‘What a slap in the face’: Battlefield 2042 players are raging about the ‘Road to Battlefield 6’ battle pass after a purchasable tier skip function is added

Ever since the Battlefield 6 beta weekends ended, there’s been a defib-sized hole in my heart. While we don’t have long to wait now for the official release, there are still some players out there, like me, trying to find ways to scratch the itch, and many have landed in Battlefield 2042. Battlefield 2042 is…

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If you’ve ever wanted a roguelike with clever autobattler build-crafting that also looks like if Jim Henson had a particularly disturbing cheese dream, Flask is the game for you

The clever thing about Flask is that it’s a game about weird magical potions, and it also looks like the hallucinations you’d have if you drank one. Just announced for a 2026 release, the game brings together elements of roguelikes and autobattlers with a brilliantly weird, gross visual style created by artist John Kenn Mortensen….

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Naya Create review

This is a review that should have appeared at least two months ago, as I’ve had a Naya Create ergonomic keyboard on my desk since the end of June. However, for reasons that will become clear shortly, the journey between first opening the box and the publication of this review has been faltering and difficult….

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Intel reshuffle puts engineering and ‘a new custom silicon business’ in the spotlight but also ends a 30-year career at Intel for Product CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus

Things are, once again, all shake-up at Intel. After a new CEO, tons of layoffs, an increased focus on the Foundry side of the business, and other changes, Intel is sticking on-brand and making even more changes, this time to executive leadership. And while the biggest news for many might be that Intel Products CEO…

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‘The shining star of losers everywhere’ who inspired one of Umamusume’s most popular horse girls has passed away

It’s a sad day for horse girl enjoyers everywhere. Japaneses racehorse Haru Urara—dubbed “the shining star of losers everywhere” and whose personality and storyline was transformed into an anime horse waifu in Umamusume: Pretty Derby—has passed away at the age of 29. The news was broken by Japanese outlet Friday Digital, with a representative for…

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Nvidia’s CFO says there’s still ‘a little geopolitical situation that we need to work through’ before shipping its AI GPUs to China, but it’s ‘a $2 billion to $5 billion potential opportunity’

Nvidia’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, Collette Kress, spoke yesterday at the Goldman Sachs Communicopea event about a variety of topics, including a discussion of its recent financial results and the ongoing situation regarding its dealings with China. When asked for an update on demand for its H20 AI GPU in the country,…

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