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We already know so much about Intel's upcoming Core i9-9900K except for the correct CPU clock speeds, and according to the latest rumors we could be in for a treat.

The Core i9-9900K will mark Intel's first step into the consumer 8C/16T processor world, something AMD has absolutely dominated for over a year now with the first-gen Ryzen 7 1800X followed by the new Ryzen 7 2700X. The new 9th-gen CPU will be an 8C/16T chip on the 14nm node by Intel (since their 10nm is delayed into 2020) with a newly-teased single-core CPU clock of 5GHz.

Intel's upcoming Core i9-9900K will have an all-core boost of 4.6GHz meaning we'll see a full 16-threaded CPU with all 16 of its threads at 4.6GHz, a huge leap over the 4GHz ceiling on the Ryzen 7 2700X. Even the 4-core boost is 4.8GHz while the 6-core boost sits at 4.7GHz alongside the 8-cores at 4.7GHz. This would be an incredible feat, with Intel making sure the 9900K is the best 8C/16T processor on the market.

While Runic Games is gone forever, its Torchlight series will live on.

Max Schaefer of Blizzard North and Runic Games fame is igniting the torch once again. Schaefer's new studio Echtra Games has teamed up with publisher Perfect World Entertainment to breathe new life into the Torchlight franchise with Torchlight Frontiers, a new ARPG that shifts things up a bit from the previous entries. Torchlight Frontiers should be an action RPG in the same vein as Diablo and the original Torchlights, but with a "shared, persistent and dynamically generated world."

As a big fan of Torchlights I & II I'm particularly excited about this idea but I'll admit I'm skeptical on some of the features. While I particularly played offline in those games, I do see the merit of tackling ARPGs with friends or even random players. From the sound of it Torchlight Frontiers won't have an offline mode and is probably monetized with in-game purchases in some fashion (which is really to be expected from online games), but bear in mind this is speculation on my part.

Scorn's first chapter has been delayed outside of 2018, but now the game will release as a complete package.

Originally slated to release its first part in October, Scorn has been pushed back to an undetermined release date, Ebb Software recently announced. The news follows a big investment the devs received to fund the game from an undisclosed source--something that's exceedingly helpful for any independent games maker.

"We managed to sign an excellent deal with the great investment fund and acquire additional funds for the development of Scorn," reads the announcement post. "The newly acquired resources will enable us to develop Scorn as intended from start to finish, the whole experience, not just the first part."

To celebrate the release of 'Truth or Dare' on home video, we have fifteen Blu-ray copies of the film to give away thanks to our friends at Universal Sony Home Entertainment!

First You Play The Game, Then The Game Plays You.

A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone -- or something -- begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare. Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) and Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) lead the cast of Truth or Dare, a supernatural thriller from Blumhouse Productions (Happy Death Day, Get Out, Split). A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone-or something-begins to punish those who tell a lie-or refuse the dare.

The weekend has exploded with rumors and fresh information on NVIDIA's next-gen graphics cards, with the weekend kicking off with news that NVIDIA had registered the "Turing" trademark, big enough news on its own but it gets way better.

This is where things get interesting: NVIDIA is reportedly preparing a new TITAN graphics card that is rumored to cost a huge $3000.

If these new rumors are true, NVIDIA is about to make one of the largest changes to GeForce branding in many many years. NVIDIA is reportedly going to use the 'RTX' branding on not only its next-gen TITAN (making it the TITAN RTX) but the new GeForce graphics cards will, if these rumors are true, arrive as the GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2070.

Doom Eternal hearkens back to 2016's Doom with its slick and fluid FPS havoc--all thanks to id's latest game engine technology.

At QuakeCon 2018, id Software showcased some grisly, heart-pumping demon massacring action with a new Doom Eternal gameplay trailer. This buttery-smooth mayhem and impressive dynamic visuals and physics are all made possible by the id Tech 7 engine that powers the game--a next-gen toolset that pushes id Software's proprietary software to new heights.

"This id Tech 7 engine allows us to display 10 times the geometric detail and greater texture fidelity than we have ever put on screen," said game director Marty Stratton.

As showcased by Bethesda's latest gameplay footage, Doom Eternal aims to up the ante in nearly every way possible--and that means total chaos.

As if Doom Slayer wasn't already a maelstrom of absolute obliteration and havoc, id Software has given the infamous demon-killer a host of new abilities and toys to play with. Doom Eternal, the sequel to 2016's excellent Doom reboot, id Software is redefining monster-slaughtering by adding a bunch of new features into its beloved FPS. In its huge 15 minute gameplay trailer, id Software showed off Doom Slayer's new attacks and skills including a grappling hook that lets you swing while annihilating demons, as well as a new dash ability that gives players an out when things get dicey. Or when you don't want to interrupt your demon-slaying antics (probably the latter).

Weapons can be modified this time around, too. The grappling hook is actually called the "Meat Hook," and it's a mod for the super shotgun. Doom Slayer also has a built-in melee blade to rip and tear unholy flesh, as well as a crazy shoulder-mounted flamethrower-cannon for extra insanity.

Nintendo's popular Switch handheld-console hybrid actually has a stock VR mode built into the device, hackers find.

While rooting around the software guts of the Switch, hackers OatmealDome and random666_kys found the system has a VR Mode built into its IPC services section. Similar findings were uncovered first by hacker daeken last year, but users were actually able to test the Switch's VR mode this time around.

Running VR mode mirrors the screen in two halves, similar to an Oculus Rift's or HTC Vive's screen before the images are manipulated by lenses. A display message pops up saying "please move the console away from your face and click the close button," both of which strongly indicate the Switch may support some sort of mobile VR. It's possible the Switch tablet could slot into a mobile headset similar to a Samsung Galaxy phone into a Gear VR headset to provide light VR gaming. Remember the Switch runs a stock NVIDIA Tegra X1 chip that's not nearly powerful enough for dedicated VR gaming, so if anything it'd be mobile-like experiences.

Bethesda's internal ring of game development studios has grown yet again.

Bethesda Game Studios has expanded once more with a new branch in Dallas, Texas that will help create some of its biggest new games--including Starfield. The company today announced it has acquired Escalation Studios--a group of devs who worked on games like Fallout 4 VR, DOOM, and Skyrim VR--and folded the studio into its connected talent pool. This marks the studio's second major expansion this year, the first being the Austin office.

Bethesda's Todd Howard confirms the Dallas studio is already helping manifest its massive new space epic IP Starfield, which is currently in production and development stages, as well as its ambitious, upcoming online-only Fallout 76.

As we move closer to the release of Mega Man 11 in October, Capcom has stepped out ahead of the pack and provided gamers with what seems to be a demo for Mega Man 11.

For those that don't know, Mega Man 11 will be next installment to the Mega Man franchise and ahead of its release in October, Capcom will be debuting a demo for the title. According to TrueAchievements, a listing that has been found on the Xbox One Store will give players the option to download a demo for the title on September 4th.

Unfortunately minimal details have been provided for what will be included within the demo, it can be assumed that we will be able to experience some basic gameplay mechanics and also "take on all kinds of enemies and traps in the Block Man stage." Players will also be able to "use the new Double Gear system to slow down time or power up your shots and take down that boss". At the moment there has been no information about a PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch or PC demo, as we move closer to the demo's release date I'm sure Capcom will make an announcement. The full release of Mega Man 11 is planned for October 2nd, the title will be arriving on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Nintendo Switch.

The critically acclaimed platformer title Cuphead by StudioMDHR Entertainment has reached new milestone, according the developers recent announcement the game has now sold 3 million copies.

Studio MDHR Entertainment released Cuphead back on the 29th of September 2017, just three months later in December it was reported that the title had already sold two million copies. Now, Studio MDHR has announced via their Twitter that Cuphead has reached 3 million copies sold worldwide, to celebrate this achievement the developers have provided users with a limited time sale.

The sale will be running for a full 42 hours and will be providing gamers that haven't already picked up Cuphead with a 20% discount, bringing the price down from $19.99 to $15.99. The sale is available on the Steam Store as well as the Xbox Live Store. If you don't know what Cuphead is here is the official Steam listing description: "Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings." If you are interested in picking up Cuphead, the official Steam Listing can be found here.

Nintendo has announced via their Twitter that they will be delaying their Nintendo Switch Online service to the second half of September, after plans of releasing it early September.

Back in June, we learned that Nintendo would be discontinuing their Virtual Console as a separate service but instead have decided to combine the Virtual Console into the upcoming Nintendo Switch Online service. The Nintendo Switch Online service will be providing gamers online play for titles such as Splatoon 2, ARMS, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Tennis Aces, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and more.

Nintendo Switch Online will also be providing gamers will a large selection of Nintendo Entertainment System or NES games. Also included within the online service is 'Save Data Cloud Backup' which will allow for gamers to save their game data to the cloud for ease of access. Pricing wise, Nintendo has three different options: 1 month, 3 months and 12 months. The pricing respectively follows: $3.99, $7.99 and $19.99. There is also a 'Family Membership' option that comes in at $34.99, this option will provide "A Nintendo Account holder may invite up to seven others to join a family group; all members of the group will have access to Nintendo Switch Online."

Capcom has released their highly anticipated Monster Hunter: World onto the PC. Just hours after its debut, the title has already been that well received that its broken the Steam launch record for most played Japanese title.

Monster Hunter: World originally launched on consoles on the 26th of February this year, since then Capcom, the developers and publisher behind the title have been working towards getting the game onto the PC. Now, that day has finally arrived and what better way to celebrate the launch of the game by smashing some Steam records?

According to the Steamcharts, just within a couple hours of release Monster Hunter: World peaked with 239,779 concurrent players, absolutely obliterating the Japanese launch record Dark Souls 3 had with 129,831 concurrent players back in March 2016. If you are interested in purchasing Monster Hunter: World, it is currently going for $59.99. For further information visit the official Steam listing here.

The original designer for the hit classic Donkey Kong Country has spoken out after the recent news of his villain King K. Rool debuting to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It appears the designer wishes he spent some more time with naming the character.

After the surprise announcement of King K. Rool during the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct Nintendo held a few days ago, the original Donkey Kong Country designer, Gregg Mayles commented on his villain joining the Smash roster.

Mayles said that he never would of expected K.Rool to ever leave Donkey Kong Country, and that it's an even bigger surprise to see him debut to such a popular game as Smash a whole 25 years down the track. Mayles said if he knew the fate of K.Rool before he named him, he would of spent more time choosing a different name. If you missed out in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate direct, check out the Simon Belmont confirmation trailer here. If you want to keep on top of what Nintendo are posting about Smash UItimate, visit the official Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website here.

It's finally here... well, kinda - Fortnite for Android has dropped and it is exclusive to Samsung Galaxy devices until August 12, coinciding with the launch of Samsung's just-announced Galaxy Note 9.

Fortnite for Android will work on Samsung Galaxy devices from the Galaxy S7 and up, exclusively until August 12. After that, Fortnite for Android will open up to hundreds of millions of other Android device users. Fortnite developer Epic Games has said that beta access will open up to other Android users "over the next few days". If you're interested in jumping in, visit this website.

Samsung is offering Galaxy Note 9 and Tab S4 owners an exclusive Fortnite Galaxy skin, with Note 9 pre-orders that are stamped in before August 10 will have the choice between AKG N60 over-ear, noise-canceling headphones (worth $299) or the Fortnite Galaxy skin and 15,000 V Bucks (worth $150). If you want to spend another $99, you can get both which is a pretty sweet deal if you want kick ass headphones and were looking to get Fortnite anyway.

Samsung has officially unveiled its new Galaxy Note 9 smartphone but that wasn't all the South Korean giant unveiled during its NYC-based Unpacked event, with a new standalone smart speaker unveiled.

Galaxy Home is the latest smart speaker to join the ranks dominated by Google, Amazon and others and it looks radically different, but still feels like home. Samsung's new Galaxy Home kind of looks like a mini-BBQ or fireplace, with a mix of a cauldron that a witch would use to make spells to hurt iPhone sales. But don't let its unique looks deceive you, it's what's on the inside that counts.

Inside, Samsung's new Galaxy Home features AKG, full-range speakers and a subwoofer that will give you some great bass. Samsung has designed the Galaxy Home for wherever-you-go music, where it will use SoundSteer to direct the music towards you. For your convenience, Samsung is tapping not just Bixby but Spotify to keep your audio listening experience at its peak.

DICE is set to kick off the second closed alpha of Battlefield V, beginning on August 14 and running "for a limited time". Not everyone can join, which is unfortunate as I'd love to try it out since the hype is wearing off incredibly quick.

The developer isn't inviting everyone in, with "Players eligible to participate in the Battlefield V have been pre-selected from the Battlefield player community and will receive invites to participate". Will anything be different in the second closed alpha? Nope. It'll have everything the first closed beta had, which means we'll see the same modes, weapons, maps, and more that the original Battlefield V closed alpha had.

DICE explains: "We have made some changes that we think will better cater to players across all play styles and skill levels based on how fast players scored points, and how quickly they progressed through the ranks in the first Closed Alpha".

Samsung has finally made its Galaxy Note 9 smartphone official during its annual Unpacked event in New York City, confirming some of the things we already knew, some of the rumors, and a bunch of new exciting things for the Note 9.

First off: let's tackle the Fortnite exclusivity rumors - yes, the Galaxy devices have Fortnite for Android as an exclusive for "a few days" but by the time the Galaxy Note 9 actually hits users hands, that exclusive will be finished. The biggest change with the new Note 9 is that it features a much larger 4000mAh battery (Note 8 rocks a 3300mAh battery) that Samsung promises all-day battery life with, and is the largest battery to be used in a Note smartphone ever.

The display has been upgraded slightly from the Note 8, with the new Note 9 featuring a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with a native resolution of 2960x1440. If you pre-order the Note 9 now you'll receive a set of AKG N60 over-ear, noise-canceling headphones that are worth $299. You'll also get a Fortnite Galaxy skin and 15,000 V Bucks ($150 worth of value) - or both that you'll get for $99, a saving of $350 if you purchased them separately.

NVIDIA edges closer to the unveiling of their next-gen graphics cards and one of the craziest rumors of them all have hit: the company will reportedly use a dual-fan, open-air cooler on their purported GeForce GTX 1180/2080 graphics card. Don't forget to enter our GeForce GTX 1180/2080 giveaway! We're giving away not one, but TWO next-gen cards as soon as they launch.

BenchLife is reporting this rumor and if it turns out to be true, we could be looking at the first Founders Edition card with a dual-fan cooler, but it definitely wouldn't be the first NVIDIA graphics card to don a dual-fan cooler. NVIDIA previously used a dual-fan cooler on the high-end GeForce 7900GX2 back in the day, and have not used a dual-fan on a GeForce graphics card since.

Sure, plenty of AIB partners use dual-fan coolers but they're all custom cards so they can do whatever they want. I really can't see NVIDIA using a dual-fan cooler on a new GeForce GTX 1180/2080 but then again, that's only because the company hasn't used a dual-fan cooler in a very long time. The aesthetics of the GTX 10 series FE cards is stuck in my mind after looking at, and using them everyday for over two years now... a dual-fan cooler just sounds strange.

Discord is getting into the game-selling business with its own proprietary storefront on PC.

In an attempt to compete with the likes of Steam and GOG.com, massively popular VoIP app Discord plans to open a game store. Rather than Steam with its sprawling, messy storefront, The Discord Store will be a more targeted endeavor: the company affirms it'll be like a "cozy book shop" instead of, say, a rambling department store.

"We'll be launching a curated game store experience similar to one of those cozy neighborhood book shops with recommendations about the hottest and newest games from us to you," reads the blog post.