The new generation of Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics cards is here, but that doesn’t mean the 10-series models are outdated. According to our benchmarks, the GTX 1080 Ti is very close in performance to the new RTX 2080 GPU, but the 2080 currently goes for around $800. For today only, you can buy a GTX 1080 Ti for $619.99 on eBay; that’s $30-100 cheaper than other models on Newegg. This Gigabyte card has 11GB of GDDR5X memory, with a core clock of 1544 MHz and a boost clock of 1657 MHz (in OC mode). Yo

Ubisoft is set to release Assassin’s Creed Odyssey next week on October 5. According to AMD’s internal testing, the new Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 release offers up to a 3 percent performance gain in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on Radeon RX 580 graphics cards, when running at 1920×1080. If you own a Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card, AMD claims up to a 5 percent performance gain, at 2560×1440. The new driver release also adds support for Forza Horizon 4, though AMD didn’t provided any p

It’s been a long time since memory kits were cheap. You may recall that DRAMeXchange noted a couple of weeks ago that lower DRAM pricing was imminent. “DRAMeXchange expects that the quotations of DRAM products to decline by 5 percent quarter-overquater, higher than the previous forecast of 1~3 percent. Lower contract prices should translate to cheaper memory kits, at least in theory. Further good news is that the price forecast applies not just to server and mobile memory products, but consumer

The new client for The Elder Scrolls: Legends that Bethesda announced in May finally went live earlier this week, and the response has surely not been what either the publisher or new developer Sparkypants Studio were hoping for. “I don’t care about countless bugs and freakin Ancano voice—those things will be fixed for sure,” redditor BaubleDawdle wrote. We will share more details about specific fixes contained in both Patch 1 and Patch 2 soon.” Bethesda will also “continue to address issues lik

Fortnite Season 6 continues the tradition of hiding Battle Pass stars inside of unlockable loading screens, allowing players further ways to rank up their unlockable tiers. This season they’re tied to the Hunting Party challenges and we’ve already figured out where to find the first set of hidden battle stars. But if you look closer, you can see this week’s Battle Star in plain sight. Behind Calamity, up on the hill, you can see the hidden Battle Star floating above a tractor. You’ll want to hea

After most of a year closed to the public, Magic: The Gathering Arena is in open beta starting today. We’ve taken several looks at MTG Arena in its closed state, but the open beta is anybody’s game, with an special event already announced. Players have access to the latest Magic card set, Guilds of Ravnica, and the game’s sealed draft format. Magic: The Gathering Arena is a big step forward for the 25 year old game, as prior to this the only serious way to play Magic was the venerable, quite out

NCsoft announced earlier this month that Carbine Studios, and its sci-fi MMO Wildstar, are being closed. “It’s never easy to say goodbye to something, especially something that has meant so much for so many—but the WildStar game service will close on November 28, 2018,” the studio wrote in a “signing off” blog post. “From now until then we’re going to do everything we can to honor the WildStar community, and show thanks for your support.” November 28 – Join us in-game for the final few hours as

Except I’m not Geralt anymore: I’m Meve, queen of Lyria and Rivia, a minor character from The Witcher books that CD Projekt Red has built the campaign of Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales around. Thronebreaker isn’t a sprawling 3D RPG–it’s mostly a game of dialogue and decision-making peppered with Gwent card combat–but it’s still unmistakably a Witcher game. Gwent is still the core of the game, but Thronebreaker has grown a story-heavy RPG around its card battles. Battles in Thronebreaker ofte

In quickstep with the Oculus Quest reveal yesterday, ILMxLAB have announced a Star Wars VR series starring the premium vintage OG Darth, Lord Vader himself. ILMxLAB have also been working “in close collaboration” with Ninja Theory, of Hellblade and DmC fame. Maybe they are working on sharpening up the lightsaber combat shown at the very end of the trailer. On the official ILMxLAB site it describes its mission to transition “from storytelling to storyliving” (ugh) using VR and AR to create “premi

Apparently Just Cause 4 will have a story that goes beyond “and then a bridge blew up”. The latest trailer introduces Gabriela Morales, “leader of the infamous Black Hand, and Rico’s toughest adversary”. It sounds as though Rico and Gabriela will lead rival armies against one another. How many tall buildings and fuel tanks will have to die before Rico’s rivalry is resolved? For an insight into how Avalanche make those beautiful splodes pop, check out Rick’s piece on how great explosions are made

Total War: Three Kingdoms has a release date: March 7 2019. Preorders are up, and they come with the Yellow Turban Rebellion pack. The collector’s edition comes with, ah yes, a “weighty resin statue of the legendary hero Guan Yu”. Meanwhile the limited edition comes with the limited edition case, double-sided map and the Warlord poster. The Yellow Turban rebellion pack that comes with pre-orders unlocks three playable warlords for the grand campaign.

What’s at play here is an “advanced haptic technology” that Razer calls HyperSense. This is the primary selling point for Razer’s flagship Nari headset (there are two other models that lack haptic feedback). HyperSense is apparently different from traditional haptic technology, in that it doesn’t rely on pre-programmed haptic signals. Instead, it uses special drivers to generate multidimensional haptic feedback from stereo audio signals, thereby “enhancing positional awareness with stereo capabi

Nvidia has begun pushing out its second public GPU driver release supporting its recently launched GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards, version 411.70. The URL for the 411.70 release notes (PDF) brings up the 411.63 release notes, and while there is an accompanying blog post, it mentions “Game Ready” optimizations for the exact same games as before—Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon 4, and FIFA 19. It appears the incremental GPU driver update is mostly focused on fixing

(Image: © Wikimedia Commons via Steven Arnold)eBay constantly runs promotions, but most of them are coupons that only apply to certain sellers (most of which raise prices beforehand). Now eBay has released a new 15 percent off coupon that applies to almost everything on the site. The transaction must be more than $25, and it will take 15 percent off (up to $100 off). Here are some PC-related products that work with the coupon:To get the discount, enter code PICKSOON at checkout. The code will st

Last Tide is an Early Access battle royale that, like The Little Mermaid, takes place under the sea. Speaking of sharks, Last Tide has just added the biggest one: the Megalodon. And you can get eaten by it for free, starting right now and lasting for the weekend. You can also try to kill the Megalodon with your squadmates, which will reward you with a fancy divesuit called the Mecha-lodon. You can find Last Tide on Steam, where it normally sells for 15 bucks.

As Fortnite season 6 arrives, Epic has released the patch notes for the v6.00 update, with map changes, pets, new consumables and a Halloween-ish theme that’s been dubbed ‘Darkness Rises’ by Epic. “Islands floating, crops growing, Storm approaching,” is how Epic describes the changes to the map. You’ll also be able to get pets in Fortnite now as part of the Battle Pass, called Bonesy, Scales and Camo. Here they are, the cuties:Purchasing the battle pass for 950 V-Bucks gets you two new outfits r

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the first game in the series that lets you choose the gender of your main character, letting you pick between Kassandra and Alexios. It sounds like Ubisoft Quebec doesn’t want to go back from that with future games. Assassin’s Creed Unity’s explanation for why you couldn’t play as a female character in that co-op game was a bit of a PR disaster. Back in August, I wrote about how Odyssey will probably have the best combat in the series. Finally, Tom has played hours of

Just one day ahead of its scheduled September 27 release, Jagged Alliance: Rage, the latest resurrection of the turn-based tactical RPG series, has been delayed. Jagged Alliance: Rage! To soften the blow of the delay, HandyGames—that’s THQ Nordic’s indie-focused publishing label—dropped a new trailer showcasing some raging gameplay. Jagged Alliance: Rage is something of a twist on the JA formula because instead of controlling a full-sized merc outfit, you’re in charge of just a handful of them,

The games industry reached new financial heights last year, but the job security of game developers feels as fragile as ever. Successful studios, producing games based on some of the most beloved worldwide licences like Marvel, Star Wars, and Batman, have shuttered. In its history, EA has closed nearly a dozen studios that it previously acquired, including Westwood, Maxis, and Black Box Games. Telltale Games’ expected closure adds a tally to the now 10 studios that have closed completely in the

Two Point Hospital is a glorious resurrection and expansion of 1997’s Theme Hospital. Should you fancy something a little more tactile and tactical, Alley Cat games has just the thing coming up: Dice Hospital. But you need to get a dice above six to cure it and score points, and you’ll get another ambulance of three dice each turn. Comparing Two Point and Dice Hospital is a fantastic showcase of the different design paradigms of PC and tabletop. Dice Hospital will release on Nov 7th.