Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director had 2 scrapped scenes from the game's ending, gives props to mocap actors who 'saved' it at the last minute

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s director had 2 scrapped scenes from the game’s ending, gives props to mocap actors who ‘saved’ it at the last minute

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is maybe one of my favourite games of this year—it’s certainly in the running—which I hope reassures you that I mean this with all the love in the world. It surprises me not one itty-bitty bit that Guillaume Broche, creative director of the game, says he “likes really sad stories”. That’s…

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If this report about 2nm silicon from Japanese chip manufacturing start-up Rapidus beating TSMC is true, there might just be hope for GPU prices

We reported recently on TSMC’s relentless march toward 2 nm chip tech, despite the fact that there’s barely any 3 nm silicon in our PCs. That’s all very nice, but the problem is that it’s just TSMC doing 2 nm with little to no competition. At least it was. Reportedly, Japanese chip manufacturing startup Rapidus…

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MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 review

Once you’ve gone OLED, you won’t ever want to go back. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to say that about the MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36? To discover that it ditches the usual shortcomings of Samsung’s QD-OLED tech while capitalising on all that characteristic OLED goodness, including perfect per-pixel lighting and incredible speed?…

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