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Marvel Rivals’ devs like throwing in curveballs ‘to make the roster more interesting,’ meaning we’ll probably get more characters like Squirrel Girl and Jeff the Land Shark

Marvel Rivals’ roster is currently 37 heroes, all from various Marvel comics. There are a healthy mix of icons like Thor, Punisher, and Black Widow, as well as a more niche heroes who’ve never gotten the MCU treatment like Magik, Squirrel Girl, and Jeff the Land Shark. While NetEase plans to keep on adding fan…

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This Redditor rocked up to Best Buy and bought an RTX 4060 gaming PC for cheaper than its extended warranty, saving $1,195 and their friend from buying a console

Every now and then the universe grants me an opportunity to flex either my resentment or my sympathetic joy muscles, to say ‘wow, congratulations’ or ‘why are you so lucky’? This is certainly one of those moments. Yesterday, I was confronted by a Redditor claiming to have received a $1,195 (93%) discount for a gaming…

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‘We balance for fun, first and foremost’: Marvel Games’ executive producer discusses Marvel Rivals’ priorities and why competitive balancing comes second

Marvel Rivals has already established itself as one of the go-to hero shooters, but unlike most other options, there’s less of an onus placed on competitive balancing—instead, NetEase is more focused on making the game as fun as possible. “So every character we balance for fun, first and foremost, as in if the character is…

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Nvidia’s GTC keynote inevitably went all in on AI but I’m definitely here for the Isaac GR00T robots

Yesterday, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang addressed the crowd at the company’s global artificial intelligence conference. Naturally, the keynote had a strong focus on Nvidia’s future delving into AI technologies, including the current Blackwell processing architecture and beyond. Huang even touched on things like the use of AI in robotics, but with Nvidia stock prices continuing…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Wednesday, March 19

However much—or little—help you need with Wednesday’s Wordle, we’ve got something here that can help. Keep things light with our general tips, or get something more specific with our clue for the March 19 (1369) puzzle. Still need more? You’ve got it. The answer to today’s Wordle is never more than a quick click or…

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Nvidia’s expanded Zorah demo tells us how AI is the future of graphics: ‘There’s no rasterization going on at all. This is all ray traced and the amazing part is that it’s actually faster than rasterizing’

At this year’s GDC event, Nvidia showed off an updated version of its Zorah demo from the GeForce RTX 50-series launch, with changes including controls that allowed one to view the scenes to see features such as RTX Mega Geometry in full action. In a panel discussion about the demo and everything neural rendering, Nvidia…

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