Elden Ring Nightreign is finally getting Duo Expeditions as FromSoftware caves into pleas from players who can only find one other friend to match with

Elden Ring Nightreign has had a slightly tumultuous launch, at least for a FromSoftware game. Despite achieving a monumental 2 million copies sold in just the first 24 hours, Nightreign also had a somewhat poor reception, with it garnering Mixed user reviews on Steam (though it’s since picked up to Mostly Positive). Since then, FromSoftware…

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I tried the ‘oops, all status effects’ Executor loadout in Elden Ring Nightreign that turns his starting katana into a god-killing uber-sword—shockingly, it’s pretty good

Most of my time playing Elden Ring Nightreign has involved scrambling to piece together a good build out of the garbage the game gives me—I don’t have good luck in roguelikes, you see. If I need a four in Balatro, I won’t get one. But last night, cackling with glee as my starting sword gave…

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The world’s biggest chip maker TSMC says it still can’t keep up with demand for AI hardware despite tariff uncertainty

Uncertainty thanks to wildly fluctuating tariffs might be making it hard to predict how much your next graphics card is going to cost. But apparently it hasn’t stopped Taiwanese chip fab TSMC from cranking out as many GPUs as humanly possible. Speaking at TSMC’s annual shareholder’s meeting today (via Reuters), CEO C.C. Wei said tariffs…

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Nvidia’s new Arm-based APU rumoured to launch in an Alienware laptop later this year with RTX 4070 mobile performance and ‘breakthrough’ power efficiency

Nvidia’s long-rumoured APU for gaming laptops didn’t emerge at the recent Computex show. But now there’s talk that it could appear by the end of the year powering a new Alienware laptop and offer gaming performance on par with a RTX 4070 mobile GPU while consuming barely more than half the power. According to a…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Tuesday, June 3

We’ve got a clue for today’s Wordle all typed up and ready to help you win Tuesday’s puzzle, designed to nudge you in the right direction without instantly giving the game away. You could also use it right at the start if you like, to supercharge your opening line. And don’t worry if those green…

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Torchlight 3 studio Echtra Games, acquired by Zynga in 2021 to help it move into PC and console gaming, is being closed without doing that

Four years after acquiring the studio, Zynga has confirmed with IGN that Torchlight 3 developer Echtra Games is being closed. “Zynga has made the difficult decision to cease operations at its Echtra studio, ending development on future titles and reducing roles,” the company told the site. “This decision is part of a strategic realignment of…

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