Remember when OpenAI beat humans in Dota 2? Turns out that was partly thanks to when Elon Musk 'personally called [Satya] Nadella' to secure a load of discounted Microsoft computing power

Remember when OpenAI beat humans in Dota 2? Turns out that was partly thanks to when Elon Musk ‘personally called [Satya] Nadella’ to secure a load of discounted Microsoft computing power

OpenAI is now one of the world’s most talked-about companies, and the ongoing legal spat between co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman has resulted in some truly juicy revelations around exactly what was going on in the firm’s earliest years. One example: it turns out Gabe Newell gave the company over $20 million, and was…

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Human Fall Flat, which is bizarrely one of the best-selling games of all time, gets a Viking-themed map featuring Dave the Diver for some reason

Cooperative physics-platformer Human Fall Flat is one of my favourite back-burner games, something I check in on once every six months or so to see what nonsense has been added, eagerly play through the new levels, and then memory hole the thing until Christmas or whenever. Given how No Brakes Games’ goofy wobble ’em up…

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US government announces that its investigation into chip imports will have results within two weeks, potentially paving the way for a raft of new tariffs on all things silicon

Back in April, we reported on the commencement of an investigation by the US government. Specifically, the goal of the probe was to look at the country’s reliance on foreign semiconductor production and how such imports might affect national security. In a press conference after a meeting with President Trump and the EU held over…

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Review: Polymega Collection Vol. 15 – Body Harvest – Comes Undone Thanks To A Poor Showing By DMA’s N64 Classic

Nobody to love. DMA Design’s Body Harvest is one of those unique titles which, despite enduring a torrid development process and not finding the audience it perhaps deserved, can nonetheless be considered an important moment in the history of the studio which created it; DMA would, of course, eventually evolve into Rockstar Games and find…

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Best HDR loadout in Black Ops 6

Alongside two new assault rifles, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 3 also adds a new sniper, the powerful HDR. As with all snipers, the HDR is incredibly slow and clunky right out of the box. It’ll take the best BO6 HDR loadout to make this sniper competitive. A sniper that can’t quickscope is…

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Tencent is buying 20% stake in Marvelous

News has emerged this morning from Bloomberg that Chinese firm Tencent is buying a 20 percent stake in Japanese developer Marvelous. Marvelous is behind recent hits like Daemon X Machina and Story of Seasons on Nintendo Switch. The move will give Marvelous more company capital to develop its game franchises. This in turn will boost…

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Intel’s next gen Battlemage GPUs are up and running in its labs, and work on its next-next generation Celestial architecture is well underway

After the less than perfect launch of Intel’s first generation Arc Alchemist graphics cards, work on the second generation Xe2 Battlemage architecture appears to be coming along nicely. That’s according to comments made during an interview at CES 2024 by Tom Petersen, a current Intel Fellow. The interview was conducted by PC World. Petersen revealed…

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FFXIV: Welcome to the Manderville Gold Saucer!

Greetings, everyone! FFXIV Community Manager Matt “Bayohne” Hilton here once more to give PlayStation Blog readers a look at the latest from Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn! We’ve just released Patch 2.51 with one of the most sought-after additions to the game since its announcement – the Manderville Gold Saucer! Fans of Final Fantasy…

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