Tencent claims there’s been a “misunderstanding”. The US Department of Defense has officially added Chinese megacorp Tencent to the federal register of companies deemed to have ties to the Chinese military (thanks, Bloomberg). The addition to the list does not come with any specific sanctions for Tencent, though it may affect the company’s ability to…
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is releasing at the end of the month, January 31—and as someone with a vested interest in the first game, I’m downright excited. The series’ creator, Gareth Damian Martin, has found a way to bring the vibes of a smaller-scale indie TTRPG to a videogame not once, but twice now….
Goodbye rasterization, hello neural rendering. To complement the launch of the GeForce RTX 50-series at CES 2025, Nvidia has announced an updated RTX software kit for developers, with APIs for neural rendering—shaders, materials, and texture compression, and more performance in ray traced games. The tech won’t be in games just yet but at least we…
Well, when it comes to next-gen GPUs, AMD’s CES 2025 presentation let us know that the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT exist… and that’s about it. Unfortunately, we didn’t hear any mention of specs or pricing—no CU counts and no info about VRAM or bus widths. However, Asus was the first to announce graphics…
Has your PC been slowing down recently and you don’t know why? Well, if you have an Nvidia RTX card, you will be able to use its own AI tuneup tool next month. Announced in a press release, the software is called G-Assist and it will be coming to the Nvidia App at some point…
Every day, it feels like we’re hitting new levels of cultural division—with government officials taking to platforms to dunk, for some reason, and a rising tide of verbal slapfighting to which even your humble search engines are not immune. Google has fired a verbal shot over the information highway, as per a recent post to…
Seekers of Skyveil, the game that mashes up MOBA-style gameplay with extraction shooter mechanics—and seems to be doing a very good job of it—announced today that it’s set to launch into early access in March. But first, another round of playtesting is set to kick off on January 10 on Steam. Seekers of Skyveil looks…
Coming to Kickstarter soon. It might seem lazy to compare a Linux-based modular pocket computer to the Game Boy, but I’m going to do it anyway – mainly because the Mecha Comet is giving me serious DMG vibes I just can’t ignore. This dinky device is powered by the Linux-based Mechanix OS and offers official…
Streamlabs, the Logitech-owned streaming software for live streamers is implementing generative AI-driven recommendations and conversation, ranging from troubleshooting to giving insight on why your chat has suddenly gone quiet. Announced in a press release, the “intelligent streaming assistant” is made up of three central functions. The first is as a ‘3D Sidekick’. This AI functions…
At risk of giving away too much, too soon, it’s CES right now and exhibition halls are alive with the sound of OLED TVs. Or at the very least bathed in their wide-gamut glow. Anyway, among the various highlights, one development stands out. Both LG and Samsung, the two big noises of OLED panel manufacturing,…