Publisher Hooded Horse has announced that Manor Lords has sold over 2.5 million copies, which makes PC Gamer’s best city builder of 2024 an undeniable smash hit. Speaking in a recent interview with the BBC, Hooded Horse co-founder Snow Rui says that, even though the publisher realised there was interest in the game’s pre-release trailers…
It’s a new year, and that means a new crop of iconic characters—some more than others—entering the public domain. According to Title 17 of the United States Code, once 95 years have passed since the creation of any “anonymous work, pseudonymous work, or work made for hire,” that work belongs to everyone. There’s something beautiful…
Graphics cards are apparently just getting bigger and bigger, and the Nvidia RTX 5090 might just be the most power-hungry mainstream graphics card of the last decade, at a reported 575 W TDP. Over on X, leaker hongxing2020 reported the power consumption of the RTX 5090 in a cryptic tweet, and well-regarded leaker kopite7kimi replied…
Marvel Rivals community manager announced this morning that it has accidentally flagged a whole load of innocent players as cheaters and, as a result, banned their accounts all because of a mix-up in operating systems. “Recently, we’ve received feedback from players regarding an issue where some individuals playing in compatibility layer programs have been mistakenly…
Ken Levine, creator of the Bioshock series, has had a bit of a long road to walk in order to release his studio’s upcoming game, Judas. It’s been in development for at least eight years, after Take-Two shut down Irrational Games in 2017 and booted up Ghost Story Games thereafter. We didn’t hear much about…
There’s nothing more terrifying than getting jumped in the backline by an Iron Fist wearing the distorted skin of the adorable Jeff the Shark; I know this because it’s happened to me on more than one occasion. This horrifying apparition isn’t a figure of my imagination but a mod that replaces Iron Fist with Jeff,…
Remember when 144 Hz seemed pretty slick? I mean, it wasn’t that long ago, was it? Well, get a load of this 600 Hz beast from MSI. The MSI MPG 242R X60N will be showcased at CES next week according to TFT Central, and its appeal will be all about that wild 600 Hz refresh….
Berzerk is one of the first video games in the history of the industry to truly live up to its name. A 2D shooter that inspired classic games the likes of Robotron 2084 and Smash TV, it was a massive success in arcades across the United States well before iconic games the likes of Pac-Man,…
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), a yearly speedrunning event raising money for the Prevent Cancer foundation, is ringing in the new year January 5. In case you’re unfamiliar, AGDQ is a yearly charity event that sees speedrunners chewing through a buffet of games, streamed live to an eager audience. It always produces some brilliant spectacles,…
Ryzen’s X3D chips appear to be outselling all of its other chips, and Intel’s latest aren’t even coming close, if sales figures shared by a German retailer are accurate. As reported by Videocardz, the new Ryzen 7 9800X3D is reportedly selling quite well. German retailer Mindfactory reports its sales figures alongside all listings of CPUs,…