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Following up on its recent white-themed refresh of various gaming and esports peripherals, SteelSeries has officially launched its highly anticipated Rival 3 Gen 2 and Rival 3 Wireless Gen 2 gaming mice. Building upon the legacy of the original Rival series, these new iterations promise to redefine the "affordable...
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Have you read our review of the MSI Claw 8 AI+? If you haven't, please do! We were quite fond of the machine and had a lot of nice things to say about it, although one of our complaints was about the aesthetics; the odd beige color that MSI chose for the system's handgrips gave it a very unusual vibe. Well, MSI's...
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Star Citizen has defied the odds, remaining in an alpha release state for over a decade without losing support from its community, while managing to raise several hundreds of millions of dollars in that time. While the game is no stranger to controversial moments, the latest decision from developer Cloud Imperium...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB: MSRP $299 The mainstream GeForce RTX 5060 brings NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture down to a $300 price point and targets mainstream 1080p gamers, but DLSS4 with multi-frame generation is a must to achieve peak performance. Blackwell Architecture Power Efficient Smaller Form Factors Cool And Quiet Tons...
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It's a great day for fighting game aficionados and emulation enthusiasts everywhere. The much-revered 8BitDo, known for its high quality peripherals, has released its own take on a high-quality hitbox-style controller. Comboing off has never been easier.
For those unfamiliar, a hitbox (or leverless) controller is...
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The run up to the launch of the Switch 2 has been somewhat tumultuous for Nintendo, although it seems it hasn’t hindered the hunger for its upcoming console. Some gamers were irked when the pre-order period was marred by unprepared retailers. Moreover, the company has had to contend with a chaotic economic environment...
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High-refresh-rate OLED monitors of various types are all the rage these days, and every major OEM under the sun is trying to get in on the action. The folks at Acer have just added a couple members to its Predator monitor lineup, the Predator X27U F5 and the Predator X27X that offer some compelling features for...
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DOOM is back—and it's never looked meaner. DOOM The Dark Ages is the latest installment in Id Software's iconic franchise, which just launched, bringing with it a brutal blend of medieval mayhem and modern firepower. Powered by the latest iteration of the id Tech engine, Id Tech 8, this entry trades Mars for dark...
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Fans of the Kingdom Hearts franchise have been on a bit of rollercoaster ride these last few days. Square Enix announced the cancellation of the mobile game Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link, but it immediately followed it up by dropping some new screenshots of the highly anticipated Kingdom Hearts IV. The screenshots hold...
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Gamers were deeply disappointed to learn that Grand Theft Auto VI wouldn’t be ready until May of next year, but Rockstar softened the blow by releasing a new trailer that managed to get the hype train back on track. However, it seems as if GTA fans will have something even more substantial to sink their teeth into...
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For the first time, SteelSeries has curated a selection of premium all-white gaming peripherals simply called the SteelSeries White Collection. Making up the set are three headphones (Arctis Nova 5, 7, and Pro Wireless), the Arctis GameBuds earbuds, Aerox 3 mouse, and Apex Pro TKL Gen 3 keyboard. Don't be mistaken:...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has been a hit for Microsoft, as the game has seen over 4 million players embark on the refreshed experience through Cyrodiil. However, there are still plenty of rough edges to deal with unfortunately. On the PC side, gamers were forced to find and share fixes for framerate...
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With the gaming world is buzzing over the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, the Video Game Hall of Fame at the Strong National Museum of Play announced some new additions. The new inductees for this year are Defender, Goldeneye 007, Quake, and Tamagotchi. This group of games had some serious competition to make...
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Pocketpair, the studio behind surprise hit Palworld, is embroiled in a legal battle with Nintendo and the Pokémon Company, after being accused of having violated several patents. Pocketpair is pushing back against these claims in court, but in the meantime the company will be making changes to core gameplay while the...
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This year has been a bit of a rollercoaster for gamers. On the upside, gaming classics such as Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have been revitalized and there’s a new console on the way from Nintendo. Gaming is getting more expensive though, with price increases to both software and hardware. Shuhei Yoshida, former...
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Hot off the heels of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion's release, Microsoft is reaching back into its vast back catalog to revive another fan favorite from its Xbox 360 heyday. Gears of War is next in line to get the remaster treatment, and it's also coming to PlayStation gamers for the first time.
GoW: Reloaded will...
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Way back in September of 2022—over two and a half years ago—an early leak gave us the names of the GTA VI protagonists: a young guy named Jason and his paramour, a woman named Lucia. The first trailer showed us these characters and their close, obviously romantic relationship, but it didn't actually give us their...
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The dream of finally playing Half-Life 3 remains alive and well. Even though fans have gotten Black Mesa, which modernizes the original game, and have a gorgeous remasteed Half-Life 2 in the pipeline, there’s still a yearning for a new adventure featuring Gordon Freeman. If an insider is to be believed, this might...
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Bungie is working towards the release of Marathon, which the company hopes will be its next big blockbuster, it’s still supporting Destiny 2 with new content updates despite a shrinking team. Unfortunately for the studio, it’s big reveal event for Destiny's The Edge of Fate expansion, along with the details of an...
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Nintendo’s lawyers have been busy lately. The company is in an ongoing legal battle with the makers of Palworld, and they're squashing developers of Switch emulation software. The legal team isn’t getting rest any time soon as the company has a new target in its crosshairs, third party accessory manufacturer...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster has been everything fans of the original could have hoped for. Old mods work surprisingly well and muhc of the fondly remembered quirkiness of the game is still there. Despite all of the improvements in the remaster though, there’s still plenty of loading screens, which are a...
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The impending release of Grand Theft Auto VI, which could potentially make or break the gaming industry, is causing many publishers to shuffle upcoming games out of the way of Rockstar's upcoming magnum opus. 2K Games seemed to be attempting just that as it moved up the release date for Borderlands 4—notably, both 2K...
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