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Shape of Dreams’ demo shows off an ingenious roguelike that wields Risk of Rain-tier finesse with action MOBA chaos, and I think I might be in love

I’m a little staggered that I hadn’t heard of Shape of Dreams before—while it has updated and promoted its demo for Next Fest, it’s actually had a “prologue” available for a while, which has essentially been a sort of open alpha test for its devs. Click on that link, and you’ll find that while its…

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Intel’s new second-gen XeSS 2 upscaling tech with Frame Generation matches Nvidia’s DLSS for features and might have the edge on AMD’s FSR

Intel has just unleashed its second-gen gaming GPUs, codenamed Battlemage and kicking off with the Arc B580 and B570 graphics cards. We’re a little disappointed that they’re only aiming at Nvidia’s low-end RTX 4060 for now. But when it comes to features and tech, if anything Battlemage looks to have the edge on AMD. And…

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In the year of our lord 2025, Mojang is finally adding shaders to Minecraft, making reflective lighting and water effects more accessible for all

There’s a ton of new content coming to Minecraft over the next year. The Spring to Life update will add more ambient features and different mob variants. A new block and mob will be added alongside some A Minecraft Movie-inspired minigames. But one of the most exciting new additions is the new vibrant visuals features,…

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