In yet another twist in the US-China chip export fiasco, it seems like America may limit the number of H200 AI chips being sent to China

Another month, another proposed change to US AI chip export policy. This time, the US government seems to be in talks to control Nvidia’s H200 chip. According to Bloomberg, and citing people familiar with the matter, the Trump administration is reportedly considering limiting Nvidia chip exports to 75,000 per Chinese firm. Notably, AMD’s MI325 AI…

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Killing Floor studio Tripwire Interactive lays off 23 people because of ‘business realities’ and all the other usual stuff

Tripwire Interactive, developer of the Killing Floor and Rising Storm games, has laid off 23 employees, cuts it says were made necessary by the “business realities” of an evolving videogame industry. “We regrettably confirm that our studio has recently undergone a workforce reduction which has affected 23 people from across different areas,” the studio wrote…

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‘We shouldn’t have rushed to get this out on Friday’: OpenAI hastily amends the terms of its controversial deal with the US Department of War as CEO Sam Altman claims it’s been a ‘good learning experience’

After a very public falling out between Anthropic and the US Department of War late last week—in which the former refused to remove safeguards preventing its AI tools from being used for autonomous weaponry and mass surveillance purposes—OpenAI stepped into the vacuum with a deal to use its own AI tools in the US military’s…

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It’s only March, but I’m calling it: Esoteric Ebb is 2026’s best RPG and the first worthy successor to Disco Elysium

On my first day investigating the bombing of a goblin tea shop in Esoteric Ebb, Christoffer Bodegård’s self-styled “Disco-like” CRPG, I didn’t let a second go to waste. Was it magic? An explosive? Did it have anything to do with the upcoming inaugural democratic election? Or was it a random act of violence? So many…

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‘I did create a whole mood board’: Playing Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem was ‘uncharted territory’ for Nick Apostolides because the stakes were so high

Capcom tried to hide it for as long as possible, but fans managed to sniff out Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem long before the game launched. Even so, Leon’s grizzled appearance still managed to surprise some players. “He’s yet wiser to the world, he’s been through 25 more years of missions and bs and…

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The OG Baldur’s Gates are freshly patched, and you can pick them up with 500+ hours of other CRPGs for $23 right now

It was a big day in the Wolens household (which consists of me, Wolens) when Beamdog suddenly released a surprise 2.7 beta patch for its collection of enhanced Infinity Engine games. It wasn’t anything earthshaking—Apple Silicon support for those of us playing on our Macs, some additional languages and whatnot—but it was a nice surprise,…

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Heart of the Machine review

Need to know What is it? A cyberpunk strategy RPG you can shape as a sentient AGI Release date March 6, 2026 Expect to pay $30/£25 Developer Arcen Games Publisher Hooded Horse Reviewed on Ryzen 7 3700X, RTX 4070 Super, 32 GB RAM Steam Deck Playable It’s difficult to imagine a world in which AI…

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Leon Kennedy’s voice actor doesn’t believe AI can replace human performances, and paying ‘for an actor’s voice session is not that big of a deal’ for games as big as Arc Raiders

The subject of AI being used to replace voice actors has been a recurring theme in videogames, with the debate reaching a pinnacle last October when Arc Raiders was released, as it was made clear that Embark Studios used AI to pad out voice lines. Since then, we’ve heard arguments as to why this isn’t…

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