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Family Guy is now in Fortnite as part of Chapter 5. In an attempt to explain his latest glow-up, Fortnite itself has created a short that will haunt my nightmares. While the choice to make Peter Griffin swole makes sense from a design perspective (his peak male physique would have required a whole new set…
DDR5 memory speeds continue to climb upwards. Gone are the days of motherboards struggling to hit DDR5-6400. Nowadays, four-slot Z790 refresh motherboards are capable of supporting 8000MHz+, and even AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series CPUs are able to hit such speeds with the latest BIOS updates. Now that motherboards and CPUs are capable of running at these…
Nvidia’s penchant for redesigning its GPUs to get around US export restrictions has seemingly been directly called out by the US Commerce Secretary, with a warning that when such redesigns are created “I’m going to control it the very next day.” Since 2022, US chip sanctions have continued to make life somewhat difficult for manufacturers…
2023 has been a year to forget for PC manufacturers. After the work-from-home boom and seemingly endless global political and economic instability, a slowdown was always likely to happen. But if a new analysis from Canalys is to be believed, 2024 is shaping up to be a much better year for the PC market. Canalys…
A recent indie release out of Japan is getting positive buzz. Tevi, a combination bullet hell-metroidvania-RPG, stands out among the genre with not just interesting and novel gameplay mechanics but an emphasis on a longer story and the kind of flashy character design you expect from a Japanese release. The game’s primary conceit is that…
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Excellent bullet hell and melee battle mashup Furi dropped back in 2016 and left a big impact crater on action genre fans, demanding attention and careful play from players with a unique control scheme emphasizing dual stick play around shooting and slashing. It’s certainly one of those games for fans of responsive controls, people who…
In addition to Fortnite’s transition to its fifth chapter, Epic has revealed a collaboration with Lego to introduce a new Lego-themed survival crafting mode for the long-running battle royale—including minifig versions of many pre-existing skins—coming December 7. Details are sparse on what Lego Fortnite actually entails—the Lego website describes it like a separate game, but…
Best of the best (Image credit: Bandai Namco) 2023 games: Upcoming releases Best PC games: All-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPSes: Finest gunplay On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up…
The page has turned on another chapter of Fortnite Battle Royale, with Chapter 5 Season 1 beginning today after the conclusion of the game’s hugely successful 2018 throwback season. The new season brought not only a new map and weapons, but also a somewhat contentious revamp of the game’s movement animations. I’m just stuck on…