PC Gaming
It’s the fall of 2022, and everyone is reacting to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 open beta. Infinity Ward’s reboot sequel made a lot of movement changes that seemed subtle, but angered a lot of folks. The idea was to make Call of Duty more deliberate and consistent by slowing down the action:…
Thanks to a dysfunctional relationship with my own bones and muscles, I accepted from a very young age that I wasn’t ever going to be much of a golfer. Golf games, however, I’ve believed myself to be pretty good at, having achieved mastery over the subtle arts of pressing A when the meters make you…
Valve put the price of the newly-restocked Steam Deck through the roof yesterday, jacking the cost of the 1TB model to $949, a kidney-punch increase of nearly 50%. Ain’t nobody buying Steam Decks at that price, I thought to myself in the immediate aftermath of the price hike, and as with so many things, I…
Role queueing as a tank in 5v5 Overwatch requires you to have three things: the mental fortitude of a monk, the siteline knowledge of a OWCS player, and a heart of gold, because good lord can this role feel hellish. That is partially because a good tank can make and break your team, more so…
We’re continually warned about the prospect of AI-generated malware these days, but there is one important factor working in our favour: sometimes, it’s kinda rubbish. Ox Security researchers have discovered an info-stealing malicious npm package called mouse5212-super-formatter, designed to target Claude users. The nasty little blighter reached 676 downloads before being unmasked, after the apparently…
One of the biggest questions surrounding Subnautica 2 isn’t about the game at all, but rather the typically dull, staid business side of its development: When is Krafton going to eat that whopper of a bonus it promised Unknown World principals Ted Gill, Max McGuire, and Charlie Cleveland when it acquired the studio in 2021?…
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok and video editing app CapCut, is developing its own CPUs in a bid to better support its AI infrastructure. Given the AI industry’s hunger for silicon, it’s hardly surprising another massive tech company is taking hardware into its own hands. Several external partners have already been approached with regard to…
Crack open the King James and turn to Isiah 6:2 and you’ll find the following: “Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.” Biblically accurate Angles are—so the memes suggest—supposed to be terrifying. So…
So, Intel has announced its new chips for handheld gaming PCs, the Intel Arc G-Series. And you know what? They’re probably going to be pretty good given they’re basically versions of the well-received Panther Lake processor. In fact, they could well be the fastest handheld chips on the market. Well, at least at launch. There…
When a new tech startup promises something akin to a revolution, it’s hard not to be a little cynical these days. But even if the claims aren’t fully realised, it will still be darn cool watching a complex circuit come to life, with rivers of liquid metal flowing between the components. That’s essentially what Itera…