Yearly Archives: 2022

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but Ryzen 7000 Series processors may actually end up being discounted until the tail end of the holidays, according to AMD's official store, which continues to list its latest (Zen 4) desktop CPUs, including the flagship Ryzen 9 7950X, at prices that are notably lower than MSRP.

NVIDIA has released its GeForce Game Ready 527.37 WHQL driver to provide what the company says is the best day-0 gaming experience for the latest games, including Marvel’s Midnight Suns (December 2) and Need for Speed Unbound (November 29/December 2), which are launching with NVIDIA DLSS 2/advanced ray tracing effects and NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology, respectively.

Fractal Design has announced that its Torrent series, a lineup of PC cases that are built to maximize cooling potential straight out of the box and feature an open front grille, are now available in a whiteout version.

NVIDIA has shared a list of new games that will feature the latest iteration of its upscaling technology, DLSS 3, which is exclusive to GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards but can accelerate performance by up to 4X in fully ray-traced games, according to the company.

These new Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 CL38 kits, while at a premium price, represent some of the fastest memory currently available for 13th Gen Intel Core processors and were previously teased when G.Skill announced its Trident Z5 DDR5-7800 version.

The Witcher Remake won't be released anytime soon, according to Adam Kiciński, President and Joint CEO of CD PROJEKT, who teased the upcoming project during a webcast this week and revealed that the "re-imagining" of the 2007 action role-playing game based on Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy novel series will not launch before The Witcher 4 (codename: Polaris), the next mainline installment of the franchise that is also being developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5.

Amazon has revealed that Prime subscribers will be able to claim eight free titles in the month of December as part of their Prime Gaming benefits, including Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Banners of Ruin, and Quake, id Software's classic 1996 dark fantasy shooter that received an enhanced re-release for modern platforms in August 2021 with 4K resolution, widescreen support, dynamic lighting, and more as part of the franchise's 25th anniversary:

The new Indiana Jones game that Wolfenstein studio MachineGames is working on may not be relegated to a single genre, according to new comments from the game's executive producer, Todd Howard, who spoke to Lex Fridman on the latest episode of his podcast and hinted that it would actually be a blend of different styles.

Microsoft has begun rolling out KB5020044, a new preview update for Windows 11 that introduces a lengthy list of improvements to the relatively new OS, including an anticipated fix for an issue that could potentially result in reduced performance and stuttering in certain games and applications.

Poor audio is one of the top reasons as to why more and more Americans are watching video content with subtitles enabled, according to language-teaching app Preply, which surveyed over 1,200 Americans this year on whether they use on-screen text and learned that many, particularly younger generations (i.e., Gen Z and Millennials), prefer to watch content with subtitles on for reasons that include hard-to-hear dialogue and background music that's too loudly mixed.

TEAMGROUP has launched the T-CREATE EXPERT SDXC UHS-II U3 V90 and V60, two new high-end memory cards designed for professional high-definition video creation and photography, both rated IP67 for dust and water resistance:

Nintendo and Illumination have released their second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a new full-length, animated feature based on one of the video game world's leading characters and franchises.