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Ashes of Creation, a kickstarter MMO that recently imploded after it was cancelled and its dev team was laid off, has been revealed to be a hotbed of corporate drama and potential embezzling. First, some context: Back in 2017, Ashes of Creation became one of the most successful Kickstarter projects ever, accruing $3.2 million on…

The humble power button on every desktop, laptop, and handheld gaming PC is nothing more than a device that joins two contacts and nothing more. But have you ever wondered if there was another way—a better way—to fire up your rig every day? What if you could boot your computer using something that is absolutely…

Gentoo Linux has kicked off its long transition away from Microsoft’s GitHub to Codeberg, an open-source git-hosting service run by the Berlin-based non-profit Codeberg e.V (via Phoronix). Which is quite an intimidating series of nouns, but here’s why the average Joe/Jane might find it interesting: Gentoo is specifically migrating away from GitHub because Microsoft just…

It was only a matter of time until the cabin fever started setting in, I suppose, what with all the waiting for Stardew Valley‘s big 1.7 update and Haunted Chocolatier. It’s a similar phenomenon to GTA 6, where the eternal waiting inevitably leads fans to become untethered and start doing wacky things just for the…

If you’re looking forward to Lego Batman and are worried that the whopping 32 GB memory system requirement is too rich for your blood, I’ve got some good news. In a pleasant surprise, that figure has halved, going down to just 16 GB. That’s according to the Lego Batman Steam page, which notes “As part…