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R2-D2 is proof that the humble astromech droid is the unsung hero of the galaxy far, far away. During every climactic space battle, bombing run, and ill-considered marriage between dignitary and warrior monk, there was a heroic animate trashcan nearby guiding the course of history. Star Wars wouldn’t be the same without the astromech’s nobility…

Final Fantasy 14‘s had its age rating in Japan increased—and it might be because people can’t stop taking sexy pictures of their catgirls. Alright, that’s not literally the reason, but it’s potentially a root cause. In a recent blog post, Square Enix explained that the long-standing MMO would be increasing its age rating—which is called…

AMD has announced a new X3D processor, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, set to launch on April 22. This chip will have 3D V-Cache on both of its eight-core chiplets, something we’ve not seen before. Though don’t expect this to mean twice the gaming performance—far from it. “Together,” AMD Computing and Graphics SVP…

It always felt a little odd to me in Dying Light: The Beast that Kyle Crane could arrive in the little town of Castor Woods, spend all his spare time stomping and slashing thousand zombies into goop… and have essentially no effect on anything. Every time Kyle steps out of Town Hall, the plaza is…

Our hands-on preview of Star Wars Zero Company might’ve left us convinced that it’s more than just Star Wars XCOM, but just like with clone troopers and bounty hunters, there’s clearly some crucial DNA being shared. As with XCOM, Zero Company’s rogue padawans and plucky astromechs will risk permadeath whenever they take the field. While…

World of Warcraft: Midnight is one of the most ambitious expansions in the game’s 20-year history, and I don’t entirely mean that as a compliment. Blizzard is taking its biggest swings in years, and sometimes Midnight whiffs—but just as often this expansion smashes it, dosing you with a hit of pure refined nostalgia in the…

US senator Bernie Sanders has announced a new bill calling for a pause on the construction of new data centers in the United States, alongside Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The AI Data Center Moratorium Act aims to buy time for US lawmakers to put into place regulations around AI and AI data center expansion, taking…

Last week I reported on data from JPR claiming that gaming PC sales are booming and that the high end of the market is going gangbusters, in particular. Now a different research outfit is predicting that overall PC sales will be down by 5% in 2026. So what, exactly, is going on? The new report…

Weeks after my visit to Bit Reactor, I can still distinctly remember every mission from my four and a half hours of hands-on time. It nails the XCOM specialty of combat that leaves you with stories, like when I used Jedi Padawan Tel-Rea Vokoss to force pull a guy into an exploding barrel, blowing up…

Arc Raiders’ upcoming Flashpoint update launches on March 31, less than a week from now. For this Embark has promised players a new map condition, arc threat, player project, and a Scrappy update. Despite being just days away we haven’t heard too much about the free update, with the latest detail drop teasing the migration…