A week ago or so, I flagged a report claiming that CPUs about to become the next chip class walloped by an AI-instigated shortage and spiralling prices. Now another source is making essentially the same claim but this time via at least two gaming PC maker. Nikkei Asia reports that a supply crunch is hitting…
The pendulum of history has resoundingly swung back to “it’s so over” from any semblance of “we’re so back” for ailing retailer GameStop following its experiments with cryptocurrency and brief moment in the sun as some kind of Reddit meme thing. As reported by Decrypt, the company has announced that its NFT marketplace will shutter…
Let It Die: Inferno—the surprise sequel to Suda51’s 2016 roguelike—rather took the wind out of our sails last week, when an AI-content disclosure added to its Steam page sheepishly copped to the fact that “AI-generated content has been used and then edited by our team for certain parts of the in-game voices, music, and graphics.”…
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Bill Petras, a veteran of Blizzard Entertainment with a career spanning over 30 years in the games industry, has died. The news was shared to LinkedIn by Petras’ friend and colleague, former Blizzard cinematics director, Harley D. Huggins II. Petras is survived by his family, who are planning a celebration of life for Petras in…
‘PC gamers: hobbyists or heroes?’ is not the title of a new report from data firm Newzoo on the Japanese gaming market in 2025, but it probably should be. Turns out, our humble platform has been singlehandedly keeping the rate of profit propped up in the country while consoles have lagged for a good while…
When I flew to China to play Phantom Blade Zero earlier this year, I left without one key piece of information: When it would be out. The polished but walled off demo made it hard to tell how much of Phantom Blade Zero was finished, and it seemed equally possible that it would be arriving…
Warning: spoilers below! In a world where nothing is sacred and no one is safe, the outcome of The Great War for the Iron Throne is anyone’s guess. Game of Thrones Season 7 is poised to debut on July 16, and we wanted to arm PlayStation Vue members with a skimmable guide to the biggest…
Silent Hill f finally releases to the masses tomorrow, but before everyone’s even got their hands on NeoBard’s new take on the Silent Hill series, one modder has managed to completely remove all the fog from the game. Simply named No Fog, this mod, created by Fellow_Demo, strips all the fog from Ebisugaoka, but players…
We would like to announce that due to the situation with COVID-19 and the postponement of the Nurburgring 24-hour race event, we will not be hosting the Gran Turismo World Tour ‘Nurburging’ event previously scheduled for May 22-23, 2020. Additionally it has been decided that the Online Season due end with Rd.10 of Stage 1…