Arc Raiders’ old machine designs sound so diabolical, it’s no wonder they were reworked or removed after poor playtest feedback: ‘At that time, they didn’t fit with the game very well’

I don’t think anyone had it on their bingo cards that Arc Raiders‘ machine design and AI would be so good that people would fervently demand a PvE mode in an extraction shooter. If you did, then good for you, I guess. But it wasn’t always that way, not least because the team was flip-flopping…

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2 years after its announcement, FF14’s monster-taming Beastmaster job finally arrives this year, along with what looks like a Slay the Spire-esque roguelike mode

Final Fantasy 14‘s next big patch, 7.5, will be dropping next month—and in subsequent updates will be adding Beastmaster to the game. Players have been waiting a long time for this’un. Given Square’s propensity to announce almost everything in an expansion before its launch, we’ve known about Beastmaster since (checks notes) two entire years ago….

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“War Is Not A Video Game” – White House Social Media Post Mixing Iran War Footage With Nintendo’s ‘Wii Sports’ Triggers Outcry

“This has ruined my perception of the Nintendo brand”. The White House social media account is no stranger to leveraging video game imagery in its messaging, and has already used the likes of Pokémon and Halo without permission – almost always resulting in the IP holders of those franchises publicly distancing themselves from the accompanying…

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How Implementing Enterprise Search Software Transforms Information Management? 03/13

In an era where data is king, the explosion of information within organizations has made the search and retrieval process increasingly complex. Studies show that knowledge workers spend about 20% of their time searching for information; a clear indicator that efficient information management is a necessity, not a luxury. Enterprise search software emerges as a…

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It’s been 25 years since my jaw first dropped at 3DMark2001’s Nature test but hoo boy, have 3D graphics changed since then

A quarter of a century ago, Finnish software company MadOnion released its third iteration of a certain benchmark tool called 3DMark, and together with the launch of Nvidia’s GeForce 3 series of graphics cards, 3DMark2001 showcased the potential of shaders in DirectX-powered games. For myself, it was the start of a period in my life…

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‘GeForce 3 was such a transition for us’: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang looks back on 25 years of the classic graphics card

Launching in 2001, Nvidia’s GeForce 3 series marked an important step for Nvidia, according to CEO Jensen Huang. In a YouTube video, Huang celebrates the 25-year anniversary by waxing lyrical about the card and what it means for the company. “GeForce 3 was such a transition for us,” Huang says. “We introduced really the first…

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