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By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 1 November 2020 15:49 GMT Shadowlands has managed to secure more pre-sales than any other expansion in World of Warcraft history, Blizzard has revealed. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed that players are seemingly incredily excited about the upcoming expansion, noting that Shadowlands has out-performed every other expansion in the

There are two things you should know about the RTX 3070. First, this is a fabulous GPU by any measure. Nvidia has been claiming that this $500 GPU could match its $1200 RTX 2080 Ti Founder’s Edition. That claim has been demonstrated as broadly true with the release of the Founder’s Edition earlier this week

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) What a difficult game to review. Yes, yes, you’re thinking. It must be so hard for you to review a well-received remake of a beloved classic. But, you see, it is, because Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty does so much wrong and is in many ways so utterly redundant that it’s

Bandai Namco has announced some exciting news recently and that is that the previously never localised Taiko No Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack will be making its way to the west on the Nintendo Switch on 3rd December. The two Taiko no Tatsujin titles, which are Taiko no Tatsujin Rhythmic Adventure 1 & 2, contain over 130

Not going to lie, we weren’t hugely aware that there was even a CASE 1. We’ll sidestep our ignorance on that one and get our teeth into CASE 2: Animatronics Survival, which is out now on Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC via Steam. The first instinct is to dismiss this as a Five Nights

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you

Horror can be hard to get right in an interactive story. When you have the freedom to make your own decisions it can inadvertently interrupt the building moods and provocative themes the genre is built on, but developer Supermassive has proven before that it can still tell a (mostly) cohesive story no matter what players

A while back, we learned that Destiny 2 would indeed be getting a full transmog system, allowing players to make their armor look like any of their earned pieces of armor. The question on many players’ minds at the time was if the transmog system would require players to have that piece of gear in

Today we’re introducing new ways to amplify your connections with friends and the games you love to play even when you’re away from your console. We’re pleased to unveil the updated PlayStation App, reimagined to enhance your gaming experiences on both PS4 and PS5. Starting later today, the PS App will begin to roll out

Cyberpunk 2077, it should be no surprise to anyone, is an incredibly ambitious game, and this ambition extends to the startlingly diverse arsenal of weapon types available to the player throughout their journey. Our Cyberpunk 2077 weapons guide will give you a full understanding of how Power weapons, Tech weapons, Smart weapons, and Cyberware all

Netflix’s The Witcher season one did a lot of things right but one of the features that the company got absolutely wrong was that awful-looking Nilfgaardian armor. Luckily, season two offers a second chance and the latest season two set picture shows off a much-improved armor for this particular army. The original armor in season

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 20:02 GMT Fate of the Damned is the latest Sea of Thieves monthly update, and it’s available now and free for all players. In the Sea of Thieves update Fate of the Damned, skeletal Shadows of Fate are roaming the seas, and pirates must seek out Flames to fight

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. I don’t know that anyone needed another reason to dislike Facebook’s decision to fuse Oculus accounts into its own Borg-like mass, but in case you didn’t have enough of them, here’s another: Delete your Facebook account and your games are

Netflix’s library of video game series continues to grow, with the streaming giant yesterday announcing it would be creating a brand new show based on Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed. In case you forgot, it also recently announced a new CG anime series based on Capcom’s long-running survival horror games, Resident Evil. Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness is

Out today on other platforms, Ghostrunner has been pushed back for the Nintendo Switch with a revised release window of November. But don’t fret, the developer All In! Games has told fans that a release date will be announced over the coming days. The slight delay is down to the team making adjustments to ensure

I never played the original Shantae games and I don’t think it’s any stretch of the imagination to say that’s the same for most people. Shantae, the first game in the series, released on Game Boy Color in 2002, which I actually had growing up. However, I also had the newer and fancier Game Boy

In July we announced Hello Neighbor 2 – the sequel to our original stealth horror game about sneaking into your creepy Neighbor’s house – and released its first Alpha. Alphas are a great way for us to get some feedback from you and adjust the gameplay accordingly, and for the players – to experience some

There is no shortage of great ninja-centric video games out there, from Ninja Gaiden to Metal Gear Rising to more recent gems like Katana Zero. But even among those, Ghostrunner stands out by being 100% committed to delivering that fantasy of becoming a super fast and deadly assassin. This is a game where you run

Publisher Devolver Digital and developer No Code (Observation) originally released Stories Untold in 2017 for PC via Steam. The experimental adventure title made its way to consoles with a Nintendo Switch launch earlier this year. Finally, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players can get their hands on Stories Untold tomorrow, October 27th. Devolver Digital announced

During Requiem’s investigation of Dark Aether anomalies at various, familiar locations across the globe, your strike team encounters a mysterious Orb radiating dangerously high levels of unnatural energy. As your team of two investigates the anomalies, the Orb creates a barrier trapping your team inside a specific zone, and a seemingly unending horde of zombies

Screenshot Saturday Sundays! There you are, kicking over piles of dried-out dead leaves on the pavement, only to discover there were a load of old game development screenshots, videos and gifs hidden under there. Let’s hang ’em up on the wall properly, eh? This week: A painted prison, razor-sharp drifting, office chair kickflips and transdimensional

The Coalition announced a slew of big changes coming to Gears 5 when it arrives on Xbox Series X. On top of performance enhancements and new modes, the campaign gets a lot more animalistic with the inclusion of ex-WWE world champ and guardian of the galaxy, Dave Bautista. After appearing as a multiplayer skin in the original

By James Pickard, Friday, 23 October 2020 17:44 GMT Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers have been given a rare discount over at Amazon US, where you can pick up a pair for $69. Multiple colours are available including Red/Blue, Grey, Blue/Yellow and Pink/Green. Now, $10 off may not be the biggest price cut on the Switch

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Not long after the RTX 3080 and 3090 debuted, rumors surfaced of high VRAM variants that would supposedly appear in-market by December. The reasoning was obvious — AMD is expected to launch GPUs with more VRAM than Nvidia’s equivalents. This

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) There was a huge red flag right from the off, when G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout had not been accurately renamed Action Force: Operation Blackout for a British audience. We don’t want to be reminded of the incredibly crap films, we want to be reminded of the brilliant IPC comic Battle,

Nintendo Minute‘s latest episode just released, and it features the roster of Hades characters. Kit and Krysta said in the video description that “we’re are so excited today to have special guest Greg Kasavin, Creative Director of Hades join us today for the first of a four part series ranking Hades characters! The game is

You may have heard about TechWars: Global Conflict from the time it has already spent on the PC, but now it’s making its mark on the Xbox One. Are you prepared for some free-to-play mech on mech action in a way that you’ve likely never seen before? TechWars: Global Conflict is apparently the world’s first

Get ready! Owners of the Xbox One version of Ghostrunner will receive a free upgrade to the next-generation version on Xbox Series X|S when it releases in 2021 thanks to Smart Delivery! Pre-order today on Xbox One before Tuesday, October 27 to take advantage of limited-time discounts and exclusive swords! Ghostrunner is a game all

Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The HS75 XB, the company’s first officially licensed wireless gaming headset for the platform, delivers incredible high-quality audio that makes any game sound better. A revised version of the company’s premium PS4 accessory, the HS70, the HS75 gets a few style tweaks, and one major upgrade in the

Cyberpunk slasher Ghostrunner hits the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Xbox One platforms in less than a week. The first-person title is now confirmed to also make its way to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on an unspecified date in 2021. Players who purchase a copy on current-gen consoles will gain access to a free