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I’ve tested Intel’s new 200S Boost mode for its Arrow Lake chips and the verdict is simple: You should enable it immediately

Yesterday, we reported on Intel’s new BIOS feature for Core Ultra 200S motherboards, called 200S Boost, whereby the simple click of a BIOS option will overclock certain parts of the Arrow Lake processor. It’s mostly just lifts the die-to-die (D2D) and uncore (NGU) clocks from their default 2.1 GHz values to a hefty 3.2 GHz…

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The new Frostpunk game that’s coming in 2027 is a ‘reimagining’ of the original in Unreal Engine 5 with new content, mechanics, laws, and—finally—mod support

Just days after an investors report revealed that a new Frostpunk game is coming “as early as 2027,” 11 Bit Studios has made it official with the announcement of Frostpunk 1886, a remake that “revisits and expands upon” the original in Unreal Engine 5. Frostpunk 1886 promises “an evolved take on the harsh, morally challenging…

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Oblivion Remastered is ‘verified’ for Steam Deck, but the original with mods is a far superior handheld experience

I recently spent an afternoon getting the original Oblivion to work optimally on Steam Deck. Despite being “playable” out of the box, it’s kinda not: the vanilla PC version of Oblivion lacks gamepad support, meaning gamepad glyphs aren’t present. While the Steam Deck’s community controller layouts tab is a godsend for situations like this, it…

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Nintendo is trying to force Discord to give up the identity of the person behind last year’s massive Pokémon leak

Six months after the massive “teraleak” that unleashed literally decades of Pokémon art, design documents, and other development material upon the world, Nintendo is trying to force Discord to give up the identity of the person behind it. As reported by Polygon, the company has petitioned a California court to issue a DMCA subpoena ordering…

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