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Fallout 4's B.E.T.A. launched on PC yesterday, and as anyone who's played Bethesda's previous Fallout titles would expect, there were some issues. For starters, the beta launched 2 hours earlier than scheduled. Many players found that Bethesda launcher force them to redownload the 50GB game, an...

AMD has announced a new product lineup of AMD Radeon Vega Mobile graphics as options for high performance premium notebooks like the 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro starting in late November. AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon Pro Vega 16 graphics will feature the 14nm FinFET process and HBM2. These...

While Red Dead Redemption 2 is a technical achievement by many measures, Eurogamer found that the game's "HDR support" appears to be little more than an upscaled SDR image. That might not sound so bad, but SDR streams lack the information needed to properly display HDR content. For example...

Hot on the heels of Microsoft's xCloud announcement, EA formally announced their own cloud gaming project. According to EA, "Project Atlas" is more than just a streaming initiative, and already involves over 1000 EA employees. In addition to streaming to multiple devices, EA wants to use the...

While we've already seen a preview of Ace Combat 7's VR Mode, the devs started publishing new trailers of the game's campaign mode. Over the weekend, Bandai Namco published a trailer showing off the aircraft tree and a new customization system. Meanwhile they also posted the first half of a...

In spite of a rocky launch, No Man's Sky is still alive and kicking. Following a big update earlier this year, Hello Games are launching the "Abyss" update today. As the name suggests, the update adds underwater ruins, a variety of new creatures, new vehicle upgrades and updated visuals. The...

Bioware has a lot riding on their next big game, Anthem, and more details are coming out as we approach the early 2019 release date. Over the weekend, the studio streamed some more gameplay. Unlike the previous demos, this stream shows what the game looks like at lower graphics settings, but...

Alienware vice president and GM Frank Azor agreed to an interview with Sameer Mitha of Digit.in where he discussed what got him into gaming at an early age (Prince of Persia), the first game he played on his own PC (Links 386), and why all gaming platforms are steps to the ultimate gaming...

According to a report by gamesindustry.biz, Steam gained about 23 million active monthly users in just over a year, bringing their active user count to 90 million. The research firm Niko Partners claims that at least some of that growth can be attributed to the Chinese market, which grew from 15...

Following a teaser earlier this year, Intellivision is jumping on the retro console bandwagon with their Amico console. A ton of classic games will be "reimagined and remade exclusively for the Intellivision Amico," and all those games will be downloadable from their store for prices ranging...

Nike signed on professional League of Legends player Jian 'Uzi' Zihao as part of a sportsware endorsement deal. This is the first time Nike signed a deal with an esports athlete, and he's being signed on in a big way. Zihao will appear alongside NBA star LeBron James to promote the "Shut Up and...

Warframe got a big, open world expansion last year as part of the Plains of Eidolon update. But developers Digital Extremes didn't stop there, and are tacking even more features onto their F2P space ninja shooter. The Fortuna expansion will add space combat, hoverboards, and an open world, Blade...

Last week, Mundfish uploaded a strange trailer for their Soviet adventure shooter Atomic heart. They put out a new teaser this week, featuring a little old lady and some water tubes floating in the air. Weirdness aside, Atomic Heart is one of the first games that will support Nvidia's RTX...

Ahead of a console launch later this month, Rockstar uploaded a launch trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. While recent reports suggest that the game isn't coming to PC, PCGamer seems to think a PC port is just a matter of time. GTA V sold well on the PC, so it's hard to believe Rockstar would...

Tech giant Amazon has their fingers in a lot of pies, and now they want to make their own games. The company bought Double Helix back in 2014, and after posting some screenshots earlier this year, Amazon Games Studios uploaded some environmental footage of an MMO called "New Worlds". According...

Sean Bean has a reputation for dying in films and series he's in, and IO Interactive decided to capitalize on it. The actor will appear as Hitman 2's first Elusive Target. Check it out in the trailer here. Sean Bean stars as Mark Faba in HITMAN 2’s first Elusive Target mission, The Undying...

Discord launched a beta version of a gaming storefront back in August, but it was limited to 50,000 people in Canada. Now, the Discord Store Beta is open to everyone. While they don't mention competitors by name, Discord seems to be pitching a more organized approach to shopping than Steam...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 may have ditched the campaign mode for more multiplayer content, but Battlefield 5 still has a singleplayer campaign. Check out the new trailer for it here. Discover the untold stories of World War 2 with Battlefield V's single player War Stories. In Nordlys, resist...

Grand Theft Auto V is one of the highest grossing games of all time, and it was also one of the most expensive to produce. According to Screendaily, Salon Pictures are producing a documentary about GTA V's production called The Billion Dollar Game. If the rumor is true, filming is already...

I don't see a thread for this but I got an email saying I was accepted into the beta test for this. I just wanted to see if anyone else has tried this yet? I've got the full game on my home machine (bought copy) but it seems to run on my office 4790 rig via stream (With I think Nvidia 760...

Hi Guys, Im trying to decide between these 2 great PSU's, (both Titanium) and just thought I would hear some feedback from you. I had already seen a lot of comparisons between the 2, but since im not in a rush figured I would start a thread about it. Seasonic Prime 850 Titanium - $209...

Windows Central has reviewed the all new HP OMEN X Mindframe Advanced Gaming Headset that features FrostCap Technology. The thermoelectric cooling device in each ear cup is actually a peltier that keeps each ear cup cool. The peltier moves the heat from the inner ear cup to the outer ear cup...

Plenty of Playstation 5 rumors have been swirling around, but they're all just rumors. However, Sony's CEO Kenichiro Yoshida recently told the Financial Times that "At this point, what I can say is it’s necessary to have a next-generation hardware." While the next gen console wasn't named, the...

After taking over Gameloft, French media conglomerate Vivendi was determined to take over Ubisoft, whether Ubisoft wanted it nor not. After fighting tooth and nail for some time, Ubisoft forced Vivendi to back down in March of this year, announcing their intention to sell any remaining Ubisoft...

Like the title says, first PC build ever. Super excited and very scared haha. A friend of mine recommended this site so here I am. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tsHDmq My parts list for comments and suggestions. Been watching YouTube videos on building a computer. Have the motherboard, GPU...

The Australian Environment and Communications Reference Committee (ECRC) has released the results of a survey conducted on 7,000 gamers to see if there is a connection between gambling and loot boxes. The researchers found that loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling, although they are...

The SMACH Z console has had a rough time being completed after its successful Kickstarter campaign finished in October 2016. The developers have had to contend with setbacks such as a breached manufacturing contract, but the company has rebounded to announce that they will be shipping units...

At the 2018 Gambling Regulators European Forum, 15 European countries, along with Washington State, signed an agreement to "work together to address the risks created by the blurring of lines between gaming and gambling." The focus of the agreement is to crack down on illegal 3rd party gambling...

***UPDATE Please see post #12 for updated parts/questions Hello Everyone! Its been some time since I have posted here, but glad to see the forum live and strong. Putting together my 1st water cooling build and need your advice/opinion/critic. I already have a GTX 1060 and will be reusing my...

Hello, My mobo has finally given up the ghost. CPU appears ok, had it OC’d to 4.8GHz stable. Got 1080ti and I use it primarily for gaming. Got 1440p 144Hz monitor with G-Sync and loving it. Two issues: 1. Can’t buy decent LGA1150 mobo anymore (z97) - the cheapest option, IF I could find a...

Jason Evangelho has taken a deeper dive into Linux, Lies and Steam Play compatible video games. He touches on subjects such as ease of use when it comes to making Windows games run on Linux. Liam Dawe, of Gaming on Linux fame, assists Jason on his journey into gaming on the OS and it is nice...

Fortnite mobile sales on iOS have eclipsed the $2 million per day average according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates. This is since the release of Season 5 which saw a peak of $3 million in sales on July 13th. The net result of the increased spending by mobile gamers is that the...

Hi Folks, By now, you may have seen this: And I'm sure some of you might have felt like this: Well, I'm BloodyIron, and I'm now working on something I've been mulling over for like 2 years. I'm going to start a YouTube series, as part of a channel of mine (which does not yet have...

I'm contemplating a jump to a 1440p 144hz gsync monitor and curious if my 2500k will be able to handle fps increases over 90 for example? I'm wondering if I'll need to upgrade my cpu as well. Thanks, G

Corsair K63 Wireless Gaming Keyboard & Lapboard Review Corsair leads its "Unplug and Play" initiative with the K63 Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. Corsair pairs that keyboard with a custom designed K63 Wireless Gaming Lapboard. The goal here is to allow you to easily move away from your...

Tencent has announced that it plans to take it's PC games marketplace, WeGame, worldwide starting with a Hong Kong version. The announcement comes shortly after Valve announced a Chinese version of it's PC games marketplace, Steam. While WeGame is tiny compared to Steam, currently having only...

Get your Gameway on the next time you are stuck at the DFW airport. All the stations are powered by XBones. I might suggest the margaritas at Pappasito's are fairly entertaining there as well. However, $20 for unlimited gaming is probably the best in terms of value. The more you know. The...

My budget is around 10.000$ I am planning to build a very high-end pc, mostly for gaming. I do need help in builiding it, starting from the case selection going down to the details, peripherals and so on.. Please provide as much answers as you can, especially regarding the peripherals. Please...

Yu Suzuki has announced the PC system requirements for the upcoming Shenmue 3 on their Kickstarter page. While the requirements are nothing over the top, there is 1 outlier. Ys Net is stating that the game will quire 100GB of free drive space. Outside of that a Windows 7+ 64-bit OS is required...

On the Xbox News Website, it has been announced today that SHOWTIME has ordered a 10-episode season based on the Halo video game franchise. Kyle Killen (Awake) will serve as executive producer, writer and showrunner, and the series will take place in the original universe, focusing on the battle...