Final Fantasy 14’s incoming choose-your-own difficulty will be ‘the general direction’ going forward, but Yoshi-P suggests they might need to trim future patches to compensate

Final Fantasy 14’s gonna be shaking up how it handles difficulty come patch 7.35, after a mini-disaster with patch 7.25’s Occult Crescent back in May. To put a long story short, Creative Studio 3’s somewhat fumbled approach to content difficulty came to a head; the Forked Tower somehow managed to thread the needle, becoming a…

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Hideo Kojima questionably visits Saudi Arabia to drop the news that he knows just what Death Stranding 3 should be but he wants someone else to make it

Great news: Hideo Kojima already knows just what he wants Death Stranding 3 to be. Bad news: some other poor sod is gonna have to make it, because Kojima’s very busy converting Willem Dafoe into an Ogg Vorbis file or whatever it is he does these days. Kojima let slip the news (via GamesRadar) at…

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Oh goody, the ‘first known AI-powered ransomware’ has been discovered and it ‘may exfiltrate data, encrypt it, or potentially destroy it’

Like a cut episode of Black Mirror, a ransomware has been spotted that prompts AI to cause havoc in machines. Naturally, it’s called PromptLock, and it reportedly uses OpenAI’s gpt-oss-20b, which means it doesn’t need a constant connection to the internet to operate. According to Eset Research (via Tom’s Hardware), this new ransomware uses “the…

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Microsoft locks down HQ as anti-Israel protesters live stream themselves storming the company president’s office

The office of the president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, was briefly occupied by protesters yesterday. Seven people affiliated with a group known as “No Azure for Apartheid” were arrested and eventually removed from Smith’s office by local police. Two of the seven are said to be current Microsoft employees. According to the Verge, the protesters…

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If you’re looking for the best bang for your buck in a 14-inch gaming laptop, you can’t do any better than the new Asus TUF A14

I’ve spent my day thoroughly updating our best 14-inch gaming laptop guide, and the new top spot is no surprise—it’s the magnificent Razer Blade 14. However, it’s still a pricey beast, so if you’re tight with the pennies like me you’ll be looking for the best bang for your buck instead. Which is why I’ve…

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Two more heroes have been leaked for Marvel Rivals, but unless NetEase plans to turn Deadpool into a healer, I don’t want either in Season 4

There’s not much time to sit back and appreciate what we have when it comes to Marvel Rivals, as NetEase manages to pump out a staggering amount of new heroes every few months. We only just got Blade added to the game after the world’s longest nap, and now everyone’s attention has been redirected. Prominent…

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Paradox is ‘making adjustments’ to Bloodlines 2’s Toreador and Lasombra DLC after the entirely predictable backlash

Paradox and The Chinese Room are currently juggling the impending launch of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 with the backlash from last week’s DLC announcement, which went down like a fart in an elevator. The long-awaited vampire RPG is finally launching on October 21, but the recent release date reveal was immediately soured by…

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