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Earned across decades of development, Remedy Entertainment has a stellar reputation for pushing game technology to new heights. From the physics-driven mayhem of Max Payne 2 to the ray-traced brutalism of Control, and of course the volumetrics-heavy wilderness of Alan Wake, each major Remedy release has pushed visual boundaries on its host hardware. Alan Wake 2 is no exception: this is a top-flight technical treat that pushes modern systems hard, with often extraordinary visual results. We've go...

It's getting to the point these days that we can't even trust our own eyes with the amounts of digital trickery, trolling, misinformation and disinformation dominating social media. Heck, even reputable tech companies are selling us solutions to reimagine historical events. Not Leica, though! The venerated camera company officially announced the hotly-anticipated M11-P on Thursday, its first camera to incorporate the Content Credential secure metadata system. Content Credentials are the result o...

As with all things Google of late, AI capabilities are coming to Maps. The company announced a slew of machine learning updates for the popular app Thursday including an "Immersive View" for route planning, deeper Lens integration for local navigation and more accurate real-time information.  Back in May at its I/O developer conference, Google executives debuted Immersive View for routes, which provides navigation shots of your planned route. Whether you're on foot, bike, taking public transport...

Image Line continues to admirably stick to its guns, delivering free updates for life to FL Studio users. And every update brings something new and noteworthy, rarely are they simple bug fixes. FL Studio 21.2 is no different, bringing two of the biggest updates in some time.  First up is the introduction of stem separation. This is huge for producers who want to dabble in remixing, but can't get access to official stems for songs they want to reimagine. But it's also a boon for anyone who is int...

The following article contains major spoilers for Season Four, Episode Nine Star Trek: Lower Decks takes its name and premise from a late episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. “Lower Decks” pivots away from the show’s usual format to focus on four junior crew members and is told mostly from their perspective. One of them is Sito Jaxa (Shannon Fill) who had appeared two years earlier as a cadet in “The First Duty.” That episode focused on Wesley Crusher’s involvement in a conspiracy to cover...

The cloud is full of treats this GFN Thursday with Cities: Skylines II now streaming, leading 15 newly supported games this week. The game’s publisher, Paradox Interactive, is offering GeForce NOW one-month Priority memberships for those who pick up the game first, so make sure to grab one before they’re gone. Among the newly supported ...

Signalis! Inscryption! Alien: Isolation! After some spooky games to get you in the seasonal spirit this Halloween? The 'Screaming Deals' sale on the North American eShop might just have you covered. The sale is now live and will run until 31st October at 11:59pm PT. There is a range of different horror titles and DLC seeing discounts of up to 90% off including the likes of Inscryption, Alan Wake Remastered and Signalis — which we'd defo recommend checking out if you haven't already

This isn't a Mega-Scoop for the Ages, but it's a fun little story. Tucked away in one dark corner of Remedy's latest horror extravaganza Alan Wake 2 you'll find an arcade cabinet machine dedicated to the very first game the Finnish developer ever made.

Remedy’s action-horror franchise reemerges as a survival horror masterpiece.

Timing is an art.

Publisher Nacon and developer Appeal Studios have announced that upcoming dystopian action-adventure game Gangs of Sherwood has been delayed.

There are currently no signs of an "Apple Watch Ultra 3" being in development within Apple's supply chain, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today. As a result, he believes the likelihood of a new Apple Watch Ultra being released in 2024 is "decreasing." "If Apple doesn't officially kick off the Apple Watch Ultra 3 project by December, it's almost confirmed that we won't see a new Apple Watch Ultra in 2024," said Kuo. If the Apple Watch Ultra is not updated next year, Kuo believes it is likely because A...

Earlier this week, Microsoft revealed the launch of Starfield led to a 13% increase in overall Xbox content and services revenue in its Fiscal Year 2024 Quarter 1 financials. Now, Capcom has released its latest round of financials – the six-month period that ended in September – and in it, reveals that both income and profit are up thanks to the excellent launches of its Resident Evil 4 remake and Street Fighter 6.  Total game sales are up from 21.3 million this time last year to 22.6 million un...

The first of Dying Light 2's The Frightening events has arrived in the form of a positively blood-soaked Vampire: The Masquerade crossover.

It's been a long road getting here but it seems we're inching closer to Cloud Imperium Games actually releasing Squadron 42, their cinematic single-player space adventure set in the Star Citizen universe. They also talked up Vulkan support with their ongoing tech work.

Timb-err: Old School Runescape's new forestry update gets panned for being 'too convoluted for its own good'

Turns out we may have to re-define the term "high-performance GPUs".

The GTA Online weekly update for the week of October 26 to November 2, 2023 is here, and we’ve got all the details about what to expect for the final set of Halloween festivities for this year ahead of Rockstar’s official blog. With the return of those nightmarish Jack O’ Lanterns and several free gifts up for grabs, there’s quite a few spooky goodies to get your hands on before October ends.

Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy will add a New Game Plus mode to the game after it launches, which will add a harder difficulty mode and a new "alternative narrative". The new difficulty is named Nightmare, which I can only imagine will be incredibly challenging. When I got to play some of Alan Wake 2 earlier this year I explored two chapters on Normal mode and I died a lot. And then I died again. On the plus side, players will still have all their previously unlocked weapons and upgrades to hand w...

Victoria 3: Colossus of the South is the next expansion for Paradox Interactive's 19th century strategy game bringing with it the young nations of South America.

At last night's Xbox Partner Preview showcase we finally saw in-engine footage of Konami's Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake for the first time, but it received a mixed reaction from fans. The remake - Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater to use its official name - is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 and this new trailer showed Snake sneaking around a beautifully lit jungle and a cute little frog paddling through some very realistic water. It's technically impressive, but for some fans it'...

With concerns around generative AI ever-present, Google has announced an expansion of its Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) focused on AI-specific attacks and opportunities for malice. As such, the company released updated guidelines detailing which discoveries qualify for rewards and which fall out of scope. For example, discovering training data extraction that leaks private, sensitive information falls in scope, but if it only shows public, nonsensitive data, then it wouldn't qualify for a ...

Dying Light 2. Vampire: The Masquerade. A perfect undead union forged in the fires of hell. As Kindred from across the World of Darkness unite to cause chaos in Villedor, I caught up with Dying Light franchise director Tymon Smektała to chat about the collab in an exclusive PCGamesN interview, discussing its clans and the wider Frightening Halloween event.

Traeger, Kamado Joe and Weber are some of the biggest names in smart grilling. These companies have built numerous products that allow you to control and monitor their grills, usually pellet-burning setups, from the comfort of your living room or while you run an errand. Based right outside of Augusta, Georgia, Recteq is another company that’s doing the same. If you aren’t familiar with its products, now is a great time for an introduction as its new lineup has two novel takes on the pellet gril...

Hello everyone – my name is Kei Komaki, I am the producer and together with Yuichiro Kitao, Development Producer and Director we want to give fans and newcomers a deep dive into the development process of Star Ocean The Second Story R! This brand-new remake of the classic PlayStation-era RPG launches for PS5 and PS4...

Pitch notes. EA Sports FC 24 kicked off on Switch last month and, in a move that we still can't quite believe, it runs... well. Yes, after years of full-price legacy editions, the Switch finally has a good version of the yearly football (or soccer, if you want) game under its belt — albeit with a new name slapped on the cover. Now, the latest edition of the beautiful game has been given a beautiful update, so let's take a look at what's involved, shall we? Title update 4 looks to tackle a number...

Get your party hats on and stuff yourself with cake.

Apple is actively developing new 12-inch and 13-inch MacBook models for sale at a planned price point of around $700 or less, claims a rumor out of Korea. According to the operator of news aggregator account "yeux1122" on the Naver blog, supply chain sources have "consistently" seen evidence that Apple has low-cost MacBooks in two different sizes in ongoing development. The account's sources suggest that while Apple has yet to fully commit to mass producing the low-cost Macs, they are now "more ...

And no, it's not an RTX 4090 that's gone back in time.

Alan Wake 2 finally hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC tomorrow, on Friday, October 27. After the wait was extended by a 10-day delay, the game's release is almost here. After getting a new launch trailer yesterday that showed more of this spooky world, developer Remedy Entertainment has another pre-launch update to share: New Game+ will arrive sometime after the game's launch.  This New Game+ mode will allow players to retain all unlocked weapons and upgrades. Plus, it will feature a n...

Capitalism and caipirinhas.

How do you farm resources in Return to Moria? The crafting game set in the Lord of the Rings universe sees you head on a quest to Moria, with a spring in your step, probably singing a song if our dwarves are setting trends around here. With that comes a need for a lot of resources of varying types - but how do you find them all? We've got all you need to know on finding and farming resources in The Lord of the Rings Return to Moria. Before you get to that stage, you might be wondering if the Ret...

Does The Finals have crossplay? The audience is excited, the arena is prepped, and the only thing left is for you to gather your teammates and compete for glory. The Finals is a competitive FPS game that will see you and your friends destroy the environment, and your opponents, as you aim to to be crowned champion of the new gameshow. Competing in The Finals requires more than true aim and crisp movement, the FPS game combines environmental destruction and light building elements to add a strate...

At Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview showcase last night, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth kicked proceedings off with a new trailer revealing one of the new side hustles. Dondoko Island will let players escape to a deserted island off the coast of Hawaii, a "vacation within a vacation, where a cosy DIY lifestyle awaits". There's fishing, material gathering, furniture crafting, and even decora- hold on... RGG Studio has essentially added Animal Crossing into the Like a Dragon (previously called Yak...

Meta’s Threads continues to grow, all while the service it aped, X, continues to splutter and fall apart. Mark Zuckerberg said that Threads currently has “just under” 100 million monthly active users and that the app could reach 1 billion users in the next couple of years. Threads picked up 100 million sign-ups in its first week, with easy ways to create an account from your existing Instagram profile. However, engagement dropped off amid complaints about limited functionality and feeds flooded ...