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A delayed next generation of consoles is “better for us”, says The Blood of Dawnwalker director, as price rises continue to plague the industry

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"Always, a new platform is a new challenge." Tomaszkiewicz’s comments come as prices of consoles reach unprecedented levels because of component shortages resulting from generative AI datacenters hogging supplies. This is the first generation of consoles where the price of standard, base machines has risen after launch rather than fallen, and there are rumours that […]

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So THIS is why component makers have started validating their products for Chinese memory

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Recently a bunch of motherboard and component makers have been validating their stuff for Chinese-made memory. That’s brands including biggies, such as MSI and Asus. The reason, it turns out, is apparently a massive ramp up in the amount of DRAM production coming from China, especially from memory maker CXMT. Basing their analysis largely on

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Days after leaving Xbox, South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games broadcasts that it’s looking for work

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"We are excited to support the development of memorable experiences." The South of Midnight and We Happy Few developer has announced it’s now open to new “opportunities to collaborate”, and is looking to “support the development of memorable projects” being made elsewhere – suggesting it’s not necessarily preoccupied making a game of its own. “With

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We might see a new Logitech Superstrike this September, just a few months after the world’s first proper analogue mouse launched

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When it comes to gaming mice, big innovations don’t come around that often. Earlier this year there was one, though, as Logitech was the first to put proper analogue clicks in a mouse using a mix of haptics and induction in the G Pro X2 Superstrike. And now, rumour has it we’ll be seeing a

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 needs its own version of Black Ops 7’s Classic mode or it risks sidelining its oldest and most loyal fans

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If you play COD multiplayer with any regularity, or even keep up with community chatter around each yearly release, this sentiment should be familiar. A part of it is to do with people getting older and reflexes slowing, which has forever been the way, but as much of it is to do with changes to

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Kingdom Hearts will have a big presence at a Disney fan event next month, but you probably shouldn’t get too excited about Kingdom Hearts 4

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This revelation comes via the D23 website, which is dedicated to the official Disney fan club. In a recent post, the line-up for August’s D23 fan event was revealed, including something Kingdom Hearts related. Kingdom Heart’s presence at the D23 fan event will not be a peek into the future, but rather a journey into

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“I have what it takes to continue this series’ legacy” Hideaki Itsuno may have left Capcom, but Dragon’s Dogma 2 director reckons the RPG is still in good hands

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"Capcom has always structured ourselves so that we aren't absolutely reliant on a single person or a single creator." So when Capcom announced Dragon’s Dogma 2 was getting a new update – a huge expansion called Dark Arisen, the exact same name as the first game’s expansion – I was a little curious: did Itsuno’s

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Halo Studios reportedly cancels Halo multiplayer project Ekur, which had customisable Spartans and Elites and large player battles

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Halo reporter Rebs Gaming originated the story on YouTube, saying they’d heard from multiple employees at Halo Studios that Project Ekur was no longer in development. The claim was backed up this afternoon by well-Microsoft-connected Windows Central reporter Jez Corden, who said the information was “100 percent true”. A week earlier, however, Rebs Gaming had

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Halo Studios reportedly cancels Halo multiplayer project Ekur, which had customisable Spartans and Elites and large player battles

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"I don't want to sound like a Sony fanboy but after 32 years, forgive me." It’s why, when he took an apparent potshot at Microsoft’s running of Xbox on Linkedin recently, people noticed. Layden wrote (in a comment since deleted): “At the risk of sounding like a ‘hater’ (which I’m really not), the moves evince

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