Despite being the gateway TTRPG of choice, one of the biggest hurdles in Dungeons & Dragons has always come right at the start: making your character. For someone unfamiliar with the system, that blank character sheet can seem like a maths exam they haven’t revised for—and though recent editions have significantly streamlined the process, it…
Company is working on a fix The last few days have been rather hectic in terms of Insider Preview releases, with those in the Windows Insider program’s so-called Fast ring getting hit by as many as three builds in a span of four days. This is probably to be expected as Microsoft races to fix…
Whether you love it, loathe it, or just have no real feelings on the matter, OpenAI’s hungry-hippo-for-dollars ChatGPT isn’t going to disappear any time soon. Neither will the need for it to be powered by Nvidia’s mega-GPUs. However, that doesn’t mean its creators aren’t looking to cut costs somewhere, and one report claims a potential…
Even reasonably good value at full price, almosty $200 off an OLED panel with 1440p resolution and a snappy 180 Hz refresh rate makes this a contender for one of the best priced QD-OLED monitors out there. Key specs: 27-inch | 1440p | 180 Hz | 0.03 ms | QD-OLEDView Deal I look after our…
Creative Assembly’s first ever Total War sequel is getting a sequel of its own. Two decades after the arrival of Total War: Medieval 2, we’re going back to the Middle Ages for Total War: Medieval 3. Sega and Creative Assembly revealed their next game during a 25th anniversary showcase (here it is again in case…
This remaster of the spin-off series returns next year. Publisher and developer Rocket Panda Games has announced it will be bringing its anime side-scrolling beat ’em up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate to the Nintendo Switch in 2024. This game is a complete remaster of the original title, rebuilt “from the ground up” on Unreal…
Ever since his election, Pope Leo XIV has made no bones about AI being a central theme for his papacy. In his very first address to the College of Cardinals on May 10 the Pope framed contemporary technological progress as a new industrial revolution, and made clear he chose his papal name in tribute to…
As hardware reviews go, this one has probably been the most challenging one I’ve ever undertaken in my three decades of testing and rating PC hardware. Not because the product is incredibly complex or difficult to use; far from it, in fact. And not because it was a bug-ridden, early-release mess either. Indeed not, as…
Ubisoft has confirmed that Gods and Monsters is no more and it is now titled Immortals Fenyx Rising. The game will launch on Nintendo Switch on 3rd December. The company also showcased the game, based on Greek mythology, in action and it does look rather good. In Immortals Fenyx Rising you play as Fenyx who…
Yesterday brought the tragic news that Vince Zampella, co-founder of Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward and head of Respawn and Ripple Effect at Electronic Arts, died in a car crash in north Los Angeles. A passenger in the car was also killed in the crash. Zampella was a colossal figure in videogames, with his…