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FPS vs. Refresh Rate: 6 Must-Know Facts Having a GPU more powerful than your monitor can handle is pointless and, at worst, could cause issues like screen tearing.FPS and Hertz are ‘equal’ measurements, even though they measure different things (e.g., a GPU that can run 60 FPS will work with a 60 Hz monitor).Upgrading both FPS and refresh rate together will improve your graphics.30 FPS is a good minimum on a console, but 60 FPS is a good minimum on PC....

G2A, a digital marketplace which resells game keys, has admitted that it did sell stolen game keys in the past and must pay almost $40,000 to the affected studio (via Eurogamer). If you’re out of the loop, G2A is most famous for a conflict with an indie developer who accused it of appropriating sales from developers and publishers. G2A’s grey marketplace lets users purchase game keys from cheaper territories, and then resell them through the platform for a greater profit in more expensive markets....

Stardew Valley is a farming sim that lets you experience the joy of living that country life. I am a huge fan of relaxing games and SV is one of the best you can play as proven by the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam. But if you are not able to play the game or you don’t prefer pixel graphics, there are multiple games like Stardew Valley that you can play instead....

After cutting half of Game Informer’s staff today, GameStop has also laid off more than 120 employees from corporate office. This is in addition to the dozens of regional managers that were let go just 2 weeks ago. Even after the last round of lay offs, GameStop stock has been in a state of free fall. Today’s lay offs represent a major restructure in an effort to save the company from bankruptcy....

With the exception of the spinoff Gears of War: Judgment, all Gears of War games have largely focused on either Marcus Fenix or his son JD Fenix. The original Gears of War trilogy follows Marcus and Dom almost exclusively, whereas Gears of War 4 is JD’s journey, with him paired up with his allies Del Walker and Kait Diaz throughout most of that game. Gears 5 takes the series in a bold new direction by focusing on Kait and Del instead of Marcus or JD, and it’s this change that really helps the campaign feel fresh....

Looking for some tips before jumping into Ghost Song? I’ve gone ahead and included some helpful pointers for anyone who wants to make the most of what the game has to offer. Ghost Song is a exploration-heavy Metroid-like, meaning there is a lot to discover and plenty of secrets to find. There’s a lot to explore and a lot of characters to meet, so let’s put on our exploration hats and dig into it....

Bethesda’s offered fans an insight into the story of the upcoming Ghostwire: Tokyo with a free Prelude visual novel. The surprise bonus release will set the scene for the upcoming supernatural first-person action game, here’s the blurb. “This prequel chapter follows veteran detective KK and his team of supernatural investigators as they look into an unusual disappearance, only to stumble upon something even bigger. KK plays a pivotal role in Akito’s journey in Ghostwire: Tokyo, with other faces from the prequel making an appearance in the main game as well....

The best armor in God of War Ragnarök can completely change how you approach combat, helping you defeat tough enemies with special abilities, or increased stats like Strength, Defence, and Runic. The best chest, waist, and wrist armor does depend on your own personal preference, so we’ll list options that try to take into account all playstyles, as there are a lot of different builds you can kit Kratos with, leading to differing options for the best early armor and best late armor sets....

PlayStation 4-exclusive dad-’em-up God of War is just around the corner, and Sony’s released a new video overnight detailing one of the key gameplay aspects you’ll encounter in the title, namely its progression system. The Norse mythology-inspired action title will allow you to full upgrade a number of attributes for Kratos and his pint-sized companion Atreus, including armour and abilities, tailoring the game to your own play style. You’ll be able to buff various stats such as strength, luck, and defence, while Kratos’ axe also features a unique skill tree to pour XP into....

Eight-and-a-half years on from Grand Theft Auto 5’s release at the twilight of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 era, the world has changed. Games have changed, humour has changed, the public has changed, the developers have changed - not just those who worked in GTA5 but, more than likely, the makeup of developer Rockstar North itself. And in the ensuing years of service-game evolution and osmosis, the game’s more visible half, GTA Online, has changed an awful lot too....

It’s all going on for Greg Buchanan. His still-warm thriller novel Sixteen Horses looks destined to become one of the books of the year, having filled window displays at Waterstones stores around the UK for the paperback launch in February. I’ve read it and it’s brilliant: dark, disturbing, fearsomely intelligent and utterly compelling. I couldn’t put it down. Such is the popularity of the book that it’s going to be adapted for TV!...

Navigating your way up to the top of Maze Bank in GTA V and GTA Online has become an insane competition of one-upmanship over the years, as players do their best to reach the helipad of this skyscraper in the craziest ways. Despite having seen some pretty amazing attempts of the years, though, I’m not sure there will ever be anything that can beat the most recent attempt. As you can see in the post the GTA Online subreddit below, user Accomplished_Mix_475 has just pulled off the impossible, as they managed to land on the top of the Maze Bank starting all the way from Mount Chiliad....

The core appeal of the fantastic and iconic Halo series has always revolved around the Spartans, genetically-engineered super soldiers that can flip over a tank with one hand while holding off the entirety of an alien invasion with the other. Still, imagine the guts and willpower it’d take to be a comparatively normal human being expected to stand up the very same intergalactic terrors that give even the Spartans a run for their money!...

Halo Infinite’s multiplayer is out but MCC is still going strong and it will be like that for a long time to come. Players who grew up with these games refuse to part ways with it and with such a large player base and so many maps and modes to choose from, the game is pretty much a one-stop-shop for everything Halo., So, naturally it can get annoying if you feel like throwing down in classic maps and game modes and the game suddenly decides to not work....

Halo Wars 2 has been delayed to February 21, 2017, Microsoft has confirmed. The game had previously been due to launch this autumn. The revised release date was revealed alongside a new trailer at Microsoft’s E3 press conference earlier today, along with confirmation that an open multiplayer beta is available to download now on Xbox One.

The premiere of HBO’s The Last of Us certainly proved that video game adaptations could be just as brilliant as its original form, leading to over 10 million viewers in a measly two days. So, now that Episode 2 has been released, the show continues its hot streak with 5.7 million on the streaming platform, showcasing a 22 percent increase since its debut. While the first episode introduces the audience to the apocalyptic world and diverse characters, the second takes you on a journey filled with poisonous tendrils and frightful zombie-like monsters....

Helldivers has arrived on the PS4, PS3 and PSVita. A top down, twin-stick shooter, you’d be well within your rights to take a look and think: ‘Nah. This one’s not for me’. But stop. Think. And try again. Feeling very much like a more focused, and scaled down, Destiny, Helldivers is one of the best games to arrive on the PlayStation 4 this year. And we’re still in the period where The Order: 1886 is fresh in everyone’s mind....

CD Projekt RED continues its effort to shed further light on the details and design of Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR Quest Design Coordinator Phillip Weber held an impromptu Ask Me Anything event on the studio’s official forums recently. As part of the question and answer session, Weber detailed Cyberpunk 2077’s quest system design. Weber first confirmed quests in Cyberpunk 2077 would be broken into four different categories based on scale and structure and then explained each type....

Black Friday is right around the corner, which means its time for gamers everywhere to pick up some of the games they missed over the course of 2019. While the company has had its fair share of financial troubles this year, GameStop is still bringing gamers a ton of new deals to look forward to on Black Friday and some before, too. This year, GameStop will be opening at 3 p....

Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima sat down with Rocket Beans Gaming, after his appearance at Cologne Film Festival where he had held a panel with Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn. The interview covered a lot of Kojima’s personal life and the life of a game designer, including his most recent project as well as many that he intends to work on in the future. Players who have enjoyed P.T. will be happy to know that Kojima still has aspirations to continue creating horror titles in the vein of the long canceled Silent Hills....