The Dutch company ASML is the only company to make the world’s most advanced chipmaking machines. Those machines have only ever gone to US or US-friendly companies such as TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and so on. The Chinese chipmaking market hasn’t had access to them—perhaps until now, that is. According to the US Commerce Secretary Howard…
80 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3, and I’ve just completed Act Two. I’ve battled through goblin camps, explored the Underdark, and braved the cursed shadowlands around Moonrise Tower. I’ve saved countless lives, and taken almost as many. I’ve broken my Paladin oath and had it restored. I’m even halfway to becoming a psychic squid man….
Category: Announcements April 16, 2025 Xbox April Update: Buy Games with the Xbox App on Mobile, Stream Your Own Game on Console, and More Dean ShimabukuroSr. Product Marketing Manager, Xbox Services Marketing This month brings a variety of exciting updates across our gaming platforms, including easy and convenient purchasing within the Xbox app on mobile,…
Smooth surfing. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet is one of the big headlining games getting a free performance update when the Switch 2 launches this Thursday, 5th June. And now Nintendo has shared some gameplay footage showcasing that new, buttery-smooth frame rate. And it is indeed buttery-smooth, and at 60fps. The footage was shared on the…
Category: Games The Forge AI Toolkit is Going to Change Halo Infinite Forever Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published October 13, 2023 It took me a few minutes to wrap my head around just how big of a deal the upcoming Forge AI Toolkit is going to be for Halo Infinite when it launches with…
Welcome to Star Wars Battlefront II, with a new story mode taking players on an epic journey from the battle of Endor to the rise of the First Order. The prequels, original trilogy, and new era meet in a vast multiplayer adventure coming to PS4 on November 17 (or November 14 if for players who…
Another big one for Square’s latest. Famitsu is back with our latest look at the physical software sales chart for Japan, and it’s another week in the top spot for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. Square Enix’s latest pulled in an additional 91,362 copies between Switch and PS5 this week, which is far from its…
New research explains a method that helps AI make 3D CAD programs from images, which would help product designers and engineers more quickly and easily create 3D prototypes. Naturally, this also sparks deep-rooted dread over it helping robots to build themselves, relegating humanity to the trash. But setting aside my noir nightmares, the new method…
The right Ruff. Sometimes I’ll get asked to review a game that doesn’t immediately feel as though it really falls within my wheelhouse. At all. And I have to admit, as much as I do love the look of Ruffy and the Riverside, with its 1980’s kids-TV-show-styled characters, replete with visible marker strokes from having…
The Cold Storage quest in Arc Raiders is the second you’ll have to complete on the new map of Stella Montis after In My Image, and this one sees you tracking down a J Kozma Ventures Container. This is located somewhere on the map, but Shani has no clues for you besides mentioning that the…