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GIGABYTE has introduced its latest A620 motherboards with AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors, delivering "the most competitive AM5 platform." The A620 lineup is now available in the market.

This weekend's PC game deals include bundles for bullet heaven and boomer shooter fans, another double giveaway from the Epic Games Store, free events from indie developers, and more.

Another Games with Gold offer has landed, and this time it is a copy of Out of Space Couch Edition that's available for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to claim.

ARK developer Studio Wildcard is delaying the sequel project while also releasing a remaster of the original RPG. The Unreal Engine 5-based ARK: Survival Ascended remaster is coming in August.

Crystal Dynamics has made almost every premium cosmetic item inside Marvel's Avengers free across all platforms. This means every custom outfit, takedown, emote and more are now available to everyone.

The research firm IDC says that the Sony PSVR2 headset for the PlayStation 4 console has only sold 270,000 units worldwide since it launched in late February for the price of $549.99.

The new stand-alone expansion to Stardock's 4X space strategy game includes updated graphics, new civilizations, a massive new super unit that can destroy a solar system, and much more.

Another round of Xbox Free Play Days has kicked off, and this time Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can try out Age of Empires II, Journey to the Savage Planet, and more.

The Xbox Series X Diablo IV bundle will also include an exclusive in-game item for the upcoming fantasy action-RPG sequel from Blizzard, and will launch the same day as the game on June 6.

Tunche is an anime-inspired side-scrolling action game, while The Silent Age is a point-and-click adventure game. Both will be free to grab from the Epic Games Store for the next week.

Microsoft has revealed the April Games with Gold offers to be copies of Out of Space and Peaky Blinders: Mastermind. The two will be available to Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate members.

With today's highlighted deal, get lost with online entertainment thanks to an epic collection of classic PlayStation games at a great price. Now for a limited time available through Neowin Deals.

The long-awaited release of The Last of Us Part I on PC has not gone very well. Many are reporting major performance issues, crashes, shader cache compilation process taking hours, and other bugs.

Lenovo has confirmed that it will no longer be making Legion gaming phones. Instead, it will most likely focus on the Moto line. Other gaming-related products won't be affected by this decision.

Microsoft has confirmed an interesting bug related to gaming on Windows 11. It looks like Rockstar Games' popular title RDR 2 is failing to launch on Windows 11 21H2 when using the Rockstar Launcher.

Microsoft has released a new update for Xbox Insiders on the Omega ring. The update includes a new feature related to subscription management as well as a couple of other fixes. There are also issues.

Sega and Tencent are the latest major game publishers who have stated they won't be exhibiting at E3 2023, and other companies are reportedly skipping the annual video game trade show as well.

An official Dungeons and Dragons add-on pack is coming soon to the sandbox world Minecraft, adding several D&D locations, along with monsters and more features of the table-top fantasy RPG game.

The Dolphin emulator, which allows gamers to play games from some of Nintendo's earlier consoles on PCs, is coming to Valve's Steam storefront sometime in the second quarter of 2023.

The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 - Core controller is getting two more color variants in April. Pre-orders are now available for the red and blue shades with a $139.99 price tag.

Japan has become the latest country to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7 billion. It seems like the tides are finally turning in Microsoft's favor.

This week, Microsoft and select publishers have discounted a number of titles including up to 85% off games from the LEGO franchise and 75% off Batman: Arkham Knight. Be sure to check them out.

Windows 7 and Windows 8 users will lose access to their Steam games if they don't switch to using a more modern operating system. Valve is dropping support for three legacy platforms soon.

Microsoft has released version 2308.230323-2000 to the Xbox Alpha Skip-Ahead channel. The known issues seem to be getting shorter and there are several fixes in this update related to audio and more.

Mark Darrah, who worked at BioWare on all three previous Dragon Age games. will work with the current Dragon Age: Dreadwolf team as a consultant. The game still does not have a release date.

E3 2023 has lost another major publisher, with Ubisoft also pulling out of the event. The company had previously confirmed it will be attending the trade show, but is now pursuing a solo showcase.

The side-scrolling brawler game that features lots of Warner Bros-based characters launched its open beta in July 2022 to great acclaim but the game's player base has gotten much smaller since then.

The 30-day trial offer Microsoft has been offering to new and returning Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers has been discontinued, meaning no more $1 promotions from now on.

An official Microsoft statement says the company has actually "expanded footprint" of games that it has shipped on PlayStation consoles following its acquisition of ZeniMax in 2021.

The tactical shooter from Valve reached a new peak of 1,519,457 players online at once this weekend, a few days after Valve officially announced plans to update the game with Counter-Strike 2.

This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle filled with scary games, a freebie for chess fans from the Epic Games Store, plenty of discounts for digital tabletop games, and much more.

The just-launched Resident Evil 4 Remake survival horror game will include the free Mercenaries mode in a DLC, but details about the mode have yet to be revealed by publisher Capcom.

The UK Competition & Markets Authority's provisional conclusion says Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard "will not result in a substantial lessening of competition" for UK console gaming.

Xbox console games can also play Bassmaster Fishing: 2022 Bassmaster Classic for free this weekend, and get discounts for all three games that are part of Xbox Free Play Days this week.

The latest freebie drop from the Epic Games Store brings a copy of the high-fidelity chess entry Chess Ultra by Ripstone, as well as a handy starter pack for the free-to-play game World of Warships.

The new NVIDIA 531.41 WHQL driver also adds DLSS 2 or 3 support for many other new PC games, and includes support for the preview of Cyberpunk 2077's new Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode.

FromSoftware has finally delivered the ray tracing features it promised for Elden Ring even before the game's launch. The performance intensive feature is available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5.

Shipments of gaming PCs and gaming monitors could be slow this year according to IDC. It comes following 2022 when shipments of these products contracted for the first time since 2016.

AMD's driver team has delivered the Adrenalin Edition 23.3.2 release with support for the soon-releasing titles Resident Evil 4 remake, The Last of Us Part I, as well as a number of bug fixes.

Samsung is launching the Odyssey Universe map in Fortnite on Thursday. It will give gamers a chance to win one of Samsung's premium Odyssey gaming monitors. There's also a 15% off discount code.