Cairn review

Need to know What is it? A limb-by-limb climbing sim that reaches dizzying heightsRelease date January 30, 2026Expect to pay TBCDeveloper The Game BakersPublisher The Game BakersReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck VerifiedLink Steam Cairn can be loosely categorised with modern on-foot navigation games like Death Stranding and Baby Steps,…

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France is banning government officials from using Microsoft Teams and Zoom ‘amid rising geopolitical tensions and fears of foreign surveillance or service disruptions’

France announced Monday, January 26, that it plans to replace American software such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom with its own domestic software, Visio. Visio will be rolled out by 2027 and will only be available for government departments, not private companies or individual members of the public. As reported by Euronews, David Amiel, minister…

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Ubisoft is now memeing about Black Flag remake leaks, which is a change from threatening to sue its lead actor over them

If you’re unaware that, somewhere in the bowels of Ubisoft’s offices, an unannounced Black Flag remake is almost certainly bubbling away, then congratulations on waking from your coma. It’s perhaps the most open secret in videogames right now, spoiled ahead of time by everything from age rating boards to anonymous sources to its own lead…

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Microsoft says Windows 11 now has one billion users, ‘up 45% year-over-year’, which is probably no surprise after Windows 10 was put out to pasture

Microsoft released its 2026 second-quarter earnings report yesterday, and it turns out it made lots and lots of money. The tech titan reported revenues of $81.27 billion, although its shares reportedly fell 4% after the announcement of slowing cloud growth. Swings and roundabouts, ey? But enough about the financials. The news I was most interested…

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WoW’s expansion pre-patch event has buffed its rewards after being a little stingy at first, and I am running out of ways to phrase these sorts of headlines without plagiarising myself

It is March 2024. Plunderstorm releases, and Blizzard eases up on its grind shortly after player complaints. It is May 2024. Blizzard releases Mists of Pandaria: Remix, and adjusts its Bronze rewards after players complain about an unnecessary grind. It is August 2024. World of Warcraft players aren’t pleased with the pre-patch event for The…

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An Arc Raiders player recycled 109 Venators after it was accidentally nerfed for a day, prompting the question: ‘Who tf has room for 109 vennys?’

It’s been a confusing couple of days in Arc Raiders for some players. The big Headwinds update is finally here, bringing solo vs squads matchmaking alongside heaps of new duckies. But amid all of this, there was also a severe DDoS attack, and the new update accidentally introduced a bunch of changes that Embark hadn’t…

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