Quests in ARC Raiders often don't ask you to complete complicated tasks in your runs Topside. They're usually just asking you to bring a specific item back, or some just want you to look around in a specific area. But the quests, specifically the ones you get as you unlock new maps, are doing more than just asking you to bring something back. They're helping you acclimate to the new map, and teaching you about its more important areas. That's exactly what the 'A First Foothold' quest is doing when you first unlock the Blue Gate map. Speranza's gadgets and […]

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HDD capacity from one of the world's largest manufacturers has started to run dry, according to Western Digital's CEO, as major LTAs have been signed out. Western Digital's Consumer Share Drops to 5%, as Enterprise Demand Gobbles Up the Supply Well, the ongoing AI supercycle has disrupted supply chains, and we have talked about DRAM and NAND before, but it appears HDDs are also in significant demand: according to WD's CEO, Irving Tan, the manufacturer's entire capacity for this year is booked out. Speaking at the Q2 earnings call, Tan revealed that the focus has been on developing products that […]

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Another case of CPU failure, but the user reports minimal CPU usage when it died. This time, it was the ASUS motherboard. Redditor Confirms Dead Ryzen 7 9800X3D on ASUS TUF Gaming X870-Plus After Leaving His System On Overnight With Nominal Load Ryzen 7 9800X3D death reports aren't uncommon, and they continuously surface on Reddit. Keep in mind that despite so many reports surfacing online, the RMA rates for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D are nearly on par with other Ryzen 9000 CPUs if we go by the data from Mindfactory. Still, it's important to examine every case of CPU failure […]

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Earlier this month, the developer behind the crowdfunded fantasy MMORPG Ashes of Creation, Intrepid Studios, suddenly collapsed, leaving backers and fans baffled less than two months after the game's launch on Steam Early Access. As it turns out, though, the project had been teetering on the brink of collapse for a very long time. YouTuber NefasQS, AKA Casper, has managed to interview one of the game's main investors, Jason Caramanis, who has come forward to reveal what he alleges is a massive, years-long fraud perpetrated by Steven Sharif, founder and creative director of Intrepid Studios. Caramanis is a 57-year-old multi-level […]

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The US and Taiwan have now agreed on an extensive trade framework, and by the looks of it, one of the major aspects of the agreement is to bolster supply chain expansion measures in America. TSMC & Other Taiwanese Suppliers Could See Tariff Exemptions Moving Ahead, Potentially Lowering Expansion Costs The semiconductor buildout in the US is probably the 'largest' ever by foreign entities in modern times, driven by TSMC and others' desire to diversify the chip supply chain to cater to their US customers. At the same time, tariffs have been a major concern for Taiwanese companies' investments, as […]

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As much as Apple tries to avoid a price hike for the iPhone 18 series, this event could be inevitable. However, one strategy the company could apply to offer relief to customers is to keep the base models unchanged from last year. Then again, with its rumored agreement with NAND flash maker Kioxia including terms that Apple will pay double the price for storage, it potentially means that the premium could be applied to the higher internal memory variants. Also, paying twice the original amount doesn’t mean that the Cupertino will be immune from future price shifts, because contracts are subject to change […]

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We are still around two weeks away from Samsung's official unveiling of its Galaxy S26 series. Even so, the as yet unreleased Galaxy S26+ just went up for sale on Craiglist, leading many to conclude that the device is either a prototype or part of an outright scam. An enterprising netizen is now offering to sell to you the unreleased Galaxy S26+ on Craiglist A tipster has just published the photos of the Galaxy S26+ that has gone on sale on Craiglist. Do note that the tipster appears to be mistaken. Judging from the layout of the cameras, we can […]

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All the Arc GPUs have officially received support for Intel's latest Multi-Frame Generation with the new driver update. Intel Rolls Out Graphics Driver 8509, Supporting XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation on Intel Arc Alchemist and Battlemage dGPUs and iGPUs Intel's latest XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation, which was initially launched for Panther Lake processors/iGPUs, has now been rolled out for previous-gen GPUs as well. As promised recently, Intel has today launched its latest Arc Graphics driver for Windows version 32.0.101.8509, which brings support for XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation for both Alchemist and Battlemage families. As listed in the release notes, the XeSS […]

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The latest discount on the AirPods Pro 3, courtesy of Amazon, has lowered the retail price of Apple’s flagship wireless earbuds to $209.99, down from $249, granting you $39 in savings. While it is not the highest drop that we’ve seen, it is still the second-best, and you’ll want to own these immediately because the AirPods Pro 3 are outfitted with some of the best features that you’ll ever want from a high-end audio product. Better noise cancellation, improved battery life, and heat-rate monitoring are some of the perks of owning the AirPods Pro 3 If you currently own a […]

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Due to rising costs of memory and SSDs, Acer has also announced a price hike for its products. Acer Japan Says it Will Revise PC Product Prices, Starting February 20, 2026, as Memory and SSD Costs Keep Rising The PC hardware prices aren't ready to stabilize, and we are seeing major hardware manufacturers announcing price revisions almost every month. Recently, it was Maingear and Framework that announced price hikes a couple of times. ASUS also announced price hikes due to higher memory and SSD costs, and now it's Acer's turn, which has also announced a price revision. Acer Predator Gaming […]

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Samsung unveiled the use of its Heat Pass Block (HPB) technology in the Exynos 2600 to help lower thermal resistance and improve heat dissipation. Based on rumors, there has been a lot of interest in this solution, with even the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro schematic leak shown to be using it, which is a pleasant surprise because lots of manufacturers have incorporated custom cooling fans to help lower temperatures. While these additions have their use cases, the noise generated would definitely trigger some unease for users. Thankfully, a tipster says that the use of HPB will eliminate the […]

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It's been three years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. Now, AMD has introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new […]

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Intel's Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs with 52 cores will require the highest-end 900-series motherboards to display their full performance potential. Intel Nova Lake 52-Core Desktop CPUs To Display Full Power on Higher-End 900-Series Motherboards, Rest Will Limit Performance & Power As per new information on Intel Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs and their respective platforms shared by Jaykihn at X, it looks like only some ultra-high-end tier motherboards will have the prowess to display Nova Lake's full performance potential. The insider/leaker states that a certain selection of 900-series motherboards, presumably based on the Z990 chipset, will support the full power of […]

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Apple's iOS 26, in keeping with the historical norms, has now reached around three-fourths of all iPhones launched over the past four years (since 2022). Even so, Apple's latest software iteration for the iPhones is somewhat lagging when compared with the adoption recorded by the last-gen iOS 18 in the comparable timeframe, with the Liquid Glass design language likely to blame for this aberrant slowdown. Apple's iOS 26 is now running on 74 percent of all iPhones launched in the last four years Apple has just released the adoption statistics for iOS 26 now that 150 days have passed since […]

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Apple’s entire iPhone 18 lineup has been reported to forego Qualcomm’s 5G modems in favor of the company’s C2 baseband chip, which was reportedly in development when the iPhone 16e launched last year. However, according to one analyst, the Cupertino firm is bringing in another wireless chip to the flagship series, and it will be the direct successor to the N1. Additionally, there are other changes expected, such as a smaller Dynamic Island, so let us discuss all details below. No improvements from the N2 wireless networking chip upgrade have been mentioned in the new report, but C2 5G modem could […]

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Samsung opted for an iterative refresh for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series after Apple instituted a major design change for its iPhone 17 lineup. And, as a result, the South Korean tech behemoth is now reportedly paying the price for its inertia, if the latest tidbits about the series' pre-order cadence are anything to go by. The current pre-order trajectory for the Galaxy S26 series would make it nearly impossible for Samsung to meet the lineup's annual sales target According to the tipster Jason C, there is a "perceived lack of interest in the Samsung Galaxy S26 series." Also, as […]

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Two banger games from Capcom are going to launch in a span of three months, starting with Resident Evil Requiem, which will arrive this month, followed by PRAGMATA, which is scheduled to release on April 24. While PC gamers have had the privilege of trying out the demo, which delivers a polished finish, you can begin preparing things in advance if you’re a console owner by pre-ordering the game on Amazon. Best of all, the listings are available for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 2. PRAGMATA offers a unique sci-fi experience, with the initial gameplay bringing in […]

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It's no secret that user-submitted Steam Reviews have often been quite controversial, especially during so-called "review bombings". In these instances, specific games have been targeted with a deluge of negative reviews, thus crashing the overall user review score on Valve's platform. One of the earliest scenarios was the review bombing of Firewatch, Campo Santo's acclaimed adventure game released in 2016. The following year, YouTuber PewDiePie racially insulted a player during a livestream in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), and Campo Santo's founder Sean Vanaman asked YouTube to remove all of PewDiePie's videos from the platform. However, in retaliation, PewDiePie's legion of followers […]

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Highguard is the latest free-to-play first-person shooter to hit the market, and if things keep going the way they are now, it'll also be the latest free-to-play first-person shooter that was shut down after being unable to break through as a massive hit right at launch. After its trailer at The Game Awards failed to land with players, and the weeks of silence that followed did nothing to help, when it arrived, before players even made it through the tutorial, they were leaving negative reviews on Steam. Even though it had over 97K concurrent players on Steam when it launched, […]

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Micron has commenced mass production of its 9650 SSD, the world's first PCIe Gen6 storage solution with up to 28 GB/s transfer rates. Micron 9650 - The World's First PCIe Gen6 SSD With 28 GB/s Read Speeds With Both Air & Liquid-Cooled Models Two years ago, Micron announced the development of its first PCIe Gen6 SSDs. These SSDs were rated at 26 GB/s at the time, but today marks the first official announcement of an actual Gen6-based product that is under production, the Micron 9650. With 9650 SSDs, Micron is promising a 2x speedup in Sequential Read and 40% speedup […]

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Cerebras' AI chips have seen their first mainstream adoption by none other than OpenAI, as the AI lab reveals that their latest Codex model has another compute provider alongside NVIDIA. OpenAI Has Managed to Achieve a Shocking 1,000 TPS Output, With Cerebras' Blazing-Fast Bandwidth Well, there has been an NVIDIA-OpenAI saga on the financing front, but it appears that, in the race for compute, OpenAI has taken an interesting route through its earlier partnership with Cerebras. In the company's recent Codex release, it is disclosed that the GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark is powered by Cerebras' AI chips and, more specifically, that the benefit […]

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Leaked earlier in the week by Dealabs and confirmed at yesterday's State of Play, the latest web-swinging adventure from Insomniac Games, 2023's Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is the headlining title for the February 2026 batch of PS Plus Extra games entering the Game Catalog. It enters the library of games that players have access to through their subscription, alongside eight other games, including several of the more notable indie releases from the last few years. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 wasn't the only game that was leaked ahead of this batch's official confirmation. Neva and Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown were also part […]

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SEGA has just released its third-quarter financials for its current fiscal year, and while some of its numbers don't look as strong as the company may have hoped, like having to incur $200 million impairment by devaluing Rovio, the Angry Birds maker that it acquired back in 2023, its future outlook has a lot for players to look forward to. In the segment of its presentation regarding its initiatives for the next fiscal year, SEGA lists that it plans "to release four major new titles for mainstay IPs." The next fiscal year will take us all the way to March […]

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Although a little rough around the edges, the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance managed to carve out its niche with one of the most immersive medieval open-world role-playing games ever, making it easy for many fans of the genre to look past its technical shortcomings, especially on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. From today, however, even console players will be able to enjoy the first entry in the series by Warhorse Studios at its best, thanks to the previously rumored Next-Gen Update, now out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Announced during today's Warhorse Studios Anniversary Celebration Stream, the Next-Gen […]

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The battery sizes in the latest iPhones are slowly increasing in capacity, with the eSIM version of the iPhone 17 Pro Max getting treated to the biggest cell at 5,088mAh. The iPhone 18 Pro Max is expected to cross this ceiling, and for the longest time, it was assumed that Apple ran into space problems, preventing it from adding bigger batteries. However, that myth has been debunked thanks to the latest video, which shows an iPhone 11 Pro, which is almost seven years old, getting treated to a massive 12,000mAh battery swap. To remind you, the dated flagship shipped with a […]

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[Update - February 13 - 10:54 AM] The long-rumored 2.5.D entry in the God of War series, God of War Sons of Sparta, has been officially announced during a State of Play presentation. However, it is not a multiplatform release. If there are still multiplatform plans, they will be rolled out in the future. Original story follows. [Original Story] The God of War series is one of the tentpole PlayStation franchises, and one that represents the brand's identity best. Moving from the character-action experiences of the first three entries in the series, the franchise starring Kratos has evolved into a […]

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Among the many games announced during yesterday's PlayStation State of Play presentation were also plenty of remasters that will soon give players the opportunity to enjoy now classic games on modern consoles and PC. Although teased in the past few months, the announcement of the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 was a welcome surprise, as are the undemanding PC system requirements revealed today. Revealed on the game's Steam Store page that went live shortly after Sony's presentation, the minimum and recommended requirements suggest that all players with a relatively modern CPU system should have no trouble enjoying the […]

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There's a new game bundle on Steam that lets you pick up what are arguably two of the best RPGs in the last few years on one discount. Developers Sandfall Interactive and ATLUS have joined together to form a bundle including both Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. Both games are currently on sale separately, but you can grab them together in a bundle for 10% off their combined price, and it's a bundle that both sides are proud to be a part of. Metaphor: ReFantazio creative director and writer Katsura Hashino said that he was "very pleased" to […]

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Marathon is set to arrive on PC and PS5 on March 5, 2026, and just ahead of its arrival, Bungie is looking to stress-test its servers with a Server Slam Test that'll run from February 26 to March 2. The test was announced with a new gameplay trailer at yesterday's State of Play, after which game director Joe Ziegler showed off more of the game by streaming it with popular Twitch streamers TheBurntPeanut and Gingy. The new trailer was another showing of Marathon's narrative elements with a few more snippets of gameplay, before Ziegler began narrating and announcing the server […]

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One of the major barriers to the adoption of China's DRAM and NAND products was the inclusion of CXMT and YMTC in the Pentagon's Section 1260H list, but in a new update, they have now been moved out. YMTC & CXMT Can Now Participate In US DoW Contracts, But Business With OEMs Isn't Entirely Risk-Free [Update]: The Pentagon has withdrawn the document that suggested updates to Section 1260H, and we haven't seen any updates from the Department of War (DoW) on it yet. [Original]: Well, it appears the prospect of manufacturers sourcing Chinese memory and NAND products has become much […]

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Apple used a specific aluminum alloy within the iPhone 17 Pro Max to ensure the model's beefed-up heat dissipation capacity. However, that alloy is now leading to worrying cases of people's phones being dented even when secured by a case, negating the entire raison d'être for encasing your iPhone 17 Pro Max in the first place. Apple uses a 5080-series aluminum alloy for the iPhone 17 Pro Max and a 6000-series one for the base iPhone 17, leading to very different denting outcomes Erica Griffin recently posted images of her dented Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, clearly showing the frame […]

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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a brand new 2D game in KONAMI's revered series, was announced yesterday during the State of Play. This year, the franchise celebrates its 40th anniversary, and fans are thrilled not only because of the new game (the first since 2014's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2) but also because KONAMI has confirmed it's just the first in a series of new projects. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is set more than two decades after the events of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and the recent animated series on Netflix. It takes place in the streets of 15th-century Paris, where a new […]

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A European chip lab based in Barcelona has developed a computing architecture featuring RISC-V and an Intel process, marking it the first step towards "sovereign infrastructure". BZL's Latest Chip Features "Tenary" Architectures Onboard, To Refine Workload-Specific Performance There's always a debate in the mainstream technology industry about Europe's role in the AI revolution, given that the region has few "independent" ventures that have contributed to the computing race. While we won't go into this debate for now, the Barcelona Zettascale Lab (BZL) has completed an "experimental" build of its Cinco Ranch TC1 chip. According to the lab's report, this marks […]

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In what is a testament to the power of the emerging LLM-based coding tools, such as Claude Code, a group of teenagers recently spent the better part of a birthday bash building over ten games, and that too without any prior coding experience. Claude Code just enabled a group of teenagers to "go from consuming dopamine to producing it" by using LLM prompts to produce the code for as many as ten games The Chief Information Security Officer at Sysdig, Sergej Epp, recently penned a very interesting LinkedIn post detailing how he was able to show a group of teenagers […]

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Intel gets in trouble as CCI fines it heavily for failing to honor the warranty for CPUs that were bought from abroad. Competition Commission of India Fines Intel a $30 Million for the Discriminatory Nature of its Warranty Policy in India Apart from losing ground to AMD in the desktop CPU market, Intel is now facing serious charges under Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002, in India, which prohibits the abuse of dominant market position. Intel, a dominant desktop CPU seller in the country, is now facing legal consequences for enforcing a discriminatory warranty policy that has reportedly denied […]

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USA-based independent developer ProbablyMonsters (which we recently interviewed about the launch of Storm Lancers on Nintendo Switch 2) was featured on the State of Play broadcast with an interesting new game called Crimson Moon. It's an action/adventure roleplaying game with optional co-op with another player. The setting is "Gothic High Renaissance"; the protagonist is a half-human, half-angel Nephilim born of a forbidden union and sworn to protect humanity as a Knight of the Crimson Moon. The game takes place in Gildenarch, a once grand metropolis now overrun by the Infernal Legion and a corruption known as "Hellgrowth". As players reclaim […]

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Samsung and its next-generation chipset, the Exynos 2700, have started to get included in a lot of reports, hinting at its development under the Korean giant’s second-generation 2nm GAA process, also known as SF2P. Where the Exynos 2600 provided the necessary stepping-stones, its successor will take the reins and solidify Samsung’s position as a worthy player in the chipset space, but more importantly, the silicon’s arrival is expected to boost the firm financially too. According to the latest report, the company’s non-memory business will receive a nice bump with the Exynos 2700’s launch. The latest estimate claims that the Exynos 2700 […]

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One of the biggest surprises of yesterday's State of Play broadcast was undoubtedly the announcement of Project Windless. An open world action RPG in development at KRAFTON Montréal, it is based on the "The Bird That Drinks Tears" fantasy universe created by the Korean novelist Lee Youngdo, which has been described as "The Korean Lord of the Rings". Patrik Méthé, Head of KRAFTON Montréal Studio and Creative Director, said in a statement: From the start, we asked ourselves what it really means to play a legendary figure in a fantasy world. For us, that meant giving players real agency, not […]

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Due to an increase in reports of fake RAM kits, Corsair has begun packaging its Vengeance DDR5 RAM modules in a new packaging to combat counterfeits. Corsair Officially Announces Transparent Vengeance DDR5 Packaging, Making it Easier for Verifying the Authenticity You may have already read reports of fake DDR5 kits being circulated in the market. While fake hardware scams are well-known, the rise in fake DDR5 RAM kits began at the end of 2025 as a result of higher prices. Some users got DDR4 RAM modules inside DDR5 shells, while some received DDR4 modules inside DDR5 packaging. This was one […]

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The preliminary power limits of Intel's Nova Lake "Dual Compute Tile" CPUs have been revealed, with up to 150W PL1 & 500W PL2. Intel Nova Lake CPUs Could Boast Up To 500W PL2 & Over 800W PL4 Power Limits In Dual Compute Tile Configurations A few days ago, we got to learn that Intel's Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs with dual compute tiles could feature power consumption of 700W+, which was a bit shocking, but it looks like the power limits for Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs have been further explained. According to Kopite7kimi, the number was based on a chip with […]

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During yesterday's State of Play broadcast, KONAMI and Annapurna Interactive have unveiled the first gameplay trailer for Silent Hill: Townfall. The spin-off psychological horror game was announced back in 2022, and this is the first time we learn anything concrete about it. Meanwhile, the development team, originally known as No Code (the same ones behind Stories Untold and Observation), has rebranded to Screen Burn. More information was revealed in the subsequent Silent Hill Transmission, where the game was described as a full-length, self-contained adventure set in cold Scotland and played entirely in first-person, marking a significant shift from the series' […]

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China's SMIC has recently said that memory shortages are affecting broader supply chains, and the CEO said many customers are looking to scale back chip orders. SMIC Claims That Ditching Chip Orders in Light of DRAM Shortages Isn't the Wise Move For Customers DRAM has become one of the most important commodities in the AI world, given its rapid integration across AI architectures and end products. We have been witnessing shortages for several quarters now, and, apart from their impact on the client segment, large-scale foundries like SMIC are also seeing the effects. Talking about quarterly earnings, SMIC's co-CEO, Zhao […]

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Seeing a 65W CPU dying is surely rare, but once again, we are seeing the CPU deaths continue on ASRock motherboards. Redditor Reports Dead Ryzen 5 7500F on ASRock Motherboard; A 65W CPU That Reportedly Ran Normally for 7 Months In a rare incident, we are seeing deaths of power-efficient Ryzen CPUs. This is probably not the first time such an incident happened, but this is definitely one of the first times we are seeing such a report surfacing on Reddit. The Redditor u/External-Wear-1515 reported that his AMD Ryzen 5 7500F died on the ASRock B850 RS PRO WiFi motherboard. […]

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Faster LPCAMM2 LPDDR5X memory featuring up to 96 GB capacities and 9600 MT/s transfer rates is entering mass production soon. LPCAMM2 "LPDDR5X" Memory Modules Feature Up To 96 GB Capacities & 9600 MT/s Speeds In Compact Form Factor The LPCAMM2 form factor is designed to reduce PCB sizes on mobile and notebook form factors. So far, LPCAMM2 memory has featured LPDDR5 memory and also supports faster LPDDR5X memory. While the standard has been gaining traction, it looks like Samsung has yet to begin mass production of its fastest LPCAMM2 modules. Lenovo China's manager, @思考未来啊, has posted a picture of a […]

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The M5 Pro and M5 Max are expected to be Apple’s first SoCs to offer separate CPU and GPU blocks, thanks to TSMC’s new ‘Small Outline Integrated Circuit’ packaging (SoIC), unlocking more possibilities on its portable Macs. From lowering manufacturing costs by improving yields to obtaining new performance levels, these are a few benefits that companies can witness by moving to a chiplet design, but if that’s the case, why has Qualcomm yet to adopt it? We’ve discussed some possibilities below, but we also believe that it will be necessary for the company to eventually make the transition. If bringing chipsets […]

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It's been three years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. Now, AMD has introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new […]

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The Game Awards might have the words 'awards' in the title, but anyone who has seen Geoff Keighley's annual show knows that it's more about the announcements than the awards. The DICE Awards, however, are the absolute opposite. It's all about the awards, and it's all about the people who make the games that win those awards. With the nominees and winners selected by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS), it's arguably the closest thing the video game industry has to The Oscars, if only because every winner gives thanks to "the academy." Leading into this year's show, […]

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Both Client and Server x86 CPU segments saw shipments grow in Q4 2025, with servers leading the charge with a 6.5% increase. Client & Server CPU Segments Saw Shipments Increase In Q4 2025: Client-Side With 2.7% & Server Side With 6.5% Growth The latest CPU market report is out by JPR and is inline with what we reported in our Mercury Research data. As per JPR, the global client CPU market expanded in Q4 2025, following a growth trajectory for 4 quarters straight in a row. As per the latest figures, the client CPU shipments increased by 2.7% versus the […]

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Intel's Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" CPUs are now available in compact modules for Edge AI & Embedded platforms. Intel Panther Lake CPUs With LPCAMM2 Featured On Compact Modules For Edge AI & Embedded Systems During the Intel Tech Tour 2025, the blue team showcased its brand-new Panther Lake modules designed for Edge AI and Embedded systems. Now, a few weeks after launch, we are seeing the first of these Edge computing systems being announced. Congatec has announced its new COM-HPC and COM Express modules with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" CPUs. The modules come in various […]

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Though not a universally recognized name like Resident Evil or Silent Hill, Koei Tecmo's Fatal Frame series carved out its niche with unique features, namely a distinct Japanese horror feel in its story and setting, and the Camera Obscura, a very peculiar camera that enables regular people to see ghosts. The end results haven't always been perfect, but the series' unique vibe has made it a darling among many survival horror fans looking for something beyond the most celebrated series. Following the release of Maiden of Black Water in 2015, the Fatal Frame series returned in 2021 with a remake of the […]

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Sony hosted its hour-long February 2026 State of Play today, and while plenty of the announcements were surprises, some of them, like the new Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls reveal, we had a heads up on. After its Steam page was accidentally updated to include additional information, like how the game will feature 20 characters at launch, it seemed like a safe bet that it would be featured during today's event. Not only was it shown off, but we got another look at more gameplay with this trailer, specifically featuring the Unbreakable X-Men, with Storm, Magik, Wolverine, and Danger all joining […]

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With Saros getting an April 30, 2026, release date confirmation during The Game Awards 2025, it seemed like a lock to be included during today's February 2026 State of Play, and it was. Housemarque did not disappoint, making a major show of more gameplay from Saros as we get closer to its release. Today's trailer dug deeper into the game's systems and focused more on what Housemarque means by its "come back stronger" mantra for Saros' gameplay style. We got a look at how you'll upgrade your armor via the Armor Matrix with resources you gather on your runs, and […]

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It has been some time since we last saw Kratos in action in God of War Ragnarok, and it will likely be longer before we see how his and Atreus' story continues. However, fans of the series now have one more game to look forward to: a remake of the first three entries in the series. Announced at the end of today's State of Play presentation with a brief teaser trailer, the God of War Trilogy Remake will deliver a modernized version of the Greek Saga in which Kratos is at his most violent. Unfortunately, details are scarce at the moment, as the […]

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Out of all the announcements included in today's February 2026 State of Play, the one that will potentially be the most remembered is Saber Interactive's reveal of a AAA John Wick game, featuring Keanu Reeves in the titular role, and the confirmation that the game is being made in collaboration with Chad Stahelski, director of the recent films and one of the key visonaries behind their success (who is also directing a Ghost of Tsushima film). You might recall that last month, almost right at the beginning of the year, Lionsgate teased that it was working on a major John […]

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After years of almost complete silence following Hideo Kojima's departure from Konami, the Metal Gear Solid series has finally returned to the spotlight with Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 and last year's Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of the third entry in the series. While it's unknown if the remake developed by Virtuos and Konami will be followed by any other series' remake or new entry in the series, we have learned during today's State of Play presentation that fans will soon get the chance to experienceMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace […]

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Star Wars: Galactic Racer made its gameplay debut during the February 2026 State of Play, with a short trailer from Fuse Games to showcase its podracing in action after the developer confirmed we'd have podracers alongside speeders and other vehicles from the Star Wars universe. The gameplay shown did its best to showcase how Fuse is trying to convey how insanely fast these vehicles are going. As much as the studio needs to hit the mark on the look of the world, the track design, and the handling for each of the vehicles, it'll all be for nought if it […]

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Besides providing new looks at PlayStation Studios titles, the February 12 State of Play presentation showcased some of the biggest third-party games launching this year. Among them is Control Resonant, the second entry in Remedy Entertainment's series, and the studio's most ambitious game to date. An ambition that was made evident by the first gameplay showcase. The gameplay reveal, which can be watched below, shows how Dylan Faden, brother of Control's protagonist Jesse, takes on a wide range of paranatural threats using the environment and his shapeshifting weapon called Aberrant. Though only around 3 minutes long, the gameplay trailer does […]

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As we predicted when Sony announced the State of Play, one of the PlayStation Studios reveals for tonight's showcase was the gameplay and release date reveal for Ghost of Yotei Legends, after it was initially announced during Gamescom 2025. Just like Ghost of Tsushima Legends, this new co-op multiplayer mode will be available as free DLC for players who already own Ghost of Yotei, and it'll arrive on March 10, 2026. Showcased with gameplay captured on a PS5 Pro, the new trailer showed a bit of the kinds of missions you'll get to play in Ghost of Yotei Legends, which […]

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Around eight months after its debut on PlayStation 5, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is launching on PC on March 19, complete with some PC-exclusive features. The game's release date on PC was confirmed with a new trailer shared during today's State of Play presentation, which also provided the first look at this new version of the game and some of its exclusive features, which include unlocked framerates (with the exception of cutscenes that will be locked at 60 FPS), ultrawide resolutions support, DualSense support, upscaling and frame generation, although the trailer did not specify if all current upscaling […]

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Any consumer electronic that features DRAM will get expensive to the point that its affordability will be out of your range. Soon, 8GB RAM configurations will become common, but here’s something you don’t see every day. The Acer Aspire 14 AI, a 14-inch Windows 11 notebook that’s equipped with 16GB RAM and up to a 1TB SSD, is available for as low as $459.99. How? Well, Amazon is giving you an incredible opportunity to own a decent portable computer, but you’ll have to hurry because these deals don’t stay active for long. The Acer Aspire 14 AI is also marketed […]

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Ubisoft has just reported its third-quarter financial results for its 2025 fiscal year, which covers the last three months of 2025, ending right at the end of the year on December 31, 2025. This is an important distinction to make, only because these results do not include all of the layoffs and restructuring that happened at the start of this year when the company announced its "major reset." This means that Ubisoft went forward with its plan to reorganize the entire structure of the company and layoff hundreds of workers across multiple of its global branches and its own headquarters […]

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Smartphones and PCs were going to be the obvious casualties of the DRAM shortage, but this global problem has also begun affecting routers, with the latest data revealing that companies mass producing networking equipment that don’t have a secure supply chain or strong negotiation power have been struck the hardest. With demand for memory increasing for AI server segments, both DRAM and NAND flash prices have jumped by more than 600 percent, meaning that if you want to upgrade your home or work network, you’d better upgrade fast. Around 20 percent of low-to-mid routers’ Bill Of Materials (BOM) accounts for […]

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Earlier today, Pearl Abyss published its Q4 2025 earnings report, and in the subsequent earnings call, the South Korean company revealed interesting tidbits about what it will focus on after the imminent launch of Crimson Desert. The executives revealed that, depending on market demand (that is to say, depending on how well the game sells), Pearl Abyss already has plans to potentially add downloadable content and even multiplayer. As you probably remember, the game was actually supposed to be an MMO at first. Then it shifted to an open world game with multiplayer elements, but in the last few years, Pearl Abyss hasn't […]

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Three years ago this coming April, Wccftech's Alessio Palumbo caught up with Kwalee Labs (formerly Bonsai Collective) to talk about their debut game, Luna Abyss. A UK-based game studio co-founded by Harry Corr, Benni Hill, and former Team17 producer, Hollie Emery, they started working together in 2019, setting out to create what would become a story-driven, first-person bullet-hell shooter (FPBHS) set in a dystopian world where you play as Fawkes, a prisoner stuck not just in the dreary prison of Luna, but in the middle of a mysterious prophecy. While we still don't have an exact release date, back in […]

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Two new budget gaming laptops have been launched by Colorful, featuring the RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 GPUs. Colorful Unveils EVOL P15 Gaming Laptops, Featuring Core i7 14650HX-RTX 5060 and Core i5 13420H-RTX 5050 Configurations Hardware manufacturer Colorful has today introduced two new gaming laptops for the budget segment. These are equipped with affordable hardware to cater to the demands of gamers and professionals. These are the Colorful EVOL P15 gaming laptops, featuring two different configurations that bring the budget NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs as well as Intel's mid-range/high-end CPUs from the previous generations. The Colorful EVOL P15 marks […]

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While 1,200 Ubisoft employees are on strike this week in response to the company's recent "major reset," yet another piece of evidence regarding the heavily rumoured Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remaster has appeared online. Spotted by IGN, an Amazon UK listing for an Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remastered art book is up and available for pre-orders. It also, interestingly, has a March 24, 2026, release date attached to it. What makes the art book seem legit, beyond the fact that Ubisoft is listed as the book's author, is that Titan, the publisher behind several Assassin's Creed artbooks, is […]

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Samsung's return to the HBM market is a sight to see, and according to the latest announcement, its HBM4 process offers blazing-fast speeds and is now commercially deployed. Samsung's HBM4 Reaches Up to 13 Gbps, Making It Ideal For Integration With Vera Rubin The HBM industry is certainly seeing a shift in market dynamics, mainly in the distribution of market share among SK hynix, Samsung, and Micron. In particular, the race with the HBM4 technology has become much more competitive, and the Korean giant has improved its offerings by a huge margin. In the company's latest post, Samsung has revealed […]

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NVIDIA's Blackwell platform has brought new levels of token optimization to AI inference workloads, as the company reveals a massive milestone in the realm of tokenomics. NVIDIA's GB200 NVL72 Achieves 10x Better Tokenomics Than Hopper, Credited "Expert-Level" Parallelism While NVIDIA has been racing to build new infrastructure in the AI world, one of the company's biggest focuses has been improving the efficiency of the hardware it deploys. And, with the Blackwell-trained frontier AI models dropping in the industry, we have seen how NVIDIA has progressed with token output and costs, and now, in a new blog post, the company has […]

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FromSoftware's The Duskbloods was a standout reveal during the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal event, though its continued absence from the spotlight has led to speculation regarding its launch timeline. Despite the title not appearing during this month's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, the project remains on track to release before the end of the year. Kadokawa, FromSoftware's parent company, reiterated this window today in its Q3 fiscal year earnings report, confirming a generic 2026 schedule for the title. In the report, Kadokawa also addressed the game's platform status, stating it will "only be available for the Nintendo Switch 2". While this […]

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After the Xbox Developer Direct and the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, it was Sony's turn to reclaim the spotlight. After a quiet start to the year, Sony has officially pulled back the curtain on a massive February State of Play, delivering a beefy broadcast that set the tone for the PS5’s 2026 lineup, with some unexpected surprises thrown into the mix. Here is everything that was announced during the February 2026 PlayStation State of Play presentation. Everything Announced Kena: Scars of Kosmora A direct sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Kena: Scars of Kosmora sees an older, more experienced Kena […]

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