Split Fiction review

Need to know What is it? A world-hopping co-op adventure with a pair of aspiring authors. Release date March 6, 2025 Expect to pay $50/£40 Developer Hazelight Studios Publisher EA Reviewed on RTX 4090, Intel i9-13900k, 32GB RAM Steam Deck Verified Link Official site Split Fiction sets a relentless pace—one that it maintains throughout the…

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Saying what we’re probably all thinking, Zotac cautions, ‘Do not use third-party cables, angled adapters, or other cable accessories’

If you’ve just picked yourself up a shiny new RTX 50 series card, or plan on shopping for one the second they go back in stock, don’t ruin that upgrade with third-party cables, warns computer hardware company Zotac. Zotac, known for making mini PCs, graphics cards, and handhelds, tried to avoid selling to scalpers by…

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Knights in Tight Spaces review

Need to Know What is it? A clever roguelike deckbuilder about fantasy fistfighting. Release date March 4, 2025Expect to pay TBCDeveloper Ground ShatterPublisher Raw FuryReviewed on Gigabyte G5, ASUS Rog AllySteam Deck PlayableLink Official site Fights in Tight Spaces was a turn-based John Wick deckbuilder. Sounds ridiculous, but amazingly, it worked. Each turn you had…

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ASRock Z890 Taichi Lite review

For over two decades, ASRock has been designing and manufacturing motherboards for desktop PCs, workstations, and servers. The first use of the model name Taichi appeared in 2016 with the X99 Taichi, and since then, every new chipset released has been given the Taichi treatment. As part of ASRock’s motherboard range for Intel Core Ultra…

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This DIY ‘infinite contrast’ screen uses an old projector in a seriously clever way and makes monitors with full-array dimming look like absolute garbage

I’ve yet to see an LCD monitor with local dimming that I thought was any good. But I have now seen a DIY LCD display with an incredibly clever projector-based backlight solution that demonstrates why so-called HDR monitors with full-array local dimming are, in fact, complete crap. Of course, it’s top-notch YouTube channel DIY Perks…

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 3 has been delayed, as the devs say they’re ‘taking the time to deliver a great experience’ for what will be a ‘big moment’ for Call of Duty

It’s a big month for Call of Duty, what with Black Ops 6 Season 3 gearing up for launch and Warzone’s fifth anniversary next week. But with all of this comes a ton of pressure, which it seems like the devs are feeling as Call of Duty announces that Season 3 has been delayed by…

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Founders Edition review

There’s a shadow hanging over the new Nvidia RTX 5070. It’s a shadow that’s dulling the glint off every one of the new RTX Blackwell card’s edges and, for once, it’s a shadow that’s only tangentially related to the brutal price gouging that has become the regular coda for this latest GPU generation. The shadow…

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Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chip rumoured to pack 18 cores and a new CPU architecture, but we’re still waiting for gaming to really be a goer on the original Snapdragon X

Back when Qualcomm first announced the Snapdragon X Arm-based chip for PC, it made big claims about gaming prowess, including supposedly “testing and optimising” the chip with no fewer than 1,200 games. Well, we’re still waiting for gaming on Arm to be a real goer, but apparently Qualcomm already has a follow-up chip coming, the…

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How to farm materials in Monster Hunter Wilds

If you’re looking for a faster way to farm materials in Monster Hunter Wilds, have I got a mechanic for you. Material Retrieval is a feature that you can unlock once you arrive in High Rank and complete the main story. After helping out the people of the Forbidden Lands so much, they decide to…

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uBlock and a handful of other popular Google Chrome extensions have been axed overnight, but some of them just require turning off and on again

With the introduction of Manifest V3, Google’s latest extensions software, some Chrome extensions have been removed from its Web Store. This includes the popular ad blocker uBlock. However, for most removed extensions, the easiest way to get them back is just to turn them back on again. Today, Manifest V3 rolled out in an attempt…

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