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Atomic Heart reminds me of the Bioshock games in its quirky environment and content. In this video, the visual effects of its real-time ray tracing feature set are demonstrated by turning NVIDIA RTX features on and off. The narration and demonstration of the stunning ray traced visuals starts at...

The Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 417.35 WHQL has been released and it adds support for Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) beta in Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition. The following 3D Vision profiles have been updated: Insurgency Sandstorm has a Not Recommended rating and Atlas has a Fair...

Bethesda is celebrating 25 years of slaying demons in Doom with the launch of the official Slayers Club. Doom fans that join the Slayers Club will receive an exclusive Zombie DOOM Slayer skin for DOOM Eternal when it launches. Participating in future Year of Doom events will unlock exclusive...

Here is the Mortal Kombat 11 trailer. The fighting game will be revealed during a live-stream on January 17, 2019. It is scheduled for release on April 23, 2019 on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and the PC. The all new Custom Character Variations give you unprecedented control to...

Yesterday we reported that Epic Games was launching its own game store that would only take a 12% cut of sales compared to the 30% that the Steam Store takes. Today I'm happy to report that the Epic Games Store is now live. From December 14th to December 27th the game Subnautica will be free and...

In a new blog post, Sony Senior Vice President Eric Lempel announced sales statistics to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Sony PlayStation 4. The video game juggernaut has sold 86.1 million hardware units, in addition to over 777.9 million software units worldwide. Two of the top selling...

A new poll from The Hollywood Reporter/ Morning Consult has found that many Americans find the cost of cable TV and satellite to be too high. 90% of respondents indicated that price was a factor when deciding to subscribe to a TV or streaming service. 56% found the high costs associated with...

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...

PC Gamer has released their new top 100 PC games list for 2018. I found it amusing that personal favorites of mine like Regency Solitaire and Euro Truck Simulator 2 made the cut along with obvious stalwarts like Dark Souls and XCOM 2. Darkest Dungeon deserved the spot that it earned at...

U.S. consumers spent $19.5 billion on video games in the first half of 2018 with $16.9 billion coming from a 43% increase in video game content sales according to The NPD Group. Hardware sales increased by 21% to $1.7 billion which is a 7-year high. Not to be outdone, accessory sales increased...

The Humble Store is having an up to 75% off sale on select VR titles. I'm finally going to get GORN. Anyone else have a suggestion? You can save an additional 10% off your purchases at the Humble Store by signing up for the Humble Monthly.

Since the end of WW II displays of Nazi symbols have been banned. This ban also included use of these symbols in video games and as a result developers had to release censored video games. However, it looks like the practice may be ending because the German national ratings agency announced...

Interesting article on Games Industry.biz talks about the results of an empirical study of game reviews on the Steam platform. Key takeaways from negative reviews: Only 17% mentioned bugs 57% noted game design issues Overall, found to be useful to developers, containing fewer "not helpful"...

A sophomore at Lake Park High School in DuPage County in Illinois has been banned from playing violent video games after he jokingly said he was going to shoot up a school online. According to the charges he posted a picture of him playing a violent video game and him saying he was going to do...

A Rhode Island State Representative is proposing a 10% tax on violent video games to fund counselling and mental health services in schools. However, the Secret Service says less than 20% of school shooters played violent video games. So why tax video games if they have no real evidence of...

Electronic Arts has stated that BioWare's new IP "Anthem" was going to miss it's Fall 2018 launch window, releasing in early 2019 instead. EA states that the change has nothing to do with development being behind schedule, rather that they don't want to launch "Anthem" and a new Battlefield game...

Researchers at the University of York have discovered a link between young people's ability to perform well at two popular video games and high levels of intelligence. The researchers say the correlation between ability at action strategy video games such as League of Legends and Defence of the...

GameStop has launched an in-store rental service called PowerPass. It's kind of like Blockbuster where you swap out your used video game after you play it and get another one. Just pay a six-month and swap anytime you want. However, you can have only one out at a time. Is this really worth...

So this looks like it will be a heavily optomised Gameworks game. Really looking forward to seeing a game fully leverage gameworks.

A new study by an associate professor of psycology at the University of Montreal finds that action video games can cause a reduction of grey matter in the hippocampus, the part of the brain that plays a critical role in spatial memory and the ability to recollect past events and experiences...

While we have been told for years that video games were going to turn us all into ruthless serial killers and lazy sods, the Highmark Interactive company is betting its investors money on a different angle. Highmark Interactive is not telling much, but it is saying, after raising $2M, that it...

This is a fairly long read, and the first half of it is relegated to describing the repetitive and seemingly meaningless gameplay in Mass Effect: Andromeda, however once you are past that, it gets into some very interesting discussion about young low-skilled men in society. The gist is that a...

To coincide with Dirt 4's launch, NVIDIA has released new GeForce drivers to support the title, while improving performance, SLI and 3D profiles for some other notable games. Such titles include Prey, Quake Champions, Gears of War 4, and Heroes of the Storm. With all of the video game news we're...

Not to be upstaged by any other free giveaways, developer The Coalition is allowing a free trial of Gears of War 4 on Xbox one and PC. Beyond access to online multiplayer and Horde mode, players will be allowed to access up to roughly 20% of the single-player campaign, or up to 10 hours of...

If you have ever been curious about the horror action-adventure title Alan Wake, this weekend may be your last opportunity to purchase a digital copy. Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind the game, announced via Twitter news of the expiring music licenses. Artists such as Harry Nilsson, David...

In a short, yet notably excited blog post, Google announced their acquisition of the award-winning development studio Owlchemy Labs. The studio has made the most out of virtual reality’s recent popularity, releasing quality titles such as Caaaaardboard!, Job Simulator, and Rick & Morty: Virtual...

The University of Manchester conducted a 17 clinical trial study utilizing 926 participants into the feasibility of using physically active video games to rehabilitate and nurture the rising aging population in society. By using the Microsoft XBOX 360 Kinect, Sony Playstation Move, and...

More details have been released on the upcoming title Call of Duty: WWII with a livestream containing not only the previously mentioned reveal trailer, but hosting an interview session from London. Highlighted with development information from Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg, and Sledgehammer...

I wasn't certain how to title this, but essentially I'm trying to find a monitor that has 4k graphics and the IPS panel of the Asus ROG SWIFT PG27AQ and ASUS ProArt PA328Q, but with the g-sync of the PG27AQ and the color accuracy of the PA328Q. I don't mind if it's a 27 inch or a 32 inch. But...

In quietly hosting a countdown timer leading to a full reveal, Activision has announced its newest iteration of the Call of Duty series - Call of Duty: WWII. A livestream event will coincide the countdown’s conclusion on April 26th, likely revealing gameplay videos and a release date. Not many...

NYC teens have been trading in sexual adventures for more video game adventuring according to a Health Department study. Instead of real life "Pok-e-mon", 45.6% of teens are spending 3 hours a day with their digital avatars staring at computer screens and smartphones. The 3.9% rise from 2013...