Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite WiFi7 Ice review

It’s been a somewhat bizarre launch for Intel with its Core Ultra desktop processors crashing and burning (thankfully not physically this time) in reviews and sales figures are understandably poor, especially when compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which even outsold all of AMD’s other Ryzen 9000 CPUs combined. It’s only because of a long…

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Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 Ice review

As I wrote this, AMD and its motherboard partners had just launched cheaper chipsets options for its Socket AM5 platform, with high expectations for the new B850 chipset in particular given how popular previous B-series options were. But there are still plenty of options below $300 even if you opt for X870 for your AMD…

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‘I like to be challenged’: Sims boss Lyndsay Pearson is ‘excited’ to see more developers trying to break into the life sim space

The Sims franchise creative VP Lyndsay Pearson isn’t worried about other developers trying to stake their claim in EA’s long-held life sim monopoly; rather, she welcomes the rivalry. Speaking to PC Gamer about the series’ 25th anniversary and the future of The Sims, Pearson dove a little into why she thinks the life sim genre…

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‘The Sims continues to be this kind of funhouse mirror to the world’: Sims boss Lyndsay Pearson on 25 years of the series and what’s to come in the future

It’s equal parts impressive and terrifying to think that in just two weeks, The Sims series will be celebrating its 25th birthday. The original Sims game graced our computers in all its isometric glory on February 4 in 2000, giving us full reign over the lives of folk in a virtual dollhouse. Four core games,…

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League of Legends players are up in arms after an update to get rid of ‘unnecessary complexity’ makes it a struggle for new players to earn anything

League of Legends season 1 saw a bunch of new features and changes made, including a new thematic that revolves around Noxus, a change to ranked resets, and a more streamlined reward system. While the last change may seem like a smart idea, it’s wound up causing more harm than good for some players. “Over…

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