French sci-fi novel and will offer a combination of real-time strategy gameplay elements and stunning Unreal Engine 5 powered visuals, the latter being not so common in the RTS genre. The reception for the demo, available as part of the Steam Next Fest (which ends in a few hours), has been very positive: 87% of 131 user reviews gave it a thumbs up. Ahead of the […]
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D 3D V-Cache CPU will support some impressive memory OC capabilities on the ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E motherboard. 3D V-Cache With Up To DDR5-8800 Memory! AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU Tested On ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Motherboard So one of our sources who has acquired an unreleased AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU tested it on ASUS's top-of-the-line ROG Crosshair X870E motherboard. The small overclocking demo shows that the next-gen 3D V-Cache chip will support some high-end memory overclocking speeds. Coming to the details, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 3D V-cache CPU was tested with a pair of […]
NVIDIA will introduce the GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" trio at CES 2025, which will include the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 GPUs. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 & RTX 5070 "Blackwell" GPUs Kick Start The Next Era of High-Performance PC Graphics at CES 2025 NVIDIA's CES 2025 will be hosted by CEO Jensen Huang and for good reason as this will be the showcase of the next-generation technologies for PC gamers and consumers in the form of the Blackwell "RTX 50" series. The past four CES keynotes have been all about GeForce RTX products with the RTX […]
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 GPU will feature the fastest 32 Gbps GDDR7 memory available at the time of its launch. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Will Be The First GPU To Utilize 32 Gbps GDDR7 Memory At Launch NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080 GPUs are going to be the flagship offerings within the next-gen Blackwell lineup and it looks like the second SKU is going to feature the fastest DRAM solution on the market when it launches. We have just received word from our sources that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU which will be utilizing the GB203 GPU […]
Polish developer The Farm 51 announced Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, the sequel to 2021's first-person shooter survival horror game, just before Gamescom 2024. While there, I had the chance to speak with Wojciech Pazdur, Development Director at The Farm 51, who discussed the big changes of this sequel, which is moving to the third-person open world role-playing game genre (albeit with an optional first-person view for exploration) and shooting for a much bigger game in terms of explorable area and playtime, not to mention optional support for cooperative multiplayer. We also learned that the studio is tentatively targeting a Fall […]
Nearly five years after the Gothic Remake playable teaser was released on Steam, I watched a detailed presentation of the project at Gamescom 2024, followed by an in-depth Q&A with the developers at Alkimia Interactive. To start with, the developers stressed Gothic's importance from a gaming cultural standpoint, especially in Germany and Eastern Europe, where the fantasy role-playing game immediately garnered a huge following. They also immediately clarified that the Gothic Remake Gamescom 2024 demo was not part of the actual game. Instead, it was a sort of prequel featuring another main character rather than the nameless hero. Alkimia Interactive […]
The first Dying Light 2 DLC, Bloody Ties, launched in October 2022. Originally, Techland had promised two story DLCs included with the Ultimate Edition, and the second DLC was supposed to be far larger than Bloody Ties. It turns out it became so large that it's now its own standalone game called The Beast. The upside is that the aforementioned owners of Dying Light 2 Ultimate Edition will get it for free once it is released. What about the future of Dying Light 2, though? Here's what Franchise Director Tymon Smektala told me at Gamescom 2024. We have promised five […]
The First Berserker: Khazan was among many games placed under the spotlight during this year's Gamescom, and for good reason. The game in development by Neople is incredibly promising, thanks to an interesting setting, high production values, and a hardcore action role-playing game experience inspired by the Souls series, whose quality feels quite close to that of its illustrious inspiration. After trying out The First Berserker: Khazan, I had the chance to talk with game director JunHo Lee and Neople CEO Myeongjin Yun about the game's settings, mechanics, and PC-exclusive features. Enjoy! The interview was conducted via an interpreter and has […]
Following the July beta, Amazon Games and NCSoft were supposed to launch the free-to-play MMORPG Throne and Liberty on September 17, but they decided on a small delay to October 1 to add more features from the Korean version that's already live and some fixes decided following the feedback of Western players. This extra time allowed us to set up an email Q&A focused specifically on the global launch of Throne and Liberty and what players can expect next from the Amazon/NCSoft duo. Below are the answers provided by Daniel Lafuente (Globalization Design Manager at Amazon Games). As a reminder, […]
In many ways, the announcement of Fairy Tail 2 was an unexpected but welcome surprise. While there's no denying the popularity of the series by Hiro Mashima, Koei Tecmo and Gust gave no indication that the franchise would continue to bring a close to the original manga's storyline. During Gamescom 2024, I had the chance to try out the game before its December release and speak with Producer Hiroshi Kataoka, discussing the setting, characters, battle system, future content, and more. Enjoy! The interview was conducted via an interpreter and has been edited for clarity. The original Fairy Tail was almost […]