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Trendforce says DDR5 RAM kit prices have fallen ‘sharply’ in US, Europe and China but that contract memory prices ‘remain stable’

Is the worm finally turning for the poor beleaguered PC gamer, pummelled by painful component pricing? Yesterday, we covered a report claiming that spending cuts at OpenAI had “hit” memory chip prices. Now market analyst Trendforce says that retail DDR5 kit pricing is falling “sharply” in the US, Europe and China. “Recent sharp price corrections…

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Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision-Blizzard: ‘It was the biggest f**k you moment I’ve had in may career’

Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan was the public face of Overwatch before he left Activision-Blizzard in 2021. If you were interested in videogames between 2014 and 2021, it’s likely you’ll recognise his face. In a new interview on the Lex Fridman podcast, Kaplan details for the first time how and why he left Activision-Blizzard, and it’s…

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