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Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game launches John Carpenter's the Thing into space this October
Supermassive's latest horror adventure arrives later this year. Directive 8020 - Story Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games - YouTube Watch On I'll always be up...
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Capcom says Ōkami sold quite well, actually, and it's wanted to do a sequel for ages but was waiting for 'the stars to align'
Such stars including Hideki Kamiya. Capcom's announcement of a sequel to Ōkami came as a big surprise last year, not least because the original is...
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gaming
Viktor Antonov, the visionary artist who defined Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died
Antonov also consulted on Doom 2016 and Fallout 4. Viktor Antonov, the Bulgarian artist who served as art director on both Half-Life 2 and Dishonored,...
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LAN Party simulates LAN parties without the LAN
The experience of getting together to use a LAN, except it's on WAN. LAN Party Reveal Trailer - YouTube Watch On Have you ever wanted...
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Maybe I'll finally stop getting lost in Fallout: New Vegas' Bison Steve Hotel thanks to this new minimap mod
Look, it's kinda weird in there. Earlier this month, modder Stentorious on the New Vegas Nexus graced us with one of those "oh my god,...
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Saber Interactive's head honcho pulled a wild stunt to nab the Halo: Combat Evolved remaster, telling Microsoft he'd do the job for free before ultimately squeezing the publisher for millions
Strap in, folks. If you've ever wondered how Saber Interactive ended up handling the remaster of one of the biggest shooters of all time , well,...
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Controllers beware: The much-loved and much-hated Shinobi series is being revived
Streets of Rage 4 developer Lizardcube will release Shinobi: Art of Vengeance in August, bringing back a series that led to a lot of smashed...
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gaming
Diablo speedrun sleuths proved its 15-year world record was fake after reverse-engineering the game and failing to replicate the run in 2.2 billion possible randomized dungeons
They were thorough. First reported by Ars Technica, a team of Diablo speedrun enthusiasts have decisively proven that a three minute any% world record...
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gaming
We can't have Bloodborne on PC but we can have Mudborne, a thematically similar game about breeding frogs
And buying it will support real frogs. Mudbourne Release Date! - YouTube Watch On Awoken from a long hibernation, you find the pond abandoned and...
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Planet Coaster 2's latest update adds synchronised rides, customisable video billboards, and stops guests suffering from perpetual panic
Ride maintenance. Planet Coaster 2 has been quietly expanding its virtual theme parks since the sequel launched last November. Just before Christmas,...
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gaming
Keep Driving review
Need to know What is it? A turn-based road trip RPG set in the early 2000s Expect to pay: $ 17.99/£15.00 Developer: YCJY Games Publisher: YCJY...
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Kurt Vonnegut's lost board game is back in stores after 70 years of obscurity and one sold-out print run
GHQ is a wargame—of sorts. Board game enthusiast and NYU Game Center teacher Geoff Engelstein was stunned to find, while trawling the archives of...
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gaming
'Massive' Stalker 2 patch adds A-life updates and 1,700 other fixes to GSC's survival shooter, so many you'll need to go a little quest to read them all
"All aspects of the game" tweaked. Staggering onto Steam, veins bulging, sweat dripping from its elbows, GSC Game World has dropped a vast, humongous,...
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gaming
Former EA exec says the ailing mega-publisher missed a chance to snag Blizzard and other heavy hitters before Activision: 'EA saw all those first and passed on all of them'
I wonder how that would have gone. As reported by IGN, former EA chief creative officer Bing Gordon revealed on a recent Grit podcast appearance...
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Indie FPS developer targets content creators who take undisclosed payments from rival developers and then dunk on his game: 'You and I will have legal problems'
"I'm tired of watching you all get paid off to do hit pieces on games that don't fork cash over for you." The developer of...
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Sim racers rejoice, F1 champ Max Verstappen says you're getting a '90 to 95%' accurate experience even without that megabucks motion rig
If Verstappen doesn't bother with motion rigs, maybe you don't need to either. Q&A with Max Verstappen - YouTube Watch On It's not...
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This Minecraft creation blots out the sun for the villagers below, they surely praise it as God, but we know it really to be a functioning 32-bit computer with 2 kB of RAM
This computer, built fully within Minecraft, ran the Fibonacci Sequence. Building a computer is one thing. Designing a computer from scratch is...
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Midnight Society, the studio co-founded by Dr Disrespect, is closing its doors the same day the disgraced streamer says his YouTube channel is being remonetized
The studio sold a ton of NFTs when it first opened, but never managed to release a game. Just months after laying off a "significant"...
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'On a pirate ship, they’d toss the captain overboard': Larian head of publishing tears into EA after BioWare layoffs waste 'institutional knowledge'
A profit drop doesn't have to mean a closed shop. So, BioWare probably isn't going to be making a new Dragon Age game any time...
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gaming
Deep trouble: Infosec firm finds a DeepSeek database 'completely open and unauthenticated' exposing chat history, API keys, and operational details
Into the great wide open. DeepSeek has been the name on everyone's lips this week, as the release of its R1 AI model spooked the...
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gaming
eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $ 2000, occasionally framed
"I got the frame from Target." Another graphics card launch filled with bots, scalpers, and 300% markups. Nvidia's hotly anticipated GPUs, the RTX...
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The Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 release saw 'an 8-10x increase' in traffic to Newegg with the retailer claiming the cards sold out 'in record time '
Anecdotally we saw the cards vanish in under 5 minutes across the net. Nvidia's latest graphics cards have been called many things: "The most powerful...
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Nvidia's latest 572.16 driver isn't just for the RTX 50-series, as 20, 30 and 40-series cards are also gifted with significant updates
Free frames? Don't mind if I do. What a couple of days. The build-up, the sleeping in tents, the stock and pricing anticipation, then the...
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Asus says its easy-peasy PCIe slot causes 'no damage that would affect functionality' following claims of excessive wear, but says it'll cover any damage
"...we have found no impact on the functionality of either the graphics card or the motherboard." Following last week's report of excessive wear on a...
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gaming
How towns and cities work in Civilization 7
The difference between towns and cities, where to put buildings, and how specializations work in Civ 7. Aside from Civilization 7's transformative...
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This fascinating Lovecraftian RPG has me determined to build an army of ghoul-slaying cats—and no I haven't been driven mad by forbidden knowledge, why do you ask?
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a monochrome nightmare. I am lost in a nightmarish limbo. Everywhere I turn, bizarre creatures stalk me, rending my...
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure multiplayer: how to play together with friends
All the details about how to unlock multiplayer and what you can do together with pals. The prophecy is fulfilled at last and Hello Kitty...
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gaming
The cyberpunk immersive sim I've been itching to play finally has a release date
Peripeteia will be out in early access next month. Peripeteia is an upcoming indie immersive sim where you're an out-of-work cyborg mercenary living...
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gaming
That Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles roguelike I refuse to stop going on about is adding Casey Jones as a playable character and a junkyard full of frogs to goongala your way through
TMNT: Splintered Fate's first DLC arrives February 5th. One of my favourite surprises of 2024 was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, a...
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gaming
52- year-old 'Super Mario' supermarket in Costa Rica wins unlikely victory against the Nintendo lawyers: 'He is Don Mario, he's my dad'
Nintendo —a company that's famously litigious when it comes to muscling down on fan projects, emulators, and some time s just straight-up other...
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Path of Exile's community is losing it over the news that the next expansion has been delayed because of Path of Exile 2: 'I need to make peace with myself and let go of this burden'
Like it shot Old Yeller. Hoo boy. Grinding Gear Games (GGG) has released a new update video, delivered by Path of Exile 2 director Jonathan Rogers,...
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gaming
Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition review
The Nvidia RTX 5080 is like the difficult second album for the RTX Blackwell GPU band. It's a card that comes in at fully half the...
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gaming
Today I learned I can run my very own DeepSeek R1 chatbot on just $ 6,000 of PC hardware and no megabucks Nvidia GPUs required
The catch is that it's only really fast enough to serve one user with semi-useful gibberish at a time . Got the impression that a bazillion...
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gaming
For COD’s sake: One player’s 763-day legal quest to make Activision unban their account ends in total success: ‘Worth the effort’
Now that's some serious dedication. I've never been banned from a videogame or even got a single warning before. But some time s, simply playing...
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gaming
Celeste developer starts 2025 with a 'huge, heartbreaking, and yet relieving failure' as creative difficulties and internal conflict lead to the cancellation of Earthblade
"We gave it all we got, and life goes on". Celeste developer Extremely Ok Games has announced the "difficult decision" to cancel its follow-up project...
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The RTS genre might be in a bit of a state, but at least you can pick up these 10 classics for $ 30 in the Steam Real- time Strategy Fest before it ends soon
I can't think of a better way to spend the weekend. While the RTS genre is as busy as it's ever been, when it comes...
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'That's why they call me the Elden Ring sicko' proclaims streamer as he beats FromSoft's RPG at NG+1000 without taking a single hit
Skumnut's run is "first in the world" and "probably the last" of its kind. As someone who struggled to beat Elden Ring on its standard...
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gaming
While I'm trapped indoors by one of the UK's worst storms, I'm enjoying one of my favourite pas time s: trudging through gnarly weather in videogames
Bring a coat. Yesterday afternoon, my local medical centre sent me a text warning me that going outside the next day might prove to be...
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gaming
I missed this co-op open world base-builder when it first came out, but it's got over 10,000 positive Steam reviews and it's free to play all weekend
It felt Necesse-ary to tell you about this freebie you can check out with your buddies. I know base-builder fans are always on the lookout...
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'When the world ends, people just dance': As another MMO comes to an end, players come together for a final farewell rave
If you gotta go, go in style. Bandai Namco announced the end of the anime MMO Blue Protocol in August 2024, setting the date for its...
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learning
Coder creates an 'infinite maze' to snare AI bots in an act of 'sheer unadulterated rage at how things are going' on the content-scraped web
"Suck down as much bullsh*t as they have diskspace for, and choke on it." I'm getting a little tired of our deep-learning future, folks....
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gaming
Scalpers are already trying to rip off gamers by flipping RTX 5090 graphics cards they don't actually have for up to $ 7,000
Ummm, think I'll wait and try for one at MSRP, thanks. Marginally less inevitable than the relentless march of cosmic entropy and ensuing heat death...
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Ascend through 'ten thousand meters of concrete and decay' in this horrifying 'first-person roguelite speed-climbing game'
I played White Knuckle and I can tell you this: Everything you need to know about it is right there in the title. White Knuckle...
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By opting out of an open world for Avowed, Obsidian says it can give players more interesting choices to make: 'Pacing is really tough in open world games'
Constraints do foster creativity, after all. Earlier today, Xbox Wire published a lengthy interview with Obsidian, in which the studio laid out its...
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gaming
Doom: The Dark Ages system requirements have been revealed, and you'll need a ray tracing graphics card to run it on minimum
It's not the only recent game to do so. We're fast approaching five years since the launch of Doom Eternal, and while Doom: The Dark...
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Film director clarifies that historical epic The Brutalist did use AI during production, but not how you think
Screaming from the rooftops. The Brutalist, the Adrien Brody-led historical fiction epic currently in theatres, has cinema sickos like me frothing at...
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gaming
I built the mullet of gaming PCs with MSI's Project Zero 'Back-Connect' parts
Business up front, party out back. I dream of a cable-free gaming PC—no more tangles, zip-ties, velcro, or fiddly connectors. Alas, a life without...
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gaming
Steam reviewers finally trolled me: I bought a game they called 'calm' and 'relaxing' before I noticed those were the 'funny' reviews
"Mini Motorways is a dystopian horror story disguised as a traffic sim," said a more helpful review that I didn't read. I've been looking for...
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gaming
If you thought PCIe Gen 5 SSDs were a little pointless, don't worry, here comes 32 GB's worth of Gen 6 technology
30 GB/s-plus of bandwidth, but for what? What with overheating issues and the reality that raw bandwidth only gets you so far, suffice to say...
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC performance analysis: Runs well and looks good, but the tight system requirements and dearth of PC-centric options spoil the show
Limited graphics options, capped frame rates, and a mediocre upscaling system. Gee, thanks Square Enix. Released to critical acclaim almost one year...
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how-to
How to complete the Poison in the Roots quest in Diablo 4
Help the Tree of Whispers' coven perform the ritual. Completing the Poison in the Roots quest is one of the necessary steps in Diablo 4's...
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The Borderlands movie gets 6 'Razzie' nominations including Worst Picture, plus 2 separate nominations just for Jack Black's acting as Claptrap
2024's bomb continues to bomb. The annual Golden Raspberry Awards, probably better known as the Razzies, has announced its nominations for the worst...
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I'm enraptured by this Zelda maniac who worked out there are 1 quadrillion 83 trillion 414 billion and 90 million possible permutations for a dog race in Majora's Mask
The greatest underdog story in videogames. Yes it's a Zelda game, but bear with me because this is a story only possible on PC. The...
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Now Nvidia's hardware blocks have been AI'd out of existence all it will take for Frame Generation support on RTX 20- and 30-series GPUs is 'further optimization and testing'
The pros and cons of backporting Frame Gen to RTX 20- and 30-series graphics cards. A lot of things are going to change when Nvidia's...
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'You're not supposed to say this out loud!': Baldur's Gate 3 dev reacts to analyst who says some game makers 'hope' Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost up to $ 100 at launch
Michael Douse says the fact that game prices haven't risen with inflation is "an uncomfortable truth." Larian head of publishing Michael Douse warned...
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Update: Despite the TikTok ban's reversal, Marvel Snap is still blocked in the US
Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner and publisher Nuverse say they were surprised by the development. Article sources Update 1/19/25, 13:54 CST: Well...
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Creator of horror game Poppy Play time sues Google for refusing to remove 'bait-and-switch scam' apps that pretend to be the real thing then charge users up to $ 95 for literally nothing
We aren't even talking like "Throne of Games: Click Here M'lord" stuff—these apps actually call themselves "Poppy Play time " and crib official...
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gaming
As the LA fires raged, Riot Games provided a generator to a fire station that lost power and donated meals from its employee cafeteria
The League of Legends studio's CEO promised last week to "stand up for Los Angeles" as deadly wildfires destroyed homes and displaced residents. The...
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Call of Duty is getting a microtransaction nobody can get mad at: A unique premium skin whose proceeds will go to LA wildfire relief
In addition to 100% of the bundle's revenue, Activision is donating $ 1 million to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and Direct...
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gaming
Wartorn is a top-down fantasy tactics game co-created by BioShock's lead designer, inspired by a forgotten Bungie title where you command dwarves to blow up zombies
Battle fantasy monsters with elemental powers in this spiritual successor to Myth: The Fallen Lords. When was the first time you noticed physics in a...
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gaming
This Path of Exile 2 build simply opts out of danger by keeping nearby enemies permanently frozen in time
Set movement to no. Path of Exile 2 can be punishing. Compared to PoE 1, player characters are more fragile. Monsters hit harder, and they've got...
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gaming
Sons of the Forest's first patch in 6 months is a doozy, adding buildable rafts, a procedural wall system, and fixing more than 100 bugs
Also improves weapon aiming and warms up the hell cave. Sons of The Forest's cannibal-infested woods have been quiet lately. After a wildly popular...
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Retired PlayStation exec reckons Bloodborne PC hasn't happened because Miyazaki 'cannot do it himself, but he doesn’t want anyone else to touch it'
"That’s my theory, and the PlayStation team respects his wish." What do we want? Bloodborne on PC! When do we want it? At some...
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A not-so-subtle tease suggests Games Workshop is finally bringing Total War: Warhammer 3's Grand Cathay army to the tabletop wargame
Big news for fans of very long, thin dragons. One of the interesting quirks of 2022's Total War: Warhammer 3 is that it featured two major...
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gaming
10 essential boomer shooters that every FPS fan should play
Welcome back to the realm of keycards, spinning powerups and gibs. Call them what you like: retro FPS games, your dad’s shooters, boomshoots, or 3...
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gaming
The Witcher 3's director explains why he had to leave CDPR to make his dream vampire RPG: 'We had crazy ideas'
The leader of Rebel Wolves speaks For PC Gamer magazine's upcoming The Blood of Dawnwalker issue, I flew out to Warsaw to visit developer Rebel...
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gaming
The FBI used self-destruct on malware infecting over 4,000 US computers, it's super effective
Expelliarmus! Wait, wrong franchise. Doctor, heal thyself. Or, in this case, malware, self-destruct. A joint press release from the US Justice...
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gaming
After the catastrophe of Concord, Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game
Two games in development at Bend Studio and Bluepoint have apparently been canned. There are flops, and then there was Concord. A first-party...
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gaming
The manufacturer of 90% of the world's consumer drones will no longer automatically stop its products flying over US airports, power plants and prisons
Instead, drone operators will receive a dismissible warning. If there's one sure sign we're living in some sort of cyberpunk future, it's the number...
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learning
Turns out there's 'a big supercomputer at Nvidia… running 24/7, 365 days a year improving DLSS. And it's been doing that for six years'
It's all part of the process. Of course Nvidia was going to have at least one supercomputer; I mean it's been making data centre GPUs...
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gaming
Chris Roberts sallies forth to declare 'we are closer than ever to realizing a dream many have said is impossible' with Star Citizen, but I'm sure I've heard this record before
"Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are two games that would never have been greenlit by any of the big publishers." It's been 12 years since the...
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After fabled RTX 4090 Ti was allegedly dug out of a bin last year, tech testing YouTuber puts Nvidia's prototype GPU through its paces
Dumpster diving remains no more compelling. NVIDIA's Unreleased TITAN/Ti Prototype Cooler & PCB | Thermals, Acoustics, Tear-Down - YouTube Watch On The...
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gaming
To the dismay of my colleagues, I paid $ 15 for this Hatsune Miku desktop pet so you don't have to
She's literally hiding in my WiFi. Hatsune Miku has been doing the rounds when it comes to collabs at the moment. We've seen her in...
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gaming
Even with a new generation of GPUs on the way this all-AMD Ryzen/Radeon 7900-series gaming PC is a great discounted machine
Another iBuyPower Y40, don't mind if I do. iBuyPower Y40 | Ryzen 9 7900X | Radeon RX 7900 XT | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 2 TB SSD | $ 1,899.99 $ 1,649 at Walmart...
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gaming
Powerwash Simulator studio ends VR development, but at least there are no layoffs happening
FuturLab says the VR version of Powerwash Simulator costs more than it makes, so it's time to do something else. Powerwash Simulator was a surprise...
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gaming
Halls of Torment review
Halls of Torment's most obvious difference from its most obvious inspiration is that it expects you to click to attack. No sir, none of that...
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gaming
CD Projekt Red boss says 'around 100' Witcher 3 designers still work at the company, while the Witcher 4's story director is 'the same person since Witcher 1'
The main story director is also 'the same person since Witcher 1'. Much has happened to CD Projekt Red since the Witcher 3 released 10 years ago....
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Lords of the Fallen studio embraces fear of the DEI boogeyman, says it will not include 'any social or political agendas' in its games
CI Games apparently believes that inclusive games are at a high risk of failure. Lords of the Fallen studio CI Games says it will not...
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Piranha Games will lay off employees after Mechwarrior 5: Clans 'performed below projections'
Parent company Enad Global 7 has also announced that EvilVEvil developer Toadman will be closed. Enad Global 7 has announced that 38 employees at its...
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gaming
Palestinian developer raises more than $ 200,000 to make Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the horrors of the 1948 Nakba
The new game from Lilya and the Shadows of War maker Rasheed Abueideh promises to relate "often untold stories of Palestinian history." Dreams on a...
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My Summer Car, the absurdly detailed Finnish life sim about vehicle maintenance and drinking in your underpants, smashes into 1.0 after nearly a decade in Steam early access
Devs also confirm sequel is in "active development". My Summer Car Release Trailer - YouTube Watch On Oddball Finnish life-sim My Summer Car has...
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gaming
The 11 big FPS games of 2025
2025 could be a landmark year for the FPS. 2025 is going to be a hell of a year for first-person shooter fans. It's not just that...
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gaming
Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes a run at improving parkour, as Ubisoft strives to make the system less 'like a gas pedal'
New free-running abilities include ledge-flips, sprint-dodges, and grappling-hook wall-runs. Parkour has always been a distinguishing feature of...
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gaming
It's time for me to admit that AI-accelerated frame generation might actually be the way of the future and that's a good thing
It pains me to say it, but maybe we should focus less on traditional rendering. Jacob Fox, hardware writer This week: I've been trying to...
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gaming
If you're trying to convince me your 'companionship' robot is 'lifelike', maybe don't rip her face off in the demo video
The Uncanny Valley just got some startling new inhabitants. CES is an exciting event because it's always packed with weird, wild, and often dubious...
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gaming
The Last of Us season 2 trailer is a brief look at a story you should probably just play yourself in April
Season two starts in April, but you can also play the story yourself around the same time . The Last Of Us Season 2 | April 2025 | Max -...
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Thermaltake's new 2000 W PSU is too powerful to be sold in the USA and comes with four PCIe 5.0 GPU power connectors
We're going to need a bigger power outlet. Thermaltake has a handful of new Toughpower PSUs on display at its CES 2025, and I've been over...
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gaming
20 hours in, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a mad, systems-driven sandbox that captures some of the best parts of games like Stalker
No one warned me my actions would have consequences. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is an engine that spits out chaos and regret, but don't worry, I...
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gaming
MSI intros cheaper 'back connect' Project Zero Intel motherboards for super-clean PC builds you might actually be able to afford
Should help bring down the cost of that 'zero rat's nest' build... Want a super-clean desktop build? Get a motherboard with all the connectors on...
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gaming
AMD is now reportedly making all-American Ryzen 9000 CPU dies at TSMC's Arizona fab
Made in the USA, mostly anyway... AMD is having some of its latest Ryzen 9000-series desktop CPUs made at TSMC's new fab in Arizona. So...
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Sorry everyone, Minecraft 2 is cancelled, and it might be our fault
After he "basically announced Minecraft 2" last week, Markus "Notch" Persson has changed his mind. Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson caused a...
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Alan Emrich, the game designer and writer who coined the term '4X,' has died
Emrich came up with the idea in a 1993 review of Master of Orion, and it stuck. Alan Emrich, a designer and writer of board games...
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gaming
Is the new RTX 5070 really as fast as Nvidia's previous flagship RTX 4090 GPU? Turns out the answer is yes. Kinda.
Saying 'Marvel Rivals' until the words lose all meaning. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 was only fully revealed this week at CES 2025, but already the...
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gaming
WoW's finally upgrading its dreaded swirlies so players can actually tell where it's safe to stand
Only took a couple of decades. World of Warcraft's patch 11.1, which is currently available on the public test realm and will shortly be rolled-out to...
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gaming
'I created it, let me move on': Ex-Cloud 9 player, the Overwatch team whose blunder inspired the infamous 'C9' slang, watches in horror as the term moves onto Marvel Rivals
Some things are just unforgettable. Let me take you down memory lane, back to Overwatch Apex Season 2 in 2017. Specifically, to the match between AF...
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Tiny anime girl cyberprison shown at CES
It rotates, and it listens. At CES 2025, a company called Sybran Innovation showed off the Code27 Character Livehouse. It's an AI-powered digital...
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gaming
18 games the PC Gamer team can't wait to play in 2025
There's lots to look forward to this year. For all of the great games released in 2024, it was a year that felt somewhat bereft of...
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The TDP of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 have been leaked, suggesting it's a little less power-hungry than we thought, though still massive
You might want to upgrade that PSU. Graphics cards are apparently just getting bigger and bigger, and the Nvidia RTX 5090 might just be the most...
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Marvel Rivals admits that it accidentally banned some players for trying to run the game in a different operating system, which isn't cheating
"We do not and will not ban players who are playing fairly." Marvel Rivals community manager announced this morning that it has accidentally flagged a...
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PC Gamer's Best City Builder of 2024 has sold over 2.5 million, but here's the big news: Now it has bridges
Plus "don't roll too fast" when a hit does happen. Publisher Hooded Horse has announced that Manor Lords has sold over 2.5 million copies, which makes...
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A German retailer reports the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has outsold the entire non-X3D 9000 line
3D V-Cache takes the win. Ryzen's X3D chips appear to be outselling all of its other chips, and Intel's latest aren't even coming close,...
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8 bold gaming predictions for 2025
What does the new year have in store for videogames? One one hand, it feels like gaming is speeding up. New genres can go out...
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Eternal Strands, the physics-heavy RPG being headed by Dragon Age veteran Mike Laidlaw, will roll out a playable demo a week ahead of its full release
Laidlaw said Eternal Strands is "a game that benefits from 'feeling' it." Eternal Strands, the new game from Dragon Age creative director Mike...
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This upcoming Micro-OLED VR headset has absolutely everything and weighs less than 200 grams but of course it costs nearly 4x the Quest 3
Chonky or super-expensive seems to be the main dilemma. Frontier: Hello Pimax Dream Air - YouTube Watch On Recent updates Update January 03: The original...
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apps / gaming
A debloating wizard has managed to get Windows 11 running on just 184 MB of RAM, and it looks like it can actually run apps
It can probably run Notepad, at least. Some time s less is more. That seems to be the guiding philosophy of NTDev, a developer that...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 hits peak lack of awareness with its Squid Game skins which, unfortunately, look rad as hell
time for the games to begin. I've only just finished the second season of Squid Game, but it looks like I won't have to wait...
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The PC game releases we're most excited about in January
It's a new year with new games... you did finish all the games you bought last year, right? And the year before? 2024 was full of...
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PUBG creator Brendan Greene swears his infinite, mega-ambitious digital universe isn't like all the others: 'I want to build a metaverse because I don't think anyone else is'
A billion, million worlds. PUBG's creator, Brendan Greene, has been tinkering away at his next next project for a while now with his homegrown studio,...
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gaming
After a year in its company, I’ve done a complete 180 on my Steam Deck
I'm sorry I ever doubted you, Valve. Two years ago, I wrote about the fact that I had major Steam Deck FOMO but still wouldn't...
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The 2024 Steam Awards give Game of the Year to Black Myth: Wukong
And two other awards, for more than any other in this year's Steam contest. Chinese-made action RPG Black Myth: Wukong has cleaned up at this...
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With the next Elder Scrolls and Fallout games still years away, here are 6 upcoming total conversion mods for Skyrim and Fallout 4 to get excited about
Getting creative with the most ambitious Skyrim and Fallout 4 mods. A "total conversion" is one of the most coveted and difficult modding projects one...
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gaming
HeroQuest: First Light turns the classic board game into something I could actually imagine kids playing today
This version of HeroQuest won't do five dice of damage to your wallet. Once upon a time , HeroQuest was the board game equivalent of a...
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PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024: The winners in every category of PC gaming greatness from the past 12 months of tech
We've had our hands on all the best PC gaming hardware of 2024 and these are our absolute, solid gold favourites. The winners 1. Best laptop: Asus...
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WD Black SN850X 8 TB NVMe SSD review
That's eight terabytes of storage on a single PCIe SSD. Seriously. We've come a long way since the conception of M.2 solid state storage, haven't...
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movie & tv
Rule the talking movie industry in tycoon game Hollywood Animal
There's a nice little demo of this Old Hollywood business manager. Hollywood Animal - Official Early Access Release Date Trailer - YouTube Watch On I'm...
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gaming
Best City Builder 2024: Manor Lords
An early access medieval sim scratched our city builder itch this year. Break out the lute, because Manor Lords was our favourite city builder of...
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It's been a bumper year for PCs but my pick for the best new hardware in 2024 is a chassis, surprising even myself
Flippin' brilliant. Gear of the Year Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024 coverage. I could reel off...
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This co-op survival horror masterpiece is just $ 2 in the Steam Winter Sale, which could explain why it just hit an all- time high player count of nearly 100k a decade after it launched
10 years after it debuted in early access, The Forest keeps finding new fans. In 2014, survival horror game The Forest launched into early access on...
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how-to
Depersonalization is an RPG out of China that feels like it never stops getting deeper, once you figure out how to set it to English
Just click options and hope for the best. The hidden gems of Game Pass We're checking out the hidden gems of Game Pass over the...
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2024 felt like the year gaming laptops finally started to grow up, so roll on 2025 and the mega-smart lappys to come
Slim, powerful, desirable. Here's hoping this is just the beginning. Andy Edser, hardware writer This month I've been testing: Gaming laptops,...
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gaming
PC Gamer's highest review scores of 2024
Two games received rare 95% scores, and another came in at 94% in what was a pretty fantastic year for new games. On the one hand, "score...
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gaming
Dredge, the horror-fishing game with immaculate vibes, is free on the Epic Game Store
It's another 24-hour giveaway, so get it while you can. Dredge is great. We called it "a fantastic fishing game with a sinister mystery lurking...
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how-to
How to get started with The Finals: 7 tips you need to know
How to get good at The Finals. If you want to climb through the ranks in this game show-themed shooter, you'll need these top The...
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gaming
For all you mayors managing your budgets, here are 5 city builders from 2024 with great discounts in the Steam Winter Sale
Steam has some nice deals on new city builders, just in time for the holidays. Got plans over the holidays? Hopefully they include getting a...
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gaming
Final Fantasy 14's battle designer admits they went a little overboard on streamlining fights, especially for melee: 'Our policy of reducing gameplay-related frustrations was some time s taken too far'
Interesting ideas were vetoed in place of making fights easier, Masaki Nakagawa says. Anyone who endured Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker as a melee main...
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gaming
Corsair MP700 Elite 2 TB NVMe SSD review
Categorically, what is the biggest problem with PCIe 5.0 drives? It's the heat. At launch, and even now, those early 5.0 units complete with the...
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gaming / how-to
Playing Path of Exile 2 with WASD makes it feel like a true action game, and I'll never be able to go back to my mouse
I implore you to give it a try. Path of Exile 2 is a game jammed to the gills with a nearly paralysing amount of choices...
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gaming
The OG creators pitched Dead Space 4 to EA this year, but the publisher gave a flat 'no' so 'we didn't take it any further'
"I’m just saying I would make a Dead Space 4." The key creatives behind Dead Space have revealed that earlier this year they tried to...
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gaming
2024 was the year gamers really started pushing back on the erosion of game ownership
Talk about getting owned. Ever since the advent of digital distribution (which despite what some may think, does pre-date Steam), gamers have worried...
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gaming
Halls of Torment feels like the brilliant lovechild of Vampire Survivors and Diablo, and the absolute pinnacle of autobattlers
Cow level presence: undetermined. Personal Pick In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining...
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gaming
Here's 22 good games that cost $ 1 or less in the 2024 winter game sales
Almost two dozen games for less than $ 25? In this economy? The winter sales are upon us once more: that yearly festival wherein we all unite...
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AMD's next-gen RDNA 4 graphics cards are now rumoured to be called the RX 9000-series, and we might have already had a sneak peek at what they look like
A holiday miracle. The world awaits the arrival of next-generation graphics cards, and all eyes are now turning towards CES 2025 where it's hoped that...
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gaming
Against the Storm looks charming and cosy, but it's actually the best and most fiendish city builder I've played in years
This devilishly deep city builder is the cleverest thing I played all year. Personal Pick In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024,...
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gaming
OneXPlayer OneXFly F1 Pro review
I'm a smitten kitten. And it's nothing to do with the fetching red clothing of the version of the new OneXFly F1 Pro I've been...
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how-to
How to use the Golden Idol and others in Path of Exile 2
You'll also find the Grand Idol and Glorious Idol during your travels. Confused about what to do with the Golden Idol in Path of Exile 2?...
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Valve is fixin' to start some arguments over the holidays because 'All adult members in a Steam Family' can see your Steam Replay page
Hope you're not bashful about the data in your 2024 Steam Replay! Recent updates As some have said in the comments, you can set games in...
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The game director of Elden Ring: Nightreign has delivered an ultimatum to gaming couples everywhere: Find a third wheel or play by yourself
Only singles and polycules allowed. Learning about a new Elden Ring spin-off was my highlight of The Game Awards. Over the last few years, my...
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gaming
Project Zomboid's new Build 42 update, 3 years in the making, is the biggest game release of 2024 for me—here's why
The 11-year-old zombie survival sandbox keeps getting better, and this one is a doozy. Christmas came early for me yesterday. After previously...
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gaming
Stalker 2 revives A-Life with a mondo-huge 110 GB Christmas patch that marks the game's first major update
Weight limit exceeded. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and the Christmas gift he's delivering is "the first major patch for Stalker 2." Patch...
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gaming
'Gooner 9/11' averted as Zenless Zone Zero's butt-obfuscation technology is rolled back in the face of horny outrage
Let me explain. I'm really not sure where to begin with this one, so I'm just going to lay it out and then try to...
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PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2024
From major releases to the games that perfectly captured their niche, these were the best games of the year. Welcome to PC Gamer's annual Game...
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gaming
Be happy, Black Myth: Wukong fans, because it is literally impossible for Astro Bot to win Game of the Year in the 2024 Steam Game Awards
The nominations are in, and Astro Bot is out. The 2024 Steam Winter Sale starts in just a couple days, meaning it will soon be time...
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Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect
I'm still intrigued by the setting, but the actual gameplay is awfully familiar. EXODUS Gameplay Trailer: 'The Traveler's Creed' - YouTube Watch...
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Path of Exile 2 makes buildcrafting more approachable than ever—but I'm glad I can still sleepwalk through screenfuls of skeletons in the original
PoE 2's the start of a great sequel, but it's not quite the sequel I'm looking for. Despite the 500 hours of play time I've accrued...
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gaming
One of Path of Exile 2’s toughest bosses gets patched to be less of a buzzkill
Challenge is fun, sketchy hitboxes are not. Do you ever find yourself in a gruelling boss encounter, usually several attempts in, only to be swatted...
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how-to
How to use the Sacrificial Heart in Path of Exile 2
Make an offering to get two passive skill points. The Sacrificial Heart is just one of the many random items you'll have to find a...
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CD Projekt knows why we're all really here: Gwent is coming back in The Witcher 4, and the devs 'don't think anyone will be disappointed'
I'm in the mood for some diversion. A game of Gwent would be best. As spotted by user CM_Escape on the Witcher subreddit, CD...
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'The guns weren't doing what it says on the box': Johan Pilestedt reflects on Helldivers 2 balance changes that disrupted the positive vibes
Arrowhead wants to better cater to both social players and those who play for "mastery." When I think about the first year of Helldivers 2, I...
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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain hasn't made sequels to his other cult classic RPGs because they didn't sell well: 'You should have bought it'
"Some time s gamers need to put their money where their mouth is." Tim Cain's storied career includes a bunch of what are likely some...
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This RTX 4070 gaming PC just swatted aside all 4060 Ti rigs by somehow costing less than $ 1,000
Great news for those of you who missed some of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. iBuyPower Y40 | Ryzen 7 7700 | RTX 4070 | 16 GB DDR5-5200...
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gaming
Zotac website leak seemingly confirms monstrous 32GB Nvidia RTX 5090 but we're still concerned about how stingy Nvidia might be further down its new GPU range
Nvidia going big at the top end, but what about the rest of the range? This is more in line with existing rumors and expectations...
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gaming
Putty, not pads: Thermal Grizzly's new thermal materials might be the best thing for your graphics card just don't ask for any numbers
Do you want moderate, good, or excellent? Reapplying a fresh layer of thermal paste to a graphics card's GPU is quite easy but dealing with...
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Path of Exile 2 passive skill respecs will no longer cost Scrooge McDuck levels of gold
Experiment away, Exiles! Grinding Gear Games continues to tinker away on Path of Exile 2, fixing some of the "key pain points" of the otherwise superb...
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Ahead of its January launch, one of the best city builders around is getting a free demo that 'allows you to play endlessly' with some of the new features coming next year
The release will feature entirely remade game modes and a visual overhaul. Foundation | Release Date Announcement and Demo Trailer - YouTube Watch...
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We're (probably) doomed: Experts think the Sun may produce gigantic, electronics-destroying superflares much more often than we previously thought
Thanks for all the fish, etc. I've always wanted to write "We're doomed" with reasonable justification, and well, here we are. A study published by...
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Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is free on Epic and I bet you, like me, are suddenly much more interested in it
I've heard they have both rocks and stones in this game. The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is free to keep on the...
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gaming
Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 gets a really, really big patch adding full control of enabled content
Extreme weather during missions should be considerably less extreme now. Y'all ever settle in to read some patch notes and they just keep going and...
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gaming
What counts as an action RPG anyway?
Are you a strict Diablo-ist or do you have a more freewheeling "it's an RPG with action in it" kind of definition? THE PCG Q&...
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gaming
On the 'deathiversary' of Star Wars Galaxies, the fan team keeping the MMO alive is launching its biggest update yet, which includes five new playable species
Expanding Horizons also adds vehicle customization, a new profession, and more. Every update must be uniquely stressful for the people behind Star...
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In a sea of Game Awards announcements, you probably missed the debut trailer for Covenant, a gnarly 'FPS Soulslike' from veteran shooter devs looking to 'provide more than what seems possible for the price'
Covenant's developers are talking a big game, but its first trailer looks sick. You might be all trailered out after one of the most exciting...
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learning
'It’s a whole new kind of blerp': YouTube's AI-enhanced reply suggestions seem to be working as well as you might expect
Some funny, some sad, some downright nonsensical. Have you heard of the dead internet theory? It's essentially the idea that the internet is primarily...
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gaming
7 hardcore survival games that are great to play in peaceful mode
There are ways to enjoy great survival systems without constant combat. Imagine a hardcore survival game but it's peaceful? It sounds like a...
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gaming
Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG splices Baldur's Gate 3 with Mount & Blade, and you can grab it in early access for less than $ 20
False flag operations and betrayals make backstabbing more than a flanking action in this sandbox CRPG. Most RPGs have you out to save the world,...
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gaming
My favorite little Elden Ring: Nightreign feature is the first evolution of FromSoftware's iconic 'bloodstains' since 2009's Demon's Souls, and has roots in a roguelike from way back in 1987
When you die, you can now leave a remnant of your sick loot behind for another player. There are a few things in FromSoftware's RPGs...
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Pac- Man becomes an apex predator on a world shattered by intergalactic warfare in this very strange new metroidvania coming in 2025
And yes, it's from Bandai Namco. Shadow Labyrinth – Reveal Trailer - YouTube Watch On Pac-Man came to The Game Awards tonight, but it's not quite...
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gaming
The Witcher 4 reveal trailer has been 'pre-rendered on an unannounced Nvidia GeForce GPU' which tells us... not much actually
Wake me up when we have some real- time rendering, ey? The Witcher IV — Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024 - YouTube Watch On The...
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gaming
'Is this false advertising?' Tekken 8 fan left disappointed at 'horrid and not at all like advertised' Fist Meets Fate statue
'Something does not feel right' As PC Gamer's Tekken 8 review confirms, it is a great versus fighter that 'is a beautiful blend of nostalgia for...
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gaming
Larian boss Swen Vincke calls out pretty much the entire videogame industry at The Game Awards
Vincke returned to The Game Awards to share the secret formula of running a successful studio: "It's stupidly simple, but it keeps on getting...
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gaming
Planetary Annihilation successor has a bumpy landing on Steam, and the backers aren't happy: 'So bare bones that it's basically an asset show without a game'
The 'Factorio meets Total Annihilation' concept has legs, but clearly has a long way to go. Industrial Annihilation - Early Access Launch Trailer -...
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how-to
This year The Game Awards finally tackled the plague of game industry layoffs
Geoff Keighley admitted the show has struggled with how to address the subject of layoffs in years past. For the first time , Geoff Keighley used...
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After 3,500,000 units sold and its Game Awards wins, Balatro does a victory lap and absorbs 8 new crossovers in its unstoppable march to turn all games into cute little cards that get you points and stuff
Praise be to Jimbo, Jimbo is all. Balatro - Friends of Jimbo (Pack 3) | Reveal Trailer - YouTube Watch On Dear reader, I have some sorry...
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gaming
Elden Ring: Nightreign hands-on: 6 hours with FromSoftware's wild new co-op roguelike action RPG remix
We played the new Elden Ring spin-off and talked with FromSoftware about what to expect from the 2025 game. FromSoftware producer Yasuhiro Kitao asks...
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gaming
The Witcher 4 was always going to be about Ciri, 'even when we were doing The Wild Hunt actually', but don't worry about Geralt: 'Definitely he's going to appear'
Oh yeah, it's all coming together. The Witcher 4, perhaps one of the most anticipated RPGs of the next decade—if only because it might give...
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gaming
Some high-stakes poker players are cheating with an earpiece that's 'so small that you can’t take it off with your fingers' and looks like a 'James Bond movie device'
Sit 'em at a table with Phil Hellmuth and Tony G, I'll watch. As someone who was once upon a time enthralled with TV poker...
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gaming
Pat Gelsinger rallies against claims some chipmakers are struggling to produce good wafers: anyone using yields as a % 'doesn't understand semiconductor yield'
It's all about the defect density. The $ 10 million he's reportedly receiving in severance pay must soften the blow, but I can't help but assume...
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gaming
Josef Fares is bragging about how good Hazelight's next game is going to be (again): 'A lot of people say I'm cocky, but it's impossible to not be cocky when you have a game like this'
The game will be revealed shortly, but its creator can't resist the uber-tease. It's been four years since It Takes Two, the phenomenally good...
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gaming
You can now buy all the Dragon Age games, from 2009 to 2024, for the same price as Veilguard was on release
Now could be the time to experience the entire RPG series in all its wavering, genre-shifting glory. Well, that was quick! Bioware's long-awaited (and...
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gaming
The voice of Shadowheart, Jennifer English, would love to return to the role after Baldur's Gate 3—as long as Hasbro doesn't mess it up and 'make her into a cartoon'
"If there is a future with Shadowheart, I would want it to be beautifully written and honor the game's audience." Baldur's Gate 3 is a top-to-bottom...
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gaming
Path of Exile 2's genius theorycrafters have already put together some wild builds, so we've plucked out a few of our favorites that you need to try
Something for every class, from a complex minion army build to the simple pleasures of just whipping out a grenade launcher. Path of Exile 2 hit...
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gaming
This 83-year-old Japanese erotic game producer playing Stalker 2 while blasting a cig is an impossibly big mood
Forget Skyrim grandma, meet Stalker grandpa. For all its rapidly respawning NPCs, despawning monsters, broken quests, and general bugginess that...
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gaming
Firefox is getting rid of its 'Do Not Track' setting and what it's being replaced with is a bit of a bait and switch for privacy concerns
Is asking not to sell data the same as asking not to track it? Anyone else feel like the past decade has been one of...
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gaming
Microsoft adds nearly 400 games to the Xbox app as it rolls out a 'new Home experience' to all users
The app's new look was previously restricted to Xbox Insider testers, but now everyone can play. Microsoft has rolled out a big update for the...
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celebrity / gaming
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 developers say the avalanche of weird skins is to 'maximize fun for players', whatever that means
"We like to have fun". For the past handful of years, Black Ops has been increasingly—as our own Ted Litchfield put it—suffering from...
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gaming
Steam's giving us all more control over update downloads, mainly because the big publishers just can't stop themselves releasing 100GB+ whoppers
Real mighty storage hogs. Steam has begun testing new settings for game updates in the Steam Client Beta, which anyone can opt into, meaning they'll...
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gaming
Intel Arc B580 review
I dread to think how bad things would have been had Intel released this Arc B580 graphics card back in the summer. All year long...
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gaming
Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 17, 2025)
Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to. Best of the best 2025 games: Upcoming releases Best PC games: All- time favorites...
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gaming
If 2024 proves anything, it's that mainstream success hasn't made PC gaming any less weird—and thank God for that
The consoleification of the hobby ain't happening any time soon. As pointed out by our own Evan Lahti earlier this year, PC gaming is mainstream...
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how-to
Fisch codes and how to redeem them
Cast aside your worries and get ready to catch some big game. Fisch has been going viral for all the right reasons, and there are...
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gaming
A bug's letting Warframe players summon their newly-added motorcycles in more areas than intended, but the devs say it's 'rad and cool' enough to stay—as long as the bikes aren't in outer space
So long, space Kawasaki. There's a lot to love in Warframe 1999, the latest major update for the free-to-play scifi action game about magic space...
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gaming
Microsoft is Nvidia's biggest AI chip buyer of the year, and it's not even close. With ByteDance and Tencent coming out ahead of Zuck, Bezos, and Musk's outfits, too
Beat that, Blackwell. Yeah, I get it, we already know that Nvidia's sold a motherlode of chips and is laughing its way to the bank....
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technology
Here's a game about being a depressed, lonely maintenance robot on a long-haul space colony ship
The rare existential horror game. Need something real depressing to go with your seasonal affective disorder, northern hemisphere friends? Well, have...
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job & work
Former Destiny 2 and Marathon director is suing Sony and Bungie for $ 200 million over alleged wrongful dismissal
Christopher Barrett claims he was scapegoated to distract attention from Bungie's "business failures and reputational issues," and to avoid paying...
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gaming
Nvidia's corporate blog goes full fan mode with its description of Jen-Hsun Huang: 'Tech Leader, AI Visionary, Endlessly Curious'
Good to know that Jen-Hsun will be wearing his leather jacket at CES 2025. Along with this unwavering vision, if you were worried about it...
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gaming / memes
I put a $ 139 gamer muzzle on my loud husband to muffle his Rainbow Six shouting, but the quiet wasn't worth the guilt
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gaming
Riot's co-founder says money isn't everything: 'People think we make things like Arcane to sell skins when in reality, we sell skins to make things like Arcane'
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gaming
The new game from the Blasphemous devs is like if Commandos was a metroidvania set in a Spanish monastery, and also the Green Beret kept losing his mind
You know, videogames. Do you have any of those games it feels like only you remember? For me, it's Prisoner of War, a third-person stealth...
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gaming / learning
OnlyFans model explains calculus and machine learning on Pornhub because it pays better than YouTube
Videos earn almost three time s as much per million views on Pornhub. What does it mean to “Integrate”? - YouTube Watch On Zara Dar...
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Avowed's newly-revealed character creation backgrounds tripped my RPG sicko radar, offering funky fantasies like 'Noble Scion,' 'Court Augur,' and 'Vanguard Scout'
Your background in Avowed determines starting equipment, as well as dialogue throughout the game. First spotted by TheGamer, in a recent thread on X,...
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