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ASUS Republic Of Gamers Announces Strix XG43UQ Gaming Monitor!

30Mar

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ASUS Republic Of Gamers Announces Strix XG43UQ Gaming Monitor!

ASUS Republic of Gamers has announced a solid new piece of hardware for us all to cry that we can not afford... This time around we have a 43" 4K 144Hz HDR (DisplayHDR 1000 certification) panel that also supports HDMI 2.1 (the worlds first gaming monitor to support this), 1 ms MPRT (Moving Picture Response Time), AMD FreeSync, pro-grade 90% DCI-P3 colour gamut and ASUS ELMB (Extreme Low Motion Blur) Sync technology. There's no public word of pricing just yet but I imagine this will leave a big hole in your pocket. Worth. Every. Penny. You can read the press release below LONDON, United Kindom, March 30, 2021 — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that Strix XG43UQ, the world’s first HDMI® 2.1 gaming monitor, will be available in May. Strix XG43UQ features a 43‑inch 4K pan...

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha Has Landed On Planet Earth!

30Mar

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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha Has Landed On Planet Earth!

Elite Dangerous' expansion pack, Odyssey is getting closer and closer to landing on planet earth for us all to play. Elite Dangerous originally released way back in 2014. Does that make this a retro game now? I think Jay would say so. However, Elite Dangerous is still going strong for a lot of players and is looking as beautiful as ever in the below screenshot from Frontier. Read the official press release below: Cambridge, UK – 29 March 2021. Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV) announced today the start of the highly anticipated Elite Dangerous: Odyssey PC Alpha. Available for Lifetime Expansion Pass owners and players who have pre-ordered the Odyssey Deluxe Alpha expansion pack, this Alpha phase is the eagerly awaited first contact with the new, feet-on-the-ground Elite Dange...

Enlisted Exiting Closed Beta – Entering Open Beta!

30Mar

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Enlisted Exiting Closed Beta – Entering Open Beta!

Enlisted, the world war 2 first-person shooter from Gaijin Entertainment will soon be leaving closed beta access and entering open beta. From April 8th 2021, the game will be in open beta for all to join and play. The updated version of Enlisted will bring an influx of new players to the battlefield, a completely new meta-system, new vehicles, weapons, and missions. I definitely look forward to this update. Read the official press release below: Gaijin Entertainment announces that the military online shooter Enlisted (PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S) has almost finished its Closed Beta Testing phase. The game will be ready for the influx of armies of new players from April, 8th. The updated version of Enlisted will feature a completely new meta game system, as well as ne...

Wreckfest Officially Coming To PS5 On June 1st 2021!

30Mar

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Wreckfest Officially Coming To PS5 On June 1st 2021!

The top quality destruction derby racer, Wreckfest, has officially been announced for PlayStation 5. Starting June 1st 2021 you'll be able to get your hands behind the wheel with next-gen features. Owners of Wreckfest on PS4 will also have an upgrade option. See below for more information. Read the official press release below: Vienna, Austria / Helsinki, Finland, March 29th, 2021 - The critically acclaimed demolition racer Wreckfest is ready to wreck on PlayStation®5 starting June 1st, 2021! The PlayStation®5 version offers the best Wreckfest experience on consoles ever and takes full advantage of the PlayStation®5's hardware power. Not only does the new version offer enhanced visuals such as dynamic dirt on vehicles, better textures, and improved visual effects. Additionally, it...

Rust Console Edition – Coming To A Console Near You Soon!

30Mar

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Rust Console Edition – Coming To A Console Near You Soon!

Rust Console Edition is officially coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on May 21st 2021. The crazy PvP survival game is finally coming to consoles some 7 years after it originally launched on PC in Steams early access programme. It's mad to think this game is over 7 years old and I remember when it first came out well. Rust is also a favourite amongst Thumb Culture staff. Read the official press release below: Middlesbrough, United Kingdom – March 26, 2021 – Double Eleven, developer and publisher of Rust for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 announced today that the brutal and competitive multiplayer survival game is now available for preorder across several tiers, giving fans the ultimate choice for the ultimate survival game. Double Eleven has partnered with leading global publishing par...

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time – Now Available On PC!

30Mar

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Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time – Now Available On PC!

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time is now finally available on PC via battle.net. The game is now officially available on all platforms. Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time initially released on October 2nd 2020 on Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. This launch also celebrates the 25th anniversary of Crash Bandicoot. 25. Years. That's insane, it really doesn't seem that long ago we were playing the original trilogy on the PlayStation 1. If you're interested in buying it for the PC, here are the minimum and recommended specs for the game. Minimum Specifications · OS: Windows 10 · CPU: Intel® Core i3-4340/AMD FX-6300. ARM64 installation not recommended · RAM: 8GB RAM · Video: Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7950 · HDD: 30GB · Input: Keyboard ...

29Mar

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Wired Direct Showcase Round Up 2021

Wired Direct happened tonight courtesy of both Wired Productions and the amazing Julia Hardy. Wow, what a line up of exciting new games that we have in store! Check out the reveals below! Reveal number 1: From the creative minds who brought us Fable we saw the first look of Tin Hearts, an amazing toy inspired puzzle game with a story surrounded by invention and family values. Due out in Winter this year and across all platforms it looks truly incredible. Kostas Zarifis, creative director of Rogue Sun said it was "a mix of Lemmings and Charles Dickens Christmas carol." Leading toys from point A to point B, Tin Hearts incorporates VR, although playable without it, and utilises the small scale of the toys alongside storytelling to make the gamer feel almost god-like. Take a look at ...

Numskull Designs Meets Dark Souls With Official Dark Souls TUBBZ!

29Mar

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Numskull Designs Meets Dark Souls With Official Dark Souls TUBBZ!

The latest from Numskull Designs is in. This time it is Dark Souls themed TUBBZ. We have Oscar Knight of Astora and Solaire of Astora along with some Dark Souls themed bathtubs. These are official Dark Souls merchandised designed and engineered by Numskull. There's currently 2 to collect in the Dark Souls range. These are premium collectables with highly detailed features made from high-quality PVC. They are approximately 9cm tall when outside of the tub display stand. Numskull has the below on their site to help entice you into buying. "Even as an Undead duck, the jovial Solaire of Astora is determined to complete his quest through the collapsing world of Lordran to find his very own sun. This officially licensed collectable is part of the TUBBZ range, a highly collectable series o...

Epic Chef – Culinary Combat Coming To Consoles Alongside PC Release

29Mar

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Epic Chef – Culinary Combat Coming To Consoles Alongside PC Release

Team17s latest shapes into the form of the culinary combat game, Epic Chef. Fight, cook, chop and survive in the latest from developers Infinigon Games. Epic Chef currently is yet to have it's release date announced. However, the game is already looking like a beautiful prime rib of beef. I can't really add "well done" after a prime rib of beef as that would be sacrilege! - Back to the game though, it does look fantastic. Read the official press release below: Friday, 26th March 2021 – Team17 and Infinigon Games have today announced that the quirky narrative-driven cooking adventure Epic Chef will be making its way onto Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch™ alongside the PC launch later this year. Fresh off the boat, new to the city of Ambrosia, and playing as Zest, players w...

GamesMaster – The Oral History Book Has Launched On Kickstarter!

29Mar

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GamesMaster – The Oral History Book Has Launched On Kickstarter!

Dominik Diamond and the crew are back! kind of. Read-only memory, publishers of other beautiful books about videogames have launched a Kickstarter for their latest piece of work... GamesMaster: The Oral History. This will be a book full of the highs and lows of one of my favourite TV shows during the 90s, the almighty GamesMaster. The book will feature photography, stories, a foreword from the one and only Robbie Williams (yes, of Take That fame), and much more. In the book, we find out amazing facts about the show, such as the below quote. "It took two Amiga 2000s for designers Chris and Simon to create animated maps of Patrick’s distorted face, purposely run slightly out of phase to create a time-lapse effect" I never knew that one. Amazing. You can get a copy of the book starti...