Montech has announced the Century II series, a new line of ATX 3.1-compliant PSUs designed to meet the demands of high-performance PC systems. These PSUs prioritise efficiency, quiet operation, and compatibility with the latest graphics cards, making them a compelling option for gamers and PC enthusiasts.

The Century II series is fully compliant with the Intel ATX 3.1 standard and includes a native 12V-2×6 connector, making these PSUs suitable for use with Nvidia RTX 50 Series and AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series. The Century II PSU also offers robust peak wattage support, handling up to twice the PSU's total wattage and up to three times the GPU's wattage, providing headroom for unforeseeable power spikes.

Available in capacities up to 1250W, Montech's new PSUs have earned the 80Plus Gold and Cybenetics Platinum certifications, offering excellent power conversion at all load levels. To ensure quiet operation, these PSUs have a 135mm fluid dynamic bearing fan equipped with a fan control system that keeps the fan off during low to medium loads. The fan only activates when necessary, providing effective thermal management without unnecessary noise.

Built with all-Japanese electrolytic capacitors, the Century II series prioritises stability and longevity. The Century II series' fully modular design allows users to connect only the cables they need, improving airflow within the case, enhancing aesthetics, and simplifying installation. They also have a comprehensive suite of protection features, including OPP, OVP, UVP, SCP, OCP, and OTP, safeguarding your system from potential power-related issues.

Montech backs these PSUs with a 10-year warranty, providing users with long-term peace of mind. The Century II 850W, 1050W, and 1200W models are now available for $89.99, $109.99, and $129.99, respectively.

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The Last of Us TV series is back, with the first episode of season 2 airing over the weekend. The first season already had a ton of viewers and plenty of critical acclaim to go along with it. For the premier of season 2, it appears that records are being broken, with higher ratings than ever before. 

According to Deadline, The Last of Us season 2 has already surpassed the first season in viewers by as much as ten percent. 4.7 million people tuned into the first season's premier, and in just one day, the first episode of season 2 ballooned to 5.3 million viewers.

The Last of Us season 2 won't cover the full events of the second game. At this point, HBO is planning for at least one or two more seasons, after which the story will be considered ‘complete'.

Right now, there is limited source material available, as Naughty Dog has yet to even begin working on a third Last of Us game. With that in mind, we expect to see the series make some changes to certain events.

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We are midway through April, which means it is time for another Xbox Game Pass drop. Over the next two weeks, 11 more games will join the Game Pass library, including massive hits like GTA V and Modern Warfare 2, in addition to indie hits like Dredge. 

Dredge gets the nod from me for highlight of the week. Dredge is a fantastic single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. On your journey you'll sell your catch, upgrade your boat and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets scattered around a mysterious archipelago.  I've put quite a few hours into this one on my Steam Deck and highly recommend it for anyone looking for something chill to play.

Here is the full list of games coming to Game Pass along with platforms and release dates:

• Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud, Console and PC) – Available today
• Neon White (Console) – April 16th
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (Cloud, Console and PC) – April 16th
• Crime Scene Cleaner (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) – April 17th
• Tempopo (Cloud, Console and PC) – April 17th
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) – April 24th
• Towerborne (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) – April 29th
• Far Cry 4 (Cloud, Console and PC) – April 30th
• Anno 1800 (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) – May 1st
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 1st
• Dredge (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S) – May 6th

At the end of this month, six titles will leave the Game Pass library including:

• Have a Nice Death (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Kona II Brume (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Sniper Elite 5 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Last Case of Benedict Fox (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Thirsty Suitors (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Rewinder (Cloud, Console, and PC)

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Among Us became widely popular in its original 2D form but the development team at InnerSloth is looking to change things up soon with the release of Among Us 3D. As the name suggests, this is the same social deduction game we all know and love, but in a 3D environment instead. 

Among Us 3D isn't an entirely new game. InnerSloth already had the game running in a 3D environment in Among Us VR. However, with the majority of gamers having no access to a VR headset, creating a new version of the game to run on ‘pancake displays' was imperative for improving reach and accessibility.

As Among Us 3D is based on Among Us VR, the two versions of the game do have crossplay. As you would expect though, the 3D version is not compatible with the original 2D version, so there will be no crossplay with those who own the original version of the game.

A demo for Among Us 3D dropped on Steam last month but now, thanks to the new release date trailer, we know exactly when we'll get to play the full experience. Among Us 3D will be available on PC starting from May 6th. No console version has been announced at this time.

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Respawn Entertainment has been quietly working on a Star Wars strategy game for a few years now in collaboration with Bit Reactor, a studio founded by former XCOM developers. Now, just days ahead of the game's unveiling at Star Wars Celebration, we have a proper title – Star Wars Zero Company. 

Star Wars Zero Company is a new tactics game developed by former XCOM developers at their new studio, Bit Reactor, with support provided by the masters of modern-day Star Wars games, Respawn Entertainment. Zero Company will be a single-player strategy game, offering players a complete campaign to work through, with players carefully mastering their squad's synergistic abilities level-by-level.

Like in XCOM, players will control small squads and carefully move from cover to cover across the map to gain an advantage on enemies. Interestingly, the art style is similar to The Clone Wars animated series and other modern animated Star Wars series like Rebels.

The game will be properly announced on April 19th on the ‘Galaxy Stage' at Star Wars Celebration on April 19th.

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KitGuru Says: As a fan of XCOM, I have high hopes for this. We'll get to know more about the game in just a few days, barring any further leaks prior to that. 

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The Oblivion Remake is making headlines again today. In recent weeks, we've learned that the remake is due to be announced and launch later this month, giving Microsoft a Hi-Fi Rush style shadow drop moment. Now, the first screenshots of the remake have leaked, including a comparison image showing the differences between the remake and the 2006 original. 

An anonymous source going by the handle ‘tony19957' shared the images on Imgur after being posted by ‘Tambini' on Resetera. There are just four screenshots shared, giving us a look at the player character model battling with some goblins, as well as some beautiful interior and exterior environments.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion originally released in 2006 and it also happens to be my personal favourite of the series. Virtuos is in charge of developing this remake, with support provided by Bethesda's Dallas and Rockville studios.

While this is a remake, the game will be officially announced under the title ‘The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered', and it is expected to launch on the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S next week.

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Today is RTX 5060 launch day and Acer is first in line with a new range of powerful Nitro gaming laptops and a new Nitro 20 Desktop PC. Sporting RTX 50 series graphics and AMD Ryzen AI processors, these new PCs will be available in Europe starting in July, with prices starting at €899.

Designed for mainstream gamers and creators, the new Nitro products are built around the latest AMD Ryzen AI processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs. The line-up includes four new gaming laptops, under the Nitro AI branding, alongside the Nitro 20 desktop system. Acer is positioning the new hardware as capable of delivering solid gaming performance while supporting emerging AI workloads.

Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC requirements focus on NPU performance alone, setting a baseline of 40+ TOPS (trillions of operations a second) from the CPU’s dedicated AI engine (NPU) to ensure consistent, always-available AI functionality regardless of GPU presence. Once you factor in a GPU like the RTX 5070, the number of TOPS rises significantly.

Acer’s new Nitro AI laptops come in a choice of 16-inch or 18-inch screen sizes, with some slimmer models added to the line-up for users seeking greater portability. Across the range, Acer has incorporated AMD’s new Ryzen AI 300 Series processors alongside NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 Series laptop GPUs.

At the top of the range is the Nitro 18 AI (AN18-61), which features a large 18-inch display with options up to 2560×1600 (WQXGA) resolution with 165Hz refresh rate, and full DCI-P3 colour coverage. Cooling is managed by a dual-fan design, quad intake and exhaust system, and the use of liquid metal thermal grease to improve heat transfer from the processor.

Alongside the 18-inch model are three 16-inch variants. The Nitro 16 AI (AN16-61) and Nitro 16S AI (AN16S-61) both offer WQXGA resolution and a faster 180Hz refresh rate, with peak brightness rated at 400 nits. Acer has also introduced the Nitro V 16S AI (ANV16S-61), a more value-focused model.

While the Nitro 18 AI is designed for those seeking a larger gaming canvas, the slimmer Nitro 16S AI and Nitro V 16S AI models are less than 19.9mm thick and use a metal chassis for added durability. Across the range, users will find support for up to 32GB of DDR5 memory, dual PCIe Gen 4 SSD slots with capacity up to 2TB, and a range of connectivity options, including USB4, HDMI 2.1, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3 or higher.

Alongside the laptops, Acer has also introduced the Nitro 20 (N20-100) desktop PC. This system ships in a compact 15-litre case, with a choice of Ryzen AI 9 365 or Intel Core i5-13420H CPU, and an RTX 3050 or RTX 5060 graphics card. The system can also be configured with up to 32GB of DDR5 memory, along with a 1TB SSD and 1TB HDD combo for a total of 2TB of system storage. The front panel includes a fingerprint sensor integrated into the power button for secure access without a password.

The Nitro 20 desktop is expected to launch in Europe starting in July, with prices starting at €899. The new Acer Nitro AI 18 laptop will be available in Europe starting in August, with prices starting at €1499. The Nitro AI 16 AI and Nitro 16S AI laptops are launching in July, with prices starting from €1399. Finally, the most affordable option, the Nitro V 16S AI will be available in Europe starting in August, with a base price of €1299. Acer has yet to confirm UK-specific pricing at the time of publishing.

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Today is a big day for Nvidia, with the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards being officially announced. Here, we break down everything we know about specs and pricing, ahead of reviews coming later in the week. 

The RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards are the latest in Nvidia's Blackwell GPU line-up. With the Blackwell architecture at the centre, users will get the latest generation Tensor Cores and RT Cores, which are more performant than previous generations, bringing big boosts to AI and Float Point performance.

In terms of gaming, Nvidia has released its internal benchmark results for several games. In the case of Cyberpunk 2077, the RTX 5060 Ti is capable of 108FPS at 1440p with max settings, but that is the figure with DLSS Quality mode and 4x Frame Generation active. The RTX 4060 Ti with standard Frame Gen achieves 52FPS in the same test.

Hogwarts Legacy is another big game tested in Nvidia's benchmarks. According to Nvidia, the RTX 4060 Ti was capable of 87FPS at 1440p with max settings, in addition to DLSS Quality and Frame Generation. On the RTX 5060 Ti with Frame Generation 4x, the frame rate jumps up to over 170FPS.

In this graph above you can see Nvidia's results for Hogwarts Legacy, Alan Wake 2, Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077, STALKER 2, Frostpunk 2, A Plague Tale: Requiem and Delta Force, all tested at 1440p with max settings, along with DLSS Quality Mode and the highest version of Frame Generation supported.

In these charts we see RTX 5060 results in those same games but tested at 1080p instead of 1440p. Every other setting remains the same.

You can see the specs and comparison to previous GPUs below:

GPU	RTX 3060	RTX 4060	RTX 5060	RTX 5060 Ti
Shader Cores	Ampere SM 13 TFLOPS	Ada SM 15 TFLOPS	Blackwell SM 19 TFLOPS	Blackwell SM 24 TFLOPS
Tensor Cores	3rd Gen FP16 102 AI TOPS	4th Gen FP8/FP16 242 AI TOPS	5th Gen FP4/FP8/FP16 614 AI TOPS	5th Gen FP4/FP8/FP16 759 AI TOPS
RT Cores	2nd Gen 25 TFLOPS	3rd Gen 35 TFLOPS	4th Gen 58 TFLOPS	4th Gen 72 TFLOPS
Memory Subsystem	12GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR7	8GB / 16GB GDDR7
Launch Pricing	$329	$299	$299	$379 (8GB) / $429 (16GB)

Here in the UK, we have confirmed pricing for the RTX 5060 Ti, set at £349 for the 8GB version and £399 for the 16GB version. We do not have confirmed UK pricing for the RTX 5060 just yet but considering the RTX 4060 hit the market at £289, we would expect pricing to be similar for the RTX 5060 at launch.

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The past few days have been filled with news about Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti, but AMD is poised to steal some of the spotlight with its upcoming competitor in the mid-range GPU market. The Radeon RX 9060 XT is expected to offer similar memory configurations to the RTX 5060 Ti, with 8GB and 16GB options.

New information from AMD board partners shared by VideoCardz reveals that the RX 9060 XT will be equipped with 2,048 Stream Processors. This aligns with most reports we've heard, as the card is believed to use the Navi 44 GPU, which has half the number of CUs (32) as the higher-end Navi 48 (64).

Clock speed details have also emerged, and they are pretty interesting. The RX 9060 XT is expected to feature a game clock of 2,620 MHz and a boost clock of 3,230 MHz. This represents a significant increase compared to its predecessor, the RX 7600 XT, which had a game clock of 2470 MHz and a boost clock of 2755 MHz. Furthermore, overclocked models are rumoured to reach boost clocks of up to 3.3 GHz.

The RX 9060 XT's power requirements are expected to be relatively low, with a 500W PSU being enough to handle it. Unlike Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs, the RX 9060 XT is not anticipated to feature the newer 16-pin power connector, with most designs using traditional 8-pin connectors. The card will also feature three display outputs, a slight reduction compared to the four outputs found on the RX 9070 series.

While no official release date has been confirmed, board partners anticipate a formal product unveiling at Computex, which is scheduled to start on May 20th.

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In recent months, we've seen several RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 buyers reporting issues with the power connector melting. Now, we have our first instance of this phenomenon happening to an RTX 5070. 

According to @ere9w (via VideoCardz), the system reportedly included a Zotac RTX 5070 and a Seasonic Focus GX-750 power supply. The photos shared by the user suggest that the cable itself sustained the damage, rather than the graphics card or the power connector/socket.

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This incident echoes the findings of in-depth investigations by Der8auer, who revealed a power imbalance between the connections of 12V-2×6 and 12VHPWR cables used with the Nvidia RTX-50 series. Der8auer's analysis of the six live cables on these connectors, when paired with an RTX 5090, demonstrated that power wasn't evenly distributed. Instead, a single wire was observed carrying a disproportionately large load, leading to excessive heat generation.

While the RTX 5070 is a lower-power GPU (250W TDP) than the RTX 5090 (575W TDP), the same principle applies. If a significant portion of the 5070's power draw is channelled through a single wire, overheating is possible.

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be quiet!  – known for its cases, power supplies, fans and coolers – has announced its entry into the peripheral space with the release of a trio of new products: the Dark Mount and Light Mount keyboards, as well as the Dark Perk mouse. KitGuru recently visited Hamburg to attend their launch event and to get a first-hand look at what we can expect.

Back in 2022, Listan GmbH (The parent company of be quiet!) acquired peripheral manufacturer ‘Mountain' – known for their Everest Core and Everest Max keyboards. Featuring modular designs and utilising addons such as an additional numpad and media dock, the Everest keyboards brought a fresh take to a sea of generic keyboards.

Since then, be quiet! have been working on pushing this design even further, while adding in their signature acoustic profiling. The brand is now announcing the fruits of their labour with the release of the Dark Mount and Light Mount keyboards, alongside the Dark Perk mouse.

The keyboards promise silent gaming and aim to push noise reduction and performance to ‘an entirely new level'

The top of the line Dark Mount, is heavily inspired by the Mountain Everest Max – with a detachable media dock and numpad being top of the feature list.

The Light Mount keyboard takes a more traditional approach with a more RGB heavy design. Both keyboards feature either silent linear orange or silent tactile brown switches, developed in house by be quiet! as well as several layers of dampening material to help with noise absorption.

Alongside these keyboards, the announcement also sees the launch of the Dark Perk mice. Available in both a symmetrical and ergonomic design and featuring up to 8khz wireless polling rate, Pixart PAW3950 sensors and weighing 55g – these mice are taking aim at the ultralight FPS sector.

Full releases of the Dark Mount, Light Mount and Dark Perk are scheduled for April 29th.

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While the film and TV industry seems to have finally figured out how to make good adaptations of popular video game franchises, some projects still wind up being less-than-stellar. Easily the biggest most-recent flop was the ill-fated Borderlands film. According to the director, COVID had a massive part to play in its eventual failure.

As part of the podcast series ‘The Town’ Borderlands Director Eli Roth spoke on the reasons as to why the film failed to capture the hearts of fans. According to Roth (as transcribed by PCGamer):

“I think none of us, none of us anticipated how complicated things were gonna be with COVID. Not just in terms of what we're shooting, but then you have to do pick-up shots or reshoots and you have six people that are all on different sets and every one of those sets is getting shut down because the cities have opened up, and now there's a COVID outbreak and it was just like…”

Roth continued, “We couldn't prep in a room together, I couldn't be with my stunt people, I couldn't do pre-vis, everyone's spread all over the place. You can't prep a movie on that scale over Zoom and I think we all thought we could pull it off and we got our asses handed to us a bit.”

For the uninitiated, the Borderlands film released last year to a ton of criticism, seeing a Rotten Tomato score of 10% and ultimately raking in just $33 million worldwide off of a $115 million production budget.

Of course, Borderlands ultimately released many years on from the peak of COVID, however, with the film being announced all the way back in 2015 – and filming not starting until 2021 – it seems as though there may have been at least a couple other factors which led to its eventual failed state. Hopefully Eli Roth’s next project proves to be more successful.

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15 years ago, the relatively unknown studio 4A Games released Metro 2033 – a first-person survival thriller shooter featuring a ton of cool and immersive mechanics alongside a tense and creepy atmosphere. In celebration of the series’ 15th anniversary, the first game in the trilogy is being given away for free.

From now until the 16th of April at 4PM UK time, all Steam users can add the excellent Metro 2033 to their library for free – keeping it forever as long as it was claimed in time.

For the uninitiated, Metro 2033 is a slow and deliberately-paced title which puts a great deal of emphasis on atmosphere, immersion and a general sense of unease.

Based on the best-selling novel series by Dmitry Glukhovsky, the Metro series has been lauded for its purposeful moment-to-moment decision making – something which also carried through into the story itself.

While the most recent mainline entry in the series – Metro Exodus – wound up being a massive success (selling over 10 million copies), both Metro 2033 and Last Light are equally as excellent, and so if you have yet to try out the first entry in the series, now is as good a time as any.

Regardless, a free game is a free game, and so is worth adding to your library just in case you ever get the hankering for a tense first-person shooter experience.

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Since the successful acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft seems to be doing a ton of behind-the-scenes work in order to get the publisher’s previous classics onto the Series X|S and Game Pass. Though yet to be officially confirmed, it appears as though a number of Call of Duty titles (and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater) could be next in line for Game Pass.

As reported by the publication XboxEra, in going to Microsoft’s Windows Store on PC, it can be seen that a number of yet-to-be-added titles have been listed as being available on Game Pass – those being:

• Call of Duty World at War
• Call of Duty Infinite Warfare
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

As mentioned, these are far from the first titles to be discovered in a similar manner, with COD Modern Warfare 2 and 3; Black Ops 1 and more all seemingly set to come to the service at some point in the not-too-distant future.

That said, earlier this year Microsoft accidentally claimed that World of Warcraft was coming to Xbox Game Pass. Following its discovery, the company sent out a clarification, writing at the time “this was a mistake on our end sorry for the confusion! Blizzard's World of Warcraft was accidentally included in a game pass email even though it's not available with the service – a correction email will be sent to those who got the original email soon.”

Even so, it does seem as though Microsoft is gearing up for some sort of big Game Pass drop. It will be interesting to see how they choose to doll out these many classic COD titles without affecting the current popularity of Black Ops 6.

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows marks one of the most important games for Ubisoft right now, with the publisher relying on its success to ensure their continued existence. So far, things seem to be going well, with Shadows now managing to become the second-best-selling game of the year so far in the US – only behind Monster Hunter Wilds.

As reported by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella (via BlueSky), “Assassin's Creed: Shadows has been the best-selling video game in the US for each of its first 3 weeks in market, according to Circana's Retail Tracking Service (dollar sales, latest data through April 5th).”

On top of this, Shadows has also managed to become the second best-selling game of the year so far, only behind Capcom’s massively popular Monster Hunter Wilds.

For context, AC: Shadows reached 1 million total players within hours of the game’s launch. Following this, the title saw a further million players join over the next couple days – culminating in 3 million total players by the end of week one.

All that said, AC: Shadows is likely trailing quite far behind Monster Hunter, with Capcom’s title selling 10 million copies in its first month. Of course, Shadows has yet to be out for a month, and so such comparisons aren’t 1:1.

Still, it seems as though Assassin’s Creed Shadows might just be the shot in the arm that Ubisoft needed. It will be interesting to see how the game continues to perform in the long-run.

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Asus has announced two new ROG gaming monitors in China, each catering to different needs. The ROG XG248Q5G-P is aimed at those who want the highest refresh rate possible, while the ROG XG32UCG offers a dual-Hz mode so users can choose between a higher resolution or refresh rate.

According to Wccftech, the ROG XG248Q5G-P is a 24.1-inch monitor that prioritises speed, boasting an impressive 610Hz refresh rate, placing it among the fastest displays available. While it may not match the colour accuracy and size of current Mini-LED or OLED monitors, its 90% DCI-P3 color gamut should provide adequate colour reproduction. Note that achieving the 610Hz refresh rate requires overclocking. Connectivity options include DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1. For ergonomics, Asus included a monitor arm. The official presentation does not explicitly state the resolution, but we assume it's Full HD. The marketing material also shows the monitor has a 0.1ms response time and supports Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium.

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The ASUS ROG XG32UCG adopts a different approach with its Dual-Hz mode. This 32-inch monitor uses Fast IPS technology, covers 95% of the DCI-P3 colour spectrum and offers users the choice between two modes: 4K resolution at a 160Hz refresh rate or Full HD resolution at a 320Hz refresh rate. This flexibility allows users to prioritise either visual fidelity or high-speed gameplay. The XG32UCG also supports DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 and supports Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium. The rated response time is a mere 0.3 ms.

The Asus ROG XG248Q5G-P will be released in China for 7999 RMB (£838), while the Asus ROG XG32UCG will cost 3999 RMB (£419). Asus has not yet confirmed release dates for these monitors in regions outside of China.

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When Spider-Man 2 first came to PC in February, fans were quick to notice that this port was not of the same quality as Spider-Man or its Miles Morales standalone spin-off. Despite that, the game launched with a Steam Deck Verified rating – which has now been revoked. 

Spider-Man 2 is no longer ‘Steam Deck Verified'. The game is now marked as ‘playable' on the Steam Store, which is a much more accurate descriptor for a game that just barely functions on the limited handheld hardware.

The Playable rating for Steam Deck games means that the game can run, but the default settings might not be appropriate, requiring some manual tinkering on the user's part to get it running well. The Playable tag can also be applied to games that may have UI issues or require other manual inputs, like pressing the Steam button + X in order to access the virtual keyboard.

In the case of Spider-Man 2 though, it is definitely a case of the game simply not running very well on Steam Deck with the default graphics preset. With some tinkering, users can expect to reach a 30FPS experience, but it will wobble at points.

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KitGuru Says: Spider-Man 2 was a fun game but nowhere near as memorable as the first one in my opinion. Have you played Spider-Man 2 since its PC launch? Have you tried it on Steam Deck?

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Early listings of the Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti have surfaced. Two retailers have already listed a few RTX 5060 TI 8GB and 16GB models, and they all cost way more than most of us are probably willing to spend on such cards. The 8GB cards started at almost €600, and most 16GB models are priced at over €700.

The listings found and shared by @momomo_us show the 8GB variant priced at €587.17 (£508.78) and the cheapest 16GB model at €693.60 (£601). However, don't take these figures too seriously. As we've seen with previous leaks, pre-launch pricing can be highly unreliable and subject to change. Even among the two retailers, there's a considerable price difference.

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Unofficial sources have suggested that the RTX 5060 Ti might be priced lower than its predecessor, the RTX 4060 Ti, which currently retails for around €420. However, these listings are considerably higher than that.

We expect more concrete pricing details to emerge in the coming days, with the official debut of the RTX 5060 Ti likely happening later this week.

KitGuru says: We believe these prices are just placeholders and that the graphics cards will be a fair amount cheaper.

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A new set of benchmark scores for the RTX 5060 Ti has been shared online ahead of its rumoured release. These include various 3DMark benchmark tests in various resolutions, giving a better idea of how the RTX 5060 Ti will compare to the competition and its predecessor.

According to VideoCardz, who shared the results, all these are of a 16GB variant. The same report claims initial reviews suggest that the 8 GB variant of the 5060 Ti will likely exhibit a noticeable performance deficit compared to its 16GB counterpart. As such, it seems Nvidia won't supply 8GB models of the 5060 Ti for review, focusing on the higher memory capacity variant as it performs better.

The 3DMark scores for the 16 GB variant show an average performance increase of approximately 20% (up to 27%) compared to the 4060 Ti 16 GB. Compared to the RTX 5070, Nvidia's higher-tier GPU is about 40% faster. The detailed 3dMark scores can be found below:

GPU	Speed Way (1440p)	Steel Nomad (4K)	Port Royal (1440p)	Time Spy (1440p)	Time Spy Extreme (2160p)	Fire Strike (1080p)	Fire Strike Extreme (1440p)	Fire Strike Ultra (2160p)
Nvidia RTX 5070	5745	4815	13975	22669	10675	57305	28675	14205
Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti	4055	3455	9944	15389	7136	40925	19556	9175
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti	3239	2932	8112	13469	6153	34295	15937	7294

Although these are technically all synthetic benchmarks, Speed Way and Steel Nomad are relatively good for perceiving how the card will perform compared to others in real-world tasks.

KitGuru says: Were you expecting more, something similar, or less from the RTX 5060 Ti?

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Nvidia is looking to bring some of its manufacturing over to the US. Today, the company announced plans to begin building and testing its Blackwell GPUs at TSMC's plant in Arizona, and Nvidia AI supercomputers will begin being built at a facility in Texas. 

Teaming up with leading manufacturing partners, Nvidia has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space. Blackwell GPUs will be made at the TSMC chip plant in Phoenix, Arizona, while Nvidia's AI supercomputers will be made at Foxconn's plant in Houston, Texas, as well as another facility owned by Wistron in Dallas.

Mass production at these plants is expected to ramp up within the next 12 to 15 months. Nvidia has furthered its investment in US manufacturing by partnering with Amkor and SPIL for packaging and testing operations.

On the AI front, Nvidia expects to produce $500B worth of AI infrastructure in the US. Speaking on the move, Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, said: “The engines of the world’s AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time. Adding American manufacturing helps us better meet the incredible and growing demand for AI chips and supercomputers, strengthens our supply chain and boosts our resiliency.”

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KitGuru Says: GPU production is starting to go global, with new facilities being built in the US and Europe. It will be interesting to see what impact this has on supply for future launches in the years ahead. 

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Schedule 1 has quickly risen to be one of the most popular multiplayer games on Steam right now. Naturally, this has also led to a slew of mods for the game being released. Unfortunately, bad actors have been inserting malware into some of these mods. 

The Schedule 1 community team has posted an urgent PSA to the game's subreddit (via The Gamer), confirming that malware has been found in a number of mods, including some of the most popular mods, like the increased stack size limit mod.

It was found that the developer of the increased stack size limit mod, Froggyp1, sold their account to someone who replaced their original mod with one containing a Trojan virus. The Backpack Mod Reupload mod was also discovered to contain malware and has since been removed by Nexusmods.

If you've been playing this game and have installed mods, be sure to check the subreddit in case any more mods are discovered to be housing malware.

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KitGuru Says: This is a good reminder to always be careful when downloading mods. Just because a mod is popular doesn't necessarily mean it isn't hiding anything nefarious underneath. 

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Professional overclockers have been battling for the DDR5 speed crown in recent months, with the record being broken a couple of times. G.Skill today announced that the overclocking world record has been broken again, this time by G.Skill OC World Cup 2023 champion, Seby.

Seby won the G.Skill OC World Cup in 2023, an event that takes place each year alongside Computex. Since that big win, Seby has consistently achieved top rankings on HWBOT and is a key contributor to the professional overclocking scene.

Seby's latest achievement is breaking the DDR5 speed record. Using G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 memory with SK-Hynix DDR5 ICs, running on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 motherboard with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, Seby was able to crank the speeds up to 12,772MT/s. Speaking on the achievement, G.Skill Product Marketing lead, Frank Hung, said: “We are extremely proud to once again see the G.SKILL Trident Z5 memory set a new world record. This achievement is a testament to our relentless pursuit of memory performance and the strength of our ongoing collaboration with Intel and ASUS.”

The result has been validated on both HWBOT and CPU-Z. Crucially, LN2 cooling is used to achieve these record-breaking speeds. You won't get this kind of an overclock using standard cooling methods at home.

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KitGuru Says: Have you overclocked your RAM before? What is the fastest speed you've managed to achieve?

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Blizzard just recently revealed its roadmap for Diablo 4 in 2025, with some teasers for what's to come in 2026, like a new expansion. Now, Diablo franchise manager, Rod Fergusson, has shared that internally, the team has a ten-year roadmap. 

In an interview with Game File, Fergusson said “we're here for the long haul, we've been doing long-range planning recently and I've created a roadmap – a 10-year roadmap”.

Interestingly, it seems that this is a new roadmap for 2026 and beyond, not counting the two years that Diablo has been on the market for already. The thing I find odd is that Blizzard has also spoken about Diablo 5, which would almost assuredly release before this ten-year plan comes to an end.

As a huge fan of Diablo 4, and someone who still regularly plays the game each season, I have my doubts that Blizzard will see this plan through. There will no doubt be changes and cancellations. If we're still getting new Diablo 4 content in the year 2035, I will be shocked.

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KitGuru Says: Diablo 4 has improved a lot since launch. The game has loadouts now so you can easily swap character configurations without needing to reset everything manually. Boss battles and endgame content have ramped up in recent seasons and there are more in-game activities on the way throughout the year. Still, even with all of that, another ten years of Diablo 4 seems like a bit much. 

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Over the weekend, Bungie finally revealed substantial details about its next game, Marathon. The upcoming extraction shooter begins alpha testing this month, before launching in September. However, it will not be a free to play game, Bungie has now confirmed. 

While Bungie did not announce its pricing scheme for Marathon, the studio did confirm after the showcase that Marathon “will be a premium title”. However, Bungie also clarifies that Marathon “will not be a ‘full-priced' title”. With that in mind, we are likely looking at a price tag around $40, similarly to last year's failed live-service shooter, Concord.

While shipping a game for less than full price can entice some buyers, we are now in an age where the biggest and most-played multiplayer games in the world are all free-to-play. Sony was unable to overcome this reality with Concord last year, but with Bungie being a ‘big name' studio, they'll stand a better chance of success than Firewalk Studios did.

Marathon will release for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on the 23rd of September.

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KitGuru Says: What did you think of the Marathon reveal? Are you interested in the game enough to purchase it, or would you only be willing to try it if it was free-to-play? 

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For years now, fans have been eagerly awaiting the long-promised Hollow Knight Silksong. Despite a bunch of false flags which led many to believe that the game was ready to release, we heard little from Team Cherry. In the wake of Silksong’s reappearance during the Switch 2 Direct however, it seems the sequel might actually finally be close to release.

Since as far back as 2021, there have been rumours that Hollow Knight Silksong was close to launching. Clearly this was in fact not the case, with Team Cherry remaining rather mute on the matter.

As mentioned however, during the recent Switch 2 Direct, the elusive Silksong made its first public appearance in a while, alongside a 2025 release year.

Since then, eagle-eyed fans have noted some behind-the-scenes activity on Steam, with Silksong (as reported by Dexerto) recently being slotted between other upcoming games set to launch in April – despite not having a release date yet.

Given how April is already halfway over, it is unlikely that Silksong is planned to be surprise-dropped in a week or two. That said, all the evidence seems to be pointing towards Hollow Knight Silksong’s imminent arrival. We hopefully won’t have to wait long to find out.

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KitGuru says: What do you think of this latest activity? Is it indicative of something greater? When do you think Silksong will be released? Let us know down below.

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Star Wars Outlaws received a rather mixed reception upon its release late last year, with the Ubisoft-developed open-world title being criticised for a number of gameplay decisions, alongside a buggy launch. Since then, the game has improved quite a bit thanks to a range of patches alongside story DLC. Up next for Outlaws is “A Pirate's Fortune” – set to be showcased later this week.

Making the announcement on Twitter, the official Star Wars Outlaws page shared the following: “Tune in to get a first glimpse at what’s next for Star Wars Outlaws. Join us on April 18th at Star Wars Celebration to learn more.”

Since its release back in August 2024, Star Wars Outlaws has received a bunch of patches, with 5 major title updates – addressing issues ranging from AI, performance, visuals and of course, the previously-sub-standard stealth mechanics.

While we don’t yet have details on what this DLC will entail, the first story pack – Wild Card – was received mostly well, though it did see some criticism for its short length.

Hopefully we get a full breakdown of everything set to be added with this second story pack during the showcase.

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KitGuru says: Have you tried Star Wars Outlaws since the updates? What did you think of the first story pack? Are Ubisoft DLCs ever worth it? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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At CES 2025 we saw some fabulous new products based on AMD's new Ryzen AI Max and Max+ 395 chip. These highly integrated PCs from HP promise great things and look fascinating however both the price and delivery date are unknown. By contrast we know the price of the three versions of Framework Desktop and we know that delivery will take many months, which leaves us in a bit of a quandary.

Time stamps

00:00 Start
00:49 Ryzen AI and upcoming solutions
04:54 Minisforum BD795i spec
05:42 A closer look / Install
07:51 PC is up and running
09:02 Benchmarks / Discrete GPU
10:22 FarCry 6
10:37 Leo's thoughts

Minisforum BD795i SE ITX motherboard key features:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX – 16 cores/32 threads Zen 4
Power: ATX
Integrated Graphics: AMD Radeon 610M with 2 Graphics Cores, RDNA 2.0
Support for PCIe 5.0 graphics
TDP: Default 55W, 100W sustained
Memory: DDR5 SODIMMs

The obvious move was to buy something completely different that is actually available, and that is how I came to take delivery of a Minisforum BD795i SE ITX motherboard along with 64GB of DDR5 SODMIMM memory. The integrated graphics are fairly dire so thank goodness for the PCIe graphics slot!

KitGuru says: Minisforum has mounted a Zen 4 laptop Ryzen 9 CPU on a desktop ITX motherboard and the result is impressive.  

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We're very deep into the current console generation, with both the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles approaching five-years on the market. At this point, we would expect to see prices come down, but Sony has other ideas. In several regions, including the UK, the price of the PS5 is about to increase. 

Once the price hike comes into effect, the PS5 will actually be more expensive now than it was five years ago. The PS5 Digital Edition launched at £359.99 back in 2020. Sony increased the price of the system to £389.99 in 2022 and now in 2025, the price is going up again to £429.99, meaning the price of this console has risen by £70 in five years. Typically as hardware matures, prices come down but this generation, that has not been the case.

In Europe, the PS5 Digital Edition launched at €399.99 but now in 2025, the console will begin selling for €499.99, a €100 increase from launch. Unfortunately, those in Australia and New Zealand aren't escaping the price hikes either, with prices going up to $749.95.

For now, the PS5 with disc drive and the PS5 Pro will not receive a price increase in the UK or Europe. However, in Australia and New Zealand, the price of the standard edition console is also going up to $829.95.

For the second time in a row, the US has been spared of any price increases.

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KitGuru Says: The PS5 is now more expensive than ever, despite the fact that we are entering the final years of this console generation. If prices are like this now for the PS5, I dread to think what the PS6 will cost when it launches. 

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As they do each year, hundreds of publications share their list of top titles from the past 12 months. With a majority of the 2024 award shows having come and gone, we now have a pretty complete picture of which title won the overall Game of the Year – that being Astro Bot with almost 200 awards.

In a thread collated through ResetEra, hundreds of different awards have been analysed and organised. If you’ve been following many of the major award shows, then the overall winner should not be too surprising. With a total of 196 GOTY wins, Team Asobi’s Astro Bot is by far the most celebrated game.

Beyond this, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth took home 56 GOTYs – with the indie poker-themed rogue-like Balatro landing in 3rd place with 46 total game of the year wins.

Finally, the rest of the top 10 is as follows:

• Metaphor: ReFantazio – 43
• Black Myth: Wukong – 42
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – 35
• Silent Hill 2 Remake – 18
• Helldivers II – 15
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – 8
• Animal Well – 7

Of course, the games industry is vast and varied, with many other titles receiving their flowers from one publication to another.

Whether Astro Bot; Final Fantasy; Stellar Blade; Dragon’s Dogma or Palworld was your GOTY, there’s no denying that 2024 was an excellent year for video game releases of all kinds.

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KitGuru says: What do you think of the GOTY winner? Are you surprised by the gap between 1st and 2nd? What was your personal Game of the Year? Let us know down below.

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Throughout this past generation we’ve seen Microsoft move further and further away from physical media – especially when it comes to including a game’s data on its disc. Ahead of the PS5 launch of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it’s been revealed that under 20% of the game data is actually on the Blu Ray itself.

With Indiana Jones and the Great Circle coming to PS5 on the 17th of April, YouTuber Retro Game Future got their hands on the game early and as such was able to determine what actually comes on the disc.

Unfortunately, while Indiana Jones and the Great Circle takes up around 125-30GB, the PS5 Blu Ray disc includes just 20GB of data – meaning you will need to download an additional 100GB at minimum before playing.

Of course, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is far from the first title to take this route. That said, unlike the Switch and its more bespoke cartridges, printing Blu Rays is a commonplace practice which has become increasingly cost-effective – making the decision to not go with a 100GB disc unfortunate to see (especially as the minimum size for a 4K Blu Ray is 50GB meaning they could have at least squeezed some more data onto the disc.)

All that said, physical media is far from Microsoft’s priority, with many first-party Xbox titles (Indiana Jones included) being nothing more than a code in a box.

While having a physical disc is in some ways preferable, needing to download almost the entire game defeats its purpose somewhat.

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KitGuru says: Are you looking forward to Indiana Jones on PS5? Why didn’t Microsoft opt for a higher-capacity Blu Ray? Is this kind of physical media worse than digital? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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More than 100 of the most respected technology editors and reviewers in the world are now casting their votes in the 11th annual European Hardware Awards. The result? A definitive list of the best hardware currently available, as chosen by experts who live and breathe PC technology. On Monday, 19th May 2025, the winners of this year’s awards will be revealed in a special event hosted at the Marriott Courtyard, Nangang, Taipei .

This year, EHA's combined editorial teams have gone through 61 categories and selected over 450 products from more than 100 individual manufacturers.

With a foundation built on tens of thousands of detailed, independent reviews (going back over 16 years), we're uniquely positioned to recognise genuine innovation, enduring quality and the products that have made the biggest impact on enthusiasts and professionals alike.

This year's ceremony marks 11 years since the first European Hardware Awards – and the process of vetting and voting has never been more rigorous.

The categories have evolved slightly over time to reflect new technologies and emerging trends, but the core voting process remains consistent: Fair, Thorough and Editorially Independent.

We have narrowed the field to this year’s finalists – which truly represent the Best of the Best. This is the list of finalists under consideration for an EHA Award in 2025:-

Category: PROCESSING

Best Desktop CPU

• AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Best Laptop CPU

• AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
• AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
• AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
• AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
• AMD Ryzen Al Max 385
• Intel Core i9-14900HX
• Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
• Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
• Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Best Smartphone SoC

• Apple A18
• Apple A18 Pro
• Google Tensor G4
• MediaTek Dimensity 9400
• Snapdragon 8 Elite

Best AMD ATX / Micro-ATX Motherboard

• ASRock X870E NOVA WIFI
• ASRock X870E Taichi
• ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI
• ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E HERO
• ASUS ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming WiFi
• GIGABYTE X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7
• GIGABYTE X870E Aorus Master
• GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Xtreme AI Top
• MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI
• MSI MEG X870E Godlike
• MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi

Best Intel ATX / Micro-ATX Motherboard

• ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 APEX
• ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z890 HERO
• GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Xtreme AI Top
• MSI MAG B860 TOMAHAWK WIFI
• MSI MEG Z890 ACE
• MSI MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi

Best AMD Mini-ITX Motherboard

• ASUS ROG STRIX B850-I GAMING WIFI
• ASUS ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WIFI
• GIGABYTE X870I AORUS PRO ICE

Best Intel Mini-ITX Motherboard

• ASRock Z890I Nova WiFi
• ASUS ROG Strix B860-I
• ASUS ROG STRIX Z890-I GAMING WIFI
• MSI MPG Z890I Edge TI WIFI

Best System Memory Series

• CORSAIR Dominator Titanium RGB
• CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 CUDIMM
• CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB
• G.SKILL Trident Z5
• G.SKILL Trident Z5 CK
• Kingston Fury Renegade CUDIMM
• Kingston Fury Renegade Limited Edition
• Klevv CRAS V RGB
• Patriot Viper XTREME 5
• XPG Lancer RGB

Category: VISUAL

Best Desktop GPU

• AMD Radeon RX 9070
• AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Best Laptop GPU

• AMD Radeon 8060S
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU

Best AMD Based Graphics Card

• ASROCK AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi
• ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 OC
• ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition
• GIGABYTE RX 9070 XT GAMING OC
• PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound
• PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Red Devil
• Sapphire NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Best NVIDIA Based Graphics Card

• ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition
• ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition
• MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC
• MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM LIQUID OC
• MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM LIQUID SOC
• MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim SOC
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE
• ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5080 AMP Extreme INFINITY

Best Gaming Monitor

• Acer Predator Z57
• ASRock PG27QFT2A
• ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCDM
• ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP
• GIGABYTE AORUS FO27Q3
• MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED
• MSI MPG 272URX QD-OLED
• MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED
• MSI MPG 322URX QD-OLED

Best Professional Monitor

• AOC Graphic Pro U32U3CV
• ASUS ProArt Display 5K PA27JCV
• ASUS ProArt Display OLED PA32DC
• ASUS ProArt Display OLED PA32UCDM
• ASUS ProArt Display PA32UCXR
• BenQ SW272Q
• Lenovo ThinkVision P24Q-30

Category: COOLING

Best CPU Cooler (air)

• ARCTIC Freezer 36
• be quiet! Dark Rock 5
• be quiet! Dark Rock Elite
• be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5
• be quiet! Pure Rock Pro 3
• DeepCool Assassin IV
• ENDORFY Fortis 5 ARGB
• Noctua NH-D15 G2

Best CPU Cooler (water)

• ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III
• ASUS ROG RYUJIN III
• be quiet! Light Loop
• be quiet! Silent Loop 3
• CORSAIR iCUE Link Titan
• DeepCool Mystique
• TRYX Panorama ARGB

Best Custom Cooling Brand

• Alphacool
• Corsair
• EKWB

Best Thermal Interface

• ARCTIC MX-6
• be quiet! DC2 Pro
• Polartherm X-10
• Thermal Grizzly Duronaut
• Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
• Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet

Best Fan Series

• Alphacool Apex Stealth Metal
• ARCTIC P12
• ARCTIC P14 Max
• be quiet! Light Wings LX
• be quiet! Pure Wings 3
• be quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4
• CORSAIR iCUE LINK RX RGB
• CORSAIR RS120 ARGB
• Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 PWM

Category: STORAGE

Best Hard Drive

• Seagate Exos X20
• Seagate IronWolf
• Seagate IronWolf Pro
• Synology Plus Series
• Toshiba MG11
• Western Digital Gold
• Western Digital Red Pro
• Western Digital WD_BLACK

Best SSD

• ADATA Legend 970 Pro
• CORSAIR MP700 Elite
• CORSAIR MP700 Pro SE
• Crucial T705
• Kingston KC3000
• Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4
• Samsung 9100 PRO
• Samsung 990 PRO

Best NAS Device

• Asustor Flashstor 6 Gen 2
• QNAP NASBook TBS-h574TX
• QNAP TS-432X
• QNAP TS-h1290FX
• QNAP TVS-h674T
• Synology DS1823XS+
• Synology DS224+

Best External Storage

• ADATA SE920
• CORSAIR EX400U
• Kingston XS2000
• KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS
• Netac ZX20L Portable SSD
• Samsung T9 Portable SSD

Category: CASE AND PSU

Best ATX Case

• Antec C7
• ASUS ProArt PA602
• be quiet! Dark Base Pro 901
• be quiet! LIGHT BASE 900 FX
• be quiet! Pure Base 501
• CORSAIR 9000D RGB Airflow
• CORSAIR FRAME 4000D
• Fractal Design North XL
• HAVN HS420
• Lian Li Lancool III
• Lian Li O11 Vision Compact
• Sharkoon AK5M RGB

Best Micro ATX / ITX Case

• DeepCool CH160
• DeepCool CH170
• Fractal Design ERA 2
• Fractal Design Mood
• Lian Li Dan A3
• Phanteks Evolv Shift XT ARGB
• Thermaltake TR100

Best PSU Series

• ASRock Taichi TC
• ASUS THOR
• be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13
• Enermax PlatiGemini
• FSP MEGA TI
• MSI MEG AI
• Seasonic PRIME PX
• Seasonic PRIME TX

Category: PERIPHERALS

Best Gaming Mouse

• ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Extreme
• CORSAIR M55
• CORSAIR M75
• ENDORFY LIV Plus Wireless
• Genesis ZIRCON XIII
• HATOR Quasar Ultra 8K
• Logitech G Pro Superlight 2 DEX
• Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro
• Razer Viper V3 Pro

Best Gaming Keyboard

• ASUS Falchion RX Low Profile
• ASUS ROG Azoth Extreme
• ASUS ROG Falchion Ace HFX
• Chilkey ND75 Barebone Edition
• Cooler Master MK770
• CORSAIR Gaming K70 MAX RGB
• CORSAIR K65 Plus Wireless
• CORSAIR K70 Pro TKL
• Epomaker HE75 Mag
• Logitech G915 X
• Wooting 80HE
• ZOOM75 Tiga

Best Router

• ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98
• ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16
• ASUS ZenWiFi BT10
• AVM FRITZ!Box 5690 Pro
• NETGEAR Nighthawk RS300
• NETGEAR Nighthawk RS700S
• NETGEAR Orbi 770
• Netgear Orbi 970
• TP-Link Archer BE800
• TP-Link Archer GE800

Best Gaming / Office Chair

• Boulies Master Series
• CORSAIR TC500
• CORSAIR TC500 Luxe
• Fractal Design Refine
• noblechairs DAWN
• noblechairs EPIC
• noblechairs HERO
• Sharkoon OfficePal C40

Best Streaming Equipment

• Elgato 4K X External Capture Card
• Elgato Facecam MK2
• Elgato Stream Deck +
• Elgato Stream Deck Neo
• G.Skill WigiDash
• NZXT Capsule Elite
• Razer Kraken V4 Pro

Category: AUDIO

Best Gaming Headset

• CORSAIR HS80 Max
• CORSAIR VIRTUOSO MAX
• CORSAIR Virtuoso Pro
• Creative Zen Hybrid SXFI
• Creative ZenHybrid Pro
• ENDORFY Viro Plus USB
• Logitech G ASTRO A50 X
• Razer BlackShark V2 HyperSpeed
• SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5
• Steelseries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless

Best Headphones

• Drop+Grell OAE
• Edifier Stax Spirit S5
• Sonos Ace
• Sony ULT Wear
• Sony WH-1000XM5

Best Earphones

• Apple AirPods 4
• Apple AirPods Pro 2
• Creative Aurvana Ace 2
• Creative Aurvana Ace Mimi
• HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro 4
• Nothing Ear
• Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless Pro
• Technics AZ100

Best Speakers

• Adam Audio D3V
• Amazon Echo Studio
• B&W 607 S3
• Creative Pebble Nova
• Edifier QR65
• Teufel Stereo L2

Category: SYSTEMS

Best Mini-PC

• Apple Mac Studio
• ARCTIC Senza Under Desk PC
• ASUS NUC 15 Pro Plus
• ECS Liva Z7 Plus
• GEEKOM A6
• GEEKOM A7
• GEEKOM GT1 MEGA
• MSI Cubi NUC 1M

Best Gaming Desktop System

• Acer Predator Orion 7000
• CORSAIR One i500
• Infomax Gamer Element Powered by MSI
• Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10
• Mad Gaming AMD Stage 4.4 X870
• MSI MEG Trident X2
• MSI MEG Vision X AI 2. gen
• PCSpecialist Cortex Pro

Best Notebook

• Apple Macbook Air M4
• ASUS Vivobook S15
• ASUS Zenbook A14
• ASUS Zenbook S 16
• ASUS Zenbook S14
• Lenovo Thinkpad 14S
• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon
• Lenovo ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition
• Microsoft Surface Laptop 7

Best 2-in-1

• ASUS ProArt PZ13
• ASUS ProArt Studiobook PX13
• ASUS Zenbook Duo 2024
• Lenovo Yoga 9 2-in-1
• Microsoft Surface Pro

Best Gaming Notebook

• ACER Predator Helios Neo 16
• ASUS ROG Strix G16
• ASUS ROG Strix Scar 18
• GIGABYTE AORUS 17X
• GIGABYTE AORUS Master 18
• Lenovo Legion 9
• MSI Raider A18 HX
• MSI TITAN 18 HX

Best Creator Laptop

• Apple MacBook Pro 16
• Apple MacBook Pro M4 Pro
• ASUS ProArt Studiobook Pro 16 OLED
• GIGABYTE AORUS Master 18
• HP Zbook Studio 16 inch G10
• MSI Stealth A16 AI+

Best Console

• Acer Nitro Blaze 11
• ASUS ROG Ally X
• Lenovo Legion Go 2
• Lenovo Legion Go S
• MSI Claw 8 AI+
• Sony PlayStation 5 Pro
• Valve Steam Deck OLED

Category: MOBILE / SMART LIVING

Best Smartphone

• Apple iPhone 16 Pro
• Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
• ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra
• Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
• OnePlus 13
• OPPO Find X8 Pro
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
• Xiaomi 15 Ultra

Best Wearable

• HUAWEI Watch D2
• HUAWEI Watch GT5
• HUAWEI Watch GT5 Pro
• HUAWEI Watch Ultimate
• Samsung Galaxy Ring
• Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra

Best Smart Home Product

• Amazon Echo Show 15
• Home Assistant
• Netatmo Advance

Category: BEST VALUE

Best Value CPU

• AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
• AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
• AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
• AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
• Intel Core i5-12400F
• Intel Core i5-14600K
• Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Best Value GPU

• AMD Radeon RX 7600
• AMD Radeon RX 9070
• AMD Radeon RX 9070XT
• Intel ARC B580
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Best Value Component

• ARCTIC Freezer A36
• ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III
• ASRock B860 PRO-A WIFI
• be quiet! Straight Power 12 Series
• ENDORFY Supremo FM6 series
• Gigabyte AMD B850M DS3H
• Kingston KC3000
• Kioxia EXCERIA PLUS G4
• MSI B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
• MSI B860 Tomahawk WiFi

Best Value Peripheral

• Chieftec Visio Air
• Epomaker RT65
• Hator Gravity TKL
• Logitech G305
• Logitech G502 HERO
• SanDisk 2TB Extreme Portable SSD
• Sharkoon Skiller SGK50 S2 PBT
• Sharkoon Skiller SGK50 S3

Best Value Laptop

• Acer Nitro 16
• ASUS Vivobook 15
• ASUS VivoBook S 14
• ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED UM3406
• ERAZER Crawler E30e
• Lenovo LOQ
• Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge

Best Value Desktop System

• Apple Mac Mini M4
• GEEKOM A6
• Lenovo LOQ Tower

Best Value Smartphone

• CMF Phone (1)
• Google Pixel 8a
• iPhone 16e
• Nothing Phone (2a)
• Nothing phone (3a) / Pro
• POCO X7
• POCO X7 Pro

Category: BEST AI HARDWARE

Best AI CPU

• AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
• AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395
• Intel Core Ultra 7 265V
• Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
• Snapdragon X Elite

Best AI GPU

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Best AI Laptop

• Acer Predator Helios 16 AI
• Acer Swift 14 AI
• ASUS ROG Flow Z13
• ASUS Vivobook S 15 Copilot+
• ASUS Zenbook A14
• Lenovo Legion 9
• Lenovo Thinkpad 14S
• MSI Stealth A18 AI+

Best AI Smartphone

• Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
• Google Pixel 9 Pro
• Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
• OPPO Find X8 Pro
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Category: OVERALL

Best Gaming Product

• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP
• MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC
• Nerdytech Couchmaster Cycon3
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Best Overclocking Product

• AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF
• ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 APEX
• Intel Core i5-14600K
• Intel Core i9-14900K
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Extreme
• Thermal Grizzly Delid-Die-Mate

Best AI Hardware Solution

• AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395
• ASUS Vivobook S14 (S5406) Copilot+ PC
• GIGABYTE AI TOP 500
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
• Snapdragon X Elite

Best New Technology

• AMD FSR 4
• ASUS NitroPath DRAM
• NVIDIA DLSS 4
• Samsung QD-OLED Y25
• Wi-Fi 7

Product of the Year

• AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
• AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• Noctua NH-D15 G2
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
• Samsung 9100 PRO

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KitGuru says: Well done to all of those who nominated, and we'll be back to announce the winners on 19th May.

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Rebellion, the studio behind the recently released Atomfall, has announced that its new post-apocalyptic adventure, set in the British countryside, has already attracted over 2 million players within its first month.

While Atomfall's availability on Xbox Game Pass from launch undoubtedly contributed to its widespread adoption, the sheer number of players engaging with a brand-new title in such a short timeframe is worth praising.

Rebellion also shared some intriguing in-game statistics, showing how players have engaged with the world of Atomfall. These include:

• Over 5.9 million enemies dispatched with cricket bats.
• More than 250,000 virtual pints of beer consumed.
• A staggering 500,000 cups of tea were brewed and enjoyed.
• A rather unfortunate 420,000+ player deaths attributed to rat swarms.
• And a dominant preference for tinned meat as the in-game food of choice, with over 14.1 million tins devoured.

On Opencritic, the game has a good 75 critic rating, with 64% of reviewers recommending it, and a 70 player rating. Critics have praised the tale, but significant gameplay flaws and design challenges keep it from being a great game.

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GPU-Z (v2.65) just got support for two upcoming GPUs, and one of them is a bit unexpected. Besides getting support for the RTX 5060 Ti. The software also received support for the Radeon RX 9070 GRE, suggesting an imminent release.

Knowing this, instead of using the RX 9060 XT as a competitor to the RTX 5060 Ti, the company seems to be preparing to launch the Radeon RX 9070 GRE first. Interestingly, the same GPU-Z update also adds support for the upcoming RTX 5060 Ti, but only the 16GB variant. Previous leaks have pointed to 16GB and 8GB versions of the RTX 5060 Ti, but Nvidia has made no public announcements at this stage.

Beyond the AMD and Nvidia news, this GPU-Z update is noteworthy for its expanded support for Intel and Moore Threads GPUs. This includes support for the Intel A750E and A580E, embedded solutions catering to applications beyond gaming. Moore Threads support extends to the S3000, a server GPU for virtualisation.

Here are the full patch notes for GPU-Z v2.65.0 (via TechPowerUp):

• Added support for Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, RTX 5090 Laptop, RTX 5080 Laptop, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, RTX Pro 4000 Blackwell, RTX Pro 3000 Blackwell, Nvidia H200
• Added support for AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, AMD Ryzen AI IGPU (Krackan and Strix Halo)
• Added support for Intel Arc A750E and A580E
• Added support for Moore Threads S3000 MTvGPU-1108

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Razer has officially launched Razer PC Remote Play, a new PC-to-Mobile streaming platform. This service allows users to stream their PC game library to smartphones, tablets, or Windows handhelds, aiming to deliver a seamless and high-fidelity experience. Razer PC Remote Play promises to leverage the full potential of a gaming PC, streaming at the mobile device's maximum resolution and refresh rate.

Following the beta release at CES 2025, the official launch of PC Remote Play includes a redesigned interface within the Razer Cortex PC application. It also expands support to include a wider range of mobile gaming controllers compatible with iOS and Android, integrates the AV1 video codec for improved visual quality and reduced latency, and incorporates software updates to enhance the overall remote play experience.

Razer PC Remote Play offers extensive controller compatibility, supporting Razer Kishi and other iOS/Android compatible controllers, aiming to replicate a console-like experience on mobile while harnessing the power of a gaming PC. iPad users can also utilize keyboard, mouse, and trackpad controls. The platform integrates with Razer Nexus, allowing users to browse, configure, and launch PC games directly from their mobile devices. Razer Nexus also facilitates control customisation, gameplay recording and sharing, and controller updates.

The service automatically optimises the streaming output to the mobile device's display. For Android users with Razer Kishi Ultra controllers, Razer Sensa HD Haptics provides tactile feedback synchronised with in-game events, such as shooting and engine rumbling, for enhanced immersion.

To set up Razer PC Remote Play, follow these steps:

1. Install Razer Nexus and Razer PC Remote Play on the mobile device.
2. Enable Remote Play within Razer Cortex on the PC.
3. Log in using a Razer ID. The PC and mobile device will then pair automatically.
4. Connect a Razer Kishi or other compatible iOS/Android controller to play controller-supported games.

Razer PC Remote Play is compatible with various platforms, including Steam, Epic Games, PC Game Pass, iOS 18+, Android 14+, and Windows 10/11. The application is available for download from the App Store and Google Play Store.

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Larian Studios hasn't finished up work on Baldur's Gate 3 just yet. The studio has issued seven major patches for the game, adding all new content and gameplay for players looking to jump in for another run. All good things must come to an end though, with the game's final patch now set to rollout. 

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 was first announced in November last year, with Larian confirming that it would indeed be the final major update to the game. Now, after months of testing, the patch is ready to rollout for PC and consoles on the 15th of April.

Patch 8 will introduce split-screen multiplayer on Xbox Series S consoles, a huge achievement given the fact that at one point, the Xbox version of the game was almost cancelled due to difficulties getting this feature working on Xbox Series S. Microsoft eventually made a concession to its Xbox Series X/S parity rules, enabling Baldur's Gate 3 to release on Xbox Series S without split-screen, while the more powerful Xbox Series X had the feature at launch.

More excitingly for fans, this patch also adds 12 new subclasses to the game, opening things up for even more creative and diverse characters. Cross-play multiplayer is also coming with the new patch, as well as a Photo Mode.

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KitGuru Says: Are you still working your way through Baldur's Gate 3? Are you planning on starting a new character once the new subclasses release? 

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Since acquiring Activision, Fans have been hopeful that Xbox will look to bring back some long-lost IP. It would seem that Prototype could be first in line for such a revival. 

Prototype first released in 2009 and was followed by a sequel in 2012. The Prototype games follow the story of Alex Mercer, a human shapeshifter that can transform into anyone, or use his abilities to wreak havoc. Unfortunately, the games did not reach Activision's lofty sales goals and as a result, Prototype was put on ice.

Prototype made a brief return in 2015, when both original titles were ported to Xbox One and PS4, but this re-release did not end up leading to any kind of sequel.

As spotted by Insider Gaming, according to one redditor, a survey has begun doing the rounds, asking for input on Alex Mercer as a returning protagonist and the shapeshifting gameplay of the Prototype games. Unfortunately, there is no further information beyond this. If true, I imagine we'd be getting a Prototype reboot, rather than a sequel, as the original game is now over 15 years old.

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KitGuru Says: Would you like to see Prototype return? Would you want to start fresh with a reboot, or jump right back into where things left off with Prototype 2? 

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With the main Destiny saga wrapping up last year, Bungie has spent much of 2024 and 2025 focused on its next game – Marathon. A reboot of a classic 90s Sci-Fi shooter, Marathon (2025) is a PvP multiplayer focused title, releasing in September. 

Marathon was officially revealed to the world yesterday with a deep dive gameplay trailer. In my opinion, the game looks too much ‘like Destiny' and I believe some casual fans will end up confusing the games for being set in the same universe. Whether or not this is by design remains to be seen but so far, Bungie has offered no suggestion that Destiny and Marathon are somehow narratively linked.

Marathon will put players in the shoes of a ‘runner', a person that has given up their human form to obtain supernatural abilities. Players will be popped onto maps either as solo runners, or in squads and then the goal from there is to loot as much as you can and escape the map alive, without being shot down and looted by an enemy squad.

The game releases for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles on the 23rd of September. Alpha testing begins soon, so if you want to try the game out early, you can sign-up to participate in the invite-only playtests. While Bungie has not yet announced a price tag for the game, they have confirmed it will be a “premium title” but not a “full priced title”. With that in mind, it is likely to be priced similarly to last year's Concord, which sold for $40.

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KitGuru Says: As much as I want Bungie to succeed and return to its glory days, from what I've seen so far, I don't think Marathon is going to be the game to make that happen. 

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Thermaltake has introduced a revised version of its Steel Shadow Tough liquid cooler series in Europe, featuring subtle but significant changes. In Europe, the new series will be named LA(S) and available with 240mm and 360mm radiators.

As noted by Cowcotland, the core design, including the large, magnetically attached top panel for easy installation, appears to be the same. However, the fans have received a noticeable upgrade, operating within a speed range of 600 RPM to 2500 RPM and delivering 79.3 CFM airflow and 3.45 mmH2O static pressure. Moreover, the fans incorporate a daisy-chaining mechanism that simplifies PWM and RGB connection.

The most significant difference between the LA (240 and 360) and the LA-S (240 and 360) AIO liquid coolers is the display on the latter. While the LA series has a water block cover with the Thermaltake logo and lighting, the LA-S uses a 2.4-inch display with CPU metrics.

The Thermaltake LA series starts at €74.90 for the LA240 model and increases to €84.90 for the LA360. As for the LA-S series, the LA240-S model goes for €84.90 and the LA360-S model for €94.90.

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KitGuru says: Considering their feature set, the new Thermaltake AIO CPU coolers sure look cheap. Would you go for the LA or the LA-S AIO liquid coolers?

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Back in August, we received the first teaser trailer for the next Mafia game. Rather than a sequel, we are getting Mafia: The Old Country, a prequel that explores the origins of the Mafia families. Last night, an update to the game's Steam Store listing revealed that the game will become available one-year on from its initial reveal.

Mafia: The Old Country is a prequel, set years before the events of the first game. This is essentially an origin story, set in 1900s Sicily, presenting a gritty mob story during an era that was particularly dangerous and unforgiving for those involved.

Mafia: The Old Country will become available for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S starting on the 8th of August, roughly one year on from the game's original announcement.

All eyes are on publisher Take-Two and its subsidiaries this year. Take-Two owns 2K Games, which is publishing Mafia. With the game arriving in August, it seems likely that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be coming in the October-November timeframe.

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Sharkoon has expanded its Skiller headset lineup with two new offerings: the SGH20 USB and the SGH25. Both headsets aim to provide immersive audio and comfortable wear, catering to different user needs and budgets, even if both are still entry-level.

The Skiller SGH20 USB headset presents a design with dynamically changing RGB lighting. The headset uses 50mm drivers and connects via USB for a straightforward setup with PCs. For extended gaming sessions, the SGH20 has soft synthetic leather ear cushions designed to seal around the ears, while the cushioned headband aims to distribute weight evenly. The flexible microphone can be easily positioned for clear voice transmission.

Priced higher, the Skiller SGH25 offers a different set of features. It also uses 50mm drivers and a USB connection, but instead of synthetic leather, it uses cloth for the ear cushions. As such, it remains comfortable even in warmer environments. Moreover, the SGH25 features an inline controller integrated into the cable, providing volume and microphone control, and circumaural earcups to isolate noise and provide a snug fit. The adjustable headband is designed to adapt to various head sizes and shapes. Another extra of the SGH25 over the SGH20 is the detachable microphone.

The Skiller SGH20 is priced at €19.90, while the Skiller SGH25 is positioned as a more budget-friendly option, costing €19.99.

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