Virtuos Strategically Acquires Pipeworks, Abstraction and Umanaia in Hopes of Becoming Powerhouse

It's been announced today by Virtuos, a leading video game developer, that they have strategically acquired three studios across the globe. Virtuos has helped co-develop games like Crash: Mind over Mutant, The Outer Worlds, Dead Island 2, and Hogwarts Legacy, for example. They have now announced that they have acquired Pipeworks (USA), Abstraction (Netherlands), and Umanaia (Canada). They have all worked on some very significant games, which will be detailed down below so you can get an

INNOCN Showcases One Of Industry’s Largest 5K2K OLED Gaming Monitor; Featuring A Gigantic 49-Inch Curved Display

INNOCN, an emerging monitor manufacturer, has showcased its gigantic 49-inch 5K2K OLED curved gaming monitor, raising the standards of the industry. INNOCN's 49Q1R Gaming Monitor Brings In The Best Viewing Angles & Display Quality, Courtesy Of High-End OLED Display [Press Release]: INNOCN, a leading innovator in monitor technology, is raising the bar in the OLED curved monitor market with its all-new 49-Inch 5K2K OLED Curved Gaming Monitor (

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Samsung To Cut Chipmaking Investment By A Whopping 50% As It Struggles With Yields – Report

Korean technology giant Samsung is significantly slashing its chip fabrication investments, reports Business Korea. 2025's start has marked the era of 2-nanometer chip fabrication, and according to today's report, Samsung has decided to focus on its 2-nanometer and next-generation 1.4-nanometer manufacturing processes instead of expanding production of existing lines used to manufacture 5-nanometer and other technology products. The report speculates that low yields and dropping orders are behind Samsung's investment drawdown as the firm

Marvel Rivals and Path of Exile 2 Staying on Top in Revenue, Says Newzoo Report

The latest Newzoo report for December 2024 has been released, which goes into detail about the PC and console engagement across six markets, as well as the revenue rankings. Since it was December, a lot of games that had fallen off of the charts have now made a return, thanks to holiday sales giving hefty discounts to games and bumping them up the charts. Some titles in the rankings aren't too surprising though, as Marvel Rivals and Path of Exile 2 continue to take top positions. Games

Resident Evil 9 Won’t Feature Jill In Any Major Capacity; Resident Evil Zero Remake is Still in the Works

Unlike what has been rumored for a while, Jill Valentine won't play a major role in Resident Evil 9, according to a reliable leaker. Speaking on X, Dusk Golem commented on the rumors that have been circulating online on the yet-to-be-announced new entry in the survival-horror series, saying that Jill will not play a major role in the game, and the current hospital rumor that's circulating online is completely false, as are the vast majority of rumors circulating on the game

Wccftech’s Most Anticipated Multiplayer Games of 2025 – Varied (and Variable) Experiences

The multiplayer games lists are always different since they necessarily intermingle with other genres. Looking at what's coming from the releases scheduled for the calendar year 2025, we have a mix of action, RPG, Soulslike, shooter, and more. Here's the five titles that stand out the most before their respective releases. Previously on Wccftech's Most Anticipated Games of 2025: Fighting, Action, Indie, RPG, Horror, Sports and Racing, Strategy and Simulation, Shooter Monster

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is Playable on Steam Deck, But With Some Major Compromises

Despite the high minimum system requirements of the PC version, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is playable on Steam Deck, although with some major compromises in terms of frame rate and image quality. As highlighted in a new review by Steam Deck HQ, the second entry in the Remake trilogy which launches tomorrow on PC, is more than playable on Steam Deck, keeping a 30 FPS framerate throughout the game, which is stable even in the more demanding open areas of the game. Unfortunately, plenty of compromises had to be made

G.Skill DDR5 Memory Pushed Over 12000 MT/s Speed On Intel Z890 Platform, The Highest Ever With Air Cooling

Overclocker achieves 12052 MT/s and 12054 MT/s memory speed with G.Skill DDR5 memory without a premium cooling solution. Trident Z5 DDR5 24 GB Memory Module Hits a Whopping 12054 MT/s on ROG Maximus Z890 Apex with a Simple Fan Installed on Top The war for the highest memory speed is still going on with overclockers pushing the limits on both Intel and AMD platforms. Pushing the DDR5 memory speed on

NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Now Rumored To Launch On February 20; Right Around AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 Series Release

NVIDIA's "mid-tier" GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is expected to launch by February 20, as revealed by a new listing from the European retailer Proshop. NVIDIA To Compete With AMD's RDNA 4 Offerings Through Its 70-Class & 80-Class GPUs, 5070 Ti Slated For End February Well, NVIDIA's RTX 50 batch of 70-class GPUs was unveiled at CES 2025, but Team Green didn't really announce

NVIDIA Validates RTX 50 Series GPUs Won’t Face Connector Burning Issues; Credits To The Upgraded “12V-2×6” Connector

NVIDIA claims that the GPU power connector "burning issues" are now over with the newest Geforce RTX 50 series, credited to the new and enhanced 12V-2x6 connector. NVIDIA's RTX 50 GPUs Might Be Safe From Connector Burning Issues, Despite Coming With Higher TDPs Well, we all are quite aware of how troublesome the launch of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs was, mainly due to the 12VHPWR connector, which resulted in power connectors getting burned out in