A "next-gen" Battlefield game is coming to PC and Consoles this year

Overclock3D.Net | April 22, 2021, 6:25 a.m. | Original

Here's what we know so far

Published: 22nd April 2021 | Source: EA | Author: Mark Campbell

A "next-gen" Battlefield game is coming to PC and Consoles this year

EA has announced that a new Battlefield game will be released this year and that the game will be " brought to life with the power of next-gen consoles and PCs".

To create this next-generation Battlefield title, DICE has created its "biggest team ever" to bring the game
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ASUS ROG Strix XG43UQ 4K 144Hz HDMI 2.1 Gaming Monitor will launch next month

Overclock3D.Net | April 22, 2021, 5:29 a.m. | Original

A monitor that's designed for high refresh rate PC and console gaming

Published: 22nd April 2021 | Source: ASUS | Author: Mark Campbell

ASUS ROG Strix XG43UQ 4K 144Hz HDMI 2.1 Gaming Monitor will launch next month

ASUS has confirmed that their new ROG Strix XG43UQ monitor will be available in May, bringing to the world what ASUS believes is the "World's First HDMI 2.1 monitor".

The ROG Strix XG
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Nvidia's DLSS tech comes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone

Overclock3D.Net | April 22, 2021, 1:52 a.m. | Original

Performance boosts of up to 70% are promised

Published: 22nd April 2021 | Source: Nvidia | Author: Mark Campbell

Nvidia's DLSS tech comes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone

Back in January, Nvidia promised its customers that DLSS would be coming to Call of Duty Warzone, and now, they have finally delivered. It only took them three and a half months.

As part of Warzone's Season 3 update, Nvidia's performance-boosting RTX technology has
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Microsoft's redesigning its App Store to revitalise Windows 10

Overclock3D.Net | April 21, 2021, 1:15 p.m. | Original

This is a gamechanger for Windows 10

Published: 21st April 2021 | Source: Windows Central | Author: Mark Campbell

Microsoft's redesigning its App Store to revitalise Windows 10

Windows 10's Microsoft Store is a disaster; its user interface is terrible, its downloads can be buggy, and the store's policies are not appealing to app makers. If Microsoft wants the storefront to become successful, it has to change, and according to Windows Central , that's what
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Microsoft's DirectStorage API will NVMe storage a must for gamers

Overclock3D.Net | April 21, 2021, 9:59 a.m. | Original

Who's ready to upgrade their SSD?

Published: 21st April 2021 | Source: Microsoft | Author: Mark Campbell

Microsoft's DirectStorage API will make NVMe storage a must for gamers

Today's games don't make great use of SSD storage. Most software applications treat SSDs as faster hard drives, and while that is true, it minimises the potential of today's fastest drives. With the introduction of SSD-based storage into consoles, developers are now interested in fully exploiting
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AMD brings FidelityFX to Xbox in partnership with Microsoft

Overclock3D.Net | April 21, 2021, 8:49 a.m. | Original

AMD's FidelityFX toolkit is ready for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S

Published: 21st April 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD brings FidelityFX to Xbox in partnership with Microsoft

At Microsoft's Game Stack Live event, AMD announced that they are bringing their FidelityFX developer toolkit to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, making it part of the Xbox Game Developers Kit in partnership with Xbox.

AMD's FidelityFX suite is a collection of Open-Source visual technologies designed
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Discord reportedly ends its acquisition talks with Microsoft

Overclock3D.Net | April 21, 2021, 7:01 a.m. | Original

The rumoured $10 billion could be revisited in the future

Published: 21st April 2021 | Source: Wall Street Journal | Author: Mark Campbell

Discord reportedly ends its acquisition talks with Microsoft

Discord, the online discussions platform, has reportedly ended its acquisition talks with Microsoft, with the Wall Street Journal claiming that Discord's interest has moved towards an IPO (Initial Public Offering), which may explore at a later date.

Microsoft was reportedly in advanced talks with Discord, seeking to acquire the
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Microsoft's new Agility SDK solves DirectX 12's biggest weakness

Overclock3D.Net | April 21, 2021, 6:10 a.m. | Original

DirectX 12's features are no longer tied to your Windows 10 version

Published: 21st April 2021 | Source: Microsoft | Author: Mark Campbell

Microsoft's new Agility SDK solves DirectX 12's biggest weakness

Microsoft's DirectX 12 feature rollout has been a disaster, as many critical DirectX 12 features have been tied to specific versions of Windows 10, requiring PC gamers to update their OS' to enjoy the latest DirectX features from Microsoft.

This system has
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Steam was crashing because some users had too many games

Overclock3D.Net | April 20, 2021, 12:36 p.m. | Original

Steam fixed a 'crash for users with around 25,000 or more games'

Published: 20th April 2021 | Source: Steam Release Notes | Author: Mark Campbell

Steam was crashing because some users had too many games

Can you own too many games on Steam? According to Steam's latest patch notes, you could. Valve's latest beta update for their Steam client contains a fix for a crash that only occurs when users have around 25,000
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Massive Updates launched for Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition

Overclock3D.Net | April 20, 2021, 7:47 a.m. | Original

Siege of Dragonspear and Icewind Dale's Enhanced Editions have also been updated

Published: 20th April 2021 | Source: Steam | Author: Mark Campbell

Massive Updates launched for Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition

The PC versions of Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2, Icewind Dale, and Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear have just received major updates on PC, upgrading all four games for 64-bit systems while addressing hundreds of known bugs

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