The Intel Arc B580 had a bit of a funny launch. Both a killer budget-oriented GPU and a bit of an inconsistent mess, it is clear that the hardware is impressive, despite all the crashes we got while testing. What’s even less impressive, however, is its performance alongside older processors. The B580 is a value-oriented…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s beta starts today for those lucky few with early access, while the open beta will begin in a few days on October 5. Expectations may be pretty low—thanks in no small part to Battlefield 6—but even still, the devs over at Treyarch are determined to put their best foot…
Mark Darrah, a former producer at BioWare, has once more taken to YouTube to voice his opinions on the massive EA buyout. Which is more than fair enough, given the guy worked at BioWare for over 20 years, and has seen firsthand what EA’s company culture did to not only his studio, but others. Unfortunately,…
I hold on to hardware for far longer than I should. If it’s not a weirdly placed sense of sentimentality, it’s the fantasy of 80’s Harrison Ford nimbly picking his way through the frankly dangerous detritus littering my home office, unearthing tech from yesteryear, and declaring “This belongs in a museum!” Well, it turns out…
If you’ve unlocked Lumiere and Cogsworth and invited them to live in your town in Disney Dreamlight Valley, then you’ll want to start making your way through their friendship quests to start reaping the rewards. If you’re stuck levelling his friendship, since you won’t unlock his companion skill until level 2, remember to have daily…
Designs will be shared when it’s finished. As you’ll likely be aware, LEGO’s fancy Adult range of sets got itself a sweet 1:1 replica of Nintendo’s iconic Game Boy yesterday (look out for a gallery of this writer’s build shortly). However, not happy with the stunning attention to detail, dinky little game carts, and interchangeable…
I’m nothing if not a total sucker. Pandering? Totally works on me, as evidenced by Fortnite’s newest collaboration with K-Pop Demon Hunters. Which is perhaps the most excited I’ve been for silly videogame skins since Epic let me gun people down as Hatsune Miku. In case you’re not Saja Boys-pilled, here’s a quick rundown on…
“Beautiful parallax effects, detailed scenarios and huge sprites”. Picture the scene: it’s 1988, and Sega has just launched the Mega Drive in Japan, a system that poses a serious technical threat to the ageing Nintendo Famicom and the relatively new PC Engine, which had arrived the previous year. NEC and Hudson Soft, the two companies…
More Steam users have made the switch to Windows 11 in the past month. Just a few weeks before the death of Windows 10. You have to respect it; that’s years of holding out for improvements to the new OS before finally taking the plunge. The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out now, and in…
“Nintendo Switch 2 is a truly amazing piece of hardware”. It’s no secret at this point that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade looks pretty incredible on the Switch 2. We know through the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Star Wars Outlaws that the console can handle some pretty graphically intensive ports, but this one really…