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Next-gen consoles, handhelds and desktop graphics cards are all set to benefit.
Sony and AMD just announced three key technologies that look likely to come to the PlayStation 6 and future AMD graphics cards, with PS5 system architect Mark Cerny and AMD senior vice president Jack Huynh teaming up to deliver the news. The talk is fairly technical, but the three core features - Neural Arrays, Radiance Cores and Universal Compression - look set to make a big impact on future AMD-based hardware. The main goal is speeding up computionally-expensive ray tracing and path tracing in some novel ways, as well as reducing the cost of the upscaling and denoising techniques they rely on.
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Circling back.
MachineGames is celebrating its 15th anniversary by updating last year's Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, following its DLC last month.
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Review | Battlefield 6 review
Thrall of Duty.
After the muddled innovations and watered-down warfare of Battlefield 2042, Battlefield 6 was pitched as a return to what made the series great. And it is that…mostly. Gone are the ponderous 128-player maps that stretched 2042's action too thin, and the pseudo-futuristic setting with gimmicky hero shooter-like abilities. Back are the rollicking 64-player slugfests, the more grounded quartet of soldier classes, the lowercase modern warfare setting, and even the single-player campaign. All this infused with a fetching burned-orange aesthetic and a renewed emphasis on crumbling, billowing destruction.
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It took 14-and-a-half years of walking but finally someone has made it to the edge of the world. Of Minecraft.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth finally available as physical double pack on PS5
Out in December.
Square Enix is finally releasing Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth as a physical double pack.
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Having a brawl.
Having spent night after night throwing myself into Absolum, I remain hopelessly charmed by it. A spirited fantasy that dons the bande dessinée mantle, it's a fantastic case study in how to make combo-centric fist fights feel good and look grand all at once. It's a beautiful brawler – and one that'll need to make good use of its mitts, given the number of killer releases fighting over every crumb of attention this month.
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"Our work doesn't stop here."
As the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta draws to a close, almost 99 percent of later matches were cheater free, Activision has claimed.
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Sources "not surprised by leadership."
Ubisoft reportedly cancelled development on its next Assassin's Creed game last year over political concerns due to its planned post-American Civil War setting.
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Let's go Birds.
Veteran game developers from Zenimax Online Studios have announced the formation of a new employee-owned game development company: Sackbird Studios. The small team is composed of several developers from both The Elder Scrolls: Online team, and those who were working on the cancelled sci-fi MMO Project Blackbird.
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Heart Machine ends development on Hyper Light Breaker mere months after it entered early access
Unknown number of layoffs to follow.
Heart Machine has ended development on Hyper Light Breaker and is laying off a number of staff as a result.
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Three games joining service this month.
Three more SNES games have arrived on Nintendo Switch Online this month, including one game previously exclusive to Japan.
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Fortnite's Halloween event with Doja Cat gets off to rocky start with sex toy social media blunder
Event features Jason, Ghostface, Scooby-Doo and more.
Fortnitemares is Fortnite's Halloween event, and this year it's headlined by rapper Doja Cat alongside horror icons Jason, Ghostface, Scooby-Doo, and more.
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Here are our Xbox Game Pass games for October
Ninja Gaiden! Keeper!
Microsoft has revealed the next games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service this October.
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Nintendo posts cute and mysterious animated short film, but is it teasing Pikmin?
UPDATE: Yes, it was Pikmin all along.
UPDATE 08/10/25: Yes, it turns out Nintendo's surprise animated short was about Pikmin all along.
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Musical matters.
It turns out there is a lovely little Silent Hill 1 Easter egg hidden within Silent Hill f that the musically inclined have discovered.
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"We don't necessarily want to make something bigger. We want to make something as good."
Since the release of the celebrated and critically acclaimed RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, key members of the development team at Sandfall Interactive have been on something of a global victory tour. The game is indebted to the Final Fantasy series and FromSoftware's Souls games among others, and now the team have finally met their heroes.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive has teased a new update to the game is on the way, as a "thank you" to fans.
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Review | Little Nightmares 3 review
Sleep paralysis.
There's a moment around Little Nightmares 3's midpoint when, following a tepid first half so safe it often feels like a tribute act, new series developer Supermassive finally seems to hit its stride. Slowly the hum of a mysterious subterranean void gives way to rain-lashed walkways as our diminutive protagonists brave the exterior of some vast, heaving machine. Then the reveal of the grand Carnevale, its sprawl of big top tents and twinkling lights, its parade of grotesque fairground thrill seekers, all perfectly framed. Little Nightmares 3's often slavish adherence to the past means it's burdened with far too much frustrating legacy faff, but even so, it's hard not to get lost in the spectacle of it all.
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Tech | Amazon October Prime Day liveblog Day 2: the best tech, PC and gaming deals as we find them
See all the discounts in one place - and ask us for recommendations.
Amazon's October Prime Day sales have entered its final day, finishing at midnight tonight. Reece and I are rounding up the best gaming tech deals, so follow along or pop your request as a comment below!
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Free for all.
Beloved 2016 Co-op platformer Pico Park: Classic Edition has accidentally been made free on Steam permanently by the developer Tecopark. This is thanks to Steam's limits to how many times developers can make games free before changing them back to premium titles.
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2XKO launches with $100 Arcane bundle, shocking early access players. But is it worth it?
Money matters.
2XKO is out in early access, bringing with it seasonal content, two new characters in Teemo and Warwick, and a suite of cosmetics for players to unlock and buy. As a free-to-play game this isn't unusual, however the game's most expensive bundle has some players wincing.
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If you buy more than two new games a year, you're in the minority, new report reveals
A third of video game players in the US buy a new game less than once a year.
If you're reading this, then you're probably one of the "hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players" keeping the games industry going.
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Broken Sword sequel gets Reforged treatment after last year's "reimagining", out next year
The Smoking Mirror.
A "reimagined" version of the second Broken Sword game is on the way, following 2024's Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged.
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One last hurrah.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is getting a free trial for an entire week, starting 9th October. This free trial for last year's Call of Duty will provide access to the campaign, multiplayer, and zombies game modes - so interested players can play everything Blops currently has to offer.
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But not the US or UK.
The recent price hike for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate won't affect existing subscribers in some countries, Microsoft has confirmed.
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PowerWash Simulator 2 launches later this month
Bubbling up soon.
PowerWash Simulator 2 will be launching on 23rd October, 2025. It'll be coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and the Nintendo Switch 2.
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One of Borderlands' most hated characters seems to have been cut from Borderlands 4
Ava few files for your troubles.
It looks like one of the most disliked characters in the Borderlands series may have been cut from Borderlands 4, according to datamined file names posted online.
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Silent Hill 2 remake reportedly coming to PS Plus later this month
As console exclusivity ends.
The remake of Silent Hill 2 is reportedly heading to the PS Plus catalogue later this month, available for Extra and Premium subscribers.
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Defendant has failed to comply and become "combative and uncooperative".
Nintendo is seeking $4.5m in damages against a reddit moderator the company has accused of pirating its games.
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Shovel Knight developer's Zelda-like game Mina the Hollower delayed
Echoes of whiskers.
Mina the Hollower, the next game from Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games, has been delayed but is "so close to being done".
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