AMD said it would “simply be too expensive” and that “games would not benefit.” It was, of course, talking about why it had never launched a dual CCD Ryzen desktop processor with 3D V-Cache on both chiplets. There was no technical barrier, just a matter of pointlessness. And yet here we are, with the Ryzen…
President Donald Trump has had a hot and cold relationship with China over both of his presidencies. But perhaps the strangest era of this relationship came with the explosion of AI. As China aims to become more independent regarding its hardware, Trump is hoping to open it up to American trade. After reports suggested Nvidia…
Cart colours and clarification on Advance HDR ahoy! If you consider yourself to be a seasoned collector of N64 games, then you’ll be aware that not all of them came on the same grey plastic cartridges. Donkey Kong 64, for example, came on a yellow cartridge in the West, while Zelda: Majora’s Mask came on…
The Talos Principle 3, the third and final chapter of one of the least-expected videogame series of all time, was made official today, and much like the jump from the first game to the second, it promises a familiar slate of puzzles wrapped in a very different sort of narrative experience. The teaser doesn’t reveal…
Also cropping up on Switch 1. Natsume has revealed that Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea will be launching at the perfect time to get harvesting. The next Harvest Moon game is coming to both Switch 1 & 2 on 24th September 2026. Pre-orders are open now on Natsume’s official website, with the Switch 2 version…
I don’t doubt there’s some worthwhile application of at least one technology lumped under the monolithic ‘AI’ banner. Unfortunately, big tech’s major players seem preoccupied with reinventing the wheel and introducing an unnecessary agentic twist. Case in point, Google DeepMind’s latest experimental demo attempts to give your humble mouse cursor an AI enhancement. “The mouse…
The number one wishlisted game on Steam is almost here, and as you dive deep into the murky and mysterious waters of Subnautica 2 this week, let me give you one important piece of advice. No, I’m not telling you to monitor your oxygen supply or watch out for sea monsters. I’m saying this: remember…
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that the Bioshock games have some of the best openers in the business—descending down into Rapture for the first time while Andrew Ryan’s hypercapitalist croon asks you if a man is not entitled to the sweat of his brow? Chef’s kiss. Molto bello. Even Infinite, which I have…
This month, outwit the galaxy’s crime syndicates, witness the end of the Wild West era, confront twisted creatures inspired by Nordic folklore, or uncover the secrets of early 20th-century Warsaw. All these titles and more are available in May’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*. Meanwhile, PlayStation Plus Premium welcomes the iconic arcade shooter Time Crisis….
In a nice bit of news for True Linux Patriots everywhere, Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency has dedicated €1.3 million of its Sovereign Tech Fund (about $1.5 million / £1.1 million) to the KDE free and open-source (FOSS) software community (via Phoronix). If you know KDE for anything, you likely know it for its Plasma desktop…