An Overwatch bug which allowed you to crash the game by typing in chat has been fixed, so don’t make Blizzard regret letting you talk again: ‘That bug accidentally made OW a safe place’

Usually, Overwatch‘s bugs are pretty harmless—like Ramattra’s occasionally wonky Nemesis form—but there have been some game-breaking ones lately. Just a week or two ago, progression systems were completely borked, with Blizzard issuing apology lootboxes and event items to all. Frustrating as it was, it was nowhere near as game-breaking as yesterday’s discovery. Quite literally, in…

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New Intel graphics driver claims a remarkable 35% performance boost for Panther Lake’s nifty little iGPU in Witcher 3 at 1080p

Intel is making some eye-popping claims for its latest graphics driver release for Arc graphics. According to the official release notes, the Intel Core Ultra series 3—otherwise known as Panther Lake—benefits from a fully 35% uplift in Witcher 3 performance. Specifically, that’s 35% when running at 1080p High, which should be a pretty relevant setting…

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Nvidia reports a truly astonishing $193.7 billion in annual data center revenue in its latest earnings call, up 75% year on year, while little old gaming brought in $16 billion

Nvidia has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year, and they make for some pretty astounding figures. Total revenue for the quarter was reported as $68 billion, up 73% year-over-year, but the real headline news is the annual data center revenue: $193.7 billion. That’s a 68% increase year-over-year, and the sort…

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