After 4,500 hours of testing, SSD controller specialist Phison rules out allegations that a Windows 11 update is bricking drives

After 4,500 hours of testing, SSD controller specialist Phison rules out allegations that a Windows 11 update is bricking drives

Correlation without causation was the caveat we applied last week to reports that the KB5063878 update for Windows 11 was nuking SSDs and HDDs. Now SSD controller maker Phison has reported back on an extensive investigation into the alleged issue. The outcome? Nothing to see here. In a statement to WCCFTech, Phison said it had,…

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Following the success of Mouthwashing, developer Wrong Organ wasn’t ready to make a better ‘story game,’ so it’s making a ‘gameplay game’ instead

Ahead of co-op tank sim Carcass Clad’s reveal trailer at the PC Gaming Show, I got to speak to Wrong Organ devs Jeffrey Tomec and Dave van Egdom about the studio’s upcoming third game. The elephant in the room: Carcass Clad is a huge departure from the studio’s breakout hit, Mouthwashing, a singleplayer narrative horror…

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‘You can have the loot. My reward is justice’: Arc Raiders players are appointing themselves Topside Sheriffs to dispense vigilante vengeance on raiders who don’t play nice

For a permanently PvP-enabled zone, the Topside in Arc Raiders is surprisingly peaceful. Since launch, players—especially those in the solo queue—have been opting for nonaggression with respectable reliability, with our Morgan Park reporting that his first 20 hours of Arc Raiding consisted of more makeshift truces than wasteland murders. Yet there are still, inevitably, those…

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Dr. Lemmy comes to Dr. Mario World

Nintendo has announced a new Doctor for Dr. Mario World on iOS and Android. This month sees the introduction of the fifth Koopaling, Dr. Lemmy. Lemmy ranked first in the January 2020 player survey and he is now the fifth Koopaling doctor in Dr. Mario World after Wendy, Ludwig, Roy, and Larry. Nintendo has teased…

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