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NVIDIA is expected to drop another Turing hammer on AMD with the impending release of the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, and then this morning news broke of AMD reportedly dropped the price of its Radeon RX Vega 56 to $279 to get ahead of the GTX 1660 Ti.

Yeah well, that's not the case. Excited press were a little excited about the price as it was looked at in a way that AMD was dropping the price of the RX Vega 56 to $279, but it was however Newegg that had a "killer deal" for the Radeon RX Vega 56. Newegg very temporarily dropped the price of the Radeon RX Vega 56 to $279, and just $279 after a mail-in rebate. It sold out incredibly quick.

I checked Amazon at the time of writing and the Radeon RX Vega 56 can be found starting at $400-$500, a much higher price than the tantalizing prospects of securing the card for just $250 after the MIR.

After crunching for two games in a row, 343i will take Halo: Infinite's development more slowly as it prepares a new engine and toolset pipeline.

In a recent interview with USGamer, 343 Industries head Bonnie Ross affirmed the studio's first two Halo games took a toll on its team. Halo 4 demanded immense crunch as 343i had to prove itself worth of the franchise and keep the Halo flame going with new content. Artists and designers were hit hardest by this crunch, as they had to feed assets and content into a complex engine. But after Halo 4, Ross promised the team things would be easier with the next game. More tools would be in place to expedite the process.

That didn't happen, and 343i was hit with even more crunch to ship Halo 5. The project just kept getting bigger and bigger despite missing modes like Firefight at launch; the game was a technical achievement given the then-current Xbox One's limited hardware. Finally having made two sequels in a row with expanded post-release content rollouts, the team was finally ready for that easier road Ross promised.

Reggie Fils-Aime is retiring as President of Nintendo of America, and Bowser is taking over. No...not that Bowser. Company exec Doug Bowser.

Nintendo today announced that Reggie Fils-Aime, the beloved hypeman and leader who gave us the legendary phrase "My body is ready!", is stepping down as president of its American branch. Following his 15 years of strong leadership, Fils-Aime will step down shortly after Nintendo starts its new fiscal year in April.

"Nintendo owns a part of my heart forever," Fils-Aime said in the press release. "It's a part that is filled with gratitude - for the incredibly talented people I've worked with, for the opportunity to represent such a wonderful brand, and most of all, to feel like a member of the world's most positive and enduring gamer community. As I look forward to departing in both good health and good humor, this is not 'game over' for me, but instead 'leveling up' to more time with my wife, family and friends."

With Jordan Peele's new Twilight Zone reboot on the way, we thought it pertinent to drudge up our top 10 favorite episodes of the original 1960's series for your perusal.

The Twilight Zone is my favorite anthology series. It's a show that opens new doorways in your mind, conjuring all kinds of strange ideas and possibilities that simply weren't there before. You feel like a changed person after you watch a good Twilight Zone episode, as if you can now see the world a little bit differently. The following 10 episodes of the original 1960s series should bring that sense of awe and mystery the series is known for, and you can check them out on Hulu or Netflix.

Our list is a bit obscure, though. It doesn't include iconic (but not necessarily great) episodes like Shatner's Nightmare at 20,000 Feet or Burgess Meredith's immortalized broken glasses of Time Enough At Last. You won't find the one about the neat little stopwatch that stops time, or the camera that can predict the future. No, we dug a bit deeper to unearth some of the really interesting and oft-unknown gems the show has to offer. There's lots of twists and turns in these ones, so be forewarned!

It'd be hard to make a Twilight Zone reboot or continuation without acknowledging Rod Serling's original parables of weirdness. I'm happy to see CBS has peppered its new Twilight Zone series with lots of little nods to the black-and-white anthology of yore.

Every 20 years or so The Twilight Zone gets brought back. Many remember the original 1960's version narrated by Rod Serling, but there's actually three different series: an 80's reboot (which is quite excellent) and 2000's series (which 80% miss and 20% hit). Now in 2019, almost 20 years after the last resurrection, a fourth is coming--and it's coming soon. CBS placed a new Twilight Zone reboot in Jordan Peele's hands to help create little slices of macabre morality. The latest in Twilight Zone's legacy will begin on April 1, 2019, CBS today announced with new footage.

The latest trailer has a ton of little Easter eggs that Twilight Zone fans will recognize immediately. The hilarious-now but scary-for-its-time monster that espoused Shatner's famous line "there's...something on the wing...some...thing!" in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet can be seen washed up on a beach shore.

Dataminers have scoured the new Apex Legends update for tidbits, uncovering some interesting new modes and the possible return of parkour mechanics and titan mech suits.

Respawn's massively popular 60-player battle royale FPS sensation may become a lot more like its forebear Titanfall. According to info found by dataminers in Apex Legends' new update, the game is getting a new Classic mode that should unleash fresh havoc and bring back Titanfall-esque FPS action. Classic seems to include some familiar elements like double-jump thrusting via jumpkit items and Titanfall's beloved wall-running.

Some of the files also mention titans, hinting that mechs will return at some point. Respawn is likely testing the mechanics in a new developer-only mode and if hulking titan mechs do smash the scene, they should do so in a special gametype.

Paradox Interactive and Microsoft have teamed up to bring the first ever PC mods to consoles, introducing 'Paradox Mods' to the Xbox One.

PC gamers now have an avenue of sharing there mods with console gamers on the Xbox One. Paradox Interactive and Microsoft have created 'Paradox Mods', a platform for PC modders to share their work with Xbox One users and the first game to support the new platform is 'Surviving Mars'. 'Surviving Mars' is a survival strategy simulator based on Mars, players will experience what life is like on the Red Planet by being required to build infrastructure to ensure the survival of your colonizers.

On the official Xbox website, Microsoft and Paradox Interactive have selected some mods to showcase to players. Additions such as the 'Forest Greenhouse' allows for users that download it to produce automated oxygen for your civilization. There is also the 'Martian Car Wash', which is exactly what it sounds like, a car wash for your dust covered Mars vehicles and plenty more additions. Surviving Mars is very first game to support 'Paradox Mods', I'm sure as the platform develops there will be more games added to the new service. If you would to check out the official announcement, visit this link here.

There has been rumblings of OVERKILL's The Walking Dead being canceled on consoles, but now the publisher '505 Games' can confirm that the title is in-fact not canceled despite it users receiving refunds.

Back in 2018 we saw the epic failure of OVERKILL's The Walking Dead, with a complete financial loss due to the games lackluster quality in terms of numerous bugs, clunkiness and just an overall disappointing experience. Since the title has only been released on the PC, many console fans are still waiting to receive their pre-orders. Some users have reported that Sony are re-funding users the pre-order amount which has led to users believing that the title has been canceled, yet that is not true.

505 Games, the other publisher to the OVERKILL's The Walking Dead has come out on their official Twitter to announce that the console version of the game is NOT canceled despite the rampant rumors and has instead just been delayed. The post reads; "We just wanted to clear the position on the OVERKILL's The Walking Dead on console and confirm that the game has not been canceled, purely postponed whilst development is on-going. We will share further news as soon as possible."

To celebrate the anniversary of Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Microsoft are debuting a brand new update to the Definitive Edition and have also teased future announcements.

Microsoft has taken to their official Age of Empires website to announce a brand new massive update for the Definitive Edition. The update will add some brand new features such as; Automatic farm reseeding, mixed unit queues, mixed tech queues, resolution option for full screen mode and fallen units now decay over time.

There was also updates to unit behavior in the way of navigation for unit pathing, improvements to targeting behavior and much more. Microsoft also have done some work to the AI features of the game with units now picking their targets better, ability to hunt elephants and just general improvements all round. Most interestingly though, Microsoft teases that there will be some "very exciting announcements!" on the Inside Xbox livestream in March. Check that out here.

Valve have realized the grim truth of their video content service on Steam and now the company has now made an official statement saying their are planning to "refocus" what content is seen on their service.

In a brand new statement onto the Steam blog, Valve have addressed the video content side of their service. While the original thought behind the Video section was to expand Steams horizons into movies, documentaries etc, the idea wasn't well-received by the community. According to the blog post by Valve, after reviewing the traffic for what users were watching in the video section it became clear to them that they needed to "refocus" their efforts into what content is seen.

The decision that was finalized by Valve was that "over the coming weeks a number of non-gaming videos will be retired and will no longer be available for purchase." The content that will be seen in the video section will now be "directly related to gaming or, is accessory content for games or software sold on Steam." Ultimately Valve have "retired the Video section of the Steam Store menu with an expectation that video content is discovered via the associated game or software store page, or through search, user tags, recommendations, etc." It should be noted that all previously purchased video content will still be available to watch through Steam after the discontinuing.

In celebration of Stunlock Studios' MOBA and battle royale combination, Battlerite Royale moving out of Steam Early Access the developer is also releasing a massive patch for the game.

Stunlock Studios have issued out an official press release to detail the changes that will be coming within the patch. The press release says that three brand new champions will be added to the game; Oldur, Taya and Pearl. Each of the champions mentioned will be completely unique from on another, Older will be able to bend time and space around him, Taya will have the ability to summon wind and create tornados, Pearl will be able to use the power of the ocean and currents.

Stunlock Studios will also be adding what is called a "Battle Pass" system which can offer potential players a Free Pass and then if they are interested, a Premium Pass for some juicy cosmetic upgrades. Johan Ilves, Marketing Director at Stunlock Studios gave a statement regarding the announcement; "We know that our community has been looking forward to the free-to-play launch of Battlerite Royale for months and we are thrilled that this day has finally arrived. Today we are also releasing the BIG PATCH so both Arena and Royale players can expect lots of new features, taking the Battlerite universe to the next level."

If you haven't heard of SIGIL or John Romero or even Daikatana, then you are missing out. John Romero is one of the original developers behind DOOM at id Software, breaking away from the developer to work on Daikatana (and that worked out so well) but is now working on something new: SIGIL.

Romero announced SIGIL last year which acts as a follow-up to DOOM, arriving as a free mod that will pack some paid options for diehard fans of the franchise. Romero has just announced that SIGIL is being delayed slightly, needing more time to work on it which means it has been delayed until April.

Romero said on his own blog: "I just wanted to update you on SIGIL. There were a few snags in production trying to make sure everything is top-notch for fans! I just wanted to let everyone who purchased either the Big Box or the Beast Box know that it is now looking like it will ship sometime in April. Thank you for your patience, and I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. This also means the free version of SIGIL will have to wait until after the boxes are in the hands of customers".

Intel has just released the first Pentium-branded processor to have 4GHz clocks out of the box, with the new Pentium Gold G5620. The new CPU replaces the G5600, and is based on the 14nm 'Coffee Lake' CPU architecture.

The new Intel Pentium Gold G5620 is a 2C/4T processor at 4GHz (without Turbo Boost), 256KB of L2 cache per core, and 4MB of shared L3 cache. There's also integrated graphics in the form of Intel UHD Graphics 630 which rolls out with 24 execution units. There's dual-channel DDR4 support, which will house up to 64GB off DDR4-2400, although I don't know who would pair a 2C/4T processor with 64GB of RAM.

We're looking at a TDP of just 65W and no pricing just yet but we should expect it to be around $100 or so, with availability next month.

We've all wanted to wear the self-lacing shoes that Marty McFly wore in Back to the Future II, and now that Nike has launched their awesome Adapt BB kicks, there are some niggly issues.

Now that Nike's new Adapt BB sneakers are in the wild, owners are complaining that their shoes are being bricked when being updated over the Android app. There are reports on the Google Play Store with reviews stating that the shoes "stop working after the update". You can obviously still wear them, but the self-lacing part of the Nike Adapt BB sneakers is a big, well, the entire part of the shoes I guess.

I'd be pretty bloody pissed off if I plonked down $350 on a pair of self-lacing shoes that turned out to be duds post-update, and even more so as it seems to be affecting Android users with iPhone owners reporting they have no issues updating the Nike Adapt BB shoes. If you update the shoes through the iPhone and then pair them afterwards on your Android smartphone, you should be alright - but you shouldn't need to do that.

Samsung has just finished up with its Unpacked 2019 event where the company unveiled one of the most ambitious and game changing phones since the original iPhone with its first foldable smartphone in the Galaxy Fold, but the company also unleashed a trio of new Galaxy S10 handsets that are sure to impress, too.

The new Galaxy S10 family of phones are the first to feature Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 855 chip, which is an 8-core beast that will find its way into the US variants of the Galaxy S10 phones. Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 855 is made on the 7nm node, while the Exynos 8920 will find its way into the international versions of the Galaxy S10 phones and is made on the 8nm process.

Samsung's new smartphones come in the entry-level Galaxy S10s, the normal Galaxy S10, and the flagship Galaxy S10+ smartphone.

Apex Legends exploded onto the gaming scene less than two weeks ago now and while it has racked up millions of concurrent users, 25 million users in its first week, two updates that fix various issues, and Respawn banning over 16,000 cheaters... there's other news that'll surprise you.

The success of Apex Legends has seen an unexpected spike in sales of VR game Apex Construct, with its similar name to Respawn's battle royale shooter seeing sales spike on Steam by over 4000%. Apex Construct developer Fast Travel Games took to Reddit, with Andreas Juluisson of the developer saying: "we sold more units of Apex Constuct in China the last seven days than during all of 2018".

Apex Legends isn't even on Steam so gamers are getting super confused and seeing just 'Apex' in the title and smashing the 'buy' button. The developer has said that most gamers will realize their mistakes and request a refund, adding that "our books look pretty good at the moment". Apex Construct is receiving some negative flak because of it, with Juliusson adding: "Chinese buyers who feel they have been scanned, even though we have done nothing wrong!".

Samsung has finally made its foldable smartphone official with the announcement of the Galaxy Fold, which the company teases it a "one-of-a-kind luxury device" and it sure is with its technical prowess and massive price.

The new Galaxy Fold smartphone is a foldable smartphone with two displays, the primary display is the flexible display inside of the device which when flexed out is a huge 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display with a native 2152 x 1536 resolution (4.2:3 aspect ratio), while the secondary display is a 4.6-inch (21:9) panel with a resolution of 1960 x 840. Not too bad at all, as the large 7.3-inch panel will act as a tablet.

Samsung is making the flexible display work with an interesting hinge mechanism that features a bunch of interlocking gears, showing that Samsung is putting some serious engineering effort into the Galaxy Fold.

Payday 2, a six-year old game, made nearly as much money as Starbreeze's new The Walking Dead shooter in Q4.

Overkill's The Walking Dead shooter is a flop. We already knew the game's disastrously low performance was a major factor in Starbreeze not only restructuring its company but also filing for Swedish bankruptcy. How bad did the game disappoint, though? According to the latest financials from Starbreeze, The Walking Dead sold less than 100K copies on PC.

The publisher reports that it made 82.5 million SEK (about $8.87 million in current rates) in net sales during the Q4 season, down 25% year-over-year. Overkill's The Walking Dead made 34.1 million SEK of total sales earnings, or about $3.66 million. A quick bit of division shows that if The Walking Dead made $3.66 million in total at $59.99 per sale, it sold about 61,000 copies on Steam.

Square Enix has address the absolute flop of Just Cause 4, admitting that the sales for the title were much less than the company first anticipated.

During the Square Enix financial results briefing for Q3 FY2019, the company addressed the sales of some of their staple franchise releases; Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Just Cause 4. While Shadow of the Tomb Raider had an average of positive reviews, much like Just Cause 4 it was still a disappointment sales wise for Square Enix.

A question was posed to Square Enix regarding their medium-term target for FY2020/3 of 40-50 billion yen. The question was in response to the company admitting the disappointment in sales of both the previously mentioned titles, "Do the sales thus far of "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" and "Just Cause 4" change your outlook for additional sales in FY2020/3? If so, does that impact your medium-term target for operating income of 40-50 billion yen in FY2020/3?"

Paradox Interactive, the publisher well-known for its participation in strategy games has debuted a trailer for a new coming release, Age of Wonders: Planetfall.

The above story and pre-order trailer has been released onto the official Paradox Interactive YouTube Channel and starts off with an epic cutscene of our heroes landing on a planet. Once we arrived the soldiers are ambushed by other inhabitants of the planet, each of the factions seen in the story trailer are playable and total "six unique factions".

Age of Wonders: Planetfall takes all the aspects strategy game fans know and love from the previous Age of Wonders games and throws them into an epic sci-fi setting. Players will be able to enjoy the "militant Vanguard to the dinosaur-riding Amazons and the cyborg-zombies of the Assembly". While also learning to "fight, build, negotiate and technologically advance your way to utopia in a deep single player campaign, on random skirmish maps, and against friends in multiplayer."