AMD's CEO claims 9070 XT sales are 10x higher than all previous Radeon generations but that's just for the first week of availability

Second Steam listing this year found hiding ‘new and clever’ malware. This time through a fake demo link on developer’s website

We are once again reminding you to be careful out there, after users found another Steam game acting as a front for malware. This is the second game we’ve seen hiding malicious intent on Steam’s storefront this year, and though both games have been taken down, it’s worth being extra cautious around unknown listings. According…

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AMD says ‘there is a ton of interest’ in FSR 4 and that it is ‘working very hard to make sure the next blockbusters that come out are enabled with FSR 4 technology’

The recent release of AMD’s new lineup of GPUs has been an eventful one with cards flying off shelves within 10 minutes of being listed at launch. One of the biggest boons to the new series of cards is FSR 4, the new AI upscaling tech AMD codeveloped with PlayStation makers and Japanese tech giant…

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Samsung has a crack at ye olde glasses-free 3D monitor thing but it’s new cheaper 49-inch ultrawide OLED is far more interesting

Samsung has announced a slew of new gaming monitors and on paper, the big news is a glasses-free 3D model. However, it’s a new lower-cost version of Samsung’s 49-inch ultrawide OLED that could be most interesting in the real world. The Odyssey 3D G90XF is a 27-inch 4K model with, “advanced eye-tracking technology and a…

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‘Never thought I’d go back’ Helldivers 2 players steel themselves to return to the site of its most infamous battle, Malevelon Creek

Malevelon Creek is burned into the memory of every true Super Earth patriot. Helldivers 2‘s dingy jungle planet became known as ‘Robot Vietnam’ as players banded together in their thousands to defend it from a massive Automaton assault. It was the first time the Helldivers 2 community picked up the game’s live-service meta-narrative and ran…

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‘It’s a bittersweet victory’: Meta has been forced to stop ad-tracking one individual in the UK after settling a years-long court case

I think most of us have had that moment where we feel it in our bones that targeted advertising has overstepped. You’re innocently doom scrolling through your day and social media throws up an advert for something so weirdly specific it shouldn’t really think to serve you. I’ve had it happen multiple times, and it…

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a hit and Steam played a ‘significant role’ in that: 27% of activations were on PC and it’s the 2nd-biggest AC launch of all time

Gamers only want one thing: to put an end to the Warring States period and unify Japan beneath the wise consulship of Lord Nobunaga Oda, the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven. Or they might want to kill Oda, actually. I’m not sure. Depends on the game. Either way, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is, per data…

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Blizzard plans to revive WoW Classic Hardcore characters ‘at our sole discretion’, after DDOS attack puts major streamer guild OnlyFangs in the ground

World of Warcraft’s Classic Hardcore is sort of the ideal streamer game—high stakes that can manufacture some top-tier drama, an MMO everyone and their dog has probably played at some point, and a thick layer of nostalgia to keep the whole thing fuelled. Which is why OnlyFangs, a hardcore guild composed almost entirely of big-name…

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