Playing a murderous ratman in this newly-announced Warhammer platformer is my penance for bisecting thousands of Skaven over the years

While I’ve carved through the ratman masses by the thousands in Vermintide, Total War, and other Warhammer-licensed games over the years, I’ve always been charmed by the Skaven. Maybe it’s that their villainy—borne out of the cannibalistic pressures of the clanrat’s innumerable gnawing peers and his proximity to radioactive hell-rocks—has a more material logic than…

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AMD is investing $10 billion+ into Taiwan tech to ‘accelerate next-gen AI infrastructure’, with some fancy new toys on the way

Just in case you thought AI infrastructure investment was running out of steam, AMD has put a substantial number of chips on the table. The company today announced more than $10 billion worth of investments across the Taiwan semiconductor and AI ecosystem, with the goal being to “expand strategic partnerships and scale advanced packaging facilities”…

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‘[Marvel Rivals] scared us a bit’: Overwatch boss says the explosive success of another hero shooter prompted Blizzard to take risks

Earlier this year, Overwatch shook things up: It dropped the 2, it dropped five heroes at once, and it dropped more story than it’s ever had. Blizzard kickstarted a new era for the live service hero shooter almost 10 years after its debut, a plan that was partially inspired by the explosive success of Marvel…

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Nvidia continues to make astronomical amounts of money from AI, with the first quarter of 2026 being its biggest to date

Nvidia’s latest earnings call said almost nothing about the gaming business you and I know it for—though it’s not hard to see that this part of the business is largely overshadowed by the cash AI is continuing to throw around. Nvidia announced record revenue during the first quarter of 2026, seeing an 85% year-on-year increase…

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