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A burnt-out Final Fantasy 14 playerbase is noticeably more chipper after its latest reveal, even if we’ve seen nothing come of it yet

I knew something had to give, but I never realized just how fatigued I was with Final Fantasy 14’s current state until I walked out of the Anaheim Convention Center last month after Fan Fest. Years of rigid adherence to aging systems and its predictable patch structure were finally catching up to me. My favorite…

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Best SCW-10 loadout in Battlefield 6

There’s no shortage of strong SMGs in Battlefield 6. In fact, it’s generally the most consistent weapon type at close and medium range (way further out than they should be, really), almost invalidating assault rifles. While that’s not quite where the best SCW-10 loadout shines, its bafflingly fast TTK will have you feeling bad for…

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Honkai: Star Rail Saber materials and kit

Saber is part of the Fate/Stay Night collaboration happening in version 3.4 of Honkai: Star Rail. Unfortunately, you can’t claim her for free like Archer. Yeah, I’m pretty bummed about that too. Sorry Saber, looks like it’s over before your banner even begins—I have a Sunday rerun to save for. To make her the best…

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Share of the Week: Action Shots

Last week, we asked for daring shots from the middle of the action of your favorite game. You shared characters fighting, leaping and defying gravity using the hashtags #PS4share and #PSBlog, and we’ve selected the shots that blew us away. Aloy launches into attack mode in this crisp shot from Horizon Zero Dawn by @LUCKYless11….

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OpenAI’s performance charts in the GPT-5 launch video are such a mess you have to think GPT-5 itself probably made them, and the company’s attempted fixes raise even more questions

What to make of OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 chatbot? Let’s just say the reception from users has been sufficiently mixed to have OpenAI head honcho Sam Altman posting apologetically on X. And more than once. But one thing we can say for sure, the charts in the launch video were a bizarre mess that OpenAI has…

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Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an ‘informal advisory board’

The ongoing Musk v. Altman lawsuit has seen the release of various internal emails relating to OpenAI, which for now are mostly focused on the early years of the company’s founding, over roughly the period 2016-2020. OpenAI wasn’t nearly as prominent as it would later become, but one of the surprising elements is the involvement…

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