Three years ago, AMD introduced a new type of CPU core for its Zen 4 microarchitecture. The idea behind them was to reduce the amount of die space taken up by a regular core, so that more of them could be packed into a chiplet. The compact design is now a staple part of the…
A secret music player containing over 20 unused tracks. HyperMegaTech Super Pocket handheld Rare Edition launched this month, giving fans of the legendary British developer another way in which to experience 14 of the studio’s classic titles, including Banjo Kazooie. But what you might not know is that it actually comes with a pretty incredible…
The story of JRPG music begins in that same ironic place so many JRPG stories begin, with Final Fantasy for the NES in 1987. After initially being thrown into the game without much explanation, the four warriors of light are rewarded with a bridge to take them further on their quest. But it’s not just…
Still the King? It’s been 14 years since Tekken last showed up on a Nintendo console. Yet despite supporting the Wii U and 3DS with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken 3D: Prime Edition, Bandai Namco has yet to grace the Switch 1 or 2 with a new entry or port. Enter Hamster. The company’s…
“We aim to launch two types of hardware”. We’ve been speaking exclusively to Işık Şekercigil, the man behind the recently reported revival of The 3DO Company, and he tells Time Extension that one of his long-term goals is to return to the hardware arena that originally birthed the brand. Back in the early ’90s, The…
In a remarkably strange statement at a recent California State Senate hearing over the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921, California’s Stop Killing Games-endorsed bill to compel publishers to provide ways to keep playing discontinued games), a representative of the Entertainment Software Association declared private servers for the likes of Minecraft and Call of Duty…
Hardware development, much like games, is all about iteration. So, it’s fair to say we wouldn’t have the Steam Machine without the Steam Deck. We recently spoke to Valve engineers Yazan Aldehayyat and Pierre-Loup Griffais, and asked them whether they felt Valve’s ongoing work on the Steam Deck meant there’d be less to fix with…
Apologies for yet another downbeat post about PC component shortages. But you don’t often get insight from as significant a player—and one with quite the same track record for a certain brand of transparency—as Valve. It turns out the problem for the company regarding memory and storage for the new Steam Machine hasn’t just been…
Rumours of its resurrection rumbled away for months, but Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB graphics card has indeed been churned out from fresh runs of GPU production lines, with models hitting retailers’ shelves in Germany. However, if you were hoping to pick up a cheap, older-generation card with lots of VRAM, then you’re going…
Preem. Netflix has released a new trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, the second season in the critically-acclaimed animated series. Directed by Kai Ikarashi with Bartosz Sztybor serving as writer, producer, and showrunner, Edgerunners 2 will release in Autumn 2026 and will feature an entirely new cast of characters. The story is said to be darker…