Kioxia aims to sweet talk SK Hynix into letting the Western Digital merger go ahead, with a new manufacturing deal as the carrot this time around

This is a news story that’s been rumbling along for a good while now. Kioxia and Western Digital, two of the largest SSD and USB memory stick manufacturers in the world, have been repeatedly trying to merge into a single company, except that SK Hynix has blocked the attempt every single time. This time, however,…

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How to find and kill Hunters in Helldivers 2

The new Personal Order sees you trying to kill Hunters in Helldivers 2, but as always, you might not have been paying attention to the names of the things that have killed you so far. I can almost guarantee you’ve been murdered by Hunters before, considering they’re one of the most troublesome, and possibly a…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Tuesday, February 20

Give your daily Wordle game a helping hand with our brilliant range of tips and tricks. Keep scrolling and you’ll soon find everything from a guided clue for the February 20 (976), helping to keep your own guesses on track, to today’s Wordle answer. Whatever you need, we’ve got it. I couldn’t have asked for…

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How Blizzard balances and rebalances World of Warcraft’s raids to evolve with players: ‘It is important to keep in mind the audience that is engaging with an encounter at a given time’

For an online game’s long-term success, balance is king. For massively multiplayer online games with dozens of character types and dungeons and raid instances, it’s also a massive headache. This many years into World of Warcraft’s life, balancing raids is a challenge Blizzard has tons of experience with. But even then it can be hard…

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Helldivers 2 help is coming: Updates focused on fixing ‘login, matchmaking, and server load’ problems will begin rolling out tomorrow

If you’ve been struggling to get into Helldivers 2, you can at least take some small measure of comfort in knowing you’re not alone. Servers are crushed, matchmaking isn’t working properly, and some clever diehards are trying to avoid the queue issues by simply staying logged in overnight, a strategy enabled by the lack of…

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