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The Cities: Skylines II launch has had quite the build up, with Paradox Interactive thinking up all kinds of wild PR stunts to drum up enthusiasm for the upcoming city builder—like suspending a bunch of content creators from a crane at GamesCom, for reasons. To add to the list of experimental ways the game studio…
Starfield has a ton of weapon mods to muck about with—not the kind you need a script extender for, mind you. I’m talking about the vanilla crafting system: If you drop a few points into the Science skill tree, you’ll be able to craft all kinds of mods that blow the doors wide open on…
Hildir is the second trader to be added to Valheim and, as you might expect, she has completely different stock to Haldor. Not only that, she sends you off on a quest, looking for some belongings that were stolen in a raid on her camp. If you return these goods, she’ll sell additional items, though…
It’s official: Cyberpunk 2077’s redemption arc is complete. It feels like after three years of flagellation, CD Projekt can finally move on. But I can’t help but think the company’s future is still murky. The Witcher 3 was a masterpiece, firmly establishing CDP’s original studio, CD Projekt Red, as one of the best RPG development…
Ever wanted to feel like you could drop a 9th level Meteor Swarm on all your problems? I’d recommend you find less violent fantasies, but this new line of Dungeons & Dragons-inspired swag might help. The clothing line is class-based, featuring full garment sets for the Fighter, Rogue, Wizard, and Cleric. It’s all pretty much…
Galactic tyranny sim Stellaris is officially getting weird. Paradox has announced the game’s next DLC—named Astral Planes—and it’s promising to let you venture into whole new dimensions, where everything is topsy-turvy and the laws of physics go out the window. Announced yesterday and releasing alongside Stellaris’ upcoming 3.10 update, Astral Planes is a “narrative-focused expansion”…
Ten months after the first RDNA 3-powered laptop GPUs appeared, AMD has finally got around to using its premier Navi 31 processor in a mobile configuration. The new Radeon RX 7900M is being touted as being 7% faster on average than Nvidia’s RTX 4080 Laptop, so fans of high-end gaming on the go might end…
In Tokyo, a man has been arrested for stalking a woman using social media sites like LINE (a popular app in Japan) and Twitter—as well as the MMORPG Final Fantasy 14. As reported by Kobe News (and translated by Siliconera), the man reportedly sent over 22 messages via those apps trying to re-establish contact, while…
At first glance, our story earlier this week about the imminent RTX 4090 export ban seems like something only China has to worry about. But not so fast. It could have an impact closer to home. Tom’s Hardware reports that RTX 4090 prices are going haywire in China, with supplies drying up and the few…
TSMC has delivered a hefty smackdown to Intel, claiming that its current 3nm chip production technology is as good as Intel’s plans for its 18A process in 2025. Speaking at a recent company earnings call with investors (via Tom’s Hardware), TSMC CEO C.C. Wei said, “our internal assessment shows that our N3P technology demonstrated comparable…