Noctua’s pumpless liquid cooler prototype is now ‘neck and neck’ with a normal AIO: successfully cools Ryzen 9 9950X3D at 230 W

Noctua has returned to Computex in Taiwan with a new and improved version of its pumpless liquid cooler. This time, the company says it’s able to compete with a standard all-in-one cooler for temps. “We had that demo last year on a 9800X3D,” Noctua’s Jakob Dellinger says, calling back to this thermosiphon prototype from 2025….

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In 1997, Warren Spector told us the upcoming PC classic Deus Ex was inspired by Final Fantasy, Miyamoto, and ‘the console guys’

Last year for Christmas, a good friend got me the best gift of all: Love The Orange Box the 1997 PC Gamer US “Holiday Extravaganza” issue, 456 pages of news, reviews, interviews, and, crucially, retro full page ads from the late ’90s golden age of PC gaming. Rogue One screenwriter Gary Whitta was still editor-in-chief,…

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Guild Wars teaser has fans hyped up about a potential Guild Wars 3 announcement, and ArenaNet isn’t outright denying it

“The wind stirs. The world shifts. Stand ready,” the official Guild Wars account posted on its social media channels on Monday. Accompanying the message was a cryptic video, showcasing lightly animated concept art with a clear fantasy theme, and a date: June 5th, 2026, when we’ll all be watching the Summer Game Fest 2026 broadcast….

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