There’s nothing new about a processor architecture being ‘refreshed’, as AMD and Intel have been doing this for years, but where you’d normally expect a particular SKU line to get nothing more than some minor clock speed bumps and a sparkly new badge, Intel has done things a little differently for its Core Ultra 200S…
For the refresh of its Arrow Lake-based desktop processor range, Intel has released just two new chips: the brilliant Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and this one, the equally brilliant $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. Apologies for throwing in a review spoiler right at the start like that, but if you’ve already seen the…
Enter the world of survival horror. 22nd March 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of the Japanese launch of Resident Evil — or Biohazard — on PlayStation. To celebrate, we’ll be publishing various articles this week focused on Capcom’s quintessential survival horror series. 30 years is a pretty long time for any game series. But while…
Category: Announcements March 23, 2026 Xbox Partner Preview: Join Us on Thursday to See What’s Next from Our Third-Party Partners Danielle Partis, Xbox Wire Editor Xbox Partner Preview – our broadcast that focuses on upcoming games from our brilliant third-party partners – will return this Thursday, March 26. The latest instalment will include news on upcoming games from partners including Sega, GSC Game World and Owlcat Games, plus brand-new reveals, world premieres and Xbox Game Pass…
“It was very disappointing”. Released over a decade ago, Sonic Boom was supposed to be a fresh take on the iconic character; a cross-media blitz that would include video games, a TV show and related merchandise, giving the Blue Blur a new lease of life with younger audiences. As it turned out, the resultant video…
During my weekly scour of Steam for new cosy games I came across Cat Parents, an indie game where players collect stray cats and look after them. You clean the cats up, feed them, and even change your home to accommodate your growing clowder of cats. I saw it and immediately thought: that’s a bit…
For many years of back-and-forth between Intel and AMD, one thing has remained pretty certain: if you want platform longevity, you stick with the latter, because Intel changes sockets faster than I get through a pack of Leibniz butterkeks (very fast). But perhaps not for much longer, because Intel’s Enthusiast Channel VP and GM, Robert…
Solving the Azure Moon Labyrinth puzzle in Crimson Desert is quite elaborate if you do it the proper way. You first have to find the correct path to enter the labyrinth, then notice a mural painted on one of the walls, and then track down five trees across the Pororin Forest to work on which…
Fantasy RPG fans have been spoilt for choice over the last few years, so much so you’d perhaps be forgiven for not getting to Crimson Desert—affectionately described by some as the ‘yes, and’ of videogames—any time soon. Well, for those gaming on Intel hardware, that may be just as well. Last week, we attempted to…
The older I get, the more I realise that I have many weakness: Cups of tea, cats, and cosy games that make me feel like my life is in order, for starters. I ftear through cosy games like Unpacking and A Little to the Left like it’s my last day on Earth. The only problem…