Asus TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super review

Asus latest big boi GPU is the TUF Gaming RTX 4080 Super, a reference priced, modestly overclocked card from the classic Nvidia board partner. That makes it a $999 GPU, $200 less than the original RTX 4080, but with essentially the same performance. Job done. And if you can’t get your hands on an Nvidia…

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Well, it sure is ambitious: this game set in ancient China wants to be a city builder, farming and life sim, open world RPG, management tycoon, and 4X strategy all rolled into one

I’ve always got my eyes peeled for interesting upcoming city builders, and the more ambitious the better. But sometimes a game comes along that feels maybe… a little too ambitious? I’m talking about The Bustling World, a game set in ancient China that wants to be a whole lot of different kinds of game all…

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Extended Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 reveal is illuminating but disorientating

After last year’s brief snippets of vampiric shenanigans, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room is giving us a longer peek at Seattle’s nightlife in a dev walkthrough with creative director Alex Skidmore and community manager Joshua Matthews.  It’s significantly more illuminating than the faction reveals, showing off a mission where Phyre,…

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Witcher remake studio boss says it’ll remake what’s ‘bad, outdated, or unnecessarily convoluted’ without naming the sex baseball cards we all know he’s talking about

The Witcher 1 is rough, gangly, utterly idiosyncratic, and fine as it is, if you ask me. Nevertheless, it’s due an open-world remake courtesy of the devs over at Fool’s Theory, and it sounds like they aren’t squeamish about updating some of the, ah, more awkward parts of CDPR’s original 2007 classic. In a chat…

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Minthara takes centre-stage as the new face of Sex% Baldur’s Gate 3 speedruns: ‘Larian tried to patch out sex speedrunning. Unfortunately for them, we are not so easily deterred’

In case that headline gave you mental whiplash—yes, Baldur’s Gate 3 has a sex-based speedrun. Players have competed to see how quickly one can wet their five copper signal whistle since the game launched. Unfortunately, Patch 4 put an end to all that by changing Lae’zel (the object of your hasty affection) by requiring you…

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DMCA’d Palworld modder takes his revenge on Nintendo with a ‘legally distinct pocket creatures’ mod featuring yellow rat, fire fox, and Saul Goodman

Nintendo is a legendarily litigious company—with mods and emulation often falling under the gaze of its burning, all-seeing eye. Nexus Mods has even enacted a unilateral ban on Pokémon conversion mods for Palworld, citing Nintendo’s record of “mercilessly submitting legal challenges.” As is the case with YouTuber Toasted Shoes, who received a DMCA notice after…

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No honour among thieves as ChatGPT used to create fake leak of 50 million Europcar customer records

Massive customer data loss is never nice. So, imagine the sinking feeling at multinational car rental outfit Europcar when fully 50 million customer records including everything from passwords and passport numbers to payment details, driver licence numbers, home addresses and emails were offered for sale on a hacker forum. So, that’s pretty much everything a…

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Zotac Gaming RTX 4080 Super Amp Extreme Airo review

Super January is drawing to a close and the Nvidia RTX 4080 Super is the last of the green team’s Super cards to launch—for now anyway. Though it’s easily the fastest of the three, it’s arguably the least exciting, even if it’s hard to complain about a card that’s faster than its non-Super counterpart, while…

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Drop + Xduoo TA-84 OTL Tube Amp/DAC review

If you’re looking for a way to further elevate your PC gaming setup, a high-end audio system is a wonderful way to do it. Take this DAC/amp from Drop and Xduoo. Not only does it deliver detailed and vibrant audio to your ears, it also scratches the aesthetic itch thanks to four gloriously glowing tubes….

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