AMD has apparently priced its elusive new Radeon RX 9070 gaming GPU range too high to compete with the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 series, which is reportedly the reason why there's no word on the specs, price, or release date yet. The new AMD Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards were announced at CES with curiously little fanfare, despite plenty of graphics cards from various manufacturers being on display. The reason, according to this rumor, is that the company is now stuck in a pricing quagmire as retailers already have stock of the cards. While Nvidia is expected to take the award for the absolute best graphics card when the RTX 5090 release date arrives shortly, we were hoping that AMD would at least be able to answer the RTX 5070 with a competitively-priced alternative. However, given Nvidia's current dominance in the market, AMD is going to have to price the new Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT very competitively. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: We could make a Ryzen 9 9950X3D with 3D V-cache on all 16 cores, AMD tells us AMD Radeon RX 9070 release date, price, and specs This AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT specs leak appears to reveal gaming GPU's key details View the full article
Healing in Marvel Rivals is no easy feat, especially with the role of Strategists not being too popular. And now, those who play healers have pointed out other Heroes who are the toughest to support in games. The discussion was sparked by a Strategist main on Reddit on Jan. 19. They wanted others’ opinions on the most annoying Heroes to heal, and Marvel Rivals players had an abundance of picks to share. View the full article
Vampire Survivors developer Poncle has outlined the difficulties behind its adaptation, which was originally announced as an animated series but now appears to be a film, headlined by the fact "the game has no plot." Poncle said it is "still working with Story Kitchen on a live action film" in a Steam post despite the adaptation being announced as an animated series in 2023. Regardless, Poncle has now acknowledged just how difficult it will be to get a film right, especially as Vampire Survivors is a mechanically simple action game about defeating hoards of enemies. "As mentioned last year, rather than jumping the gun and make stuff for the sake of making it, we have preferred to wait to find partners that felt right, especially because to make anything that isn't a video game out of Vampire Survivors requires good ideas, creativity, and that quirky knowledge of the game," Poncle said. "That is a very difficult triplet to get 100% right. Please remember the game has no plot — it doesn't? — so nobody can really anticipate how a film about it is going to be. That is part of what makes it exciting." Please remember the game has no plot. The irony of this wasn't lost on Poncle upon the adaptation's announcement, saying, sarcastically, "the most important thing in Vampire Survivors is the story." It's unclear how the game will be adapted, even to Poncle, so a release date hasn't been announced as of yet. Vampire Survivors is a fast-paced and over-the-top gothic horror game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. It became one of the biggest surprise hits of the last few years as what launched as a humble indie game on Steam blew up in popularity and snowballed itself. Poncle soon added layers of new content to the game and the core experience now offers 50 playable characters and 80 weapons to play with. That's before the two major expansions too, not to mention the Ode to Castlevania DLC. In our 8/10 review, IGN said: "Need a game to play while listening to podcasts? This is it. Vampire Survivors is outwardly simple but turns out to be an incredibly deep hole to fall down — though it's not without extended dull periods when you get ahead of its curve." Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day. View the full article
New farming simulators are constantly hitting the market and many of them have similar aspects to the most popular one in the genre: Stardew Valley. It has almost become a rite of passage for farming simulators to be compared to the ConcernedApe title, especially in a positive way. One of the best new games that has gotten that honor is Fields of Mistria. Released in June 2024 on limited early access, there has only been one major update to this charming game, but it has captured fan's interest already. View the full article
An unannounced "PvE Action RPG" set in one of Games Workshop's fantasy properties was apparently in development until being cancelled late last year, according to a new report from mp1st. News of the project was pieced together by mp1st from several LinkedIn profiles belonging to former employees of studio Thought Pennies. Different sources alternately describe the project as a “multiplatform, social role-playing game" and a "fantasy live-service RPG", although it's possible these refer to different projects from the same time *******. Read more View the full article
*********** indie developer Team Cherry has released a brief update regarding the long-awaited Metroidvania game Hollow Knight: Silksong. The title has become somewhat of a meme in the gaming world, as a release window for Hollow Knight: Silksong remains a mystery almost six years after it was first announced. View the full article
Following media previews, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has been embroiled in nonsensical controversies, first for its inclusion of ****** characters, and then for its allegedly unskippable ****** romance scene. With rumors spreading that its pre-orders dropped as a result of its diverse cast, Warhorse co-owner Daniel Vávra has been quick to speak up and correct the narrative. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 dev may ban people from forum for discussing politics Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 isn't the self-serious medieval sim you might expect Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 system requirements View the full article
There's something truly magical about ripping open Pokémon TCG packs and hoping for your favorite chase card of a set. However, it's even more spectacular when you have a collection or bundle that gives you some shiny goodies along with the cards. So, why not open a treasure chest of brilliant packs, promos, and an adorable Pikachu toy with the Pokémon TCG Paldea Adventure Chest, which has just got a huge discount? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Pokémon Pocket makes me wish MTG Arena was more generous Pokémon TCG fans bid $2000 for just a crayon drawing of hyped Moonbreon card A beginner's guide to Pokémon card collecting View the full article
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Teamfight Tactics is about to release another major balance patch for Set 13 as we approach the final months of the Into the Arcane Set. Several system changes, Unit balance changes, new anomalies, and a whole bunch of other changes will be implemented in Teamfight Tactics Patch 13.4. Table of contentsTFT PBE Patch 13.4 notesSystem changesTrait changesUnit changesRadiant item changesAugment changesNew AnomaliesAnomaly changesTFT Patch 13.4 bug fixes TFT PBE Patch 13.4 notes Teamfight Tactics Patch 13.4 will be released on Jan. 23. While the official TFT 13.4 patch notes have not been released yet, thanks to Riot Mortdog, we already have the early patch notes from the PBE for TFT Patch 13.4. So, let’s dive into them. View the full article
Marvel Rivals players have taken to social media to express their dissatisfaction with the state of Magneto's ultimate ability, Meteor M. The popular hero shooter is currently in the beginning of Season 1: Eternal Night Falls, which features Dracula as the main antagonist of Marvel Rivals. After Doctor Strange is trapped by the iconic vampire, it's up to The Fantastic Four to lead the fight to save New York City. View the full article
Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games is apologizing to players for slow support response times since the ARPG's early-access launch. The studio adds that it's had a backlog of over 500,000 email requests to get through since before PoE 2 was even released, but that the support team has been expanded to make up for demand. GGG acknowledges that players "deserve better customer service" than what it's been providing, while promising to do more. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best Path of Exile 2 Witch build, skills, and equipment Path of Exile 2 character building just got a massive, much anticipated upgrade Path of Exile 2 patch notes detail major unique upgrades and endgame changes View the full article
Team Cherry has provided a rare status update on Hollow Knight: Silksong. “Yes the game is real, progressing and will release,” Matthew Griffin, who handles PR and marketing for the title, wrote on X in response to a plea for information about the highly-anticipated sequel. It might not be much to go on, but it’s nevertheless a significant update given that fans have heard little about the game over the last few years. Read More... View the full article
The standalone Word document, weighing in at 6.6MB, contains a source port of doomgeneric and is available for download via GitHub. To run this version of Doom, users need a modern version of Microsoft Office or Word on an x86 computer system. It's important to note that players must allow... Read Entire Article View the full article
The RTX 5090 was put through its paces in Geekbench 5, where it notched up impressive scores in both the OpenCL and Vulkan tests (via BenchLeaks). In the former, the 5090 scored 367,740 points, which is 15 percent more than what the RTX 4090 achieved. In the latter, the new... Read Entire Article View the full article
For me it's straightforward. The worst Resident Evil games are RE5, Resident Evil 7, Village, and RE Zero. But I'll concede that I'm an outlier, the kind of edge case who thinks that the remake of Resident Evil 3 is better than the 1999 original. For most fans of Capcom's survival horror series, the most difficult-to-love game is, and perhaps always will be, Resident Evil 6. Perhaps its reputation has thawed in recent years, and I think we can broadly agree that at least the Leon Kennedy section is good. Nevertheless, new evidence means there's reason to believe that RE6 is coming back. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Resident Evil 6 is much better than you remember Resident Evil PR stunt causes China to be accused of selling tinned human meat to Africa View the full article
As League of Legends season 15 hit the live servers, players were flabbergasted. Riot Games sneakily took away the free Hextech chests and keys and put them in the store, taking away the chance to get free skins. A League player took their grievances out on Reddit and said they have 77 Hextech chests in their inventory, and with no key or chest drops anymore, they won’t be able to open them to get free skin shards. They called it the “worst decision they [Riot] could have made in the entire history of League.” View the full article
For Godzilla to appear, a player must make their way through his portal to transform into the titan. Other players fight him, and the one who causes the most damage is rewarded. Godzilla has only been in Fortnite for a few days, but already, the community has some notes. At first, players had the usual gripes about this type of mini-event—the spawn rate was too low, and the beast was too powerful or not powerful enough. Epic Games pretty quickly changed the spawn rates, although, to be honest even at a 40 percent chance, the chance of Godzilla’s portal appearing is not high enough. Once someone runs through the portal and becomes Godzilla, almost the entire lobby attacks, meaning the creature goes down quickly. While some players think Godzilla should be a permanent fixture for the duration of his event this month, others have a different idea. View the full article
Charged TMs are unique items in Pokémon Go that let you change any Pokémon’s Charged Attack to a random move it can learn. It was first added in 2017 and has been a game staple since its conception. Each TM only has one use, but it can give your Pokémon access to one of its many randomly available moves, so make sure to check what Charged Attacks your Pokémon can learn before using one so you can find the perfect combination. View the full article
If you've been holding out for a bargain before refreshing your keyboard, then it might be time to take advantage of this gaming keyboard deal, where you can save half the price on a Corsair K70 Pro Mini from Best Buy. This keyboard is discounted by a huge $90 right now, giving you a great 60% keyboard with hot-swappable switches and a light aluminum frame for a very reasonable price. As we found in our Corsair K70 Pro Mini review, the price was one of the biggest stumbling blocks for this wireless keyboard, while other aspects, such as the multi-wireless modes, gained praise, as did the superb build quality. However, that price criticism is now moot in this deal, making this Corsair model one of the best gaming keyboard options you can buy right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Save $120 on this fast 2TB Corsair gaming SSD, ideal for Steam Deck Grab this Corsair 32GB RGB DDR5 gaming RAM upgrade for its lowest price ever Best gaming mouse in 2025 View the full article
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Activision has addressed Call of Duty community complaints about cheating in ****** Ops 6 and Warzone, and confirmed plans to let console Ranked players disable crossplay with PC players. Cheating has become the hottest topic among hardcore Call of Duty fans following the release of Ranked Play in ****** Ops 6 and Warzone with the launch of Season 1 last year. The apparent prevalence of cheaters is considered by some to be ruining competitive multiplayer, and Activision had come under fire for failing to address the problem. Last month, Activision’s Team Ricochet, the division responsible for its Call of Duty anti-cheat tech, admitted not enough had been done to prevent cheating with the launch of Season 1. “After a series of updates our systems are in a better place today across all modes; however, we did not hit the mark for the integration of Ricochet Anti-Cheat at the launch of Season 01 — particularly for Ranked Play,” Activision said at the time. Now, in a new blog post, Activision outlined its plan to tackle cheating in Call of Duty in 2025, revealing it had issued over 136,000 Ranked Play account bans since the mode launched. Season 2, which begins soon, includes new and improved client and server-side detections and systems as well as a major kernel-level driver update, Activision said. The company promised “a multitude of new tech” for Season 3 and beyond, including a brand-new system to authenticate legit players and target cheaters. It didn’t want to go into detail on that now, however, so as not to give cheat developers “a peek behind the curtain.” In the shorter term, with the launch of Season 2, Activision will enable the ability to disable crossplay for console players who want to compete only against other console players in ****** Ops 6 and Warzone Ranked Play. It is believed that the majority of cheating in video games is on the PC side, and indeed Call of Duty players on console have for years now disabled crossplay as a matter of course for standard Multiplayer. Now, Ranked players will get the chance, too. “We'll be monitoring closely and will consider further changes to prioritize the integrity of the ecosystem, and we’ll have more details to share as we get closer to the launch of this feature,” Activision said. Most Activision anti-cheat updates are met with a healthy dose of scepticism from hardcore fans, and this latest one is no different. Cheating is not unique to Call of Duty of course, but it has become a significant reputation issue for Activision ever since the free-to-download battle royale Warzone exploded in popularity back in 2020. The mega publisher has spent millions of dollars developing its anti-cheat technology as well as pursuing cheat makers in the courts, with a number of recent high-profile successes. In October, ahead of the launch of ****** Ops 6, Activision said that it aimed to kick cheaters out of the game within one hour of them being in their first match. ****** Ops 6 launched with an updated version of Ricochet's kernel-level driver (this also applied to Warzone), with new machine-learning behavioral systems focused on speed of detection and the analysis of gameplay to combat aim bots in place. "The people behind cheats are organized, ******** groups that pick apart every piece of data within our games to look for some way to make cheating possible," Activision said at the time. "These bad guys are not just some script kiddies poking around with code they found online. They are a collective who profit from exploiting the hard work of game developers across the industry. "But cheat developers are flawed (clearly — they have to pretend to be good at video games). Every time they cheat, they leave breadcrumbs behind. We’re always looking for those breadcrumbs to find the bad actors and get them out of the game." Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
As Monster Hunter Wilds' February 28 release date nears, developer Capcom has said it's looking into lowering the recommended GPU requirements. Confirmation comes from the official ******* Monster Hunter X/Twitter account, which issued a follow-up statement that revealed Capcom is also exploring the possibility of releasing a standalone PC benchmarking tool. Capcom recommends an Nvidia GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT for 30 FPS at 1080p. This minimum requirement is also detailed as requiring an internal resolution of 720p, and upscaling the graphics using DLSS or FSR using the “lowest” graphics setting. Monster Hunter Wilds’ recommended settings also target 1080p and 60 FPS with upscaling and Frame Generation technologies enabled, using the examples of an RTX 2070 Super, RTX 4060, or AMD RX 6700 XT. Out of the three, only the RTX 4060 supports Nvidia Frame Generation, with the 2070 Super and 6700 XT instead having to rely on FSR 3 (which had ghosting artifacts in the previous Monster Hunter Wilds beta). Targeting 60 FPS with Frame Generation enabled isn’t the ideal use of the technology, with Digital Foundry recommending a baseline of 40 FPS in third-person titles. If a game runs at under 60 FPS with upscaling enabled, it may result in a much less responsive or tactile feeling due to latency. During the Monster Hunter Wilds open beta test, PC players with lower-end hardware struggled, even with mid-range graphics cards like the RTX 3060. In particular, players experienced a low-LOD bug where the game did not load the fully detailed textures of characters or monsters. Monster Hunter Wilds is built on the RE Engine, which first debuted in 2017’s Resident Evil 7. The engine was used in games like ****** May Cry 5, Monster Hunter Rise, and Street Fighter 6, with slick performance across all platforms. But, all that glitters is not gold for the RE Engine, as ******* open-world titles with more NPCs and enemies like Dragon’s Dogma 2 have suffered from performance woes on consoles and PC, setting a worrying portent for Monster Hunter Wilds. With the clock ticking towards an early February open beta and late February launch, Capcom’s claim of attempting to reduce GPU requirements could be key for the title’s success on PC. Sayem is a freelancer based in the ***, covering tech & hardware. You can get in touch with him at @sayem.zone on Bluesky. View the full article
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Players may wonder if they should pull for Mydei in Honkai: Star Rail 3.1 if they already have access to Blade, thanks to leaks that highlight how the new character may operate in combat. Mydei, along with Tribbie, is confirmed to be a new playable unit arriving with Version 3.1. Mydei is a 5-star Imaginary character who follows the Path of the Destruction. This alone is enough to create speculations on his role as a possible DPS. However, the start of the Version 3.1 beta tests has also brought forth leaks, including details about Mydei’s kit in Honkai: Star Rail. View the full article
If you love Hades as much as I do, you owe it to yourself to keep an eye on Sworn. The upcoming action roguelike trades the Greek pantheon for medieval fantasy, and it's shaping up to be one of the best-looking entries in the genre this year. Set in a fallen Camelot where a corrupted King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table reign supreme, it's up to you to craft the best builds to take on the land's royalty. We really don't have long to wait either, as the early access launch and an open demo are mere weeks away. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: King Arthur inspired Hades rival Sworn is running a final playtest before launch Hades style King Arthur roguelike Sworn now has a free demo, but not for long King Arthur roguelike Sworn is essentially co-op Hades, and I'm hooked View the full article
A new McDonald’s Pokémon promotion is kicking off, providing fans with new cards to collect and add to their collection. If you don’t have experience with these promotions, you may wonder how the cards differ—and we’ve got an explanation. The latest McDonald’s Pokémon promotion begins on Jan. 21 in the United States, with a set featuring 15 cards in total—including seven holographic cards. With a fresh buzz in Pokémon following the release of Prismatic Evolutions, the urge to catch ’em all is sky-high. View the full article
Before we begin, Heroes of Hammerwater 2 console commands only appear to work in the demo, not the base game. The developers are working to add mod support to the game and even include Steam Workshop in the future. All the current console commands exist in both the demo and full game but aren’t useable at this time. View the full article
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AMD has apparently priced its elusive new Radeon RX 9070 gaming GPU range too high to compete with the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 series, which is reportedly the reason why there's no word on the specs, price, or release date yet. The new AMD Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards were announced at CES with curiously little fanfare, despite plenty of graphics cards from various manufacturers being on display. The reason, according to this rumor, is that the company is now stuck in a pricing quagmire as retailers already have stock of the cards. While Nvidia is expected to take the award for the absolute best graphics card when the RTX 5090 release date arrives shortly, we were hoping that AMD would at least be able to answer the RTX 5070 with a competitively-priced alternative. However, given Nvidia's current dominance in the market, AMD is going to have to price the new Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT very competitively. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: We could make a Ryzen 9 9950X3D with 3D V-cache on all 16 cores, AMD tells us AMD Radeon RX 9070 release date, price, and specs This AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT specs leak appears to reveal gaming GPU's key details View the full article