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If you’d like to see Meta’s AI gunk purged from WhatsApp, a new antitrust investigation in Italy might just do the trick

1 year ago04 mins

Italy’s antitrust authority, AKA the body the looks into monopoly abuses by companies, has reportedly launched an investigation into Meta. According to Reuters, the Italian authority is considering, “allegations the company abused its dominant position by installing its artificial intelligence tool on messaging service WhatsApp.” The key detail, it seems, is that Meta foisted its…

Talking Point: How Are You Finding Mario Kart’s Open World?

1 year ago01 mins

Free to roam. Many of us have just wrapped up our second weekend with Mario Kart World, and by this point you’ve probably seen most of the Grand Prix mode and had your rear end handed to you various times in Knockout Tour (I swear, there’s no middle ground with that one – I either…

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Switch Physical Release Announced, Pre-Orders Open Soon

The Fridge6 months ago01 mins

Select from five cover options. Last year, as part of its 10th anniversary, physical distributor Limited Run Games announced a new partnership with Capcom. This was followed with a bunch of physical announcements, and in an update, a physical Switch version of Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium has now been revealed. This follows pre-orders for the…

Patriot Chases Speed Junkies with Viper 4 DDR4-3600 Memory Kit

jason11 years ago01 mins

Breaking the speed limit At the beginning of September, Patriot Memory announced a dual-channel Viper 4 memory kit rated to run at 3400MHz. At the time it was the fastest speed Patriot offered, though that was before the launch of its new 3600MHz RAM. Patriot’s new dual-channel kit is also part of the DDR4 Viper…

Retro News

A review of Baby T-Rex for the Chromatic

The Fridge1 year ago05 mins

At first glance, Baby T-Rex is not an intuitive title to see a rerelease for the Chromatic. Note that, labeling of the rewriteable lime green cartridge notwithstanding, Baby T-Rex is, indeed, merely a Game Boy game, playable on original hardware. The original Baby T-Rex is relatively rare, selling for upwards of fifty dollars, mostly…

Cyberpunk 2077 Confirmed As The First Switch 2 Title To Use Nvidia’s DLSS Upscaling

1 year ago01 mins

CD Projekt RED spills the beans. CD Projekt RED has confirmed to Digital Foundry that the Switch 2 launch title, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, will make use of DLSS, Nvidia’s AI-powered upscaling system. “We’re using a version of DLSS available for Nintendo Switch 2 hardware, powered by Nvidia’s Tensor cores,” a CD Projekt RED representative…

AMD announces refreshed Ryzen 8040 ‘Hawk Point’ mobile chips and the excitement is, well, not particularly exciting

3 years ago06 mins

After months of speculation and the odd leak, AMD has finally announced the first models in its new lineup of processors to feature the Ryzen 8000 branding at its Advancing AI event in San Jose, California. Specifically, a raft of new mobile chips under the codename “Hawk Point” were unveiled, although those of you expecting…

Viva Las Vegas! We’re getting a Fallout Season 2 teaser at Gamescom

1 year ago03 mins

Pop a Buffout, huff some Ultrajet, and pour yourself a big bowl of Sugar Bombs. Fallout fans may have a long wait before we get any kind of news about Fallout 5, but at least there’s a little irradiated goodness coming our way soon. Quite soon! As in, next week: we’re getting some sort of…

Retro News

“We All Know How This Will End” – Kirby’s Dream Land 2 & 3 Are Getting Unofficially Ported To PC, But Will Nintendo Step In?

The Fridge4 months ago02 mins

“Experience the legendary Game Boy tale with a brand-new coat of paint”. We’ve already seen Kirby’s early Game Boy adventures get a fresh look thanks to the homebrew community, but now the pink menace is getting the enhancement treatment via a new PC port by Grape Garden Games and Team Starfall. “Experience the legendary Game…

While some aren’t happy about the new Screamer going all-in on anime vibes, its director says the ‘essence’ of the original is still present: ‘This is still Screamer’

The Fridge10 months ago04 mins

Something I didn’t know until after diving into upcoming lightning-fast arcade racer Screamer was that the series has actually been around since 1995. A game developed as the PC’s answer to Namco’s Ridge Racer before its sequel delved more into rally racing. The new Screamer—set to launch next year—has a very different vibe to its…

ID@XBOX Indie Selects Demo Fest Is Here!

Arkham Insider Explores Design of Batman: Arkham Knight

Dwarf Fortress just made it easier for modders to add their own procedural creatures, items, curses, and more: ‘All of these things have been hard-coded in Dwarf Fortress, inaccessible to modders. Now the algorithms and data are available’

The death and resurrection of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is exactly why real server browsers are important

3DS Title Fragrant Story Launches “Free DLC Expansion” Papaya’s Path

Fast Forward: Are We Living in Sim City?

If you’d like to see Meta’s AI gunk purged from WhatsApp, a new antitrust investigation in Italy might just do the trick

Talking Point: How Are You Finding Mario Kart’s Open World?

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Switch Physical Release Announced, Pre-Orders Open Soon

Patriot Chases Speed Junkies with Viper 4 DDR4-3600 Memory Kit

A review of Baby T-Rex for the Chromatic

Cyberpunk 2077 Confirmed As The First Switch 2 Title To Use Nvidia’s DLSS Upscaling

AMD announces refreshed Ryzen 8040 ‘Hawk Point’ mobile chips and the excitement is, well, not particularly exciting

Viva Las Vegas! We’re getting a Fallout Season 2 teaser at Gamescom

“We All Know How This Will End” – Kirby’s Dream Land 2 & 3 Are Getting Unofficially Ported To PC, But Will Nintendo Step In?

While some aren’t happy about the new Screamer going all-in on anime vibes, its director says the ‘essence’ of the original is still present: ‘This is still Screamer’