Asus is now implementing ‘strategic price adjustments’ and retailers are already hiking prices for laptops from other brands

If there’s one great thing about this year’s CES, it’s that it’s been a nice distraction from all the memory crisis-induced hardware pricing doom and gloom. Admittedly, it’s given us its own share of mild gloom with its own expensive products and relentless focus on AI, but that’s by-the-by. Now the main excitement is out…

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Embark CEO says Arc Raiders ‘should do more with the trading part of the game’ and he’s right

Arc Raiders was one of last year’s nicest surprises, a chilled PvEvP extraction shooter that’s constantly surprising, challenging, and… well, OK, it’s got one problem for me. It’s on the crafting and upgrades side. I hate inventory management and Arc Raiders is particularly bad at it: You’re constantly bottlenecked on upgrades by a shortage of…

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Embark CEO says ‘it would be fun’ to have an Arc Raiders TV show or movie after receiving multiple offers, but it’s not in the cards right now

When I’m playing Arc Raiders, one of the things I’m most struck by is just how cinematic it is. I’m creeping through sand-swept streets at night as gunshots ring out in the distance and flares start flying, then all of a sudden a Rocketeer starts hounding me in and out of houses, and I narrowly…

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Arc Raider’s defining feature, according to Embark’s CEO, is all the odd player interactions: ‘We did not expect people to take on roles of Defender of the Swamp’

I’m a fan of extraction shooters, sure, but I’ve never liked one as much as Arc Raiders. Now, Embark Studios has made the notoriously difficult sub-genre slightly easier with more forgiving death penalties, plentiful loot, and nicer lobbies, but the standout feature for me is undoubtedly the social element. I’ve encountered bloodthirsty raiders who’d fit…

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Todd Howard didn’t want Deathclaws to be ‘just another creature’ in Fallout Season 2, and from I’ve seen so far they’re just as terrifying as I remember

We’re on week four of Fallout season 2, and what a ride it’s been so far. We’ve seen classified locations, some old-school Fallout spots, and finally found out one of Fallout’s oldest mysteries. But the episode brings something better: Deathclaws. Fans of the games have been waiting to see a Deathclaw in the series since…

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