This info comes from reputable leaker Tom Henderson via Insider-Gaming, who writes that he has heard from sources that Activision plans to kick off the first multiplayer weekend for Modern Warfare II on December 15 – a little more than three weeks from now. In addition, it has been said that the game’s Season 1 mid-season update will release a day before that on December 14. The free multiplayer weekend will reportedly run through December 19....

Need to know more? Here are Deliver Us Mars’ key features… Deliver Us Mars ventures onto PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 sometime “soon.” A Bold New Mission - Ten years after the Fortuna mission, humanity is closer than ever to extinction. After a mysterious distress call from Mars, join the Zephyr and its crew as they journey to the red planet and seek to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward, and with them, ensure the survival of the human race....

Just can’t wait until The Game Awards on December 8 for the reveals? Well, again according to Henderson, a number of journalists and influencers have had the opportunity to go hands-on with Diablo IV and the embargo on their impressions will expire the day before. Finally, we return to Jez Corden, who previously indicated Diablo IV could launch in April of 2023. He’s now saying that April may have “represented the earlier end” of the game’s potential launch window, and that the game could launch as late as June 2023....

At GDC 2022, Microsoft Software Engineer Cooper Partin talked about optimizing IO performance with DirectStorage on Windows. He said this is no direct port of the DirectStorage API available for Xbox Series S|X; this version has been tailored to the unique needs of the PC system. The most exciting part is where Partin says the API can deliver 20-40% CPU savings as it is, provided you’re running it on Windows 11 with an NVMe SSD....

Turns out there is! Just minutes ago during a “10 Years of Dragon’s Dogma” digital event, series mastermind Hideaki Itsuno announced Dragon’s Dogma 2 is in the works! Per Itsuno, the team is currently “hard at work,” indicating some sort of full production has already begun. You can check out the full 10th anniversary livestream for yourself, below. Details on DD2 are scant at the moment, although we do have a brief statement from Itsuno and the following logo....

Here’s a bit more info on what to expect from Dying Light 2 update 1.4 and the In the Footsteps of the Nightrunner chapter… Dying Light 2 Stay Human is available now on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5. Update 1.4 and the new content will arrive tomorrow (June 14). Chapter Agent — Meet Harper, a former Nightrunner that acts as your link to the new adventure....

President & CEO/Director of FromSoftware, Inc., Hidetaka Miyazaki, said in a statement: President & CEO of BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., Yasuo Miyakawa, added: I’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks on behalf of the entire development team. “Elden Ring” is based on a mythological story written by George R. R. Martin. We hope players enjoy a high level of freedom when adventuring through its vast world, exploring its many secrets and facing up to its many threats....

The announcement came out of nowhere just now, and we’re sure that many didn’t expect the Swedish holding company to buy the studios responsible for numerous AAA titles, including the recent Tomb Raider reboots, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the Deus Ex series, and many other popular titles. According to the press release, the total purchase price amounts to USD 300 million on a cash and debt-free basis, to be paid in full at closing....

Long has there been exclusive content for Call of Duty PlayStation players, but don’t expect exclusive modes for those playing on Sony’s platform this time around. As revealed via the Call of Duty website, and picked up by Charlie Intel, this year’s CoD installment will have benefits for PlayStation players in the form of additional load-outs, exclusive seasonally combat packs, PlayStation-exclusive monthly Double XP events, a Battle Pass Bundle Bonus, and additional weapon XP when playing in teams....

For those that haven’t been keeping up, The Fallout series is being executive produced by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, who previously created HBO’s Westworld. Nolan will direct the series’ debut episode. The series has managed to accumulate an impressive cast, including Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight, Justified), Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Army of the Dead), Xelia Mendes-Jones (Havoc), Aaron Moten (Father Stu), and Kyle MacLachlan (Agent Dale Cooper himself). Details on the series’ plot are scarce right now, although Goggins is said to be playing an important ghoul....

The Building Bridges mod allows players to interact with one another by leaving messages in the game’s world. The mod also introduces a rating system and a reporting system. You can leave messages in any interior or exterior cell from any mod. Which means you could do it in Official DLCs, Project Brazil,TTW, New Vegas Bounties and basically any mod downloaded from Nexus or anywhere else. If players have that mod installed, they will see your message exactly where you left it....

Using SkillUp’s video as the first point of reference, we can infer a few things alongside his impressions. He aptly points out that the demo he had access to may not be the same as the b-roll footage shown in the video. According to his impressions, the b-roll footage was in 4K resolution and working fluently while the PlayStation 5 demo he played had poor performance. As such, it might be easy to infer that the gameplay that is shown across the previews has been captured on the PC version of the game....

According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, Fortnite on Steam Deck, unfortunately, isn’t in the cards as the company isn’t confident they’d be able to battle cheaters on the system. — Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) February 7, 2022 — Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) February 7, 2022 As many have pointed out, Tim Sweeney saying Fortnite won’t be compatible with the Steam Deck due to cheaters is a bit odd, considering Epic is bringing their own anti-cheat software to the system....

While a big announcement wasn’t made, the promo page for NVIDIA’s new RTX 4090 card includes the following chart… As you can see, the chart shows Forza Horizon 5, with the light-green part of the bar indicating the performance boost the game will get with DLSS. Forza Horizon 5 getting DLSS at all is an announcement, as it doesn’t yet support the tech. Now, the big question – will FH5 support DLSS 3?...

This PlayStation 4 emulator developed by red-prig is in an early stage, but it is already capable of running two commercial games - Sonic Mania and We Are Doomed. The first one runs well enough, which is not surprising considering how it is not a particularly demanding game, while the second is definitely not in a playable state, but the fact that it gets in-game is impressive nonetheless. You can check out the two PlayStation 4 games running on the fpPS4 emulator in the video below, courtesy of BrutalSam....

In a weird echo of what transpired in the early summer of 2022, when the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX had offered to rescue its competitor Voyager Digital as the collapse of Terra’s stablecoin (TerraUSD) rocked the crypto world, Binance has now apparently donned the mantle of the proverbial knight in shining armor for Voyager’s clients, leading some to speculate whether Binance will eventually go down in a similar fashion to that of FTX....

With memories of the early summer crypto crash, precipitated by the utter collapse of Terra’s ecosystem, still fresh in the collective psyche of investors, rumors of a bank run on the crypto exchange FTX have captivated a much more cautious and weary audience. At the heart of this showdown lies a very public feud between the founder of Binance, Zhao “CZ” Changpeng, and the owner of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. With the stability of the entire crypto sphere hanging in the balance, the stakes cannot be any higher....

GALAX Teases Next-Gen HOF Products Including DDR5-8000 Memory & PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD The new HOF memory module is a change from the previous GALAX designs. IT Home notes that the HOF logo is outlined by part of the RGB on the module, which confirms that the memory will be part of a higher-performing set. The anticipated speed of the new memory module from GALAX is expected to feature DDR5 speeds of up to 8000 Mbps which will make it one of the fastest DRAM modules on the planet for enthusiast PCs....

GALAX Unveils Blistering-Fast HOF Memory & SSD: HOF PRO DDR5-8000 & HOF Extreme 50 PCIe 5.0 SSD Just yesterday, we were talking about how GALAX was going to unveil two brand-new HOF products and the company has just announced them. HOF being the most premium segment in GALAX’s line is known for its quality and craftsmanship, offering the best performance to enthusiasts & also the best overclocking to extreme users. GALAX HOF PRO DDR5 Memory Kits The first announcement of the day is the GALAX HOF DDR5 PRO memory kits which come in three frequency options ranging from DDR5-6800, DDR5-7200 and all the way up to DDR5-8000....

Galaxy S23 Series Could Lower Its Performance, Increasing the Battery Life, Without Affecting Refresh Rate Although not as exciting, the Galaxy S23 series is said to have a Light mode over the standard mode that will be for better battery life. This light mode looks to be just another form of power-saving mode, but there are some more details about it. According to reliable tipster Ice Universe, this Light mode will moderately reduce performance while greatly reducing power consumption without having any effect on the refresh rate....