The new $99 CPU is noticeably faster than its smaller sibling from the Cezanne family in gaming workloads. First Ryzen 5 5500F Benchmarks Surface Online; Around 3-15% Faster Than Ryzen 5 5500 In Gaming Just two days ago, AMD revived its Ryzen 5000 family once again with a new addition. The new processor, called Ryzen 5 5500F, was launched in the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 family using the Vermeer silicon, bringing it closer to the Cezanne Ryzen 5 5500 chip. The new processor, however, brings a faster boost clock and PCIe Gen 4.0 support, unlike the Ryzen 5 5500, which […]

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Pearl Abyss knows no rest. Following last week's release of Crimson Desert Enhanced, which addressed the original game's subpar story and characters by making the entire experience more cohesive and making Kliff a charismatic main character, the Korean developer further refined the Enhanced release with a patch that addressed lip-syncing issues. And today, Pearl Abyss launched another update that addresses another major complaint about the game: noisy visuals under certain conditions. "Improved an issue where visual noise was particularly noticeable in rainy weather and around puddles," read the official 2.01.00 patch notes released together with the new update. Needless to […]

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Last week, Pearl Abyss surprised Crimson Desert fans all over the world with the release of Crimson Desert Enhanced, a new free update for the game on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S which addressed the game's biggest flaw: its disjointed story. However, the Korean studio is not yet done surprising players and potential new fans, as it has released a generous new demo that is instantly available with no download as well as a new patch fixing one of the Enhanced release's issues related to the new story content. Free Cloud Gaming Demo A few hours ago, Pearl […]

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While it launched in a somewhat shaky state, Pearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert has since gone from strength-to-strength, releasing a ton of updates in a timely manner while going on to sell millions of copies. Marking a pretty big moment for the game, Crimson Desert has now gotten one of its biggest updates yet – with the 2.0 Enhanced edition bringing in new story moments; additional voice over support; skills and more.

Making the announcement during Gamescom Opening Night Live, Pearl Abyss unveiled and subsequently released the latest update for Crimson Desert.

Named ‘Crimson Desert Enhanced’ this update brings the game up to version 2.0, with the primary additions being the inclusion of “new cutscenes and story moments throughout the main questline” alongside “added knowledge, items, memory fragments, dialog lines and conversations to strengthen the narrative of bosses.”

Gameplay-wise, Crimson Desert is also receiving some welcome additions, with the update adding 8 new skills to unlock; a new Abyss Link system and countless tweaks / fixes.

Last but certainly not least, Crimson Desert Enhanced brings support for a bunch of new languages, namely:

• German
• French
• Spanish
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Japanese
• Arabic (text and UI only)

Given how rapidly Pearl Abyss have been updating Crimson Desert, it is perhaps not too surprising to see the game already hit version 2.0. That said, it is a welcome update nonetheless.

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This week, Nvidia's DLSS update includes the new Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred expansion, which gets DLSS 4.5 features via the Nvidia app. On top of that, a new GeForce Game Ready graphics driver has begun rolling out.

Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred launched yesterday, and today ARC Raiders’ Riven Tides update will be released, both can be upgraded to DLSS 4.5 via the NVIDIA app. Tomorrow, Neverness to Everness officially launches in North America, Europe, and other regions, following its initial launch last week in China. The game features DLSS Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, DLSS Multi Frame Generation, and path-traced effects. On Thursday, Bus Bound arrives, featuring DLSS Super Resolution and DLSS Multi Frame Generation, which can be upgraded to DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation 6X Mode via the NVIDIA app.

The last major game that needs to be talked about this week is Conan Exiles Enhanced. Built in Unreal Engine 5, Conan Exiles Enhanced brings eight years of post-launch content into a fully upgraded experience with dramatically improved visuals, enhanced performance, and modern rendering technology. Conan Exiles Enhanced includes support for DLSS Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Frame Generation, and DLSS Super Resolution, as well as Nvidia Reflex.

This week's new GeForce Game Ready graphics driver is now available to upgrade to through the Nvidia app as well, which includes optimisations for Conan Exiles Enhanced.

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Before they were known for developing Dune Awakening, Funcom were perhaps most familiar for their work on Conan Exiles – an open-world multiplayer survival crafter set in the Conan the Barbarian universe. With the title soon set to hit its 8th anniversary on the market, the team at Funcom have announced a surprise free update coming to the game next month, upgrading the title to Unreal Engine 5.

Making the surprise announcement, the team at Funcom officially unveiled Conan Exiles Enhanced, writing: “We’re excited to announce Conan Exiles Enhanced — a free, massive visual overhaul of Conan Exiles launching on the game’s 8th anniversary, May 5th.”

While sentiment surrounding UE5 is far from stellar, Funcom claims that this upgrade will not only boost the game’s visuals, but should allow for smooth performance, adding: “With the advanced capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, Conan Exiles Enhanced targets smooth 60+ FPS gameplay across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings on most PCs, while also delivering strong performance on Steam Deck.”

Of course, Funcom at this point do have experience working with Unreal Engine 5 and so hopefully this upgrade does prove to be well optimised.

Beyond visuals, the free update will also introduce a number of welcome additions, including the unification of the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah; the ability to have multiple characters per-account and a “revamped” UI.

Unfortunately, as of right now this Enhanced Edition is only coming to the Steam version of the game, meaning console users and even those who own the title via the likes of the Epic Games Store are being left out.

That said, the team did claim that they “are not ruling out a future release on those platforms” so we will have to wait and see. Full details on the upgrade, including a comprehensive FAQ, can be found HERE.

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Today, Funcom announced Conan Exiles Enhanced, a free upgrade that brings the game from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5. Conan Exiles Enhanced will launch on the game's eighth anniversary: May 5, 2026. The upgraded version was developed in collaboration with Inflexion Games, the studio behind the survival game Nightingale. Conan Exiles Enhanced introduces four specific rendering improvements: The Enhanced version targets smooth 60+ FPS across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings on most PCs, with Steam Deck support. Notably, despite the graphics improvements, the client size has been dramatically reduced from 120GB to just 40GB. But there's more: the Exiled Lands and […]

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