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Fatshark Games, the developers behind the co-op action experience 'Warhammer: Vermintide 2' are celebrating that they have broken all sales expectations by breaking through the 2 million copies sold barrier.

Fatshark Games, the independent developer for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 are celebrating that between the time frame of March 8th and December 31st, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has managed to hit the 2 million copies sold figure. In celebration of this new milestone, Fatshark Games CEO, Martin Wahlund commented on achievement "We are humbled by the reception of Vermintide 2, and the amount of hours spent on showing Skaven and Chaos who's the boss. We want to thank all the players, and we aim to bring more exciting - and perhaps unexpected - content throughout 2019."

Included within the press release, Fatshark Games says for fans of the game to "save the date - March 8th, 2019". On this date the developers will be conducting a livestream that will feature celebrations, giveaways, cake and much more. The developers also say that throughout 2019 there will be much more content brought to Vermintide 2. If you are interested in checking out more information regarding Warhammer: Vermintide 2 or would like to read a player review, visit the official Steam listing here.

CES 2019 - Razer had an onslaught of announcements at CES 2019 with refreshed Rader Blade 15 gaming notebooks packing NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics, a new Razer Raptor gaming monitor, and also HyperSense: a high-fidelity haptics ecosystem, in Razer's own words.

What Razer is trying to do with HyperSense is deliver a new level of realism to gaming on the PC, where your peripherals - even including your gaming chair, will have tacticle feedback through the use of haptic vibration in all of your devices. This will include the mouse and keyboard, the headset and even the gaming chair. Razer had a demo at CES 2019 where it ran people through Overwatch and DOOM on the PC where Tom's Hardware said they could "feel [Pharoah's] jetpacks from the chair" which, as an Overwatch addict, sounds incredible.

The chair reportedly provided "provided tactic sensation from behind, while the wrist rest simulated events coming from the sides" according to TH, where in DOOM he fell through a hole in the floor and his head "thudded, thanks to the headset". The haptic mouse and keyboard wrist rest was provided by Lofelt, while the haptic chair was from Subpac.

Paladins developer Hi-Rez Studios, are issuing out a new update to Paladins that will be adding cross-platform play accompanied by additional quality of life features.

The update information has been released onto the official Paladins website and has been detailed by EvilMojoMolly in a blog post that can be found here. Throughout the post, Molly says that throughout 2019 Hi-Rez Studios' main focus will be bringing polish to Paladins, and issuing out a stable proper cross-platform experience. "It's been so exciting to pioneer cross-progression and cross-play, and we've made amazing progress so far. We're so excited to get this feature live and out to as many players as possible, but we don't want to rush it. In 2019, we're more focused on polish than ever before. We want to do it right, not do it quick, and we're going to need a little more time to properly execute this massive leap forward."

The blog post details what features will be coming with update version 2.02, they are listed in dot points within the entirety of this post. The update is expected to be arriving on the Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch. It should also be noted that the developers are planning on cross-progression between PC and Xbox within this update as well. "We expect cross-play across Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch to release with all of these features in Update 2.02. We're also targeting a 2.02 release for cross-progression across PC and Xbox."

BioWare are now in talks about the coming demo for keen and ready Anthem players, the demo is about two weeks away and will no doubt be coming to the players that have already pre-ordered the game.

We learned back in late September that BioWare were planning on releasing a demo of Anthem on February 1st, this demo would be available to pre-order participants as well as EA Access or Origin Access members. After a week of exclusive early bird access, BioWare will be opening the demo up to the general public to hear their thoughts on one of the most anticipated titles of 2019.

BioWare's Lead Producer, Michael Gamble commented on the coming demo, saying "Had a few people ask me about why we are doing an open Anthem Demo. This is why: your money is hard earned. Games are an investment. We think it's fair you get to try before you buy. The entire campaign has been one of transparency, and we think Anthem is cool to watch but AWESOME to play." Not only did Gamble discuss the demo, but he also took on-board a fans request for a social hubs within the game. Anthem is planned for February 22nd and will be coming to the Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

Capcom has announced that it will be bringing another title to Nintendo's handheld system, introducing 2013's classic RPG Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen to the Nintendo Switch.

For those that have never heard of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, the game was released back in 2013 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The title is developed by Capcom and gives players the option of choosing between nine vocations or classes, each completely different from the last and each with a unique set of skills and attributes. Players will not be alone in the world of Gransys as they will be embarking on their adventure with three AI companions called 'Pawns.'

Pawns can be swapped in and out depending on what the player prefers and can also be shared online to reap rewards of treasure. Pawns will primarily assist the player in taking down massive enemies and can also be used as a utility when completing certain quests. Within the entirety of this post I have provided dot points for the 'key features' of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen by Capcom. The Nintendo Switch version of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen will be arriving on the handheld console on April 23, 2019. Fun fact - the original Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen was released on the 23rd April, 2013 and now the Switch version is releasing exactly 6 years to the date.

CES 2019 - ZOTAC has officially announced its new GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ArcticStorm graphics card, a new Turing-based RTX 2080 Ti that is watercooled and ready to be overclocked to its limits.

The new ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ArcticStorm rolls out with an updated ArcticStorm liquid cooling package that features a tweaked design with precision guided laser etching that directs lighting so that it shines more sharply, and is customizable through the SPECTRA 2.0 lighting system.

ZOTAC is using a 16+4 power delivery system which should ensure some pretty high GPU and GDDR6 overclocks, but that remains to be seen. We should expect it to look out of this world when operating, something I'd love to build a new 4K 144FPS gaming PC with. Mmm.

Update: No it's not, that award goes to Alienware. Devindra Hardawar, the Senior Editor of Engadget tweeted me with a simple 'Nah' and pointed to the fact it was Alienware with its new gaming laptops rolling out with 240Hz displays.

The new Omen 15 laptop comes with a 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080p display with a TN panel, with a huge 240Hz refresh rate. This is the world's first 240Hz gaming laptop and HP should be proud of that, but it's definitely something I expected from a company like Razer, and not with the Omen 15 - but bragging rights rightfully so, HP. There is a normal 60Hz IPS-based display option, with this lower-end Omen 15 shipping in February, while the 240Hz version ships in July.

You'll need some CPU and GPU grunt to hit 240FPS even at just 1080p so HP has included NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q GPU that features 8GB of GDDR6, while it rocks an Intel Core i7-8750H processor. There's also 16GB of DDR4-2667 RAM, 128GB SSD and 1TB HDD, as well as Wi-Fi 6 technology.

There is a large amount of hype quickly building around Slightly Mad Studios in the last week or two, with our first real news about its upcoming next-gen Project CARS 3 game and then the weird-but-real news about the developer working on its own console known as Mad Box.

Now we have studio boss Ian Bell taking to Twitter announcing that whoever comes up with the marketing slogan for Mad Box will get $10,000 as well as "free games for life". Bell added that this "isn't a joke". After what would've been a flood of suggestions, Bell tweeted out that he couldn't keep up with everyone, but he will "get my guys in to vet every single suggestion and the one we use (if we use it but at this rate I think we will) will see the cash and the games".

Bell has previously commented that the Mad Box will be the "most powerful console ever" but is that for today's standards with the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro? Or is it already better than what we'll see inside of Xbox Scarlett and PlayStation 5? I guess we'll have to wait and see, just like we'll have to wait and see what the marketing slogan is for Mad Box. I hope it's something so completely cheesy.

New Metro Exodus footage sets the stage for an epic tale of brutality, war, and hope, all wrapped up in enthralling gameplay.

At its core, Metro Exodus seems to be a story about hope. Beset with impossible odds of survival in a blasted, ruined hellscape of a world, Artyom and his crew of rangers have survived by living underground for decades. After the bombs went off and turned the world into a nuclear holocaust, man was forced to subterranean depths to live among the shadows. But there was always tales of a place beyond the Metro that wasn't scorched, a place of sunlight and warmth and flowing breezes. This is where Exodus' story begins--as a literal exodus from the dark and into the light. Even if it's not a utopia, it has to beat the sunken tunnel-cities in the dark.

The new story trailer illustrates as much and really drives home themes of hope and struggle. Getting out of the Metro was just the beginning and Artyom's problems escalate further as more factions and warring tribes fight bloody wars on the sun-lit surface. The game itself is set up to highlight these themes, especially with the dynamic weather cycles that change from region to region and day-to-night time schemes bringing new life (and death) to each part of the expansive Russian game world.

Sony enjoyed a massive PS4 sales spike this holiday season, but the next quarter will need to see strong consumer adoption to meet the company's projected targets.

Yesterday Sony confirmed that the PlayStation 4 family of consoles has sold 91.6 million units globally as of December 31, 2018, meaning it managed to move 5.6 million units during its Q3'18 fiscal quarter. The holiday rush is the most important period for many hardware-makers, but for Sony, the three-month period after Black Friday and Christmas will be crucial.

For the total Fiscal Year 2018, Sony expects to sell 17.5 million PS4 consoles, upticked by 500,000 units. Right now it's about 4.8 million short of that goal and Q4 is typically softer for hardware sales. In fact this holiday season was softer than last year's PS4 sales: Sony moved 9 million PS4s in Q3'17 versus the 5.6 million in Q3'18, representing a 38% decrease year-over-year. This is to be expected as the console family winds down near the end of its lifecycle, but we think the PS4 will live alongside the PS5 for years to come.

CES 2019 - Alienware today announced the world's most powerful laptop, the Alienware 51m, which blurs the line between laptop and desktop gaming.

The Alienware 51m sports some serious horsepower with configurations up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 alongside a desktop-grade overclockable 9th gen Intel i9 processor, and is the first in brand history to feature 8-core 16 thread Intel CPUs leveraging the Z390 chipset. Despite the raw brunt and power, the most interesting thing about the 51m is it lets users swap out GPU and CPU components as if it were a desktop.

There's one catch: GPU swaps have to comply with Dell's Graphics Form Factor (DGFF) standard, so most gamers will rely on the Alienware Graphics Amplifier external GPU box for upgrades until AMD or NVIDIA release new cards in the format. "CPU upgrades can be done using standard desktop-class processors, while GPU upgrades can be done via onboard graphics module replacement," Alienware said.

Resident Evil 2 Remake is getting a demo on all platforms later this week, and it should be pretty stressful (but in a good way).

Today Capcom announced RE2make's 1 Shot demo, a short but deliciously sweet slice of the remake's zombie-slaying horror. The demo is open to everyone (no pre-order needed) and has a stressful countdown clock that sees players scrambling for survival and adapting to Raccoon City's bloody chaos. After 30 minutes of play you're locked out of the demo, adding more thrill to the experience by forcing you to make every second count.

Insofar as content, the demo will resemble the gameplay shown off at E3 2018 and takes place in the Raccoon City Police Department, complete with remastered visuals built with the latest REngine technology. It'll drop this Friday, January 11, 2019 on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

CES 2019 - Samsung's latest Odyssey Notebook gaming laptop gets upgraded with powerhouse specs including a GeForce RTX graphics alongside an Intel 8th Gen CPU.

The Samsung Odyssey Notebook is a sleek redesign that's lighter and thinner but packs serious a serious power upgrade under the hood. The gaming laptop sports the potent combo of NVIDIA's latest Turing-based GeForce RTX 2080 GPU for real-time raytracing alongside Intel's 8th Gen i7 hexacore CPU, and a 15.6-inch 144Hz G-Sync display will ensure smooth gaming. Sadly the LCD panel display is locked at 1080p right now. The Odyssey Notebook also sports 16GB of RAM (likely DDR4, but exact frequency was unspecified) with a slightly beefier battery and has two SSD slots, a USB-C port, three USB 3.0 ports, and HDMI out.

What's interesting about the Odyssey Notebook is its gaming profiles. Samsung has added in specific presets that adjust visual and perf settings on-the-fly: "Beast Mode lets users modulate the Samsung Notebook Odyssey's performance depending on the software it is running, and the Black Equalizer helps users get a leg up on the competition by improving in-game lighting," the company wrote in a press release.

CES 2019 - Toshiba announces its new MG08 series hard drives with a whopping 16TB of storage space.

Touted as the "industry's largest capacity 16 TB Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) HDD," the MG08 uses helium instead of air to pack in 9 ultra-thin disks for greater density and storage capacity. The 3.5-inch MG08 drive runs at 7,200 RPM and has a 2.5 million hour MTTF, 512MB cache, and comes in SATA 6 Gb/s or SAS 12 Gb/s interfaces.

Toshiba is aiming the MG08 at the enterprise sector's higher workloads and cloud-scale operations.

CES 2019 - Harley-Davidson has just unveiled its new LiveWire electric motorcycle with pre-orders opening up ahead of its release in August, where it will cost $29,799 - not too bad considering its the first electric motorbike from the company famous for motorcycles.

The new LiveWire has some wicked takeoff speeds where it will go 0-60MPH in 3.5 seconds, and it'll do so with a "futuristic" sound. Harley-Davison is bringing bikes into 2019 with LTE connectivity inside of the LiveWire that will let you remotely check on your bike, retrieve service numbers, and you'll be able to see if someone is trying to hijack your ride. If someone does, don't worry - it can be tracked with its built-in GPS.

Harley-Davidson says its new electric motorbike is good for around 110 miles of urban riding, but there are other bikes from Zero Motorcycles that push further up to 163 miles riding around the city. The LiveWire takes its own market with its power, tech (especially LTE) and super-styled looks.

CES 2019 - Sony isn't going to be pushed out of the 8K TV market with an announcement of its new Master Series TVs that include 4K and 8K models split between OLED and LCD panels, respectively.

The flagship Z9G 8K uses an LCD panel for its 7680 x 4320 native resolution while the A9G 4K OLED TVs that come in 55/65/77-inch sizes while the 8K sets are larger 85-inch and a huge 98-inch in size. All of the new TVs will feature Sony's own Picture Processor X1 Ultimate, with the company adding it "has a unique algorithm specially developed for 8K that can intelligently detect and analyze each object in the picture, resulting in exceptional detail and contrast for a more realistic picture that represents the creators' intent".

Sony's first consumer-focused 8K TV is the new Z9G, with Sony touting: "Completely new dedicated 8K technologies have been developed for the Z9G series, including a Backlight Master Drive feature with full-array local dimming and 8K X-tended Dynamic Range PRO. The Backlight Master Drive on the Z9G has ultra-dense LED modules that are independently controlled, delivering unprecedented contrast with punchy brightness and pitch blacks. To optimize this backlight system, 8K X-tended Dynamic Range PRO uses the saved energy to intelligently boost the brightness in the areas where it needs to be boosted".

CES 2019 - Thermaltake debuts its first RAM modules with stylish flair and liquid-cooled performance.

Aimed at enthusiast gamers, Thermaltake's new WaterRam sports liquid-cooling to ensure longer memory life with lower operating temps, all with a splash of color. The memory comes in 8GB modules clocked in at DDR4-3200MHz with tight 16-18-18-38 timings and rated at 1.35V. The kits support Intel XMP 2.0 overclocking profiles and modules come in two 16GB (8GBx2) and 32GB (8GBx4) configurations. The WaterRam's RGB rocks 16.8 million colors with various profiles, and fits neatly into Thermaltake's fleet of radiant-lit hardware across its RGB Plus ecosystem.

The two-way liquid cooling array allows Thermaltake's WaterRam to maintain cool temps as low as 30C, and its higher-end copper water block and aluminum heat sink lets you choose between liquid cooling or conventional cooling.

CES 2019 - Samsung already set some records with its gigantic The Wall unveiling last ye ar, with a bigger-than-life 146-inch MicroLED-based TV shown off at CES 2018 this time last year. Well, Samsung is back and it has made that 146-inch TV look small in comparison.

The new Wall TV is a blistering 219 inches and continues to use what Samsung is referring to as the future of display technology with its MicroLED technology, where a consumer-facing 75-inch MicroLED TV has been announced for later this year from Samsung. It might not sound like much but MicroLED is a big part of the future for these absolutely huge TVs that are now getting to the point of taking up entire walls, and that's something only MicroLED can do right now.

MicroLED is special because its a new modular-style of TV design that allows for totally different aspect ratios and sizes than previous LCD/OLED panels are capable of, as the MicroLED panels act like tiles that can be connected into others to extend screen sizes. Huge screens can be constructed by many smaller (even if they are 50/60/75-inch each) into large multi-hundred-inch MicroLED displays that act like a super-quality billboard.

CES 2019 - This year at CES, HyperX is showing off their highest end gaming headsets to date. This morning they revealed the Cloud Orbit and Cloud Orbit S gaming headsets. HyperX has partnered with Audeze, and Waves Technology to produce these high-fidelity gaming headsets.

The Cloud Orbit headsets are the first HyperX gaming headsets powered by Audeze's patented 100mm Planar Magnetic Drivers for clear and realistic spatial audio. Audeze planar magnetic designs utilize extremely thin-film speakers and powerful custom magnets, allowing you to accurately hear where your opponent is located. Feel completely immersed in the field of play with high resolution audio clarity and wide sound stage.

Waves Nx 3D audio technology brings an immersive cinematic audio experience to gaming. The Cloud Orbit S includes Waves Nx head tracking technology to deliver a high quality hyper-realistic 360-degree audio environment where the users head movements bring the room to life 1,000 times a second. The technology precisely tracks your slightest head movements and intelligently creates an acoustic environment that you can move through, with pinpoint accuracy and perception.

Capcom's Devil May Cry 5 will be getting a second demo made available for the PS4, it will be debuting on March 8th.

The announcement comes via the official Devil May Cry Twitter account, and from the post it can be learned that the first Devil May Cry 5 demo has ended today. This means that users who haven't downloaded the demo will not be able to until the second demo is available, it should be noted that users who have already downloaded the demo will still be able to play it if its already on their system HDD.

If you travel to the official Capcom website we find that on February 7th, 2019 the second Devil May Cry 5 demo will be readily available for both the Xbox One and PS4. A description of the demo has also been provided, it reads as follows; "Bash baddies with the new Devil Breaker "Punch Line," and take a look inside Nico's shop! You can even save your game, giving you a chance to play through as many times as you need to fill out Nero's move list." Devil May Cry 5 is planned to officially release on March 8th for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.