(Image credit: Epic Games) Fortnite tends to end its seasons with a bang, and the finale to Season 9 is coming up this weekend. In past season finales we’ve seen a variety of world-altering cataclysms, and Season 9 looks like it’s gearing up for a clash of titans. Countdown timers around the Fortnite’s battle royale […]
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The HyperX Cloud Pro gaming headset is 38% off for Prime Day
©HyperX (Image credit: HyperX) HyperX makes some of the best gaming headsets around, and right now one of the company’s best models is on sale. As part of the Amazon Prime Day PC deals, you can get the HyperX Cloud Pro headset for just $50—a 38% price drop from the original MSRP and what appears […]
Chinese FF14 players are eating inhuman piles of KFC to earn Chocobos
(Image credit: KFC) Everybody loves getting a special mount in an MMO, right? In Final Fantasy 14, the Fat Black Chocobo. Thing is, in different countries that sweet ride is available as a bonus attached to different special offers, and in China to get a code for one you have to eat a heck of […]
Gears 5's multiplayer reveal looks fluid, still all about shotguns
Gears 5’s multiplayer is making its big debut this weekend during the Gears Summer Series Invitational. It’s not always clear what’s going on, but Gears 5 is looking fast, fluid, and still full of instant shotgun kills. Shotguns have always been a big part of Gears multiplayer, but watching pros use them is something else. […]
GOG Galaxy 2.0 update squashes bugs and lets users hide games in their library
(Image credit: GOG) The latest update for GOG’s unifying game launcher, Galaxy 2.0, squashes bugs and adds more tutorials to the closed beta. Users can also now hide games from their library, which seems especially important for a client that lists every game on your PC, and even beyond. GOG also took some time to […]
BIOS updates are coming to fix Destiny 2 and Linux boot issues on Ryzen
(Image credit: Asus) Earlier this week, Bungie responded to a user complaint that Destiny 2 was not loading properly on a Ryzen 3000 build, saying it had "escalated the issue for investigation." Now just a few days later, however, AMD has put out a statement saying it has found the issue and has a fix […]
G2A proposes a key-blocking tool as a solution to fraud
(Image credit: G2A) Developers and publishers have been butting heads with key reseller G2A this month, criticising the company for allegedly facilitating the sale of illegally obtained game keys. G2A’s attempts to smooth things over only seemed to incense its critics on Twitter, but it’s giving it another shot, proposing a solution that will block […]
Several of Arctic Cooling’s existing coolers support AMD's Radeon RX 5700 cards
(Image credit: Arctic Cooling) AMD’s hardware partners will eventually get around to releasing custom Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 models with factory overclocks and fancy coolers—Asus confirmed plans to release some in September—but if you don’t want to wait, the DIY route is an option. As it pertains to that, Arctic Cooling […]
DayZ battle royale 'Survivor GameZ' is returning, but its founders aren't involved
(Image credit: Bohemia) DayZ, the game about roaming a post-Soviet wasteland looking for can openers (among other things), is getting a battle royale mode in the form of Survivor GameZ. DayZ veterans will recognise the name: it’s the name of a mod and tournament founded in 2012 by former DayZ Creative Director Brian Hicks and […]
No Man's Sky's Sean Murray says devs should be quiet after a rough launch
(Image credit: Hello Games) During his keynote at dev conference Develop: Brighton, Hello Games’ Sean Murray offered some advice for developers facing the type of troubled launch that No Man’s Sky experienced when expectations and reality collided. It’s simple advice but undoubtedly harder than it sounds: stop talking. "We went about two years without talking […]