Cyberpunk 2077 themed Xbox One X could be fake, but I really want it

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Apr 16, 2020 11:11 PM CDT

It has been an exciting week for Cyberpunk 2077 fans, with a tease of a concept Cyberpunk 2077 themed DualSense controller for the PlayStation 5 from BossLogic and then the Amazon Canada listing of a Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One controller -- and now, the tease of an entire custom Xbox One X console themed in Cyberpunk 2077 goodness. Check it out:

Cyberpunk 2077 themed Xbox One X could be fake, but I really want it

The image could be fake, but with a Cyberpunk 2077 themed Xbox One controller teased -- the reality of an entire custom Xbox One X would make sense given that CD Projekt RED's game will be one of the biggest of the year. A nice new custom and limited edition Cyberpunk 2077 themed Xbox One X would be perfect.

NVIDIA teamed with CD Projekt RED for a custom Cyberpunk 2077 themed GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, something that has been selling on eBay for over $5000. But a new custom Cyberpunk 2077 themed Xbox One X console will have console gamers happy with some limited edition Cyberpunk 2077 products.

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J.J. Abrams is adapting Justice League Dark into a new HBO Max series

Anthony Garreffa | TV, Movies & Home Theatre | Apr 16, 2020 10:42 PM CDT

WarnerMedia will be launching its new streaming service HBO Max next month costing $14.99 per month -- and now there's a new Justice League Dark series announced for HBO Max. Now, we just need Zack Snyder's Justice League to be announced as a HBO Max exclusive.

J.J. Abrams is adapting Justice League Dark into a new HBO Max series

Justice League Dark is being produced by J.J. Abrams under his Bad Robot production label, with WarnerMedia tapping the Star Wars and Star Trek director on adapting Justice League Dark from its comic book origins, into a new HBO Max series. It was only September 2019 where Abrams signed a huge $250 million deal with WarnerMedia.

If you aren't aware of Justice League Dark, it's a comic book series that saw the DC Universe tackling supernatural characters. Justice League Dark is a branch of the Justice League itself, with the characters in JLD focusing on mystical and supernatural threats. Justice League Dark #1 dropped in September 2011, featuring characters that included John Constantine.

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DOOM Eternal DLC trolls coffee-drinking, skinny jean-wearing hipsters

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Apr 16, 2020 9:11 PM CDT

DOOM Eternal is about to enjoy its first DLC release with Series 2, otherwise known as Coffee & Camo, and sees the developers at id Software trolling gamers.

DOOM Eternal DLC trolls coffee-drinking, skinny jean-wearing hipsters

The new Coffee & Camo DLC adds in a new Hipster Archvile Master Collection, which as you can see in the image above, has a demon rocking out with some Converse shoes and skinny jeans. Yeah, if you look closer -- the demon is wearing yellow sunglasses, has his hipster hairstyle, and is taking a selfie of himself.

You can unlock the hipster demon skin which I'm sure you're going to wait to use, as well as a Toad King Pain Elemental and Camo Slayer skins to unlock. DOOM Eternal's new Coffee & Camo event also throws in new weapon skins, icons, and nameplates that you can unlock.

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ASRock unveils Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger ITX graphics card

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Apr 16, 2020 8:51 PM CDT

ASRock has just unveiled the newest member of its Challenger series of graphics cards, with the new Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger ITX 8G graphics card. Check out our review on the ASRock Radeon RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming series card.

ASRock unveils Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger ITX graphics card

Where ASRock does something different here with the Challenger ITX graphics card, is that it shrinks down the Radeon RX 5500 XT into ITX form for super-small form factore gaming. You still get the 7nm RDNA chip with 8GB of GDDR6 memory, but it has been shrunken down with ASRock's in-house Shrink Ray.

ASRock provides a boost GPU clock of up to 1845MHz on the card, with 1080p 60FPS gaming being no issue on the Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger ITX. The card is just 17.8cm long and fits into small form factor and mini-ITX chassis, with a 10cm fan and 2 x copper heat pipes keeping things cool.

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MSI uses 16Gbps GDDR6 memory on new GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING Z TRIO

Anthony Garreffa | Video Cards & GPUs | Apr 16, 2020 8:27 PM CDT

MSI has just unveiled the fastest-ever GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, with the company using new, and faster 16Gbps GDDR6 memory dies.

MSI uses 16Gbps GDDR6 memory on new GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING Z TRIO

The new GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING Z TRIO is just like the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING X, except that it packs the faster GDDR6 memory. MSI's flagship GeForce RTX 2080 Ti LIGHTNING Z (my review here) still packs higher GPU clocks than the new RTX 2080 Ti GAMING Z TRIO, but the GAMING Z TRIO has the faster 16Gbps GDDR6 memory. The LIGHTNING Z has its 11GB of GDDR6 at 14Gbps.

This isn't the first time MSI has added faster memory to one of its graphics cards in the GAMING Z TRIO model, with our recent review on MSI's GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING Z TRIO equipped with faster 15.5Gbps GDDR6 (up from 14Gbps).

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Gamescom 2020 pivots to digital-only show to combat coronavirus spread

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Apr 16, 2020 5:00 PM CDT

The world's biggest gaming event won't take place on location this year, but the showrunners are pivoting to a digital-only event.

Gamescom 2020 pivots to digital-only show to combat coronavirus spread

Unlike E3 2020, which was cancelled and failed to spin up a streaming-based show, Gamescom 2020 isn't being cancelled. It's just moving online. The event's coordinators confirmed Gamescom will still take place in August, andthat they're using the the fourth-month head start to plan out a digital direct showcase.

"It's official: Unfortunately, gamescom will under no circumstances take place on site in Cologne this year. We are, however, already working at full speed on a digital gamescom. It is, after all, the world's biggest event for games, and that's what it should be again this year. You can already look forward to how we will celebrate the best games and gamescom together with you and millions of gamers worldwide at the end of August, even if it will only be digital and not on location this time.

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Crysis remastered: Summer launch, no multiplayer, next-gen PC lighting

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Apr 16, 2020 4:06 PM CDT

Following a big leak that spoiled the news, Crytek today revealed Crysis Remastered for PC, consoles, and surprisingly, Nintendo Switch. But the game will shine brightest on PC thanks to higher-level optimizations.

Crysis remastered: Summer launch, no multiplayer, next-gen PC lighting

Crysis Remastered is coming this summer to melt your GPUs and resurrect the old adage "Can it run Crysis?" Apparently even the Switch can run Crysis these days. It's the PC port we're all interested in, though, and Crytek is promising some hefty upgrades that are made possible by the new beefy CryEngine 5.6 toolset.

Crysis remastered will look next-gen thanks to effects like SSDO, or screen space directional occlusion, an advanced lighting technique that allows for real-time global illumination, software-based raytracing that's independent of hardware (check out our Control review to see ray tracing in action), and SVOGI or voxel-based global illumination. Expect amazing-looking environments with volumetric fog and ray-traced shadows rendered in real-time.

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Crysis Remastered announced: PC version has ray tracing

Anthony Garreffa | Gaming | Apr 16, 2020 6:37 AM CDT

We knew it was coming, but now it is somewhat official: Crysis Remastered is happening. Yes, I can't believe it -- and I'm so excited to even be writing this news.

Crysis Remastered announced: PC version has ray tracing

Crytek's own website has confirmed Crysis Remastered, which will "new graphic features, high-quality textures, and the CRYENGINE's native hardware- and API-agnostic ray tracing solution for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and - for the very first time - Nintendo Switch".

So there we have it: ray tracing for the PC version, a new souped-up version for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and for the first time Crysis will be on the Nintendo Switch.

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Sony to limit PlayStation 5 launch stock to 5-6m due to higher MSRP

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Apr 16, 2020 3:46 AM CDT

Due to higher costs, Sony expects to sell less PlayStation 5 units at launch. As a result, Sony will restrict PS5 supply in an effort to test demand, sources tell Bloomberg.

Sony to limit PlayStation 5 launch stock to 5-6m due to higher MSRP

According to Bloomberg, Sony will manufacture and ship 5-6 million PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide from launch until the fiscal year's end in March 2021. Higher production costs have raised the overall system's MSRP, and Sony isn't yet confident consumers will bite. Some internal estimates price the PS5 as high as $549.

Sony's production numbers align with analyst predictions of 6 million PS5 system sales in the same period. Conversely, the PlayStation 4 managed to sell 7.5 million consoles from launch in its five-month launch period. If Sony only makes 5 million PS5s available, the console will sell 50% less than the PS4 did at launch.

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Here's Valorant's Minimum and Recommended PC requirements

Jak Connor | Gaming | Apr 16, 2020 3:05 AM CDT

If you are interested in competitive shooters such as Counter-Strike: Global Offense, then you have most likely heard of Riot Games' upcoming title Valorant.

Here's Valorant's Minimum and Recommended PC requirements

If you haven't seen Valorant, or never heard of it, you should check out the above video first. But if you have heard of it and are excited to play it, you are going to need to check your PC requirements first to see if the dream is a possible one. Luckily, Riot has designed Valorant to be able to run on a large variety of PC's, meaning the game doesn't require that much grunt at all to get it going.

The bare minimum hardware requirements for Valorant to even run are 4GB of RAM, 1GB of VRAM, and Windows 7,8 or 10. The minimum system specifications are to run the game at 30FPS are; CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 and GPU: Intel HD 3000. The recommended specifications to run the game at 60FPS are; CPU: Intel i3-4150 and GPU: GeForce GT 730. Finally, if you want to run the game at a glorious 144FPS, you are going to need: CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz and GPU: GTX 1050 Ti.

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