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Pokémon. It’s the biggest multimedia franchise on the planet. Everyone knows what a Pikachu is. The Pokéball, a red-and-white sphere bisected by a black line, is immediately recognizable to even your most out-of-touch aunts and uncles. But it all started with a game: 1996’s Pokémon Red and Blue versions, for Nintendo’s original Game Boy.
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AMD has largely abandoned the budget CPU segment, but it’s beginning to look like that could change soon with the emergence of its yet-to-be-announced Athlon Gold Pro 4150GE ‘Renoir’ APUs. A new benchmark result has emerged that indicates the 4150GE’s official launch is approaching. AMD’s Pro variants are traditionally aimed at entry-level business and enterprise PCs, but AMD also releases non-Pro models for the retail market. That means the company could soon address the lower end of the market (sub-$200) that it has abandoned with its recent product lineups. When AMD released its codenamed Renoir and Cezanne APUs based on…
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The wag behind videos editing Austin Powers into Mass Effect and Mr Bean into Cyberpunk 2077 has returned to the shagadelic font. Just as Shepherd was reborn for Mass Effect 2, Powers rises again in the new video retelling BioWare’s sci-fi RPG sequel with England’s greatest secret agent. It remains funny and silly and an unexpectedly good fit. Read more
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Just when you thought all the big movers and shakers had done their multi-billion dollar acquisition deals for the year, Sony have just announced they’re buying Bungie for $3.6 billion. A small sum, perhaps, in the face of the $69 billion Microsoft are currently shelling out for Activision Blizzard, but rather than simply subsuming the Destiny developer into the PlayStation mothership, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan has said that Bungie will “remain an independent and multi-platform studio and publisher.” Well! Read more
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Announced less than a month after Microsoft’s industry shaking purchase, the creators of Destiny will be falling under Sony’s Umbrella. It has just been announced that Bungie, the video game industry giant responsible for hugely influential franchises such as Halo and Destiny, are being bought by Sony.for $3.6 billion. While Bungie is going to join up with Sony, the company has assured via their website that Bungie “will remain an independent and multi-platform studio and publisher”. In a blog post uploaded to the Bungie website alongside this announcement, it’s written that “Bungie begins our journey to become a global multi-media…
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Audio player loading… In yet another major blockbuster acquisition, Sony has announced that it has made a deal to acquire Destiny developer Bungie for $3.6 billion. Bungie will remain “an independent subsidiary” of Sony Interactive Entertainment, according to a GamesIndustry report, headed up by current CEO Pete Parsons. Sony also committed to keeping Bungie a multiplatform developer, and it will have the option “to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play.” “We’ve had a strong partnership with Bungie since the inception of the Destiny franchise, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to officially welcome the studio to the…
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Audio player loading… In yet another major blockbuster acquisition, Sony has announced that it has made a deal to acquire Destiny developer Bungie for $3.6 billion. Bungie will remain “an independent subsidiary” of Sony Interactive Entertainment, according to a GamesIndustry report, headed up by current CEO Pete Parsons. Sony also committed to keeping Bungie a multiplatform developer, and it will have the option “to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play.” “We’ve had a strong partnership with Bungie since the inception of the Destiny franchise, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to officially welcome the studio to the…
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It’s a pretty big February in the gaming world, and we’re here to break down why you should be excited about 2022’s first uber-stacked month. Give yourselves a pat on the back, folks; you’ve made it. You’ve trudged through the long January evenings – no doubt subsisting off cheap food because this is one uncomfortably long gap between paychecks – and now we’re heading into February. Hooray? Well, maybe hold the celebrations. Things are about to get expensive. It’s a big month for games. 2022 continues on its campaign of trying to bankrupt us all, unabated, and even if you’ve…
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If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Apex Legends Defiance – launching February 8 – has gameplay shown off for the very first time. Another week, another Apex Legends trailer! That’s right, a short but sweet gameplay trailer for the upcoming Defiance update has just dropped showcasing the myriad new additions and changes coming to the popular battle royale later this month. This trailer comes close behind a series of cinematic trailers showcasing the narrative set up to the season, and goes a long way in fleshing…
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The new Apex Legends Season 12 gameplay trailer gives us a better look at Mad Maggie’s fiery abilities, and they seem perfect for flushing campers out of their hiding spots. This latest trailer, delivered as a piece of Silva Pharmaceuticals propaganda, also reveals the Sabotaged Olympus map update and Control mode coming in Season 12. Read more
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Given the ongoing GPU shortages, some users are looking for basic functionality rather than performance. Perhaps that’s why Nvidia launched its GeForce GT 1010 based on a four-years-old low-end GP108 GPU in 2021, or AMD released its Radeon RX 6500 XT notebook GPU into the desktop world. Of course, given the positioning of the GeForce GT 1010, it was also never supposed to be in retail, but it has happened anyway. A Lenovo-badged GeForce GT 1010 has emerged on Taobao, a Chinese online marketplace (via VideoCardz), and @Zed_Wang has published an image of a LeadTek-made GeForce GT 1010 board. While companies like LeadTek produce…
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Audio player loading… It seems like every day now that one celebrity or another is announcing an ‘exciting’ partnership with an NFT business. Whether that’s owning a jpeg of a monkey or actively minting a set of tokens, there are a lot of famous people chasing the crypto game, even in the gaming world. Voice actor Troy Baker, known for his roles as Joel in The Last of Us, Booker in Bioshock Infinite, and Sam in Uncharted 4, recently tweeted he was involving himself in an NFT project. After backlash and “feedback” he has now announced that he will not…
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SwiftSkill, a new digital platform founded in the UK that allows aspiring esports professionals to track and improve their performance, has raised a £150,000 pre-seed round from Jenson Funding Partners. The funding will allow the business to expand its team and provide its service to additional esports game titles, to help gamers build their skills to become professional esports players. SwiftSkill works by providing a digital analysis tool that gives players an insight into their performance. Continue reading UK-based esports analysis platform SwiftSkill secures £150,000 in funding as it hopes to help Valorant and CSGO players
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Square Enix first launched Final Fantasy VII 25 years ago today, introducing a new generation to big-sword bishies. In celebration, both the director of the original JRPG and the creative director of the recent FF7 Remake have posted messages looking back and forward. Along with several FF7 mobile games kicking about, they tease that more new FF7 things are coming. Hopefully this means he’ll hear more about efforts to complete the remake, but I guess they could also be talking about merch or new movies. Read more
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If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. A new showcase, promising an in-depth look at the modes and features of Gran Turismo 7, takes place later this week. The first State of Play showcase of 2022 has been announced by PlayStation, and this new stream promises to delve deep into the features and modes of Gran Turismo 7 ahead of the game’s release on March 4. The first State of Play of the year will be getting started at about 2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm GMT on Wednesday, February…
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Audio player loading… Halo Infinite’s Big Team Battle multiplayer mode hasn’t been working as intended for a good while: The problem being that larger parties can’t get into games and, even when they do, frequently disconnect. A patch apparently addressing this issue went live a fortnight ago but, unfortunately, the fix didn’t take hold and the issue persists and even got worse for some players. “Well, damn…,” as 343 Industries’ Brian Jarrard tweeted at the time. A new update on Halo Waypoint says that 343 reckons it’s solved the issue, although the patch won’t be available till next week at…
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Guild Esports, the UK-based esports organisation linked with David Beckham, has outlined some new education-based plans in a new financial report published this morning. The company generated revenues of £1.9m during its first full financial year (from October 1st 2020 to September 30th 2021), but posted a loss before tax of £8.8m (up from £2.7m made the year prior). Guild’s non-executive chairman Derek Lew said the loss “reflects a major investment in operational infrastructure, esports teams, the Guild Academy, content creation and the development of Guild merchandising”, an investment that he says is “fundamental to Guild’s business model and long-term strategy”….
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Intel teased some Core i9-12900KS processor details during CES 2022, but we are still waiting for this processor’s official launch and availability. In the meantime, Twitter’s HXL has spotted a China-based secondhand seller trying to offload an “almost brand-new” Core i9-12900KS. In addition, the listing has screenshots of this highly anticipated CPU in action. If the used-CPU advert and screenshots are genuine, the Intel Core i9-12900KS with 16C/24T can score 29,519 in Cinebench R23 without breaking a sweat. In the first screenshot from the Chinese listing, Cinebench R23 runs in the upper left of the screen. The Core i9-12900KS’ score is pretty much as expected. It…
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UK-based tournament organiser the UK Esports League (UKEL) has partnered with esports platform provider Playbase.GG as it sets out its vision for 2022 and beyond. The news comes one month after the UKEL confirmed there would be no amateur League of Legends league for 2022, as it sets its sights on other tournaments and games. “We’ve always wanted to provide leagues for multiple games, and alongside our main, broadcasted leagues, have development leagues for amateur players,” the UKEL said in an announcement post on its website. Continue reading UKEL outlines plans to run pro leagues with participation funds and off-season…
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Welcome to This Week in PC Gaming, a show where we take a look at the new games, updates, and more coming at you over the next week, every week, until the end of time. Or until I grow bored and decide to leave gaming to live on a farm to raise chickens or some nonsense. This week, we’re rewinding time in Life is Strange Remastered, attempting to build a conflict-free world in The Hundred Year Kingdom and avoiding contracting a deadly virus while trying to pull humanity out of the Dark Ages in Dying Light 2 Stay Human. So nothing…