Aww, Starfield players are making the dinkiest little ships

Starfield‘s community keeps getting smarter with their ship builds—we’ve had AI-exploiting nightmares made of corners, ladderless flat discs, and some sci-fi classics. But what about the little guys of the universe—pilots who don’t want some big, fancy warship with 500 autocannons? That’s exactly who these players are repping. The tiny ship trend’s here to stay—well,…

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Nvidia calls time on native-res gaming, says DLSS is more ‘real’ than raster

Kiss goodbye to native-res raster rendering. The biggest noise in PC graphics, Nvidia, thinks it’s game over. The future is—it has to be—AI rendering. In fact, AI rendering is more “real” than traditional raster graphics rendering. In a Digital Foundry round table discussion on Nvidia’s new DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction technology, Nvidia’s Vice President Applied…

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Ayaneo Air 1S review

I often spare a thought as to whether I should pack my Steam Deck when travelling and trying to pack light. It’s a fine problem to have: my portable PC isn’t quite portable enough to slip it into my backpack without debating it in my head. Should I? Shouldn’t I? Often I side with taking…

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Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 G95NC review

Is there such a thing as too much screen? Obviously, yes. Try plonking, say, a 65-inch HDTV on your desktop as PC monitor and the limitations of size are obvious enough. But the incredible, preposterous new Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 G95NC Dual UHD is no thinly disguised TV. It’s a proper PC-optimised panel. And yet…

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Microsoft finally lays UK regulators’ cloud gaming fears to rest—new consultation suggests an end to the drawn-out Activision Blizzard acquisition saga

Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been a major source of corporate drama these past few months. Back in April, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moved to block the acquisition, stating “Microsoft’s proposed solution failed to effectively address the concerns in the cloud gaming sector”. This block included a massive, 200-plus page findings…

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