In a twisty tale of corporate espionage, TSMC employees allegedly shared 400 photos of the company’s cutting-edge 2 nm process node with a Japanese rival

Here’s a twisty tale of alleged corporate espionage for you. A number of TSMC employees have been accused of attempting to feed trade secrets to Japan-based competitor Rapidus, having allegedly shared 400 technical photos with the smaller startup foundry. According to Money.udn.com, this communication exposed details relating to TSMC’s upcoming 2 nm-class fabrication process (via…

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We might actually have a tenuous Silksong release date, absolutely nobody on my team believes me, and I think I can hear Hornet in my walls

OK, everybody stay calm. What do you mean you’re calm? Well I’m also calm! I’m totally fine and not-at-all losing my unsteady grip on my own mind. We might genuinely have a (tentative, tenuous) Silksong release date. Naturally, it hasn’t come from Team Cherry, but it’s the strongest dose of cope we’ve had so far….

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Total War: Shogun started out as ‘a quick and cheerful B-grade RTS’ to help Creative Assembly raise funds for its dream game—an RPG based on Monkey: Journey to the West

It’s hard to remember Creative Assembly wasn’t always synonymous with the Total War series, and yet, once upon a time, they were so well-known for sports games that pivoting away was seen as a risk. That’s part of the story told in a retrospective video about the making of Total War: Shogun put together to…

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