Arc Raiders players are dominating Stella Montis with 25 million visits, 26,923 Matriarch kills, and 117 self-KOs with a volcanic rock—ok, that last one isn't great

Arc Raiders players are dominating Stella Montis with 25 million visits, 26,923 Matriarch kills, and 117 self-KOs with a volcanic rock—ok, that last one isn’t great

It’s been just under a week since Arc Raiders players were let loose in the claustrophobic corridors of Stella Montis, and what a week it’s been. To celebrate the successful update, Embark Studios gave us a little look into how the action has played out. “Congrats to every Raider who staked their claim on Stella…

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Hardcore space sim Ostranauts just joined the legendary patch notes canon: ‘Corpses should no longer become hotter than the Sun and explode the ships/stations they are on’

The games in the Kitfox publishing stable have a long history of producing beautifully absurd patch notes and bug reports thanks to the absurd intricacies of their systems and simulations. Dwarf Fortress has been responsible for classics like “Undead dwarf contracted were-chameleon curse” and “Cats dying for no reason – alcohol poisoning?” Shortly before its…

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Samsung’s next-gen 2nm node is in mass production, but will it beat TSMC’s N2 silicon to market and help make chips cheaper?

According to a new report on Korean outlet Dailian, Samsung has announced early results from mass production of its next-gen 2 nm chip node. But the company is only making very modest claims versus its existing 3 nm silicon. Dailian quotes a Samsung report claiming, “the 2nm first-generation gate-all-around (GAA) process has improved performance by…

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is already at half the lifetime sales of the original cult classic, and if Capcom wants more, it should give us a Dark Arisen-style expansion

As of early November, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s ogre-stabbing RPG, has hit a new sales milestone, with the company celebrating four million copies shifted. For a niche RPG with a hefty price tag, that’s quite the win. That puts it halfway to matching its predecessor’s lifetime sales, including the sales of its well-received expanded edition,…

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Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Wishblossom Ranch DLC is the most fun I’ve had since I started playing the game three years ago

If there’s one thing Disney Dreamlight Valley knows how to do well, it’s an expansion. Between A Rift in Time and The Storybook Vale, the worlds brought to life outside of your standard valley have been undeniably enchanting. But after spending time exploring Wishblossom Ranch and meeting its inhabitants, there’s an absolutely unfathomable amount of…

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The first ‘official’ Android game spotted on Steam suggests you might not need to buy games twice to run them natively on the Steam Frame’s own chip

Believe me, I’ve tried to get into VR games. However, my introduction to this arena was PlayStation’s expensive niche-within-a-niche PS VR headsets, making for hardly the best first impression. Still, I’m hopeful the wire-free Steam Frame can rehabilitate virtual reality’s image and make VR games just a bit more accessible. Offering the Android app version…

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