Here we go folks, Best Buy’s Day 1 Black Friday Doorbuster deals are now live! Yesterday we featured the brand’s Black Friday sneak peak online ad as well as some of the early Doorbuster deals as part of Best Buy’s early access sale for Plus and Total ...
Apple finally included a telephoto lens in its iPhone 15 Pro Max last year, with the upgrade extended to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. This is just one of the many examples of how the Cupertino firm adopts various standards much later than the competition, likely because it wants to offer the best configuration to customers. One other technology that the company is said to bring for the iPhone 18 that rivals like Samsung introduced years ago is variable aperture for the main camera, and according to one analyst, another supplier will provide these parts. Sunny […]
The use of TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process for the M4 series has made Apple’s latest chipsets more thermally efficient, but that does not mean that a capable cooling solution should be ignored from the rest of the hardware configuration. In fact, depending on how robust that solution is, we can actually get more performance from the M4, as demonstrated in the latest Premiere Pro 4K Export test, where the redesigned Mac mini is faster than Apple’s updated 14-inch MacBook Pro. However, one other hardware ends up taking the crown, and we will discuss why this is happening. The 24-inch M4 […]
After numerous delays, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is set to arrive in November on Xbox, Game Pass, and PC. And for all you Xbox Series S owners worried about how the big open-world shooter will play on the less powerful machine, Ukraine-based develo...
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World initially thought an Xbox Series S version of the game would be impossible, but now it thinks that any modern game can run on the system with the proper optimization. In a recent interview with Windows Central, GSC Game World discussed the least powerful current generation system, saying that, at first, they thought an Xbox Series S version of the game would be impossible due to the game's many mechanics and the system's lower specs compared to the other current generation systems. But as the studio started optimizing and adding new features for streaming […]
GSC Game World and Xbox have teamed up to release a co-produced documentary named War Game: The Making of STALKER 2. It isn't long until the release of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, and this 90-minute long documentary explains the development journey and the trials and tribulations the team has gone through. As the team is based in Ukraine, they have had to work through the most concerning conditions, as their country is caught in a devastating conflict with Russia, with their game being a focus on an entirely different post-apocalyptic world to the one they're living in. The feature-length […]
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 […]
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 […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed again and will now be released around two months later than expected. The second entry in the series by GSC Game World will now release on November 20th instead of September 5th to give the developers breathing room to address some technical issues with the game and deliver the experience players have eagerly been waiting for. A new trailer was also released, and you can find it below. Thankfully, it's not all bad news today. The most comprehensive look at STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be coming during a Developer Deep […]
We recently went hands-on with the first half-hour of gameplay in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl running on PC. After a brief story-heavy introductory cutscene, we were sent off running through dark corridors at our own pace with danger not far behind. As one that has had more than a short break from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series (Shadow of Chernobyl and the L.U.R.K. mod were honestly my last real in-depth experience with the series nearly a decade and a half ago, although I did dabble in a bit of Clear Sky back at release), so much of the world and inventory […]
At Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase 2024, GSC Game World brought a gorgeous new STALKER 2 trailer titled 'The Time of Opportunities'. Once again voiced in the Ukrainian language, the new video is packed with reveals, showcasing a variety of experiences from different locations to locations to encounters with mutants and arch anomalies. Players will also notice the Hubs, where they can rest and prepare for their next intense mission. The in-game footage is interspersed with narrative segments, highlighting the importance of the non-linear storyline in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. With this new trailer, GSC Game World attempted to show […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has suffered numerous delays over the past few years, which is more than understandable considering the conditions under which the game is being developed. Developer GSC Game World has been making this game partially from a warzone following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ve also been targeted by Russian-backed hackers and even suffered a fire at one of their offices. Needless to say, it’s been a rough road. That said, GSC Game World is now describing their new September release date as the “final” one, which hopefully indicates the game is in a […]
Ukrainian developer GSC Game World has seemingly quietly updated some STALKER 2 screenshots, showing more vibrant environments. Last year, the developer released a set of four screenshots for the upcoming shooter, and as spotted by Reddit user 'jacob1342', these screenshots have now been updated on the Epic Games Store. Interestingly enough, these updated screenshots show a slightly updated HUD as well as more vibrant colors. Last year's screenshots were already quite impressive, but these new ones are looking even better. We've included last year's STALKER 2 screenshots and new updated ones (through the Epic Games Store) below. GSC Game World […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is drawing ever nearer, and at today’s PC Gaming Show, GSC Game World delivered a new story trailer for the game. The big news, is that the trailer features none other than Strider, a key character from the previous entry in the series, STALKER: Call of Pripyat. We also get a variety of other hints that this isn’t a narrative reboot – this game will be carrying on the story from past games, so make sure your STALKER lore is in order before you jump in. You can check out the new STALKER 2: Heart […]
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World seems cursed with bad luck. As you might remember, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most of the team relocated to Prague to work […]
As part of its Q2 FY 2025 financial presentation, SEGA has announced the sale of Amplitude Studios, the Paris-based studio known as the developer of Endless Space, Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless, Endless Space 2, Humankind, and more recently, Endless Dungeon. SEGA explained this concludes its wave of restructuring the European business, which previously included the sale of Relic Entertainment and substantial layoffs. The Group recorded an extraordinary loss of approximately ¥5.9 billion ($38.7 million) in the second quarter for the fiscal year due to the sale of overseas development studio Amplitude Studios SAS through a management buyout. [...] […]
The Target 3-day early Black Friday sale is now live but we are also now onto Day 8 of its Black Friday Deals of the Day. There are now “thousands of deals” live over at Target alongside the now live Best Buy early Doorbuster sale, and the daily deals ...
After numerous delays, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is set to arrive in November on Xbox, Game Pass, and PC. And for all you Xbox Series S owners worried about how the big open-world shooter will play on the less powerful machine, Ukraine-based develo...
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World initially thought an Xbox Series S version of the game would be impossible, but now it thinks that any modern game can run on the system with the proper optimization. In a recent interview with Windows Central, GSC Game World discussed the least powerful current generation system, saying that, at first, they thought an Xbox Series S version of the game would be impossible due to the game's many mechanics and the system's lower specs compared to the other current generation systems. But as the studio started optimizing and adding new features for streaming […]
GSC Game World and Xbox have teamed up to release a co-produced documentary named War Game: The Making of STALKER 2. It isn't long until the release of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, and this 90-minute long documentary explains the development journey and the trials and tribulations the team has gone through. As the team is based in Ukraine, they have had to work through the most concerning conditions, as their country is caught in a devastating conflict with Russia, with their game being a focus on an entirely different post-apocalyptic world to the one they're living in. The feature-length […]
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 […]
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 […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed again and will now be released around two months later than expected. The second entry in the series by GSC Game World will now release on November 20th instead of September 5th to give the developers breathing room to address some technical issues with the game and deliver the experience players have eagerly been waiting for. A new trailer was also released, and you can find it below. Thankfully, it's not all bad news today. The most comprehensive look at STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be coming during a Developer Deep […]
We recently went hands-on with the first half-hour of gameplay in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl running on PC. After a brief story-heavy introductory cutscene, we were sent off running through dark corridors at our own pace with danger not far behind. As one that has had more than a short break from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series (Shadow of Chernobyl and the L.U.R.K. mod were honestly my last real in-depth experience with the series nearly a decade and a half ago, although I did dabble in a bit of Clear Sky back at release), so much of the world and inventory […]
At Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase 2024, GSC Game World brought a gorgeous new STALKER 2 trailer titled 'The Time of Opportunities'. Once again voiced in the Ukrainian language, the new video is packed with reveals, showcasing a variety of experiences from different locations to locations to encounters with mutants and arch anomalies. Players will also notice the Hubs, where they can rest and prepare for their next intense mission. The in-game footage is interspersed with narrative segments, highlighting the importance of the non-linear storyline in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. With this new trailer, GSC Game World attempted to show […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has suffered numerous delays over the past few years, which is more than understandable considering the conditions under which the game is being developed. Developer GSC Game World has been making this game partially from a warzone following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ve also been targeted by Russian-backed hackers and even suffered a fire at one of their offices. Needless to say, it’s been a rough road. That said, GSC Game World is now describing their new September release date as the “final” one, which hopefully indicates the game is in a […]
Ukrainian developer GSC Game World has seemingly quietly updated some STALKER 2 screenshots, showing more vibrant environments. Last year, the developer released a set of four screenshots for the upcoming shooter, and as spotted by Reddit user 'jacob1342', these screenshots have now been updated on the Epic Games Store. Interestingly enough, these updated screenshots show a slightly updated HUD as well as more vibrant colors. Last year's screenshots were already quite impressive, but these new ones are looking even better. We've included last year's STALKER 2 screenshots and new updated ones (through the Epic Games Store) below. GSC Game World […]
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is drawing ever nearer, and at today’s PC Gaming Show, GSC Game World delivered a new story trailer for the game. The big news, is that the trailer features none other than Strider, a key character from the previous entry in the series, STALKER: Call of Pripyat. We also get a variety of other hints that this isn’t a narrative reboot – this game will be carrying on the story from past games, so make sure your STALKER lore is in order before you jump in. You can check out the new STALKER 2: Heart […]
STALKER 2 developer GSC Game World seems cursed with bad luck. As you might remember, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, most of the team relocated to Prague to work […]