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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Singleplayer Elden Ring Nightreign is no longer hell to play, but it’s still a compromised game of 30-minute boss runbacks

I am Mr. Antisocial Souls⁠—I don’t play many multiplayer games in general, and FromSoft’s offerings have always been, for me, private affairs. So I’m just as surprised as anyone that Elden Ring Nightreign‘s multiplayer focus has really hooked me. I still thought I’d be playing solo at least half the time until I realized that…

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Trial begins in France this week for 3 former Ubisoft executives facing accusations of ‘moral and sexual harassment’

Trial begins this week at France’s Bobigny Criminal Court for a trio of former Ubisoft executives, according to French news service Franceinfo (Google Translated). Former chief creative officer Serge Hascoët, former vice president of editorial and creative services Tommy François, and former game director Guillaume Patrux face allegations of “moral and sexual harassment” following reports…

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Forget Divinity: Original Sin 3: For its Baldur’s Gate 3 follow-up, I implore Larian to revisit its okayest game

Larian is a certifiable CRPG rockstar right now, having taken the once-niche genre to chart-topping blockbuster status with home runs like Divinity: Original Sin 2 and the superlative Baldur’s Gate 3. A lot of people, myself included, started gnawing the bars of their enclosure last year in anticipation of Baldur’s Gate 4, an idea Larian…

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