Finding Darkbringer in Crimson Desert gives you a great-looking two-handed sword—perfect if you’re claymore-minded and want something a little more interesting than Rhett’s Longsword or the Balton Longsword. Darkbringer is also a really powerful weapon in its own right, because, unlike the Soul Spear, say, its powerful ability is a detachable Abyss Gear that fires…
Sony PlayStation lead system architect Mark Cerny has done an in-depth interview with Digital Foundry. The full discussion isn’t out yet, but a few very interesting tidbits have been released regarding Sony’s latest PSSR upscaling technology for the PlayStation 5 Pro, the related Project Amethyst collaboration with AMD, and how that all ties in with…
Asus took the opportunity at CES 2026 earlier this year to unveil two shiny new keyboards: the fast, Hall effect ROG Falchion Ace 75 HE that’s focused squarely at gamers; and the one I’ve had in front of me for the last couple of weeks, the ROG Strix Morph 96 Wireless. This is a keyboard…
Given Nvidia’s status as the world’s most valuable company, and the firm sitting at the forefront of the AI boom, I doubt CEO Jensen Huang has many regrets. Still, in a recent appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast, Huang confirmed that his future could have looked very different if he’d accepted a position as the…
Epic Games has laid off more than 1,000 employees. CEO Tim Sweeney says the company is still “spending significantly more” than it’s making as a result of an ongoing slump in Fortnite engagement that began in 2025, which has necessitated “major cuts to keep the company funded.” Sweeney said some of the problems facing Epic…
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is set to receive its second DLC next month, and with an all new trailer we’ve had a little look at what exactly is in store. Called City Town, the DLC will whisk us away from Friendship Island to a bright, new location where we get to build a town from…
Winning the battle, losing the (trade) war. Rewind the clock back to early April 2025. Gamers in the United States are eager to get their hands on a Switch 2 and are waiting on tenterhooks to lodge their pre-orders. But, as he tends to do, Donald Trump threw a spanner in the works. On 2nd…
Enter the Nexus. Evercade maker Blaze has just teased a new piece of hardware called the ‘Evercade Nexus’. Adopting a similar approach to the one used when the company announced its Evercade Alpha series of bartop arcades, Blazed has teased nothing but a name and predictably triggering plenty of speculation. Read the full article on…
I’ll admit one thing to you right now: I don’t like in-ear headphones. I never really have. They just don’t feel right in my ears for longer than an hour or so. Maybe it’s because I’ve never been keen on the idea of having a piece of silicon shoved in my ear to listen to…
You unlock the Root’s End puzzle in Crimson Desert after completing Abyss Without Balance and continuing along the skybridge and floating islands eastwards. This tricky trial in the sky begins with a few simple jumps between platforms—easy enough. But then you need to traverse a block bridge that moves from side to side, requiring you…