I've tested Resident Evil Requiem with different GPU and different drivers, but cannot replicate the massive performance loss some PC gamers are reporting

I’ve tested Resident Evil Requiem with different GPU and different drivers, but cannot replicate the massive performance loss some PC gamers are reporting

When I blasted through Resident Evil Requiem over the course of one blood-spattered weekend, I thought Capcom’s latest looked great—though I did play it on a PS5. Turns out, on PC, your zombie mashing mileage may vary due to Nvidia driver shenanigans. Unhappy PC gamers took to Reddit earlier this week, claiming to have seen…

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Resistance to operating system age checks coming from *checks notes* open source calculator and an OS that may just exclude Californians altogether

California has adopted a bill that requires operating systems to ask for a user’s age or date of birth during setup. The bill, which will become enforced legislation from January 1, 2027, says an OS should use this to determine the availability of applications in a storefront and share this information with any developer that…

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Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of ‘over 100%’ for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse

Well, I did say things were likely to get worse before they got better. According to South Korean outlet Etnews, Samsung Electronics has confirmed a DRAM price increase of “over 100%” for its customers in the first quarter of this year. That’s up from a 70% increase in January, which seems pretty indicative of how…

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Acer Nitro V 16 AI review

You know, it’s been quite refreshing reviewing a laptop for once that doesn’t have any major flaws. Acer’s Nitro V 16 AI, is genuinely pretty good. I have few complaints, which is rare given the current state of affairs. Is it the best gaming laptop ever? No, not quite, but what it aims to do…

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“An Undying Masterpiece” – Brush Up On Your Japanese History With This Koei 8-Bit Classic, Coming To PS5 & Switch 2

‘Nobunaga’s Ambition’ launches this week on PS5, with Switch 2 to follow. Following in the wake of Ninja Gaiden II: The Sword of Chaos, Cool Boarders, and Dezaemon, Hamster has announced that the next Console Archives title heading to PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 will be Koei’s Famicom / NES port of the legendary 1986…

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Malwarebytes says a fake Google Account security page is distributing ‘what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed in the wild’

Cybersecurity provider Malwarebytes has thrown up a red flag regarding a fake Google Account security page that it says is distributing “what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed in the wild”, and it’s capable of infecting Windows, Apple, and Google Android devices. In a blog post breaking…

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