ConnexionAMD just mentioned an as yet unreleased Ryzen X3D chip that could become the budget gaming CPU of champions
Come on, AMD, let's see this chip on shelves around the world.
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Final Fantasy 14 is making it easier to enter its latest dungeon so you can stop spending half an hour playing 'instance gacha'
Occult Crescent makes it mighty difficult to get 48 players in one room.
Despite bankrolling Square Enix, 'cost' is somehow the reason Final Fantasy 14's newest raid (which has only been cleared 400 times in 23 days) wasn't given an easier version
CS3's got its priorities all backwards.
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GOG says it won't repeat its ill-fated Daggerfall GOG Cut with its new one-click modding program, not least because it can send more than one message a day to modders now
GOG won't be assuming personal responsibility over updates this time round.
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'We just kept geeking out': Skyblivion devs were invited to Bethesda HQ and ended up spending the whole day talking about modding with the team and Todd Howard
"There's a lot of passion and love in that company."
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Oblivion's dungeons suck, Skyblivion is making them better: 'That's where the power of a proper remake comes from'
Oblivion's dungeons suck, Skyblivion is making them better: 'That's where the power of a proper remake comes from'
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FF14 'stalker plugin' PlayerScope shut down after creator says they were sent a cease & desist—though that's not quite the end of it
As long as the vulnerability exists, there's a problem.
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These 7 games need a remaster, and they need it now
Neglected classics that deserve a second chance.
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A battle over air quality between Musk's xAI and the citizens of Memphis now looks to be heading towards the courts
Fighting giants.
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Today's Wordle answer for Friday, June 20
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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Eight minutes of footage from an unfinished open world D&D game has leaked
Hidden Path's Project Dante wasn't aiming to be the next Baldur's Gate, but had potential.
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Stellaris updates are going to start coming more slowly, because new patches are causing new problems and QA testers can't keep up
Stellaris 4.0 still needs work, but the current pace of fixes is apparently causing trouble.
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Rematch launched without crossplay because of 'unforeseen technical complexities' and Sloclap is sorry, but it's a hit on Steam anyway
Sloclap apologized for not admitting the game wouldn't have crossplay at launch until just before it went live.
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World of Warcraft dataminers dug up its biggest boss ever: A new 3,806-foot-tall horror who could crush its capital cities in one step
Big boy.
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Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion is adding a card game as the mecha sequel targets an increasingly specific type of guy
It'll also have a mouse cursor on PC this time.
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As war looms in the Middle East, clips of Arma 3 and War Thunder are being used as propaganda, and even the Israeli military's having to clarify 'the footage is fake'
Not the first time these games have been mis-used in such a manner.
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After a disastrous patch day, Hunt: Showdown 1896's 2.4 update is live for real now
Crytek says everything should be working smoothly again.
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Dune: Awakening AMA promises changes coming to PvP: 'We want the experience to be reliable, responsive, and clearly understood'
Funcom is still nailing down the details, but developers in the AMA did commit to one thing: There's no plan to defang ornithopters in the deep desert.
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OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says he 'doesn't know how' he would have taken care of his baby without the help of ChatGPT
His Royal Altness is apparently entirely dependent on chatbots.
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Believe it or not Death Stranding is getting another movie, screenwriter puffs on the Kojima pipe and says he can't wait to 'birth new stories into this fertile, mind-bending universe'
From animation studio Line Mileage.
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Ah, crap: Nightreign players have discovered there's a relic inventory cap, and you can't play once you've hit the limit
The real Nightlord is inventory management.
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GOG now accepts donations when you buy a game, like it's a charity or something
Sure, some people think games cost too much these days. But what if you think they don't cost enough?
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Turtle Beach Stealth 600 (Gen 3) review
A great everyday headset that's certainly worth the price tag.
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My new favorite budget gaming keyboard proves the best gaming keebs don't have to be $200 enthusiast slabs of switches
The Gamakay x NaughShark NS68, with its super low price and powerful Hall effect switches walked straight into our best gaming keyboard guide.
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Steam adds more accessibility features and Valve says it's just the start, wants players with disabilities to provide more feedback and suggestions
Part of a wider push that began earlier this year.
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Here's another RTX 50-series graphics card with Noctua fans, proving once again they are catnip for PC hardware engineers
Looks like this one's not for the western market, though, booooo.
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Calling AI a threat to 'human dignity, justice and labor,' Pope Leo XIV of all people takes on Big Tech
I'm definitely not looking to convert, but I'm listening.
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'Exciting' Red Dead Redemption news less exciting than previously thought, says John Marston actor: 'Rockstar Games makes announcements for Rockstar Games'
"I possibly misled some people."
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Gamakay TK75HE V2 review
A surprisingly excellent Hall effect option.
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North Korea's only Steam user disappeared yesterday, but not to worry: They're back and gaming harder than ever
Probably ragequit a CS match. Been there, man.
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By all that's holy, here are two GeForce RTX 5060 Ti cards that are genuinely being sold at MSRP
Though only one of them is kinda worth buying.
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A player-made Libra deals cheat sheet for Elden Ring Nightreign reveals when you should and shouldn't make a deal with the goat devil
Trade deal: You get everything and I get nothing, trust me, bro.
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The 50 most-played demos of Steam Next Fest include musical martial arts, a Stalker-inspired MMO, a superhero management sim, and at least 2 games that are basically Sea of Thieves in space
Time to double the length of your Steam wishlist.
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Fake Minecraft mods that steal all your personal data including crypto wallets are being distributed via GitHub accounts
Be very careful of your mods and tools.
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Intel claims 18A, the node Pat bet the company on, is either 25% faster or 38% more efficient than Intel 3. Though that's a node Intel didn't have enough faith in to release for desktops or laptops
A tricky comparison, given there are no Intel 3 chips in PCs.
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Return to Silent Hill finally has a release date, and there's not long left to wait now
Where does the time go?
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How to unlock Peter Pan in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Let's go on another character hunt.
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XCOM 2 is $2.40, and its excellent DLC War of the Chosen ain't far off—making the all-time tactical strategy great cheaper than takeout
Other entries in the series are also cheap as chips, too.
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'Couldn't afford a PC so I drew one' says one Redditor after drawing a God-tier cel shaded case mod for his kids to play Minecraft on
Now install that cel shaded graphics mod and you're golden.
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