The ESRB just leaked a Death Stranding 2 PC port, and I think we can say bye-bye to Jim Ryan’s ‘2 or 3 year’ wait for PlayStation games on PC

Sound the Reedus alarm—it seems all-but-certain that Death Stranding 2 is headed for PC in the surprisingly near future. As spotted by Gematsu—part-time videogame age-rating board and full-time surprise spoiler (I ain’t complaining), the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) recently surfaced a rating for a “Windows PC” version of Hideo Kojima’s latest postman simulator. It’s…

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Call of Duty has been the biggest-selling shooter in the US since 2006, but that could soon change according to industry analyst: ‘This part of the market hasn’t been this competitive in 20 years’

Activision’s camo-clad cash cow Call of Duty has ruled the shooter roost for almost 20 years in the US, consistently topping the charts for games involving guns since 2006. But according to games industry analyst Mat Piscatella, that might just change in 2025. Sharing some insights on Bluesky, (via GameSpot) Piscatella pointed out “the last…

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Intel’s next-gen Panther Lake CPU pops up in Geekbench with decent but not exactly spectacular benchmark numbers

Intel’s long awaited Panther Lake CPU has made an appearance in the Geekbench results browser (via Videocardz). And the early numbers look, well, kind of okay. According to the Geekbench entry, we’re talking 2,849 single-core points and 15,434 multi-core points. Arguably, it’s the single-core result that’s most interesting as it theoretically allows for a direct…

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