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The man once known as “the king of crypto”, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering in New York after less than five hours of jury deliberations. The month-long trial saw former colleagues, friends, and even Mr Bankman-Fried’s former partner testify against the crypto mogul, who was arrested last year in…
Originally released in 2005, and developed by the Ukrainian studio Deep Shadows, Boiling Point: Road to Hell is an extremely buggy, flawed, and some would claim unforgettable open world FPS. It arrived at a time when open worlds were relatively uncommon and, well, kinda showed why: the game was absolutely overreaching in its goals, and…
With Ubisoft rumoured to be working on a singleplayer sequel and some kind of live-service multiplayer follow-up, the studio has gently put Far Cry 6 out to pasture. While the game’s online services will continue, it won’t receive any updates in future. Yara will forevermore be what it is today, at least until those online…
A complete install of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with the full “high-rez assets cache” shizzle comes to a slightly silly 213GB. According to the game’s official Twitter / X / whatever account that’s because “zombies” and some other stuff. But don’t panic, you can “uninstall specific content you are not actively playing”. More…
With solid state drives being more popular than ever, the wholesale prices of the chips they use (NAND flash) have been slowly rising since the middle of summer. However, it looks like Samsung wants to ramp things up considerably, by adding up to 20% to the price tags, per quarter, over the first half of…
Baldur’s Gate 3 received its fourth patch earlier this week, and while it’s added some very important features like AMD’s FSR 2.2, the ability to wash your companions with soap, and letting you erect a naked statue of yourself, it may have also done some damage to your character’s love life. For starters, the Sex%…
Features This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 387 in August 2023. Every month we run exclusive features exploring the world of PC gaming—from behind-the-scenes previews, to incredible community stories, to fascinating interviews, and more. Half-Life 2 was a phenomenon, a game so good one of the few complaints levelled against it was…
Following news that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 requires about 65 dodectillion petabytes of storage space for a full install (actually 213GB for the full visual experience), comes this rather well endowed Steam Deck with a 61TB upgrade and the exciting prospect of being able to have more than one Triple-A space installed at…
The Genshin Impact 4.2 livestream lays out what to expect as the Traveler continues their journey through the watery region of Fontaine, but it’s also a great chance to grab the latest livestream codes. With the Hydro Archon herself, Furina, arriving in the 4.2 update, having a few extra Primogems definitely won’t hurt in terms…
Final Fantasy 14’s Fall Guys event is, uh, a crossover that exists in a game. I’ve already made my feelings clear on the disturbing bisected Fall Guys hat, but it’s also got some pretty weird netcode wonkiness. I’ve done a spot of Savage raiding so I’m used to this kind of stuff, but for your…