PC Gaming
I’ve used dummy RAM kits before. Usually, a pair of DIMMs that contain no memory chips is simply acting as a shell to match other functioning DIMMs in the remaining slots, often with RGB lighting to match. They’re hella satisfying, I must admit, but, ultimately, needless. That’s what I thought this V-color announcement was all…
At their core, sims are hedonistic little squirrels constantly meeting their needs one moment at a time without any ability to think through a sequence of actions. That’s by design, one Sims 4 developer says, but he always wanted sims to have a more thoughtful approach to their own lives when left to their own…
We reported recently that the US government may cap exports of Nvidia’s H200 chip to China. But for that cap to be meaningful, China would need to approve imports of H200 in the first place. According to multiple sources, that has now happened. Both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal report that Chinese authorities have…
Charlie Cox, an actor best known for his work as Matt Murdock otherwise known as Daredevil in Marvel’s TV series Daredevil has recently made his way into the world of videogames. He voiced Gustave, a major part in one of last year’s most successful games, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He’d made it clear a few…
There are just some things that lend themselves to being great villains. There’s snakes and Brits (aren’t they the same thing, aha!) but there’s also been the long-used theme of an artificial intelligence that gains sentience and then immediately realises that humans suck, and so tries to do away with us all. We’ve had infamous…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has responded to the widespread criticism of DLSS 5. Nvidia’s new generation of upscaling technology majors on AI-enhanced lighting but also introduces generative AI at the geometry and asset level and can result in dramatic changes to the look of character models in particular. And that has many observers up in…
There’s been a test of loyalty embedded into Overwatch since the new season began. And no, I’m not talking about endorsements. Alongside other limited-time events like the Hello Kitty and friends or Project YorHa, we’ve had the weekly Conquest competition where players either pledged their allegiance to Overwatch or Talon. We went through some highs…
We finally have games taking full advantage of the speed of a solid state drive and, bam! Shader compilation. Games require a whole lot of custom code, in the form of shaders, in order to look as good as they do these days. This code needs to be available at short notice, and often compiled…
The big news out of Starfield right now is the Free Lanes update, a patch that will finally let players fly between planets in a system by activating a “cruise mode”, as well as adding a bunch of quality-of-life improvements, upgrades, and a pet. But Bethesda also took the opportunity to tease an upcoming story…
Death Stranding 2 is now available to preload on Steam, but someone got more than a bundle of encrypted files early Tuesday—a pre-release version of Kojima Productions’ delivery sim has leaked, and is now making the rounds on piracy websites two days before release. According to a piracy-focused subreddit, the leak came via Steam, where…