Rockstar’s endless parade of updates for Grand Theft Auto V’s Online component shows no sign of abating. The latest is dubbed GTA Online - Power Mad, bringing with it some distinctly 80’s-style flair. The Pegassi Torero is the definitive sports car of the bygone era, a time when “movie stars had luxuriant hair and sports cars didn’t take risks,” while the new adversarial Power Mad game mode is a twist on the usual Juggernaut rule type. [More]

There's been a bit of commotion after reports emerged yesterday that Microsoft would be axing its MS Paint program. It was discovered that Microsoft had listed Paint as a Windows feature that was "not in active development and might be removed in future releases". Microsoft has now clarified the situation and said Paint isn’t “going anywhere.” [More]

2K Games and Take-Two Interactive have laid out their plans for the next half decade, and it’s a tale of sparse releases interspersed with AAA behemoths. Both 2K Games new president David Ismailer and Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick have been talking up their plans, outlining a target of one AAA title a year, supplemented by the usual yearly outings such as NBA 2K and WWE 2K. [More]

The global video games market has continued to balloon, growing 12% year-on-year for the month of June. This is offset somewhat by the PC sector, which has shrunk 16% after peaking high last year with the arrival of Overwatch. Social game revenue has also shrunk, dropping 5%, contrasted against a burgeoning mobile sector that still represents the biggest area of growth, gaining 17% revenue year-on-year. [More]

Recent updates to Mozilla Firefox have been preoccupied with reducing memory usage and speeding up page loads, to varying degrees of success. The last two updates though have showcased some absolutely gigantic improvements, in some instances reducing memory usage by upwards of 75%, and power tab users can load up Firefox in a matter of seconds rather than minutes. [More]

Reports have emerged that AMD plans to officially launch its HEDT Ryzen ThreadRipper range through retail channels on August 10th worldwide. The enthusiast tier ThreadRipper CPUs should offer unparalleled performance, arriving in up to 16 Core / 32 Thread configurations. In addition to this, AMD has also unveiled the retail packaging for Ryzen ThreadRipper, and it’s looking very tasty indeed. [More]

As if the last trailer didn’t make it obvious enough, Monolith and Warner Bros have revealed yet another trailer for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, this time putting the focus squarely on Shelob, the ancient spirit of darkness. Although isn’t always the terrifyingly giant spider we’ve come and begrudgingly love, but can also shapeshift into a beautiful woman to get her own way. [More]

The bat's back for another bout of crime-fighting in Gotham City. Late last week Telltale Games announced a triple whammy of new titles, including the return of Bruce Wayne with the second season of Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series. The sesquipedalian name aside, it looks like an intriguing and often gruesome tale for DC fans. Don't don your cape just yet though, here are the official PC Batman: The Enemy Within system requirements. [More]

We’ve been a bit of a dry territory for graphics card driver updates, a sort of sweet mercy for our download caps. This little situation has come about because there’s been practically zero AAA games to speak of, the usual titles which justify Nvidia or AMD kicking into action. Nvidia’s got itself into gear though, releasing a new GeForce Game Ready Driver for Lawbreakers, Ark: Survival Evolved’s proper launch, Dark & Light and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. [More]

An image has been leaked that shows alleged CPU-Z data taken from Intel’s upcoming Core i7-8700K processor. Intel hasn’t confirmed the existence of the Coffee Lake-based CPU just yet, but launching with an Intel Core i7-8700K seems like a fairly safe bet. If the leaked data is correct, Intel is going with a six-core, 12-thread Intel Core i7-8700K as the Coffee Lake flagship, packing multithreading support. [More]

If there was a Nobel Peace Prize for gaming, Dying Light developer Techland would probably have it as a permanent installation in its Ostrów Wielkopolski office. We found out last month that it would be supporting Dying Light for another year, and now the game’s producer, Tymon Smektala, has outlined in a new video just what this means for fans. [More]