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Following the rumours, Xbox has officially announced its Partner Preview showcase. The presentation will take place on Thursday 20th November at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm GMT. As expected, Xbox Partner Preview will focus on third-party games, meaning this will definitely be worth tuning into regardless of your preferred platform. In the Xbox Wire post, three games are highlighted as part of the show — 007 First Light, Tides of Annihilation, and Reanimal will all be present. The post also teases some "brand new reveals", and that Jennifer English, best known as Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart and Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, will narrate the show. What are you hoping to s…

Mobapad are a peripheral manufacturing company that began life in 2018. Since then, they have been building accessories for a number of platforms, including Nintendo Switch, PC, and Android, to name but a few. The £79.99 Huben2 is technically the sequel item to the 2022 Huben M9 mechanical HD controller, and the first of its kind to offer third-party HD rumble a la the Nintendo Switch. Mobapad's 2025 upgrade, the Huben 2, is designed with the Switch 2 in mind, and aims to bring its transferable features to a multitude of other platforms too. Modest Packaging, Marvelous FeaturesFrom the second you begin unboxing the controller, you get the sense that Mobapad means busines…

Yesterday's morning came alongside a couple of interesting reveals, with one huge reveal being the "Super Mario Galaxy Movie" trailer, and another huge reveal that came as a surprise to many, was a brand new video announcement from Valve unveiling a handful of new hardware that they have planned for release in early 2026. This new announcement came with 3 new hardware reveals by Valve, with the Steam Controller, the Steam Frame and the Steam Machine joining Valve's lineup in the hardware space. To start off, the new Steam Controller is based on what the Steam Deck's controller scheme is, featuring the following: Usual 4 face buttons (A,B,Y,X) Two analog L2/R2 triggers …

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which launched on November 14, 2025, has become one of the most controversial and divisive entries in the franchise's history. Reception is sharply split: critics have given the game generally positive scores (around 84 on Metacritic), while players have rated it as the worst Call of Duty game of all time, with a Metacritic user score hovering below 2.0. The consensus is that Black Ops 7 feels like two entirely different games fused together: a polished, fun multiplayer/zombies experience and a "broken" campaign. The Bad: The Campaign BacklashThe primary source of the overwhelmingly negative player reviews is the game's campaign. Co-op Focus: Th…

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced Minimum OS: Windows 10 (build 1909 or above) Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 / AMD FX-9590 Memory: 8GB RAM Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 (4GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6400 (4GB VRAM) Storage Space: 105GB SSD Required Sound Card & Audio: 100% DirectX 10 Compatible Recommended OS: Windows 11 Processor: Intel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Memory: 16GB Dual-Channel Configuration RAM Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (8GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6600XT (8GB VRAM) Storage Space: 105GB DirectStorage-compatible drive Sound Card & Audio: Windows Spatial Sound-compatible audio system; solution containing Dolby Atmos support required for a Dol…

Recently, news broke that two games from the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition trilogy , GTA III and GTA Vice City , will be leaving Netflix on December 13, 2024. However, not all installments are disappearing – GTA San Andreas remains on the platform. This is great news for fans of this installment, which is one of the most popular games in the series. According to available data, as many as 25 million of the 36 million downloads on Netflix were for GTA San Andreas. Trilogy Update – What's New?In recent days, the Definitive Edition trilogy received a massive update that introduces numerous fixes and new features. The most significant new feature is t…