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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. There’s been some additional reporting on the RTX GPU instabilities in user forums and Reddit. Before we dig into the findings, I need to stress that Nvidia has not released a statement on this topic. Individual user investigations are intrinsically

There’s another huge update coming to The Binding of Isaac and, apparently, this one will really be the final update for the game. Named The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, the new update is – to quote creator and mastermind behind the dead baby rogue-like, Edmund McMillen – “yet another FINAL FINAL FINAL mega expansion” to

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft has given some publications free rein to publish reports on the Xbox Series X — or, at least, on certain features of the Xbox Series X. These are not full reviews; they specifically focus on the Xbox Series X’s

(Credit: onurdongel/Getty Images) Bots are increasingly ruining launches. What began as a problem for sneaker collectors has become a serious issue across the entire tech industry. Why couldn’t you buy a Switch earlier this year? Bots. Where’s the RTX 3080? Bots. RTX 3090? Bots. Newegg claims all of its orders were human-verified, as did Nvidia,

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 28 September 2020 10:22 GMT Thue Ersted Rasmussen, who was previously confirmed to be played Eskel in The Witcher, Season 2, has been recast thanks to scheduling conflicts. Netflix’s The Witcher series has recast a key role ahead of Season 2 landing on the streaming network. Rasmussen has had to step

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s not unusual to see some users posting problems when a new GPU or CPU launches, but there’s early data suggesting that some RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 GPUs have a stability problem when they push near-to or above 2GHz.

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 25 September 2020 20:31 GMT A deep dive on Godfall has been published, giving you more insight into combat. The Godfall deep dive posted on the PlayStation Blog goes over various attacks in the upcoming looter-slasher In it, enemy weak points, breaching, and Soulshatter finishes are discussed, along with Arechon modes

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. When you order a brand-new $700 GPU at the very microsecond at which it went on sale, and you order it from a well-known, well-regarded vendor, there are certain things you expect to happen. You’ll probably get an order confirmation

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Cloud gaming is not a new idea — companies have been trying and failing to make streaming game experiences stick for a decade, but it seems like we’re finally reaching critical mass. Amazon has joined the likes of Microsoft and

The leaks were true: Call of Duty: Warzone is getting a subway system. In Season 5 of Call of Duty: Warzone, Infinity Ward added a train above ground to the Verdansk map. In the upcoming Season 6, we’re getting a subway system. The first confirmation of this came through the Season 6 cinematic, which showed

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 23 September 2020 20:53 GMT Frictional Games has announced Amnesia: The Dark Descent and A Machine for Pigs are is now available as open source. The code released contains all the game code for both Amnesia: The Dark Descent and A Machine For Pigs. It also contains all editor codes. The

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 20:55 GMT Just a quick reminder letting you know that Halo 3: ODST is available now on PC through Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Halo 3: ODST lands on PC today and with Xbox Game Pass for PC on the Microsoft Store, and Steam. The game finds you

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. We’ve been watching the next generation of game consoles evolve from leaks and rumors over the past year, waiting for the day when the new console war would begin. And today is the day. Microsoft launched pre-orders for the Xbox

Over the past decade, Nvidia has more or less invented the modern AI and machine-learning market. The company continues to make remarkable strides generation-on-generation and Ampere’s performance per dollar is very good. Nvidia currently has no serious competition in the GPU AI market. But — having said all that — there’s no such thing as

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 21 September 2020 20:40 GMT Activision Blizzard has announced BlizzConline, an all-digital, online-only event that will be the alternative to a physical BlizzCon 2020. Earlier this year, Blizzard announced that it would cancel this year’s event – BlizzCon 2020 – ‘in light of all the health and safety considerations’ the company

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft might have failed to get a piece of TikTok during the recent scramble for a US partner, but it just secured a much more valuable prize: ZeniMax. The company has agreed to pay $7.5 billion in cash to buy

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The Ampere launch earlier this week showed few weak points in Nvidia’s RTX 3080 — well, other than launch availability, which was here and gone in an instant. One major question has been how AMD’s RDNA2 will compete against these

By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 20 September 2020 16:32 GMT The Elder Scrolls Online will be wrapping up its year-long event, Dark Heart of Skyrim, with new DLC that’s due to land in the game in November. In a livestream, Bethesda announced that the new DLC – simply named Markarth – will go live in the

Apple is preventing Epic from releasing patches for distribution on Mac, which means updates for Fortnite: Save the World will end. According to Epic, this had ended the ability to offer Fortnite: Save the World updates to the game on Mac. If Mac users install the next update to the game on their system, v14.20,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia’s hotly anticipated RTX 3080 video card when on sale this week, and most of the people who wanted to buy one were unable to do so. You can thank bots like the one from Bounce Alerts that help resellers

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 18 September 2020 20:27 GMT Observer: System Redux will be released day and date with the new consoles. Bloober Team has announced it will release Observer: System Redux on PC and Xbox Series X November 10, and on PlayStation 5 November 12. You can also expect the game to cost the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. SLI — an acronym that originally stood for Scan-Line Interleave, then later for Scalable Link Interface — is, as of today, effectively dead in the form we’ve known it the longest. Modern GPUs that support DX12 support two forms of

Empire of Sin, the strategy title from Romero Games, will be released on December 1. Empire of Sin puts you at the heart of the criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago. In it you will “hustle, charm, and intimidate” your way to the top do whatever it takes to stay there. The character-driven, noir-inspired game

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Yesterday was supposed to be the day that Sony announced the PlayStation 5’s official pricing, its launch date, and announced when pre-orders would begin. Two of those things happened as planned, which is why we can tell you that the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Almost two years ago, I published a review of the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti titled “You Can’t Polish a Turing.” The article was as much a deep dive into the history of GPU improvement introductions and the amount

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 20:11 GMT During Facebook Connect today, a release date was announced for Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. You will be able to pick up virtual reality title Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond on December 11. The Respawn Entertainment title will be available on the Rift Platform

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 19:26 GMT Ubisoft has released the PC specs for Watch Dogs: Legion ahead of its release on October 29. Below you’ll find options for 1080p low, 1080p high, 1440p high, and 4K ultra settings for Watch Dogs: Legion. The game will support ray-traced reflections and DLSS Ultra Performance

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Numerous production issues have dogged the PlayStation 5 for months, but the most recent news seemed positive, with Sony reportedly increasing its console orders. New information casts doubt on whether the company can achieve its goal, however. Sony has supposedly

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Up until now, I’ve had nothing but praise for Microsoft’s backward-compatibility strategy on the Xbox Series X. But a new announcement from the company represents a retreat from its sensible, consumer-friendly stance:  Microsoft’s Xbox Series S won’t offer the enhancements

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 14 September 2020 16:09 GMT The sequel to one of the most-loved indie games of the few generations launches on September 15 for PS4 and September 29 for PC, and it’s already looking like a classic. Spelunky 2  is the sequel to the critically-acclaimed roguelike platformer that received near-universal praise when