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Certain customers have been notified that their Animal Crossing: New Horizons pre-orders (opens in new tab) on Amazon have been delayed until Tuesday, 24 March.  Posts on Reddit have started appearing of people saying they’ve received emails that their pre-orders of Animal Crossing: New Horizons (opens in new tab) won’t …

Today’s PS5 (opens in new tab) talk was capped off with an in-depth look at how Sony integrated what they’re calling “3D audio” to make next-gen games more immersive. PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny says the new focus on audio in PS5 is about finding “new ways to expand …

The 88-year-old woman who made internet fame for playing an absurd amount of Animal Crossing: New Leaf has now been immortalized in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (opens in new tab), or so it seems. As seen in Nintendo World Report’s review (opens in new tab) of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, …

A new tech demo shows how much a difference the Xbox Series X (opens in new tab)‘s ray-tracing tech makes when playing a game like Minecraft, where you can see dramatically-enhanced lighting, shadows, and reflections. YouTuber Austin Evans had the chance to play a tech demo of Minecraft on the …

Gears 5 (opens in new tab) on the Xbox Series X (opens in new tab) is coming this holiday season, and it looks pretty damn good.  The Coalition’s Mike Rayner showed off the opening cutscene of Gears 5 running on the Xbox Series X with Ultra settings – the same …

After months of rumours, Sony has confirmed the PS5 (opens in new tab) reveal event is indeed happening, announcing the date, time, and venue for its global unveiling of the next-gen console. Citizens of the PlayStation nation, your prayers have been answered. The online PlayStation reveal will take place tomorrow, March …

The Xbox Series X (opens in new tab) controller has been officially revealed, with confirmation it will have a share button, as well as work with older Xbox models.   The details came through Xbox Wire (opens in new tab), who interviewed Xbox senior designer, Ryan Whitaker.  When the Xbox …

Bungie will restore some of the emblem stat trackers which were abruptly replaced with the release of Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy. The new season introduced a new tracker system that lets you toggle which stats are displayed on your emblem, whereas emblems previously displayed specific stats. “When designing …

BAFTA Games Awards 2020 is going digital with an online live stream in lieu of its usual red carpet event.  Set to broadcast globally on April 2, the decision to change the format has been taken in response to the “growing concerns over the spread of coronavirus”, and the fact …

If you have a gaming PC (opens in new tab), you can lend your graphical power to fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. That’s not a thing I ever thought I’d write, but it turns out 2020 is occasionally weird in good ways too. Nvidia is putting out a call to PC …