Best DRS-IAR loadout in Battlefield 6

The DRS-IAR straddles the line between an assault rifle and LMG in Battlefield 6, and it struggles to be the best of either at first. The default attachments, namely a 3.5x scope and nothing in the way of recoil control, really sell this weapon short. With the best BF6 DRS-IAR loadout, though, this LMG is…

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Share of the Week: Ghost of Yōtei

Share of the Week: Ghost of Yōtei

Share of the Week is back, and ready to ride into the world of Ghost of Yōtei. You shared your best moments using #PSshare #PSBlog, here are this week’s highlights: YouSpoonyBardd shares an orange sunset sky facing Mount Yōtei with leaves falling around Atsu. tulippooh3 shares Atsu leaning down and smiling at a fox. GeekNamedMike…

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NetEase pulls the plug on another studio: Former Riot exec’s Fantastic Pixel Castle will ‘likely close’ if a new publisher isn’t found soon

Former Riot Games vice president Greg Street, who left the company in 2023 and launched a new NetEase-backed studio called Fantastic Pixel Castle, says the partnership with NetEase is coming to an end, and that the studio will likely close if a new publisher can’t be found. Street delivered the bad news in a message…

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The humble Rubik’s Cube is now achingly 2025 thanks to the addition of 24 LCD screens and a whopping $299 price tag

You ever thought the Rubik’s Cube needs a 21st-century iPad kid glow up? Me neither, and yet the $299 WowCube is now officially available to preorder. The Rubik’s WowCube comes with 24 LCD screens and an AI-based application that tracks the time you’ve spent playing with it, alongside the number of twists you’ve made. The…

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Battlefield 6 players hit server queues as it rockets to over 500k Steam concurrents just 25 minutes after launch

War is hell. Also, war is irresistible. That’s if Battlefield 6’s launch concurrents, which smashed past GTA 5, Among Us, Starfield, and other heavy-hitters to become the 20th most-played game in SteamDB’s records about, uh, 25 minutes after launching. As I write this, the game sits at a current and all-time peak of 521,000 concurrent…

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‘Now you’ve got something that’s a little bit easier and less expensive and can go a little bit faster’: Intel’s lead x86 CPU architect explains why it’s not bringing Hyper-Threading back for Panther Lake

Intel recently spilled the beans on its upcoming Panther Lake CPU architecture, which seems to be an iterative improvement over previous designs, plus the promise of being built on a new process node, 18A. But in case you’ve wondered about some of the broader design choices that went into the last couple of generations plus…

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