China launches an antitrust investigation into Nvidia as it wrestles with the US over AI chip sanctions

China has launched an antitrust investigation into Nvidia over possible violations of the country’s anti-monopoly laws in connection with its 2020 acquisition of Israeli chip maker Mellanox Technologies. A Bloomberg report (via The Verge) says the Chinese government approved the $7 billion deal on the condition that Nvidia not discriminate against Chinese companies, and that…

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First it was Counter-Strike, now it’s GTA RP: Fortnite unveils LEGO Fortnite Brick Life, a ‘social roleplay experience in the Lego Fortnite world’

Just two days after revealing Ballistic, an upcoming 5v5 round-based tactical FPS “experience” that sure as hell looks a lot like Counter-Strike, Fortnite is continuing its brazen campaign to become every other videogame all at once. Today, Epic announced Lego Fortnite Brick Life, a “social roleplay experience in the Lego Fortnite world.” Set in “an…

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In a launch weekend already packed with Path of Exile 2 and Marvel Rivals players, Infinity Nikki has also claimed 10 million downloads

Open world dress up game Infinity Nikki has had a busy launch weekend. Aspiring stylists were jumping into Miraland while Infold Games was incessantly slinging Infinity Nikki codes for in-game currency to all those new players. Now, Infold has announced that Infinity Nikki has been downloaded over 10 million times worldwide so far. I’ve been…

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Path of Exile 2 gets its first hits with the nerf bat to bring mace slams, magnetic arrows, and stinky clouds in line: ‘It is better to do this early’

Path of Exile 2 is in that early phase of a new ARPG where things are a little bit like the mathematical equivalent of the wild west. All those millions of early access players are running wild, smashing together every possible combination of combat and passive skills in an environment where the laws that undergird…

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Dauntless’s launch on Steam has gone horribly, horribly wrong with overwhelmingly negative reviews: ‘This update is easily, out of every game I’ve ever played, the worst one I’ve seen’

Dauntless has launched on Steam, and smashed straight into a gigantic brick wall that says “Overwhelmingly negative.” The co-op hunting game, which has been available to play since August 2017 but is new to Steam, has over a few days accumulated nearly 1,000 negative reviews and they’re all about the major overhaul Dauntless received for…

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