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Last week Capcom told us that the sales of Monster Hunter: World reached 5 million copies in just three days, now that title has reached Japan we have learned that in just 7 days it has sold 300,000 copies on PS4.

From a recent report released by Media Create, Monster Hunter: World has beaten Dragon Ball FighterZ sales taking first place on the software chart with 346,187 units sold.

The success of the title has also driven the sales of hardware, pushing upq the sales of the PlayStation 4 to 109,287 units in just a week.

A technical art director and ex-DICE artist has released a new video showcasing real-time rendering at its absolute limits.

From the above video we can see a selection of immaculate designs created in Epic Games' Unreal Engine. The designs seen are honestly stunning, holding true to the title of the video "Exploring the limits of real-time rendering" the ex-DICE artist really shows what can be done with Unreal Engine when time is taken.

When checking out his YouTube channel I noticed that the time between each video is around 6 months, the time frame difference between each of the render videos suggests that these videos are not created very quickly at all and I think that can be seen from the pristine quality when witnessing the finished product.

Samsung will sell millions and millions of its new Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9 smartphones this year, but the company could really shake up the camera market with its new Exynos 9810-powered camera.

A new leak teases that Samsung is testing a new high-end APS-C camera that's powered by one of its Exynos 8910 processors, with the tipster saying that the sensor inside of the camera is a 30.1-megapixel sensor with stacked (3-stack FRS) ISOCELL with Tetracell and dual-pixel AF.

This new sensor would shoot 6K 30FPS, 4K 120FPS, and even 1080p at 480FPS:

In the new issue of GameInformer, there are details of Metro Exodus which is currently in development by 4A Games, with these details making their way onto both Reddit and Twitter.

We are being told that Metro Exodus will have many more enemies, and that these enemies will be unique to the area or season that you're playing in. In order to kill them, you'll have a bunch of old and new weapons to use with Metro Exodus' base weapons featuring up to 5 attachments. You can holster your weapons so that NPCs know that you're not going to kill them.

But it's the size of the game that will be the most impressive thing, as the biggest open area in Metro: Last Light was around 111 x 200 meters, but it looks like Metro Exodus is going to be gigantic in comparison with areas of up to 2000 x 2000 meters, or 10-18x the size of Last Light.

Samsung isn't far away from launching their flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone, and as we pass the release we're going to hear more and more about their upcoming Galaxy Note 9, of which we're now seeing awesome concept designs of.

YouTuber 'Concept Creator' has crafted a beautiful concept design of the Galaxy Note 9, with an all-metal-and-glass design with some beautiful curves. There's a vertically-aligned dual camera on the back, USB Type-C connectivity, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and of course the S-Pen stylus.

This Galaxy Note 9 concept rocks an in-display fingerprint sensor, something I'm hoping Samsung can get working and debut with the Note 9 later this year. Inside, I'm expecting to see Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon 845 or hopefully the purported Snapdragon 850 with a 5G modem to drive 5G connectivity in early-2019.

Today Deck 13 and Focus Home Interactive announced The Surge is getting a sequel that's due out sometime next year.

While I wasn't particularly a fan of The Surge (see our review here), I can see the appeal. The game is certainly gritty and has some interesting mechanics, such as slicing off limbs, and the gear balancing act. The acclaim and sales for the original have warranted a sequel, which should top the original in every way--while retaining key content and features gamers enjoyed.

"The Surge 2 keeps what fans and critics loved about the original - hardcore combat utilizing a unique, dynamic, limb-targeting system and deep character progression - while also expanding greatly upon the formula," reads a press release pushed out earlier today. "The Surge 2 takes place in a brand new environment: a sprawling, devastated city with larger and more ambitious level design, made possible by Deck13's upgraded and improved engine. Combat is more brutal and tactical than ever, with even more options thanks to an expanded limb targeting system."

CD Projekt RED will attend E3 2018...and that may or may not be a big deal for gamers.

Just a few weeks ago we reported on a rumor that CD Projekt RED would attend E3 2018 and showcase new Cyberpunk 2077 footage to key journalists behind closed doors, effectively giving the press the first glimpse of their massively ambitious new sci-fi game. Now according to the official E3 Expo site we know for a fact the Polish game dev will show up for this year's game show in Los Angeles, but there's no guarantee they'll actually show off Cyberpunk 2077 just yet.

Remember that CD Projekt RED is currently pushing out new content for the Gwent card game, and work has likely begun on its next unannounced AAA RPG that's to be released by 2021 alongside Cyberpunk 2077. But the real star of the show is Cyberpunk, which has been in development for years and was shown off four years ago in 2014.

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Gamers can soon play Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire on-the-go on their fancy Nintendo Switches.

Obsidian Entertainment might be focusing solely on the PC version of Pillars of Eternity II, the sequel to the yesteryear cRPG hit game, but that doesn't mean there's not more room for other platforms--and more money, of course. Given Obsidian's current structure it behooves the dev to push their games to as many platforms as possible, as we've seen with Pillars of Eternity dropping on both PS4 and Xbox One in recent months.

Now their D&D-style cRPG is coming to an unlikely yet massively successful console: the Nintendo Switch. According to Game Informer Pillars of Eternity II's console versions are being developed by Red Cerberus and are planned to be ready by holiday 2018, including the Switch flavor.

HypeTrain Digital has announced that their new open-world first-person horror survival game Desolate, will be making its way to Steam Early Access on February 8th.

Desolate will force players to volunteer and explore the the area that is given to them, enemies of all kinds will be in the way of players, from monsters, to demons, supernatural anomalies and even just the environment. Players do not have to take this game on alone though as Desolate offers a co-op experience with up to four players, this would greatly increase the chances of survival.

Currently, the Steam Early Access for Desolate features only 2 Story Acts of the 3 that are planned for the title. HypeTrain have released a new story trailer video in celebration to the release of the game onto the Steam marketplace.

A new story expansion has hit Middle-Earth Shadow of War, in addition to the extended content for players a number of additions have also been added in hopes of improving the overall gameplay.

Blade of Galadriel follows the story of playable character named Eltariel who has been sent to Mordor to hunt down and kill the Nazgul. Eltariel is an elite elf warrior which will be introducing a number of new combat abilities, skills and of course gear.

Warner Bros commented on the new expansion, saying "Encounter memorable new Nemesis characters, such as Flint, Tinder and the Slayer of the Dead, while battling the Nazgul and learning more mysteries of their past"

Days before the launch of Civilization VI players have been gifted with yet another Civilization to play, The Zulu, led by Shaka.

From the above trailer we can see that the Zulu are mainly a military orientation civilization. The Impi which is the Zulu special unit is a menacing pikeman with a mindset for war. Impi have increased flanking bonus, low maintenance cost and a lower cost than other combat units within the same era.

For more a more detailed breakdown on the new Civilization view the above video. Civilization VI will be released on February 8th, 2018.

Nintendo has just answered if their Definitive Edition of Hyrule Warriors on the Switch will feature Breathe of the Wild amiibo support.

Nintendo has taken to the Japanese website of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition to confirm that the Switch version of the game will have amiibo support for Archer Link, Horseback Link and Zelda.

It will be interesting to see if Nintendo will hide any unlockables behind the amiibos, usually Nintendo doesn't enjoy putting direct unlockables behind a money door, as the company seems to prefer players to earn their rewards and not just pay their way to get there.

Not too long ago we saw Sony make their sign-ups for PS4 v5.50 firmware beta available, today the new firmware update goes live to those who signed up to the beta.

In this new firmware update Sony will be adding a slew of new quality of life features such as hiding apps, play-time management, library UI updates and background music availability.

Users that get selected for the beta will be lucky enough to be some of the first PlayStation 4 players to customize their console background, as Sony has added support for selecting new background images through USB.

Battlegrounds was undeniably the biggest game of 2017, but now developer PUBG Corp have released some statistics behind their Battle Royale smash hit.

Since PUBG's release early last year onto Steam Early Access, Battlegrounds has broken all of Steam's concurrent player records with it recently smashing 3.15 million concurrent players and over 26 million copies sold between the PC and Xbox One versions of the game.

PUBG Corp's infographic states that players have spent over 2.7 billion hours in the game, have scored over 130 million chicken dinners,r and broken things down into many other interesting facts. We know that 13 million PUBG players have been killed with frying pans, while over 10 billion bandages have been used.

It has been a few weeks of manically high graphics card prices, but things are finally starting to settle - at least a little, with pricing now falling on the higher-end cards to not-so-insane-but-just-as-insane prices. I broke a story about GPU prices a couple of weeks ago, but now things have gotten slightly - but not totally better.

The most expensive listing on Amazon for a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition is $3370, but you can buy an EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC Black Edition GAMING for $859, or an ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti for $1099. EVGA's other GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING costs $1159, while the AORUS GTX 1080 Ti costs $1197. Crazy stuff, but a few hundred dollars cheaper than the post-crypto crash over the last couple of weeks.

Over on the Team Red side of things, the most expensive listing of a Vega-based graphics card goes to the GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 that costs a whopping $1999, or the retail version of the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition which rolls out with a $1799 price tag. Other than that, we have a PowerColor RX Vega 64 for $1099, while SAPPHIRE's RX Vega 64 is $1329, and the XFX RX Vega 64 is $1449.

InWin had a huge CES this year, unveiling a slew of new products and teaming with ASUS on a TUG Gaming-specific chassis; the InWin 101 TUF Gaming chassis.

Starting with the new 101 TUF Gaming PC chassis, which InWin says has a "fresh new look" thanks to its ASUS TUF Gaming motherboard design, which sports a "fresh coat of orange-yellow" that provides a beautiful style that compliments the ASUS TUF Gaming motherboards.

Then InWin gets into the curves with their new 915 chassis being their latest full-tower E-ATX case that is "uniquely curved" and features RGB lighting, of course. InWin's new 915 features tinted tempered glass side panels, and rocks a top panel that automatically rises to increase airflow when you're gaming... or mining.

Pornhub is on the offensive, with the site to delete something that I've never heard before - "deepfakes", which are AI-generated videos that "realistically edit new faces onto pornographic actors - under its rules against nonconsensual porn, following in the footsteps of platforms like Discord and Gfycat", reports The Verge.

The company recently spoke with Motherboard, where they said: "We do not tolerate any nonconsensual content on the site and we remove all said content as soon as we are made aware of it". They added that non-consensual content includes "revenge porn, deepfakes, or anything published without a person's consent or permission".

Think of deepfakes as porno photoshops, where the faces of porn actors and actresses can be replaced. These videos, as The Verge points out, can get close to copyright infringement or defamation, so this is where lawyers step in and go after big sites like Pornhub to stop deepfakes.

AMD had a huge year in 2017 with the successful announcements and launches of both Ryzen and Ryzen Threadripper, quickly stealing sales from Intel and causing Chipzilla to react in ways we've never seen before.

But the tide is turning and now we're seeing that as of November 2017, Intel sales are totally dominating, and that two CPUs in particular are doing major damage to AMD. Intel's Core i5-8600K and Core i7-8700K are both demolishing AMD thanks to new data from Minefactory.de.

These numbers show CPU sales from February last year, right through to January this year. You can see that for the first 9-10 months of 2017 that Intel's flagship Core i7-7700K was the CPU of choice for most enthusiasts, and that the only time that changed was in December 2017 and January 2018, when everything flicked over to the new Coffee Lake-based Core i7-8700K.

There might be $500 billion wiped away from the total cryptocurrency market cap, but now news is breaking that Ledger hardware wallets aren't very safe at all.

Ledger has posted on their Twitter account reminding users that they should "always verify [their] receiv[ing] address" by checking the "monitor screen" at the bottom of the transaction request form.

DocDroid posted a vulnerability report a few days ago, stating that Ledger hardware wallets have a major flat that lets attackers infect your crypto wallet with malware, and then trick users to send crypto to the hackers. The report stated: "Ledger wallets generate the displayed receive address using JavaScript code running on the host machine. This means that a malware can simply replace the code responsible for generating the receive address with its own address, causing all future deposits to be sent to the attacker".