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 […]
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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, […]
STALKER 2 has a final release date of November 20, after many delays. The development team at GSC Game World is currently polishing the game as much as possible ahead of that date, but they also have a plan for post-launch support that includes free updates and the announced story DLCs. Moreover, three major features will be introduced to STALKER 2 after launch. The first is a technical one, hardware ray tracing, which Lead Producer Slava Lukyanenka told me is unlikely to be ready for November 20. Slava Lukyanenka: We are going to have software ray tracing. As for hardware ray […]
At Gamescom 2024, I had the amazing opportunity to speak with veteran developer Tim Willits about Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, Saber Interactive, and the industry as a whole. Willits worked at id Software for 24 years, eventually becoming Studio Director. He left the Texan developer in July 2019 and became Chief Creative Officer at Saber Interactive only about a month later. Of course, the main focus of our chat was the impending launch of Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 (due on September 9, with a full year of post-launch roadmap already revealed), but we also discussed ongoing issues within […]
The developers at GSC Game World are in the final stretch of development for STALKER 2 after going through lots of hardships. At Gamescom 2024, I interviewed PR Specialist Zakhar Bocharov and Lead Producer Slava Lukyanenka to discuss what's left before launch, and the optimization of the Xbox Series S version (with the help of the Xbox team) stood out. Slava Lukyanenka: Well, our team is mature enough to take care of many aspects of the game themselves. Yet, the Xbox team knows best how the Xbox performs and what's better to do in a case like we need to go […]
STALKER 2 is real, and it's promising. I can confirm as much after having had the chance to try a brief demo of Episode 1 during Gamescom 2024. This sequel has had to go through an untold number of hurdles, starting with the cancellation of the original project (announced in 2010) and the disbandment of Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. Thankfully, after a few years, the studio was reformed. After making the real-time strategy game Cossacks 3, the team went on to make STALKER 2 at long last. However, the troubles were far from over, starting with the Russian invasion […]
Gamescom 2024 was a crucial step for Dune Awakening. Funcom finally shared the early 2025 release window (for PC, with consoles to come later) and showed off the first solid chunk of gameplay in a presentation posted on YouTube. The developer also allowed the press to get their hands on the game for the first time, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity, having been waiting for Dune Awakening since its announcement. The first impact was harsh in the sense that Arrakis showed its teeth right away. The demo didn't have a tutorial, so we were basically dropped into the […]
The God Hand series began and ended with the release of the first entry in 2006, but if given a chance to revive any of the series he has worked on, director Shinji Mikami would choose it over every other. In an interview with both the legendary creator of the Resident Evil series, among other franchises, and Goichi Suda, also known as Suda51, regarding Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered conducted during Gamescom last week, I asked which game or series they had worked on they would like to bring back and give another chance. Mikami-san answered first without hesitation, […]
At Gamescom 2024, Blizzard showcased Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, the first of a series of expansions coming to the action RPG with a scheduled annual cadence. Originally announced during the BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony, Vessel of Hatred is set to add the Spiritborn class, which is brand new to the Diablo franchise. You can check it out in action in our gameplay capture video available below. During the German convention, I had the chance to interview Game Director Brent Gibson and Systems Designer Aislyn Hall to discuss not only Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred but also the future of […]
MSI's next-gen MEG X870E GODLIKE flagship motherboard is going to be a beast of a design, offering 28 phases for AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs. MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE "AM5" Motherboard Is Prepped Not Just For AMD Ryzen 9000 But Also Next-Gen Zen CPUs, Offers Huge 28 VRM Design & Tons of IO MSI is preparing an extensive list of AMD AM5 motherboards within its 800-series lineup. These boards will utilize the X870E and X870 chipset. We saw a couple of these motherboards during Computex 2024 and the new MPG Carbon WiFi design was revealed during Gamescom 2024. We also revealed […]
Wccftech's first Gamescom 2024 appointment was with Yellow Brick Games, a Canadian studio getting ready to release its debut game, the fantasy action/adventure Eternal Strands. The developer was founded in late 2020 by Mike Laidlaw, formerly franchise director for Dragon Age at BioWare. After showing a new trailer at the Xbox Showcase, there's a brand new gameplay video out today. More importantly, the embargo for Gamescom 2024 hands-on is now up. You can read our enthusiastic preview here; this article, on the other hand, is dedicated to our chat with Game Director Frederic St-Laurent, who confirmed the game's estimated length […]
The existence of the PS5 Pro was long discussed throughout 2024 thanks to various leaks and rumors, but the latest State of Play that aired in late May didn't feature any announcement for the new hardware. With Summer drawing to a close soon, some fans wondered whether the more powerful PlayStation 5 iteration had been delayed. However, at the Gamescom 2024 that's being held this week in Cologne, developers started talking. In a recent live stream, the Italian website Multiplayer mentioned that it had heard from a developer that they had delayed their game due to the upcoming launch of […]
Earlier this week at Gamescom 2024, NVIDIA announced that Dragon Age: The Veilguard would support ray tracing effects on PC alongside DLSS 3 (Super Resolution and Frame Generation). Yesterday, the studio dived more deeply into the realm of PC features and optimization, confirming other upscalers (AMD FSR 2.2, Intel XeSS), support for Ultrawide displays, uncapped frame rate, and a Field of View slider despite the third-person view. They also briefly touched upon ray tracing, mentioning options like ray traced reflections, ray traced ambient occlusion, and Ultra ray tracing. Today, I had the opportunity to check out Dragon Age: The Veilguard […]
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 with GDDR6 memory is launching today & features the same specs, the same performance & even the same price to cater to the huge demand from gamers. Massive Demand Makes NVIDIA's Partners Equip Popular GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs With GDDR6 Memory Instead of GDDR6X, No Performance Loss & Wide Availability Anticipated Today, NVIDIA's partners will be releasing a brand new GeForce RTX 4070 GPU, the GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. This new model will incorporate GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR6X and the reason behind the sudden change is due to the high demand for this particular SKU […]
STALKER 2 has a final release date of November 20, after many delays. The development team at GSC Game World is currently polishing the game as much as possible ahead of that date, but they also have a plan for post-launch support that includes free updates and the announced story DLCs. Moreover, three major features will be introduced to STALKER 2 after launch. The first is a technical one, hardware ray tracing, which Lead Producer Slava Lukyanenka told me is unlikely to be ready for November 20. Slava Lukyanenka: We are going to have software ray tracing. As for hardware ray […]
At Gamescom 2024, I had the amazing opportunity to speak with veteran developer Tim Willits about Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, Saber Interactive, and the industry as a whole. Willits worked at id Software for 24 years, eventually becoming Studio Director. He left the Texan developer in July 2019 and became Chief Creative Officer at Saber Interactive only about a month later. Of course, the main focus of our chat was the impending launch of Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 (due on September 9, with a full year of post-launch roadmap already revealed), but we also discussed ongoing issues within […]
The developers at GSC Game World are in the final stretch of development for STALKER 2 after going through lots of hardships. At Gamescom 2024, I interviewed PR Specialist Zakhar Bocharov and Lead Producer Slava Lukyanenka to discuss what's left before launch, and the optimization of the Xbox Series S version (with the help of the Xbox team) stood out. Slava Lukyanenka: Well, our team is mature enough to take care of many aspects of the game themselves. Yet, the Xbox team knows best how the Xbox performs and what's better to do in a case like we need to go […]
STALKER 2 is real, and it's promising. I can confirm as much after having had the chance to try a brief demo of Episode 1 during Gamescom 2024. This sequel has had to go through an untold number of hurdles, starting with the cancellation of the original project (announced in 2010) and the disbandment of Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. Thankfully, after a few years, the studio was reformed. After making the real-time strategy game Cossacks 3, the team went on to make STALKER 2 at long last. However, the troubles were far from over, starting with the Russian invasion […]
Gamescom 2024 was a crucial step for Dune Awakening. Funcom finally shared the early 2025 release window (for PC, with consoles to come later) and showed off the first solid chunk of gameplay in a presentation posted on YouTube. The developer also allowed the press to get their hands on the game for the first time, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity, having been waiting for Dune Awakening since its announcement. The first impact was harsh in the sense that Arrakis showed its teeth right away. The demo didn't have a tutorial, so we were basically dropped into the […]
The God Hand series began and ended with the release of the first entry in 2006, but if given a chance to revive any of the series he has worked on, director Shinji Mikami would choose it over every other. In an interview with both the legendary creator of the Resident Evil series, among other franchises, and Goichi Suda, also known as Suda51, regarding Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered conducted during Gamescom last week, I asked which game or series they had worked on they would like to bring back and give another chance. Mikami-san answered first without hesitation, […]
At Gamescom 2024, Blizzard showcased Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, the first of a series of expansions coming to the action RPG with a scheduled annual cadence. Originally announced during the BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony, Vessel of Hatred is set to add the Spiritborn class, which is brand new to the Diablo franchise. You can check it out in action in our gameplay capture video available below. During the German convention, I had the chance to interview Game Director Brent Gibson and Systems Designer Aislyn Hall to discuss not only Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred but also the future of […]
MSI's next-gen MEG X870E GODLIKE flagship motherboard is going to be a beast of a design, offering 28 phases for AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs. MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE "AM5" Motherboard Is Prepped Not Just For AMD Ryzen 9000 But Also Next-Gen Zen CPUs, Offers Huge 28 VRM Design & Tons of IO MSI is preparing an extensive list of AMD AM5 motherboards within its 800-series lineup. These boards will utilize the X870E and X870 chipset. We saw a couple of these motherboards during Computex 2024 and the new MPG Carbon WiFi design was revealed during Gamescom 2024. We also revealed […]
Wccftech's first Gamescom 2024 appointment was with Yellow Brick Games, a Canadian studio getting ready to release its debut game, the fantasy action/adventure Eternal Strands. The developer was founded in late 2020 by Mike Laidlaw, formerly franchise director for Dragon Age at BioWare. After showing a new trailer at the Xbox Showcase, there's a brand new gameplay video out today. More importantly, the embargo for Gamescom 2024 hands-on is now up. You can read our enthusiastic preview here; this article, on the other hand, is dedicated to our chat with Game Director Frederic St-Laurent, who confirmed the game's estimated length […]
The existence of the PS5 Pro was long discussed throughout 2024 thanks to various leaks and rumors, but the latest State of Play that aired in late May didn't feature any announcement for the new hardware. With Summer drawing to a close soon, some fans wondered whether the more powerful PlayStation 5 iteration had been delayed. However, at the Gamescom 2024 that's being held this week in Cologne, developers started talking. In a recent live stream, the Italian website Multiplayer mentioned that it had heard from a developer that they had delayed their game due to the upcoming launch of […]
Earlier this week at Gamescom 2024, NVIDIA announced that Dragon Age: The Veilguard would support ray tracing effects on PC alongside DLSS 3 (Super Resolution and Frame Generation). Yesterday, the studio dived more deeply into the realm of PC features and optimization, confirming other upscalers (AMD FSR 2.2, Intel XeSS), support for Ultrawide displays, uncapped frame rate, and a Field of View slider despite the third-person view. They also briefly touched upon ray tracing, mentioning options like ray traced reflections, ray traced ambient occlusion, and Ultra ray tracing. Today, I had the opportunity to check out Dragon Age: The Veilguard […]
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 with GDDR6 memory is launching today & features the same specs, the same performance & even the same price to cater to the huge demand from gamers. Massive Demand Makes NVIDIA's Partners Equip Popular GeForce RTX 4070 GPUs With GDDR6 Memory Instead of GDDR6X, No Performance Loss & Wide Availability Anticipated Today, NVIDIA's partners will be releasing a brand new GeForce RTX 4070 GPU, the GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. This new model will incorporate GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR6X and the reason behind the sudden change is due to the high demand for this particular SKU […]