Qualcomm’s new second-gen Snapdragon X2 CPU has appeared in the Geekbench results browser for the first time (via Notebookcheck) and posted some pretty impressive numbers. In terms of single-core performance, it’s over 30% faster than the best laptop CPUs from AMD and Intel. Geekbench is but one metric and obviously not a real-world application. But…
It’s all over but the crying, as the song famously goes: After 37 days of existence, Wildlight Entertainment pulled the plug on Highguard yesterday, declaring the game unsustainable. Not long after, studio head Chad Grenier shared some insights into how the game actually performed, and it really doesn’t sound quite as catastrophic as the game’s…
It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. February saw nothing but love for zombies and Leon as Resident Evil Requiem topped the US and EU PS5 charts. Check out the full listings below. What titles are you playing this month? PS5 Games US/Canada EU Resident…
Back to Route 1. Ever since Pokémon Legends: Z-A came out last year, a thought has been brewing that I haven’t been able to shake. It was amplified as I watched the EUIC battles in February, and then cropped up again as I sat, mouth agape, at the Winds and Waves trailer. After 30 years,…
Ahead of a stream on March 20, Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin’s Creed Shadows is moving “into its final phase of support”. The publisher’s focus will move to three previously announced Assassin’s Creed projects, including the “darker, narrative driven” Codename Hexe. “We’re winding things down with smaller, less frequent updates… but still a few surprises!” Ubisoft…
Category: ID@Xbox March 4, 2026 Indie Selects for March 2025: Fresh Contrasts for a New Season Amy Connors, Oscar Polanco, Raymond Estrada, Keith Muelas, Deron Mann – ID@Xbox Spring Cleaning Crew Every Wednesday, dive into the Indie Select Hub — your gateway to a fresh, curated indie collection plus four themed spotlights that rotate weekly!…
Even if you’ve sufficiently managed your expectations and aren’t going for the flashiest bit of kit, hardware is still expensive. Full desktop rigs are bad enough, but even mid-range gaming laptops can come at an eye-watering premium—and don’t even get me started on just how much an Apple alternative would set you back by. MacBooks…
Meta is rolling out a new frame timing technique for Horizon OS called FrameSync. It’s billed as helping to reduce stale frames and increasing responsiveness in VR, all in the name of a smoother visual experience. There are three main benefits to FrameSync versus the existing method, PhaseSync, according to Meta: More consistent smoothness (and…
Quick question: when you make a character in a game, do you play as your own gender or get wild with it? Me, I always used to play as a man (which I am, notionally, in real life) as a kid, but these days I play a woman 99% of the time. Women? Cool. Women…
Hello there, everyone. Today, we are absolutely stoked to announce that the Orkiest game of all time is coming to PlayStation 5! Speed Freeks is a high-orktane combat racer – set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, featuring chaotic, brutal races, in-depth customisation options, and a totally ‘live’ creation mode where you can load into a…