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The 23rd annual DICE Awards takes place on February 13, with Control and Death Stranding leading the pack with eight nominations each. Both games are up for Game of the Year at the 23rd annual DICE Awards, alongside Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, and Untitled Goose Game. Death Stranding and Control are also up for Game

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Bethesda released updated versions of its classic Doom and Doom II earlier this year. At the time, the new versions of the classic game mostly got noticed for the initial mandatory login in order to play Doom or Doom II.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. While Intel didn’t launch any hardware at CES this week, the company did show off its upcoming Tiger Lake CPUs and the DG1 discrete GPU in a brief gaming demo. What Intel didn’t show, however, was an independent graphics board.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A powerful gaming PCs used to require a massive tower enclosure, but small form factor PCs are now commonplace. Intel’s latest Next Unit of Computing (NUC) barebones platform could unlock a new era in tiny gaming computers, along with some

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Origin PC has a new method of solving the PC-versus-console question — it’ll sell you both in the same chassis. When the company debuted the “Big O” last year, it was a proof-of-concept system that had an Xbox One, PS4,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Nvidia says a new generation of ultra-high refresh displays are coming, and Asus is on hand at CES with the first demo. The G-Sync Esports Displays will support 360Hz refresh, a significant increase over the previous top-of-the-line 240Hz technology. As

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s CES 2020 and Intel is busy talking about its product lines for this year and beyond. We’ve got some updates for you on a variety of products. First up — Comet Lake-H, the high-end version of Comet Lake with

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Ever since AMD launched its high-end Radeon 5700 and 5700 XT GPUs on 7nm, there have been questions about when Nvidia would make a similar move. Competitively, Nvidia was able to respond to the 5700 and 5700 XT by launching

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. One of the improvements to the high-end monitor space over the last few years has been the inclusion of additional features in top-end displays rather than forcing gamers to pick between various capabilities. It’s become more normal to see capabilities

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Immersion cooling manufacturer CoolBitts thinks there might be a market for immersion cooling systems at the ultra-high-end of the market. The company has announced a kit including chassis, coolant, fans, PCIe tray, power meter, pump, radiator, and rear IO panel.

What is life without fun? Few things are as fun as getting truly lost in a game you love. As we close out 2019, it’s time to look back on the games that dominated our free time. This year, we have top five (or almost five) lists from Joel Hruska, David Cardinal, Michael Justin Allen

VPNs aren’t just for those naughty boys and girls that like to watch things they shouldn’t be watching. A great VPN can actually be a really strong addition to your gaming set-up. VPNs can give you access to games that are blocked in your part of the world, and also enable you to jump on

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google began delivering the first Stadia Founder’s Edition kits last week, giving gamers access to the service for the first time. There have been some unfortunate hiccups in the launch including overheating Chromecasts and high latency. The latest Stadia shortcoming

By ed.thorn, Monday, 25 November 2019 15:35 GMT Vodafone’s currently offering a two year Apple iPhone 11 contract for £33 per month with an upfront cost of only £45 with the code ‘EPICVC’. The offer applies to the 64GB version of the iPhone11, and it comes loaded with Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Texts and a huge

By Cian Maher, Sunday, 24 November 2019 15:41 GMT Earlier this year it was announced that global video game sales would amount to over $150 billion in revenue by the end of 2019. That figure has recently been amended. The announcement came from Newzoo, who conducted an investigative report into global video game sales back

By now, you’re likely aware that we’re entering the busiest shopping period of the year. Online retailers around the globe are trying to coax customers to their checkout with promises of same-day delivery and price match guarantees. And rather than buck the trend, the Epic Games Store is having its own Black Friday sale at

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 22 November 2019 14:57 GMT GameStop Black Friday 2019 deals have been announced, and some of the doorbusters are rather nice deals. Next week is the dreaded shopping day which can turn into a punch-fest in some places, but that’s unlikely to occur during the GameStop Black Friday 2019 sale. The

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Valve has released a trailer for the Half-Life Alyx title they announced earlier this week. It looks pretty damn good. It looks pretty damn good, quite frankly, even when I’m sitting here thinking about all the ways trailers can be

By Lauren Aitken, Thursday, 21 November 2019 14:55 GMT For this Fortnite challenge, you’ll need to visit and dance at three points of interest around the map. You can complete this challenge across three matches or in one if you’re fast enough. Once you’ve found the Pipeman, Hayman and timber tent, do a little dance

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony is planning to launch the PlayStation 5 in time for the holiday season next year, but we know almost nothing about the console. The company has dropped a tidbit here and there, but it’s talked mostly about the controller.

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:54 GMT We already knew a new Saints Row is coming, but now we know when it will be discussed. Next year, we will hear all about the next entry in the Saints Row series. That’s according to Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz, who told GI.biz Koch and its parent

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Last night, Valve announced it would finally pick up the tattered threads of its own longest-running game franchise — at least, if you squint a lot and are willing to be hopeful about the future. Half-Life Alyx, a new VR

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Last year, Microsoft launched its Xbox Adaptive Controller. The peripheral, which is designed for gamers with various accessibility challenges, was intended to serve as a central hub for the specialized components some gamers need to interact with titles more effectively.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As recently as last week, Google’s position was that it would launch Stadia with a carefully curated list of just 12 games. The list did include some big names like Destiny 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Mortal Kombat 11,

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 14:38 GMT Bloober Team’s take on the horror franchise Blair Witch is coming to PlayStation 4 next month. Blair Witch will be released on PlayStation 4 December 3, Bloober Team announced today. Originally released in August on PC and Xbox One, the game is a first-person psychological horror

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A few months ago, Oculus declared that its Oculus Quest — the standalone VR headset intended for quick gaming sessions based on the Snapdragon 835 — would actually be receiving support for PC VR when hooked to a compliant PC

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. One company or another has been trying to sell consumers on cloud gaming for the last few years, but no one has made it stick. Not only do you need the clout to get game publishers on board, but you

DICE is working on some surprising changes for Battlefield 5. Battlefield 5‘s December update, 5.2, will be one of the game’s biggest. Not only is it going to add the remake of Wake Island and the long-awaited community games (private servers), it’s also set to tweak gameplay in a couple of major ways. In a

Video game addiction is definitionally a controversial subject, given that there’s disagreement over whether such a thing even exists. If we separate the clinical concept from the colloquial usage of the term, we’re more likely to be able to come to general agreement. Everyone has known someone (assuming you haven’t been the someone) who, at

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 16 November 2019 17:47 GMT Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been datamined again and the information gleaned is on the rumored battle royal mode While Infinity Ward has yet to announce a battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, another datamine has revealed that’s it apparently coming at