Users are reporting MSI’s yellow-tipped GPU power cables are sneaking out of place, putting graphics cards at increased risk

GPU meltgate returns, this time with an unexpected twist: more meltiness. This time, it’s looking like one of the main preventative strategies against melting GPU cables might not be as simply effective as initially thought, as there are reports of gamers’ yellow-tipped MSI cables creeping out on their own over time (via Wccftech). We’ve witnessed…

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Final Fantasy 14’s in-house rock band is heading to one of the UK’s biggest music festivals and it feels like my two main friend groups meeting for the first time

I’ve had the pleasure of attending a single Download Festival—one of the UK’s biggest rock and metal events going—and I thought I was cool with never attending another. Well, erm, that certainly was the case until about two seconds ago, when the organiser dropped another 14 acts for this year’s festival. Among them? Final Fantasy…

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Assassin’s Creed 3’s greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that ‘the tech wouldn’t work’

In hindsight, Assassin’s Creed 3 is both fascinating and fundamental to the later development of the series. At the time, the expansive wilderness and smaller settlements felt restrictive compared to the series’ massive cities, but it gave Ubisoft a model it would carry on successfully many years later in Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and Shadows. And…

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The Denshattack! demo sees you kickflipping, grinding, and joyriding a Ferris wheel into an active volcano on the world’s most tubular commute

Denshattack! is brave enough to ask, ‘What if you could do a kickflip as a train?’ Now, it’s unclear whether anyone was actually asking this question, but it sure is brave enough to ask it. Anyway, we can finally find out the answer to that via its Steam Next Fest demo, which is ‘You’d crash…

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Samsung is prepping PCIe 6.0 SSDs already but don’t expect to get your hands on them without screw-you AI datacentre money

They say the wheels of industry never stop turning, and it seems that’s true even when the chassis on top has fallen off, because as current-gen SSD prices continue to climb, the next generation is already being spun up. According to ZDNet Korea’s sources, Samsung is “embarking on full-scale preparations” for PCIe 6.0 SSDs, with…

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