The Fridge

DLSS 5 is called ‘DLSS Neural Rendering’ in the NBA 2K27 graphics options, and I think I smell a rebrand of Nvidia’s controversial graphics tech

If you happen to pick up a copy of NBA 2K27, in your eagerness to try out the first official implementation of Nvidia’s DLSS 5 AI image tech, you won’t find it labelled as such in the settings menu. Instead, it appears as a simple on/off toggle under the label “DLSS Neural Rendering.” And while…

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Sick of grinding for upgrade materials like leather and iron in Onimusha: Way of the Sword? Good news: you can buy a lot of them

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest victim of the dreaded AAA videogame disease: Padded Runtime Via Unsatisfying Upgrade Materials. It could be a lot worse: thankfully there’s no level gating in Onimusha that requires you to accrue an arbitrary set of stats before you can tackle a particular quest. It’s not an RPG,…

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Arc Raiders’ executive producer admits its developers ‘couldn’t keep pace with the players’ and their need for content, but promises Frozen Trail as the answer

If there’s one thing you should never underestimate, it’s a gamer’s love for completing little tasks. Whether it’s battle passes, meaningless fetch quests, or in Arc Raiders’ case, its expeditions. There’s just the right amount of dopamine involved for a neuron activation, so you best bet that they’ll rip through them at an unthinkable speed….

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The Blood of Dawnwalker’s mods immediately scrap the time pressure mechanic, which is apparently a dealbreaker for some people

The Blood of Dawnwalker‘s out now—which means that players are getting introduced to its slightly more experimental take on RPG time. For the uninitiated, protagonist Coen has about 30 days and nights to save his family, the ticking clock of which is tracked in the UI. Completing quests, levelling up, and ticking off side-objectives costs…

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