Month: February 2025

Asus announced the ROG Swift 500Hz gaming monitor at Computex this week, a blisteringly fast screen that is touted as being the first device capable of that high refresh rate.

According to Asus, the TN panel technology uses a new version of that hardware that is surprisingly affordable, although some color accuracy and vibrancy is sacrificed to achieve a low latency benchmark that the company refers to as “esports TN.”

The top resolution is 1080p on the 24-inch screen, but it is G-Sync compatible and ships with both Nvidia’s G-Sync Esports Mode to increase vibrance and Reflex Analyzer support that measures end-to-end system latency if you have an Nvidia Reflex-enabled mouse and a GeForce GPU.

Primarily aimed at esports players, the high refresh rate is meant to offer s…

Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard is leaving the company. Mustard confirmed the news on Twitter/X, saying he plans to step down later this month. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Mustard has been making games for a quarter of a century, but most recently he was a top boss at Epic and one of the leaders of the incredibly popular Fornite. Before that, he worked at GlyphX Games on Advent Rising before starting his own company, Chair Entertainment, with his brother Geremy. That studio is known for the games Shadow Complex and the Infinity Blade series. Epic Games bought the company in 2008, and Mustard rose through the ranks to become chief creative officer.

“I am especially proud of the opportunity…

Microsoft has announced a big new addition to the Xbox Cloud Gaming library, with Epic’s hugely popular battle royale game Fortnite now available to stream for free with no subscription required. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

This is the first free-to-play game on Xbox Cloud Gaming, but more are on the way. You can play Fortnite via the cloud right now through the Xbox website for iOS, Android, Windows PC via browser, or a tablet. This is particularly noteworthy in part for iOS players, since this looks like a workaround to play Fortnite on iOS. Epic famously removed Fortnite from iOS amid its battle with Apple.

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Final Fantasy VII Remake PS5 upgrade and Intergrade DLC are now available, the latter of which is exclusively available on PS5. The free PS5 upgrade is only available for people who purchase the PS4 game: anyone who claimed Final Fantasy VII Remake as part of PS Plus will need to purchase the game to get the PS5 version.

For players looking to claim the PS5 upgrade, you will need to go to the PS4 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake on the PlayStation Store and look for the PS5 upgrade Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Those who own the game digitally or physically can claim the free upgrade, but disc owners can only get the upgrade if they have the standard version of the PS5 and not the digital-only PS5.

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Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson has said its College Football 25 developers implementing AI technology was critical for creating a game that lived up to its quality standards and impressed fans. Speaking during EA’s latest earnings briefing, Wilson said AI “amplified and accelerated” the development on the game. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

“In the absence of AI, we simply would not have been able to deliver College Football at the level we did, even though we’d given the team many, many years in development. It was the first time we had done it in 10 years, and the level of gameplay and the level of visual fidelity that we did, was a combination of many years of work of our incredible teams, amplified and acce…

Final Fantasy 16 has almost reached the finish line of its development cycle, as main director Hiroshi Takai and other members of the development team revealed new details on the game in a series of interviews Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Speaking to Famitsu, Takai was quizzed about the current development status of the game and gave a quick answer on the topic.

“About 95%,” Takai said. In a more thorough follow-up to the question, Takai added that the development team was playing through the game and addressing any issues along the way. “The current situation is that we play through the game day by day, tweak the rough parts, and brush up the parts that have flaws in performance or drawing,” he said. “The re…

Update: It now appears the lawsuit was filed by what Wowhead has dubbed a “disgruntled gamer,” rather than NetEase. The original court filing has been amended to remove the indication that it was NetEase doing the suing, which may explain why Activision Blizzard said it’s yet to receive the lawsuit Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The individual in question reportedly sued NetEase previously over an issue with World of Warcraft, a case that ultimately didn’t go anywhere. The original story follows.

Blizzard and NetEase ended a 14-year partnership earlier this year. The pact had allowed the US publisher and developer to release its games inside of China. While both sides have blamed ea…

Ever wish you could experience San Diego Comic-Con International, but with 2,000 other people on a giant floating resort on the high seas Come from Sports betting site VPbet ? Well, there’s good news for you, then: 2025 will see the first-ever Comic-Con Cruise, which aims to bring the experience of seeing a ton of cosplay, attending celebrity panels, and navigating ludicrous crowds to a large boat.

The Caribbean cruise will span February 5-9 next year, leaving from Tampa, Florida, and venturing to Cazumel, Mexico, before returning to Tampa. Felicia Day (Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) will serve as host for the cruise, and the cruise’s website lists a number of celebrities as attending–including…

The Witcher series has seen many incarnations, including video games, books, and a TV series, but its comic books are arguably the most diverse from a creative standpoint. Many writers and artists have contributed to The Witcher’s comics universe, each offering their own spin on the monster-hunting adventures of Geralt of Rivia–but soon, English-speaking fans will finally get to experience the first-ever Witcher comics series thanks to the upcoming The Witcher: Classic Collection from Dark Horse. Set to release on March 18, 2025, The Witcher: Classic Collection is available to preorder now for $30 at Amazon. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Dark Horse sent GameSpot an early look at the collection’s …

The numbers are in, and Marvel’s newest superhero movie, Eternals, won the weekend. It made $71 million in the US and Canada and now stands at $161.7 million worldwide.

Globally, Eternals is now the second-biggest opening for a western film in 2021, only trailing F9, which made $163 million over its opening weekend around the world, according to Deadline. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

For another comparison, Eternals’ first weekend results put it close to the starts for Guardians of the Galaxy ($164 million) and Ant-Man and the Wasp ($167 million).

For North America specifically, the $71 million that Eternals made is below Black Widow ($80 million), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($75 million…