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Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3 is certainly up there in the hall of fame of killer RPG companions—not just because he’s literally a killer as a vampire, but because he’s a nuanced, complicated character performed by a very talented actor. It’s no shock that Neil Newbon, who played him in Larian’s finest, received awards for…
A lot of my favourite games ever made fall under the expansive rubric of “eurojank.” Stalker, the first Witcher, Mount & Blade—the list goes on. But maybe it’s a little unfair to confine the jank phenomenon exclusively to Europe. After all, what is 2004 RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, which is still getting fan…
My favourite bit about new tech getting into the gaming hardware market is not their shiny (often very expensive) introduction. It’s instead the moment that the more value-oriented brands start to throw it into everything. Mechanical switches, Hall effect triggers, and now TMR. Heck, we’ve even seen TMR implemented in keyboards like the Cherry Xtrfy…
Sony has confirmed significant price rises for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal. These landing not long after it raised prices in the United States in 2025, and globally (excluding the US) in 2022. PlayStation price increases New price Previous price (from August 2025) PS5 $650 (£570/€650) $550 PS5 Digital Edition $600…
Other than the AI bubble bursting or hype dying down, the other thing that could allow the RAMpocalypse to ease off is a technological change that leads to a dramatic reduction in how much memory AI needs. To that end, Google has cooked up TurboQuant, a new compression algorithm that promises to reduce memory demand…
Even by the standards of Warhammer 40,000, the planet Armageddon is a seriously awful place to live. Currently enjoying its third all-consuming war against near-unstoppable invaders, it is at this point so blighted and irradiated that humans can only survive inside artificial habitats—that is, until they get bombed into dust by Orks during yet another…
I used to use a couple pieces of wood to hold my pedals and chair in place when sim racing. It wasn’t a perfect set-up, as the wood ended up splintering into the carpet and it just looked awful. It wasn’t even that stable, if I’m honest, but that’s what was required to prevent my…
One of the biggest surprises of last year was the enormous success of the launch of Arc Raiders. It surpassed 12 million players by January, turned out to have Nexon’s most successful launch ever, and enjoyed enough concurrent players to rival even the publisher’s the biggest MMO’s. It’s been a spectacular ride so far. That…
The Genshin Impact 6.5 livestream codes are here. This version, also known as Luna 6, is the sixth major update since we arrived in Nod-Krai—honestly, I thought this region would just be an interlude, but we’ve spent quite some time in this area of Snezhnaya. If you’re new to all this, miHoYo likes to run…
Stardew Valley 1.7 is a hotly anticipated patch to a game, and for good reason—it’s one of the biggest indie sensations of the past decade. Riling up the anticipation is the fact that it usually takes years for big updates like this to drop, with the last major version releasing in 2024. As such, the…