Marvel Rivals director says its ‘gooner game’ reputation really just reflects a commitment to authenticity: ‘These all come from classic comic designs’

Marvel Rivals has a reputation for appealing to its players’ baser instincts: It had people saying ‘thick thighs save lives‘ at one point, and Elie recently described the shooter as ‘digging its heels into the gooner dirt’ when it added a cache of new swimsuit skins. Despite my best efforts to escape this discourse, I’ve…

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HyperX just updated one of our favorite wireless gaming headsets with a new RGB base station… and slightly worse battery life

Until very recently, the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless was our favourite wireless gaming headset, right up until the magnificent Razer BlackShark V3 ate its lunch. It hasn’t taken HyperX long to strike back, however, with the newly-announced HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless 2—complete with a fancy RGB-lit base station with a selection of media controls. HyperX…

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Samsung has announced the world’s first 500 Hz OLED monitor, but it’s the new 5K2K panel that’s got my wallet twitching

Samsung has announced what it claims is the world’s first 500 Hz OLED monitor. Predictably, it’s a 27-inch 1440p model that will likely grab the attention of esports fans. But it’s actually Samsung’s new 40-inch 5K2K gaming monitor that’s got me twitching. First up, let’s cover off the new Samsung Odyssey OLED G6. Just as…

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Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4’s story is inspired by the sale of Gearbox, then glazes over and says it’s about where we as individuals want to be on the spectrum of anarchy to fascism

We’re just a month out from the release of Borderlands 4, and Gearbox CEO/magician Randy Pitchford is hitting the media circuit to tell everyone why you should be very excited for the 30 billion guns it apparently contains. But it’s not all about the heaters. Gearbox has promised that—after the less-than-stellar narrative that propped up…

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I hope you’ve been sharing your Battlefield 6 clips to social media, because we’re only 8% of the way through the $1 trillion destruction challenge and the clock’s ticking

Both phases of the Battlefield 6 open beta have given us heaps of in-game challenges to complete to earn exclusive rewards once the game fully launches in October. However, there’s actually another event going on that no one seems to know about: Destruction Receipts. Given it’s not featured in the in-game menus, I’m not too…

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We’re joining Frosthaven’s party to give you a chance at winning a gaming laptop, a game key, and some swag to boot

There’s something about dark fantasy and the observation that it’s a bit cold out that goes together like whiskey and… well, ice. Frosthaven, an adaptation of a board game by the same name, understands this—and also happens to’ve just launched into early access. Led by Julian Gollop, head of Snapshot Games and creator of X-COM,…

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White House says it’s still working on the ‘legality’ of 15% China tax for Nvidia and AMD GPU sales as it threatens similar deals with other companies

The White House’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, says the 15% export tax that has been agreed with Nvidia and AMD for GPUs being exported to China could be expanded to “other companies”. In the meantime, she said the Department of Commerce is working on the “legality” of it all. As we reported a few days…

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