Former BioWare producer says we could be saved from a world where there’s ‘no AAA games that aren’t live services’ by looking to movies

It’s no secret that the big-budget videogame industry is in a baffling state at the moment—despite games being a larger industry than movies and music combined, studios keep getting shut down, people keep getting laid off, projects keep getting cancelled. Games are both one of the most lucrative entertainment products out there and seemingly incapable…

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Tekken’s game director follows in Harada’s footsteps by saying sayonara to Bandai Namco, causing fans to worry about the game’s future

After long-time Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada departed Bandai Namco last year—having now started up his own studio under SNK—the game director behind the last two entries is now following in his footsteps. Kohei “Nakatsu” Ikeda has been with the developer for 20 years, first joining the team behind Soulcalibur 4 before eventually becoming the game…

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AMD confirms that AM5 will continue to be supported by new processors through to 2029, and drop the deets on a forthcoming EXPO update

While AMD didn’t have much in the way of brand-new PC gaming hardware for Computex 2026—just a cut-down GPU, plus a last-gen X3D CPU and a last-last-gen one—it has at least reminded us of something important for many rig builders. Its current desktop processor socket will still be supported by new chip releases for at…

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Noctua aims to effectively banish thermal paste horror stories and gooped-up CPU sockets

Noctua has announced a long-term partnership with Carbice, “a U.S.-based expert in vertically-aligned carbon nanotube thermal interface materials.” Noctua revealed during this year’s Computex that it will become the exclusive retail distributor of Carbice’s carbon nanotube thermal pads. A dedicated cooling pad for AMD Ryzen processors, the NT-CP1 AM5/4, will be the first Carbice product…

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‘Return of the king’: AMD is bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for DDR4 platforms, launching it alongside the mid-range AM5 Ryzen 7 7700X3D

After being rumoured to do so for a few weeks now, AMD has confirmed it is indeed bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with AM4 10-year anniversary packaging, as well as a mid-range AM5 Ryzen 7 7700X3D chip. From the top, the 5800X3D originally launched in 2022, but the updated model (celebrating 10 years of…

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A Baldur’s Gate 2 remake is apparently in development, with the original co-lead designer returning

Wizards of the Coast is returning to the Sword Coast, PC Gamer has learned. While Baldur’s Gate 4 is inevitable, ahead of that it looks like we’ll see the resurrection of BioWare’s original games—specifically Baldur’s Gate 2, though from what we’ve heard it’s likely both games are getting the ol’ remake treatment. Former BioWare developer…

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