Former Blizzard president thinks Marvel Rivals is a rip-off of Overwatch and that Black Widow is a copy of Widowmaker, or maybe he’s joking—it’s impossible to tell

Mike Ybarra, the former President of Blizzard Entertainment, has graced us yet again with a terrible take or a terrible joke concerning the upcoming release of Marvel Rivals—we honestly can’t decide which one it is. “Looks like Overwatch Marvel Rivals ships tomorrow,” Ybarra says. “Much like Light of Motiram (a clear copy of HZD) out…

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Microsoft says 64 GB is the ‘ideal spec’ for Flight Simulator 2024 but I’ve tested it with 96 GB, and it makes a big difference

When Microsoft released the system requirements for its latest iteration of Flight Simulator, there was probably a worldwide intake of breath, followed by a groan of despair from the sim community. Apart from recommending a Core i7 14700K and RTX 4080 combination as the ‘ideal spec’, Microsoft also suggests 64 GB of system memory would…

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Valve’s new ‘Powered by SteamOS’ branding has been unveiled, but it’s more about clawing handhelds away from Windows than it is about new desktop Steam Machines

Hooo mama, what a time it is for Valve. It seems like a Steam Controller 2 is already in mass production and now it looks like SteamOS might soon be making its way onto third-party handhelds, or perhaps even other machines. It sure is an exciting time for anyone interested in GabeN’s gubbins, which is…

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There was a Lego James Bond pitch that never got made, presumably because of all the murder and sex involved with James Bond

A concept trailer for an abandoned Lego James Bond game has leaked online, and is currently being chased around by lawyers in a game of copyright whack-a-mole. The minute-long trailer, first shared on X but now mirrored across various platforms and easily findable, shows a selection of the different Bonds and recreations of some iconic…

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Intel just launched a brand new gaming graphics architecture but it has already designed a new generation of GPUs and it’s working on the generation after that

Intel’s brand new Arc B580 graphics card looks very promising for budget gaming. But it turns out that Intel has already designed the generation of GPUs that will follow. What’s more, Intel’s engineers are currently designing the generation after that. So says Intel’s lead gaming graphics spokesperson, Tom Petersen. Speaking to the Full Nerd podcast,…

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Zotac Zone review

The Zotac Zone, is the latest stab by a manufacturer at Valve’s throne and the Steam Deck. While it comes incredibly close to being a genuine best attempt—the design and layout is 100% aimed at mimicking Valve’s console—it is held back by software, and not just by the pesky hand of Microsoft and Windows 11….

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Tiny indie studio realises someone is selling its free games for $100+ on eBay and is totally stoked: ‘We’re a real developer now’ it declares, adding an ‘in your face!’ to a homebrew convention that rejected them

Friends, let me summon my full videogame-expert authority to tell you: Studios don’t like it when you pirate their games. They’re not fans! And fair enough, really. If I found out that someone was filtering all my articles into Athletic Dame Repacks that you had to read off of torrented .iso files, I’d be… mystified,…

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‘I want to acknowledge that we messed up’: NZXT addresses concerns about its controversial Flex gaming PC rental program and commits to taking action

A few days ago, Gamers Nexus released an exposé calling NZXT’s gaming PC rental service NZXT Flex a “predatory, evil rental computer scam”. This caused quite a stir in online PC gaming communities, and it seems NZXT’s taken note, as the company has now issued an official statement about the issue. In a blog post,…

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