Previously borked Ubisoft games are now fixed on Windows 11 24H2 as the troubled update begins automatically downloading to compatible PCs

If you were mid-campaign in one of several Ubisoft titles affected by the Windows 11 24H2 update, before being rudely interrupted, I have some good news for you: Microsoft says the crashing problems are resolved—seemingly due to a plethora of hotfixes deployed by Ubisoft. Star Wars Outlaws, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey,…

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It took a decade for NASA to piece together this 416,592,960 pixel image of the Andromeda galaxy and the key takeaway? ‘Andromeda’s a train wreck’

The Hubble Space Telescope has been snapping pictures of the universe for the best part of 35 years, and now astronomers have completed a magnificent 417-megapixel photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy. And the key takeaway? It’s a galactic “trainwreck.” The 42,208 by 9,870 pixel panorama features 200 million stars, a mere fraction of the one…

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Aokzoe teases its next-gen handheld gaming PC and it looks like it’s just stuffed a better chip, screen, and battery into its not-bad, not-great A1 Pro

Sometimes you really don’t need to reinvent the wheel when designing a spiffy new product. That seems to be Aokzoe’s approach with its forthcoming A1 X handheld gaming PC, as it looks almost exactly like its current A1 Pro—just with a bigger battery and a nice AMD Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 chip. There’s not…

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Pimax Crystal Light review

I really didn’t like the Pimax Crystal Light the first time I put it on. This headset is clunky and bigger than many of the best VR headsets for gaming right now, and even things like plugging it into its own power outlet and connecting it to the DisplayPort of my PC felt restrictive and…

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