PC Gaming
We’ve all asked our friend groups the question “if we were stranded on an island, who would you eat first” and been met with either a very firm, quick response or a more calculated solution. But now, you can find out the truth thanks to co-op climbing game Peak implementing cannibalism. Yep, that’s right, if…
YouTube warned us this was coming back in February. Now it’s actually rolling out a new AI feature to determine the age of viewers and then feed them age-appropriate content. According to an official YouTube blog post, this machine-learning approach to content filtering and user account classification has already been running in some unidentified markets…
I try to keep myself in check, but I admit it: I’m back to being excited about Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Ever since our Fraser Brown returned as a cautious optimist from a hands-on preview of Bloodlines 2, I’ve been unable to stop myself from hoping. As we trudge closer to the game’s…
One of the biggest additions in Grounded 2 is Buggies, which are effectively bug mounts. Each Buggy brings its unique physical traits to the table, meaning some critters are better at certain tasks than others. They say dogs are man’s best friend, but you’ll constantly have a creepy crawlie next to you in Brookhollow Park,…
In what I can only assume is Grounded 2‘s final mission and boss fight—I wouldn’t know, I’m yet to beat it for reasons I’m about to go into—the trek to the Network Centre in the Networking mission is perilous in more ways than one. After spending hours exploring the Statue region and then climbing up…
Itch.io appears to be scrambling for cover after credit card payment processors began pressuring it to remove or moderate its NSFW content, a move claimed to be at the behest of anti-porn groups like Collective Shout—an ongoing situation that’s been causing a huge turmoil over the past week. As part of compliance, Itch has been…
The New York Times is being hazed by game dev social media over what I can only describe as one of the most naive articles about AI I’ve ever seen. The pointing and laughing is happening on BlueSky, among other places, over a paragraph that claims generative AI is being embraced by the videogame industry,…
Elden Ring Nightreign’s 1.02 patch was scheduled to go up tomorrow, on July 31, it included new content like the anticipated duos mode and other balance updates. But this has since been delayed by FromSoftware after a series of tsunami warnings. “Due to the tsunami warning following the earthquake near the Kamchatka Peninsula, we have…
We have a new gaming peripheral collaboration, so you know what that means. It’s time to see some gaming gear that’s not just black, white, pink, or maybe cammo. This time the collaboration is between the esports lifestyle brand 100 Thieves and HighGround peripheral makers. The ensuing Vantage collection features a collection of keyboards, mouse,…
AI has changed the face of computing hardware so much since it started gaining popularity. With its stranglehold on just about every conversation around tech its clearly the current driving force. Now, more and more, manufacturers are looking to find ways to optimise better for AI, be it something like Nvidia’s DLSS4 optimised series of…