Valve resolves Steam Deck supply issues - all reservations will ship this year

Steam Deck reservations will now be fulfilled a lot sooner than expected

Published: 30th July 2022 | Source: Valve | Author: Mark Campbell

Valve has finally address their Steam Deck supply chain/production issues

Good news Steam Deck fans! Valve has now accelerated Steam Deck production, allowing the company to fulfil the demand for their PC gaming handheld a lot sooner than expected.

Some Steam Deck Pre-orderers have had their estimated shipping dates moved from "Q4 or later" to "Q3"

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The Lord of the Rings: Total War is now available for PC gamers

It may not be official, but Lord of the Rings Total War is here!

Published: 29th July 2022 | Source: Moddb | Author: Mark Campbell

Rome: Total War Remastered now has an epic Lord of the Rings mod

Rome Total War Remastered has given game modders an opportunity to create mods that are impossible with modern Total War titles. Modding in entirely new campaign maps is something that has not been possible since Empire: Total War, but with Rome Total War Remastered, classic Total War

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Intel reportedly considers axing its Discrete GPU division

Does Intel have what it takes to compete with AMD and Nvidia long-term?

Published: 29th July 2022 | Source: Coretaks | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel's reportedly concerned about the viability of its discrete GPU plans

Intel's much-hyped entry into the gaming GPU market has suffered some major setbacks, so much so that the company's ARC Alchemist A-series graphics cards may soon need to contend with next-generation graphics cards from both AMD and Nvidia, rather than

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Intel's shutting down their Optane memory business

Intel's innovative XPoint memory is dead

Published: 29th July 2022 | Source: Anandtech | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel's winding down its 3D XPOINT memory business - Optane is dead

During the company's Q2 2022 earnings call, Intel confirmed that they are in the process of winding down their Optane memory business, and ending the development of their innovative 3D XPoint memory technology.

Intel's XPoint memory is a non-volatile memory type that offers users

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Nvidia's hosting a "Special Address" at SIGGRAPH 2022 with CEO Jensen Huang

Don't expect new gaming GPU reveals at SIGGRAPH

Published: 28th July 2022 | Source: Nvidia | Author: Mark Campbell

Nvidia's hosting a "Special Address" on August 9th at SIGGRAPH

Jensen Huang and much of Nvidia's senior leadership will be hosting a "Special Address" during SIGGRAPH 2022, an event where the company plans to showcase "a glimpse into the future of virtual worlds".

SIGGRAPH is not a gaming-oriented event, so do not

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Sony reveals the Backbone One PlayStation Edition, an officially licensed controller for iPhone

PlayStation Remote play has never felt better

Published: 28th July 2022 | Source: PlayStation Blog | Author: Mark Campbell

Sony and Backbone have released an ideal controller for PlayStation Remote Play

Backbone has teamed up with PlayStation to create a new version of their Backbone One gamepad for iPhone, the Backbone One PlayStation Edition, a new design that is inspired by Sony's DualSense wireless controller.

With the Backbone One PlayStation Edition controller, iPhone users will be able to enjoy PlayStation's remote play feature with


Amazon has revealed its free Prime Gaming deals for August 2022

Is now the time to replay Starcraft?

Published: 28th July 2022 | Source: Prime Gaming | Author: Mark Campbell

Amazon's Prime Gaming service is growing at an exceptional rate

Amazon's Prime Gaming service has grown by more than 120% over the past year, with 2022's free games including incredible titles like STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Need for Speed Heat, Dead Space 2, Stellaris, Total War: Warhammer


Sony's latest PlayStation 5 Beta update adds 1440p resolution support and more

Some games should support native 1440p display outputs

Published: 28th July 2022 | Source: PlayStation Blog | Author: Mark Campbell

Sony's finally delivering 1440p resolution support on PlayStation 5 systems

As part of the company's latest Firmware beta for their PlayStation 5 gaming system, Sony has added official support for QHD (Quad-HD) 1440p screens though the system's HDMI output. This will allow gamers to make full use of

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Chernobylite has been updated with AMD FSR 2.0 support and free Story DLC

FSR 2.0 is here to give all PC gamers a performance boost

Published: 28th July 2022 | Source: Steam | Author:

Chernobylite's Year 1 Anniversary update is fantastic

The Farm 51 has released a new patch for Chernobylite, celebrating the game's first anniversary by releasing free DLC story content for the game alongside support for AMD's FSR 2.0 upscaling technology.

Content-wise, Chernobylite's year-1 anniversary update gives gamers free access to the game

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ASUS expands its 4K monitor range with their 160Hz ROG Strix XG32UQ

This monitor is designed for both PC gamers and current-gen consoles

Published: 28th July 2022 | Source: ASUS | Author: Mark Campbell

ASUS' latest ROG Gaming monitor can push its refresh rate to 160Hz at 4K

ASUS has just unveiled their new ROG Strix XG32UQ gaming monitor, a 32-inch fast-IPS display that supports both HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4, making this screen ideal for both high-end PC gaming and

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