HomeHardwareNews AMD Ryzen 7000: prices, specs, and release date confirmedEverything you need to know about AMD’s next gaming CPUs Everything you need to know about AMD’s next gaming CPUs AMD have, at long last, fully unveiled theRyzen 7000series of gaming CPUs – specs, pricing, the lot. There’s even a release date, September 27th, which will see AMD launch an initial salvo of four mid-to-high-end chips. These will aim to leapfrogIntel’s 12th Gen Alder Lakeprocessors, several of which are among thebest CPUs for gamingwe’ve yet tried, with the aid of a new Zen 4 core design, DDR5/PCIe 5....

HomeNewsBack 4 Blood Back 4 Blood’s Children Of The Worm DLC is out today and stars a preacher with a glorious ‘tacheIf you’re from Ireland then you might want to avert your ears If you’re from Ireland then you might want to avert your ears Mutant-battling co-op horror shooterBack 4 Bloodsees the arrival of a moustachioed new character and some very angry enemies with its second DLC pack today, Children Of The Worm....

HomeHardwareFeatures Blank screens and a bad neck: hands-on with the Samsung Odyssey Ark monitorA slightly awkward first look at the gargantuan gaming screen A slightly awkward first look at the gargantuan gaming screen While mooching around Samsung’s Gamescom booth, waiting for their990 Pro SSDreveal, I took the opportunity to play with an altogether more unusual addition to their hardware catalogue. TheSamsung Odyssey Ark, for the unfamiliar, is a kind of all-in-one entertainment screen: a mammoth 55in Mini LED panel that can act as a desktop gaming monitor or living room TV, complete with honking great speakers and built-in support for all the big game streaming services so you can play on it without a PC or console....

HomeDeals Get 20% extra off Amazon Warehouse items in the UKSome great deals to be found on PC components, peripherals and more. Some great deals to be found on PC components, peripherals and more. Amazon is running one of its periodic Warehouse sales, offering a further 20% off the listed price at the checkout on a wide range of used items. This has historically been a great time to pick up PC components and peripherals in like new condition for much lower than new prices, so let’s see what we can find, shall we?...

HomeNewsGrand Theft Auto V GTA5’s best graphics mod is now available for free downloadThe trailer looks stunning The trailer looks stunning Most ‘realistic graphics’ mods make games look worse, but that’s not the case with NaturalVision Evolved. The long-in-developmentGrand Theft Auto 5mod is a comprehensive revamp of lighting, textures, models and much more, but it remains faithful to the art direction of the base game. You can now download a Single Player Beta of the mod - and even if you don’t plan on doing that, it’s worth watching the trailer below....

HomeReviewsImmortality Immortality review: a peeling apart of stories, power and film that can’t quite balance on a knife edgeGirls on film (again) Girls on film (again) In typical Barlow fashion, the entirety of the footage isn’t easily spooled through. From one starting clip you’re able to watch it, flick back and forth through the recording, and pause it to use the in-game search tool to focus on a face or object on screen....

HomeFeaturesNew World New World’s first expansion Brimstone Sands promises an early game revampIt’s not deserting newcomers It’s not deserting newcomers New Worldis getting its first major expansion in the form of Brimstone Sands, an arid endgame location for players to contest that comes bundled with a bunch of early game streamlining, and a brand-new weapon, too. I got hands-on with the expansion’s first hour or so and had a chat with the game’s creative director about it all....

HomeNewsVictoria 3 Paradox’s next grand strategy simulation will launch in OctoberPlay 100 years in Victoria 3 Play 100 years in Victoria 3 Here’s the trailer: Victoria 3 - Pre-Order TrailerWatch on YouTube Victoria 3 - Pre-Order Trailer If you don’t know, Victoria is another of Paradox’s grand strategy games, this time focused on simulating the social and economic machinery of the Victorians. There’s war, sure, but you’ll generally spend less time on the battlefield than inEuropa Universalis, and more time pulling economic levers and twirling diplomatic knobs....

HomeNews The next Assassin’s Creed game is called Mirage, rumours claimMultiple sources say the game is the Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla spin-off also known as Rift Multiple sources say the game is the Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla spin-off also known as Rift Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Open World | My Favourite Thing In…(Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review)Find out what Alice Bee’s favourite thing about Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is.Watch on YouTube Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Open World | My Favourite Thing In…(Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review)...

HomeFeaturesVictoria III Victoria 3’s Pop system is so detailed that your country basically doesn’t need you aroundBut it’s more fun if you are But it’s more fun if you are I’m going to level with you: I’m not a GSG player. I play strategy, sure, butgrandstrategy has always been a bit beyond me. I’m a fundamentally un-grand person; I spend most days dressed like a 14-year-old fan of Tony Hawk, I do not like olives or scallops, and I’m unable to predict the consequences of actions if they exist outside of, say, a 12 month timeframe....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Monday 29 August 2022): Wordle word of the day #436 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Monday 29 August 2022?No matter the day, a newWordlealways comes around. It’s inevitable, like everyone’s favourite Marvel villain. Likewise, it’s also a difficult challenge to solve the Wordle answer, so throw on your thinking caps and grab the InfinityGauntletto gain some extra puzzling power....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Sunday 28 August 2022): Wordle word of the day #435 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Sunday 28 August 2022?Sunday is traditionally regarded as a day of rest, butWordlenever takes a day off! If you don’t want to break your streak, you need to play seven days a week....

HomeNewsDisney Dreamlight Valley Create your own Disney avatar in Dreamlight Valley’s free character creatorThen take a selfie Then take a selfie Disney Dreamlight Valleypitches itself as a “life-sim adventure game”, in which you can return a cursed land to health while hanging out with characters from across the Disney pantheon. I’m skeptical of it in several different ways, but there’s now a free character creator to download and try ahead of its launch next month, and hey, I had fun with it....