CES 2025 saw the announcement of some exciting new Zen 5 CPUs from AMD, not least two X3D additions that we’ve been anticipating for some time. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D look like they might be some seriously powerful CPUs, and now the latest scuttlebutt suggests they might be coming at the end of…
The next Battlefield doesn’t have an official name, date, or even a proper trailer yet, but EA wants folks to play it and start giving feedback. The series’ new playtesting initiative is called Battlefield Labs, and its first participants will play a pre-alpha version of the next Battlefield in the coming weeks and months—signups are…
If you’re a fan of 4X strategy games, you’ll probably have already read through our review of Civilization 7 and perhaps my performance analysis of the game, too. As any strategy enthusiast will know, such games are almost never about the graphics and instead focus on complex AI algorithms, which test your abilities as a…
Skytech Chronos gaming PC | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RTX 5080 | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 2 TB SSD | $2,949.99 $2,799.99 at Newegg (save $150)This gaming PC not only has the brand-new RTX 5080, which comes with Nvidia’s latest Multi Frame Generation magic, but it also packs a Ryzen 7 9800X3D inside. That’s the…
Need to know What is it?: A systems-heavy RPG set around the actual historical conflict between King Wenceslas of Bohemia and his abductor and brother, Sigismund.Expect to pay: $60/£50Developer: Warhorse StudiosPublisher: Deep SilverReviewed on: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, AMD Ryzen 3700x, 32GB RAM, Samsung 970 Plus SSDSteam Deck: PlayableLink: Official site Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, the open-world ‘realistic’ RPG, stands out from the crowd by virtue of the fact that it’s one of the very few games to use Crytek’s CryEngine. Developer Warhorse Studios eschewed the likes of Unreal Engine for the original game and has stuck with CryEngine for its sequel. This is reportedly because…
The information comes courtesy of the latest issue of Edge Magazine. In a recent issue of Edge Magazine, the Star Fox artist and character designer Takaya Imamura shared some details on how the game’s iconic cast came to be. This included offering an insight into how he modelled the character of Fox McCloud on the…
When will Donkey Kong Country return? It’s time for another look at the UK charts and, with 2025 well underway, new releases are coming thick and fast to shake things up. It’s Sniper Elite: Resistance that has taken the top spot in its debut week this time, pushing last week’s champ, Black Ops 6, down…
I have precisely one tattoo, which I paid a trained artist an exorbitant amount of money to ink into my pasty skin. YouTuber Emily The Engineer may have developed a more cost-effective solution, however, as she’s cracked open a 3D printer, bypassed its firmware, equipped it with a tattoo gun—and even found a willing volunteer…
“The world will collapse soon”. Sega’s 1998 Saturn port of Winter Heat is known for its colourful visuals, exuberant cast and frantic sports action, so it’s not the kind of game you’d expect to be hiding a dark secret. However, AM3 staffer Yasushi Kameda decided to smuggle a foreboding portent of destruction within its code,…