PC Gaming
There’s nothing new about a processor architecture being ‘refreshed’, as AMD and Intel have been doing this for years, but where you’d normally expect a particular SKU line to get nothing more than some minor clock speed bumps and a sparkly new badge, Intel has done things a little differently for its Core Ultra 200S…
For the refresh of its Arrow Lake-based desktop processor range, Intel has released just two new chips: the brilliant Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and this one, the equally brilliant $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. Apologies for throwing in a review spoiler right at the start like that, but if you’ve already seen the…
During my weekly scour of Steam for new cosy games I came across Cat Parents, an indie game where players collect stray cats and look after them. You clean the cats up, feed them, and even change your home to accommodate your growing clowder of cats. I saw it and immediately thought: that’s a bit…
For many years of back-and-forth between Intel and AMD, one thing has remained pretty certain: if you want platform longevity, you stick with the latter, because Intel changes sockets faster than I get through a pack of Leibniz butterkeks (very fast). But perhaps not for much longer, because Intel’s Enthusiast Channel VP and GM, Robert…
Solving the Azure Moon Labyrinth puzzle in Crimson Desert is quite elaborate if you do it the proper way. You first have to find the correct path to enter the labyrinth, then notice a mural painted on one of the walls, and then track down five trees across the Pororin Forest to work on which…
Fantasy RPG fans have been spoilt for choice over the last few years, so much so you’d perhaps be forgiven for not getting to Crimson Desert—affectionately described by some as the ‘yes, and’ of videogames—any time soon. Well, for those gaming on Intel hardware, that may be just as well. Last week, we attempted to…
The older I get, the more I realise that I have many weakness: Cups of tea, cats, and cosy games that make me feel like my life is in order, for starters. I ftear through cosy games like Unpacking and A Little to the Left like it’s my last day on Earth. The only problem…
Completing Close Threat in Crimson Desert is the final stage in the Extinguishing the Last Flames quest. During the other steps, you’ll have traveled around Hernand at the behest of Shakatu, questioning suspects and gathering potential evidence, all to prove who sold the guild out to the bandits. For the last stage, you have to…
Crimson Desert’s hit the public and, as I suspected, has buckled a bit under its own weight. It’s a charming but messy complex of systems in dire need of some quality-of-life brushups—and while some of Pearl Abyss’ design choices going into launch are a little baffling, it’s at least fixing some of them. The full…
Occasionally, there’s some Windows news that gives a little glimmer of hope for the operating system. A recent statement from Microsoft, however, does not mark such an occasion—not because it’s bad, but rather because, for a change, it offers far better than a mere glimmer. This is Microsoft actually promising to deliver on all the…