This spectacular GB202 die shot shows just how massive Nvidia’s RTX 5090 GPU is but it’s not the largest chip it’s ever shoehorned into a gaming graphics card

With Nvidia’s RTX 50 series launch at CES earlier this month and all the subsequent reviews of the RTX 5090, especially in-depth ones like our Dave’s, laying out all the specifications, we all know that the biggest Blackwell chip is one seriously big GPU. And thanks to a new die shot of the processor, we…

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‘Rocket’s devastated’: Marvel Rivals player who took on the daunting task of rising to GM without doing any damage accidentally fumbles the ball right before Celestial

Last week, a Marvel Rivals player known as NoDmgRocket announced that they managed to climb all the way up to GrandMaster without dealing a single shred of damage. But just before they reached the next rank, Celestial, a tragic accident happened: they dealt damage. Marvel Rivals tier list: Best characters for each roleMarvel Rivals ranks:…

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Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap

Need to know What is it? A co-op roguelite tower defense/third-person shooter hybrid.Release date: January 28, 2025Developer: Robot EntertainmentPublisher: Robot EntertainmentReviewed on: Windows 11, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, Intel Core i7-12700F, 16GB RAMSteam Deck: PlayableMultiplayer?: YesLink: Official site If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That mantra could apply to horde shooters in general—demonstrating…

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Microsoft wants to ‘recruit your squad’ in the latest unbidden Game Pass ad on your Windows Settings homepage. Also, it might crash

The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build (22635.4805) has been rolling out for some, and Microsoft’s blog proudly lists the changes. Among them is the announcement that Game Pass Ultimate and regular Game Pass subscribers will see a new card on the Settings homepage encouraging you to share a 14-day free trial of PC Game…

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Swamped with 1,500+ LinkedIn invitations in 24 hours, the manager at Palworld’s new publishing arm ‘underestimated how much interest there would be’

Palworld’s developer Pocketpair, not being slowed down by Nintendo’s lawsuit, has gone and opened a publishing arm. Pocketpair Publishing, which already has a horror game made by Surgent Studios in the works, is up, running, and taking inquiries. The studio’s publishing manager and communications director, who goes by Bucky, recently posted to X that things…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Monday, January 27

Make sure you use our Wordle tips to help you fine-tune your guesses for the January 27 (1318) puzzle, or take a quick look at Monday’s clue if you’d like a more direct hint. Don’t panic if those green letters still haven’t turned up either, because today’s answer is waiting below just for you. I…

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Avowed’s newly-revealed character creation backgrounds tripped my RPG sicko radar, offering funky fantasies like ‘Noble Scion,’ ‘Court Augur,’ and ‘Vanguard Scout’

First spotted by TheGamer, in a recent thread on X, “The Everything App,” Obsidian showed off the character creator for its upcoming first person RPG, Avowed. In addition to demonstrating the gamut of appearance options like rainbow hair or mushroom frills, Obsidian also revealed all five potential character backgrounds coming to the game: Arcane Scholar…

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One mad modder has massacred the Steam Deck, folding it into a ‘Steam Brick’ with ‘no screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense’

Gaming handhelds are probably getting too big⁠—the massive lad that is the Acer Nitro Blaze 2 being a perfect example⁠—but how far would you be willing to go to make one fit in your backpack? DIYer crastinator-pro created the Steam Brick, a Steam Deck that has no mouth and it must scream, but I’m weirdly…

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Nvidia is winding down developer support for 9 and 10-series graphics cards, but they’ll likely keep getting driver updates for a while yet

First reported by Tom’s Hardware, the patch notes for the latest update to Nvidia’s CUDA Toolkit state that support for the Maxwell and Pascall architectures⁠—GTX 9 and 10-series cards⁠—will be deprecated in an upcoming update. Those cards will still be getting GeForce driver updates, and while Nvidia has not yet announced for how long, we…

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