Ghost of Tsushima's new Update 1.1 massively expands the scope of Sucker Punch's samurai slasher, adding free four-player co-op and a NewGame+ option.

Sony's epic open-world samurai game is getting a big content drop on October 16. Ghost of Tsushima's new co-op Legends mode adds in two-player story missions set in a mythical world full of Japanese folklore, demons, and monsters. There's always four-player survival modes, and an upcoming raid. The online mode is free, but PS Plus is required to play, and there isn't any microtransactions.

Legends has four main classes:

Criterion's 2010 high-octane racer is getting remastered on all current-gen platforms, complete with boosted graphics, full DLC, and new features.

Today EA announced Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered will drop this November on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch. The remaster comes bundled with all previous paid DLC packs and extra content drops, as well as cross-play in multiplayer, which is hugely transformative for continued online play in EA's biggest games.

The remaster is being developed by Stellar Entertainment, the team behind Burnout Paradise Remastered, in association with ex-Criterion devs. Performance modes for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered will vary platform-to-platform:

Call of Duty Mobile has been a tremendous success right out of the gate, amassing nearly half a billion dollars in revenues and taking the #3 spot in the U.S. in its first year of availability.

There's nothing like Call of Duty; the IP is a trend-setter and its annualized installments routinely rake in hundreds of millions in game sales and long-term monetization for Activision. Now with the new mobile-based Call of Duty game, Activision has expanded its focus to tap gaming's most lucrative platform. And tap it the company has; the free-to-play CoD Mobile has generated $480 million in microtransactions in its first year on the market.

According to analyst firm Sensor Tower, Call of Duty Mobile has made considerable revenues since releasing in October 2019. The game has earned about $480m in mTX spending and overall earnings peaked in Q2'20 during the coronavirus lockdowns. Downloads sit at about 270 million worldwide, but CoD Mobile is doing extremely well in the U.S., where it's taken the #3 top mobile shooter spot behind Fortnite (#2) and PUBG (#1).

Baldur's Gate 3's anticipated early access build will launch on both PC and Mac tomorrow, October 6 at 10AM PST, Larian today confirmed.

As part of early access, Mac gamers will have direct say in how Baldur's Gate 3 evolves over time. This is a pretty big deal as most early access titles just include PC gamers and leave Mac gamers out. Larian is using all feedback from core RPG fans to help solidify their next opus. Baldur's Gate 3's early access will include Act 1, but Acts 2-3 are still in development, and Larian expects the project to remain in early access for a year or so before it's ready for a finalized launch.

Here's a breakdown of what to expect with Baldur's Gate 3's early access build:

CD PROJEKT RED has taken to the official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account to announce that Cyberpunk 2077 has gone gold.

The tweet is very light, simply saying: "Cyberpunk 2077 has gone gold! See you in Night City on November 19th!" If you aren't aware of what 'gone gold means', it's when a game has reached a stage when a master copy is sent out to be mass produced onto physical discs (think Xbox One and PS4).

In new reality, CDPR is probably cramming like all hell right now getting Cyberpunk 2077 polished every hour before November 19 on all platforms with those day one updates that we all know are inevitable.

It was just a few months ago that the installation size of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare tipped over 200GB, but with the recent huge Season 6 update that weighed 57GB on the PC -- the overall size of COD: MW is now tipping towards 250GB.

This has pissed off a lot of gamers, with 250GB SSD owners effectively forced to move the game off of their SSD and onto something bigger -- or upgrade. Even at launch Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was ridiculously huge weighing in at 175GB.

But after a few updates it passed 200GB, then 220GB, and now it is close to 250GB in size. Why? The game has the single-player campaign, cooperative Special Ops mode, and then the battle royale monster Warzone.

NVIDIA will be launching its GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card later this month, but now the GA104-300 GPU that powers it has been spotted in the flesh going through validation.

You can see a bunch of those juicy new GA104-300 GPUs in a tray waiting to go through validation, with the validation test program running on the right. We can see there that it's the GA104 GPU, which packs 5888 CUDA cores, 184 TMUs, and 96 ROPs.

The new GeForce RTX 3070 will launch with 8GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit memory bus, but we are to expect rumored RTX 3070 models with 16GB of GDDR6 in the near future.

NVIDIA has officially delayed the GeForce RTX 3070 launch by two weeks, coinciding within 24 hours of AMD's reveal of the RDNA 2-based Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards.

The new GeForce RTX 3070 will launch on October 29, the day after AMD reveals its new Radeon RX 6000 series on October 28. NVIDIA announced the news in a very quick news post on their official website, with the original launch to happen on October 15... but this has since changed.

NVIDIA will now launch its GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card on October 28, and we will have day one reviews of all the cards that hit our labs.

It looks like Acer is about to unleash a new 34-inch UltraWide gaming monitor onto the market, with the new Acer Predator X34S teased.

The new Acer Predator X34S has a 34-inch Nano IPS-based panel with a native resolution of 3440 x 1440, with a super-smooth 200Hz refresh rate and NVIDIA G-SYNC support. Another big note is that the Acer Predator X34S has a super-fast 0.5ms response time.

We have a 1900R curvature on the Acer Predator X34S, with DisplayHDR 400 support and SDR brightness of 400 nits with up to 550 nits of brightness on offer with HDR enabled. There is no HDMI 2.1 unfortunately, but it does have 1 x DP 1.4 and 2 x HDMI 2.0 inputs.

Update: Overnight I had some people DM me on Twitter and email me informing me of some things that need to be clarified. First of all the cards were reportedly not sold out instantly, but it's because people couldn't buy them at all. There were bots that were scanning the inventory and completing the purchase all before the card hit the website or even Newegg's own search engine.

I had someone email me who I will keep anonymous, who said: "I did not run a bot but I had 3 sites open side by side. The original bad link, Reddit sub thread, new egg with a 3080 rtx search. I refreshed all 3 nonstop. The Reddit sub thread was updated with a new link and the new link showed out of stock. I saw it within seconds of being posted. Meanwhile there was no way to find the page for the card. It wasn't listed in the search or anywhere on the site through browsing".

The email continued: "I can only second hand confirm that people running bots saw the inventory disappear before the new page was posted. GIGABYTE did not enforce any of its policies they claimed were in place to prevent this. The entire launch, every single purchase was invalid based off the rules they stated. They didn't void any of the purchases though and instead turned their back on the community. We aren't mad because we only had 10 minutes to buy the card like your article implies".

We have just gotten our first peek at AMD's upcoming Big Navi in the form of the Navi 21 GPU that will power the flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card. Check it out:

The hot new picture of the Navi 21 GPU is courtesy of Coreteks, who said his sources said that this is the Big Navi "Navi 21" GPU that will power the Radeon RX 6900 XT. It's a gigantic GPU that looks to measure in at around 536mm2 (rough calculation).

What is more important here is the die features no HBM2 or HBM2e memory next to it, confirming that AMD will be going with GDDR6 (and 16GB of it) memory like the previous rumors have said.

Sony's investment into console cooling has paid off big, and Japanese previewers say the PS5 runs cool and quiet under heavy load.

Japanese websites have gone hands-on with the PlayStation 5 and the initial results are stellar. Sites like Dengeki Online and 4Gamer both praise the system's heat mitigation while playing games like Godfall and Demon's Souls in 4K resolution. The PS5's fans are described as nearly silent and the vents themselves are cool to the touch--a stark contrast to the launch PS4 and PS4 Pro systems, whose fans rev up quite loudly when playing heavy-hitting games.

Sony has put tremendous money, R&D man hours, and planning into the PlayStation 5's cooling system. Earlier this year, console architect Mark Cerny said the PS5's heat management system would make us 'quite happy,' and the system's chassis has been specifically designed for maximized airflow.

Just like Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield, ZeniMax Online's brand new IP is being built from the ground up with new engine optimizations.

ZeniMax Online, the dev behind Elder Scrolls Online, is currently working on a brand new IP. We've actually known about this for a while: the project was first known in 2018, it's likely another MMORPG, and Colin Campbell, who worked on Jedi: Fallen Order and Mass Effect, has signed up as a level artist.

Now we have a few more details about the project. According to ZeniMax lead graphics engineer Alex Tardiff, the new IP is being built in a fresh new games engine. "Not much to say about this yet, but it's been so much fun creating a brand new engine. With how rare this kind of thing is nowadays, I feel fortunate to be at this studio while we invest heavily in our own technology," Tardiff said on Twitter.

Payday 3 is being developed in Unreal Engine, and could make use of new UE5 optimizations designed for next-gen consoles.

A recent Twitter post re-confirmed Payday 3 will be powered by Epic's Unreal Engine, and that the project is still in design stages. It's possible Payday 3 could eventually transition to UE5 as a future-proofed game on next-gen consoles, complete with massively advantageous new developments like the Nanite system, Lumen global illumination, and efficient optimizations for the new PS5 and Series X SSD storage. Starbreeze already confirmed the game is targeting PS5 and Xbox Series X with a 2022-23 release date.

Payday 3 was announced in 2017, but the game is still in its design phases thanks to Starbreeze's financial troubles. This long development time has seen the project shift as Starbreeze doubles-down on gaming and the Payday franchise, which remains the singular IP and sole focus for the company's business (all other segments have been sold off to help reduce debts). In fact, Payday 3 is Starbreeze's last hope: if no contract is secured, the company may be forced to sell the IP.

The PS5's SSD may only have 660GB of usable space after formatting and reserved OS storage, recent leaks indicate.

If these Russian leaks are accurate, the PS5's internal PCIe 4.0 SSD may fill up fast. The console comes with an ultra-fast SSD that's capable of hitting 5.5GB/sec uncompressed data transfer speeds, but the capacity has been reduced to save on MSRP costs. The PS5's internal storage only cocks in at 825GB, which is just 768GB after formatting. This useable space is further reduced by reserved data for the operating system and other features like quick resume.

Now we have an idea of the PS5's real-world storage capacity. According to new unverified leaks, the PS5 has roughly 660GB of available space for games, content and media. This includes the pre-installed Astro's Playroom, which is reportedly 2.4GB. This means the console reserves roughly 128GB for the OS and other data processing features, and possibly indicates the PS5's built-in NVMe is also used as a virtual RAM buffer to help massive accelerate and efficiently process data and textures.

Tobii released a pair of videos demonstrating the performance benefits of its eye-tracking technology paired with foveated rendering in the HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition. The results are quite impressive.

HP announced the Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition VR headset earlier this week. The upcoming device includes several biometric sensors, such as a heart rate monitor, a face camera, and eye-tracking cameras, which enable a variety of advanced features. In particular, the eye-tracking cameras, provided by Tobii, enable some impressive performance benefits.

For years, VR enthusiasts have been clamouring about the supposed benefits of foveated rendering. This rendering technique reduces the GPU load by lowering the graphics fidelity outside of your focus area while maintaining maximum rendering quality where you're actively looking.

Update: I've been informed that the Radeon RX 5700 XT is NOT discontinued, and it's still being made -- meanwhile the Radeon RX 5700 is on "special order".

AMD is reportedly no longer manufacturing its RDNA-powered Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards, as they have entered End of Life (EOL) status.

The report is coming from Cowcotland, which says that AMD is no longer making reference or custom boards for RX 5700 series graphics cards. This means that whatever is left on retailer shelves and distribution warehouses across the world is it, AMD is clearing the path for Big Navi in November.

Two leaders of Team Xecuter, a group responsible for hacking the Nintendo Switch's OS and selling exploits that allow pirated software, have been arrested and face 11 felony charges related to their manipulation and illegal sale and free availability of pirated software.

The world of piracy has been dealt another major blow by Nintendo. First Nintendo went after emulation websites, then it went after UberChips, a website that sold hardware related to exploiting Nintendo products. Now the company, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Homeland Security are pressing against Team Xecuter, a group of hackers who have repeatedly exploited the Switch to allow pirated software on the device. Team Xecuter was first responsible for hacking the Switch in 2017 thanks to a hardware vulnerability on the 20nm Tegra X1, and then also hacked the newly revised 16nm Tegra Switch model. Their operations began as early as 2013, the indictment claims.

According to a new press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, two of Team Xecuters leaders are now in custody. Max Louarn of France and Gary Bowser of the Dominican Republic have been arrested, the release states. Bowser has been extradited to the United States to face the charges, and appeared in federal court in New Jersey. Louarn has yet to be extradited but the U.S. is seeking it.

Microsoft is getting closer to releasing the highly anticipated VR update for MS Flight Simulator. The VR update isn't ready for primetime yet, but Microsoft is putting out a call for beta testers to complete the bug testing phase.

Microsoft is accepting applications for access to the Flight Simulator VR closed beta. The company is looking for core fans who already own the game and already own a VR headset. Beta access will roll out in two phases, with the first group comprising Windows MR headset owners. Beta access for other headsets will roll out in phase two.

You will need to meet specific criteria to be considered for the beta. First and foremost, you must already own MS Flight Simulator and a VR headset. You must also be registered as a Flight Simulator Insider. Microsoft will also require you to submit your DxDiag log along with a signed copy of an NDA agreement that prevents you from disclosing your experience with the early access game.

Konami is on a roll right now: Not only did they re-release Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, and Metal Gear Solid 2 on PC, they're also doing the same for Silent Hill.

The cerebral horror classic Silent Hill 4: The Room was just released on GOG.com for just $10, offering a nice bit of weirdness to prep you for Halloween. The game is DRM-free on GOG but doesn't have any kind of upgrades or remastered effects--it's just the basic PS2 classic ported onto PC.

GOG also warns users that XInput controllers (Xbox 360 wired, DualShock 3) are partially supported bit DirectInput (legacy controllers) can be used to play the game: "XInput controllers are partially supported (right stick may not be possible to bind). Most common DirectInput controllers are supported."