James McCaffrey, the voice of Max Payne, has died

Max Payne and Alan Wake voice actor James McCaffrey has died after a battle with cancer, according to a TMZ report. He was 65. McCaffrey’s death was initially revealed by actor Kevin Dillon, who paid tribute to his “best friend” in an Instagram post. After some confusion about whether it was actually the actor who…

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Armored Core 6 is adding ranked matchmaking like it’s no big deal (it is) and it’ll be arriving tomorrow, along with new parts and PvP maps

Armored Core 6 just joined this year’s surprising avalanche of quality-of-life updates and out-of-the-blue patches: like Baldur’s Gate 3 adding a whole new epilogue and difficulty mode, or Cyberpunk 2077 finally making good on its promises of a working public transport system.  This one in particular will have FromSoftware’s PvP community in a buzz, though:…

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Tips for Gifting an Xbox Series X|S for the Holidays

Category: HolidayDecember 18, 2023 Tips for Gifting an Xbox Series X|S for the Holidays Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor So, you’ve decided to gift someone a brand-new Xbox console. First off: you’re incredibly generous! We’re sure they’ll be grateful to get something as awesome as a new Xbox from their soon-to-be most-favorite person in the…

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This is the most absurd blend of retro-futuristic looks and server grade hardware that I’ve ever seen, and it’s all in a laptop, and I want one badly

Zhanjiang Xinjuneng Technology, a firm specialising in high-performance mobile workstations, has decided that you can fit anything in a laptop if you put your mind to it. Cue the Yunguai REV-9, sporting a 64 core AMD EPYC server CPU, a GeForce RTX 4080, a 17.5 inch 2K screen, and a custom liquid cooling system. You’ll…

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Godus & Godus Wars Have Been Removed From Steam

The controversial game was released in Early Access back in 2013. 22Cans has announced that it has pulled Godus and Godus Wars from the Steam storefront, with the studio claiming in a statement that the decision was the result of an impending update to Amazon Web Services that would impact the studio’s “ability to serve…

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‘Disgruntled’ engineer gets fired for porn on work laptop, claims he was watching the Matrix, revenge-hacks employer’s IT network, lies to the secret service, goes directly to jail

Miklos Daniel Brody, a cloud engineer formerly employed at a bank, has been sentenced to two years in prison for “a network intrusion and for making false statements to a government agency” following a secret service investigation. Seemingly angered by his employer taking disciplinary action against him, Brody kept his work laptop under false pretences…

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