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“History In The Making” – New PS3 Mod Unlocks “Impossible” Levels Of Performance, And Sony Can’t Do Anything About It

“This level of performance was previously impossible on these models”. A new PS3 mod has just been revealed that promises “previously impossible” levels of performance on PS3 Super Slim, Slim 3000 and late 2504 models of Sony’s third PlayStation console. As highlighted by Polish modder @Modyfikator89, this method deploys a full-working Quasi-Custom Firmware / qCFW…

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Intel’s in no hurry to get 14A all tooled up: ‘It does not make sense to build out significant capacity there until we know that we have the customers that will accept that demand’

With the official launch of its new Core Ultra 300-series of processors going very well so far, Intel’s latest process node, 18A, appears to be a successful endeavour. We won’t know for certain until all the benchmarks come out, of course, but regardless of how good it is, Intel isn’t rushing to gear up its…

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Nvidia reportedly cancels partner incentive scheme to sell cards at MSRP, says YouTuber Der8auer, signalling hard times ahead for GPU prices

Facing a worldwide memory shortage crisis and threats of further tariffs, Nvidia has reportedly cancelled its OPP, a program intended to incentivise AIBs to sell its cards at MSRP. If true, and if such a program exists, this means pricing on Nvidia cards is expected to get much worse going forward. This is all according…

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In less than 1 week, Blizzard’s sliced WoW’s transmog costs in half after upset to ‘bring them more in line with what the prices were prior’

If there’s one thing this World of Warcraft player has learnt from this new, post-Shadowlands Blizzard, it is this: While they are a little (okay, a lot) messier, they do tend to move quickly. So quickly in fact that it’s become a bit of a cycle for WoW to have updates where something’s borked—rewards systems,…

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‘There’s no way that’s real’: Marvel Rivals devs send streamer Kingsman free units after he got wrongfully kicked out of a $40,000 Marvel Rivals tournament

The Marvel Rivals esports community was embroiled in new drama over the weekend after a streamer tournament that was originally put on to celebrate and show off the addition of Deadpool to the roster went wrong. The $40k tournament, hosted by BasimZB, started getting traction after Kingsman265_ (the top-ranked Magik player) revealed that he was…

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Hytale wants to ‘achieve ultimate cosy heaven’ by improving farming, cooking, and more with a specialist team

Hytale already scratches that cosy itch somewhat, thanks to its much more intricate decorating than the likes of Minecraft, Stardew Valley, or even Animal Crossing. You’ve got proper furniture, all kinds of trinkets, and even vertical slabs that let you create a lovely, detailed refuge in Orbis. But cosy gamers are ironically a ravenous bunch,…

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After killing its multiplatform mod manager, Nexus revives its spirit with an announcement that its Windows-only app will support SteamOS in future

Cast your mind back to Monday, and you might remember me telling you that the Nexus Mods App—Nexus Mods’ skunkworks mod manager that supported both Windows and Linux/SteamOS—was being Old Yeller’d so the site’s devs could focus entirely on Vortex, its venerable, Windows-only mod wrangler. Nexus promised that it would look into supporting Linux for…

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