In Entertainment Weekly's piece about the 25th anniversary of Xbox and the studio's push for Hollywood adaptations (including a Sea of Thieves movie), we also got a few more updates about some of the most interesting Xbox projects, including Kojima's OD, Bethesda's TES VI, and Arkane's Marvel's Blade. Let's start with The Elder Scrolls VI, which is definitely the biggest of these projects in terms of fanbase. Todd Howard, head of Bethesda Game Studios, acknowledged the pressure of having to "get it right", as well as the long wait since 2011's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. TES VI is our […]

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Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is about to get a Shader Injector mod, courtesy of modder David Matos. This mod aims to inject modified shaders directly into the game's rendering API, thus enabling visual improvements. A few days ago, Matos published a showcase that demonstrates an upgraded version of UE4's Deferred Directional Light Pixel Shader. The shader's BRDFs were upgraded, and the modder also added screen space ray traced shadows and micro shadows to improve the overall graphics quality of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Objects previously excluded from shadow maps can be filled with the aforementioned SSRT shadows, making […]

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The Last of Us Online might have died once Naughty Dog realized it would have to support it for a long time, but a modder is currently making a multiplayer mod for The Last of Us Part II, aiming to recreate the Factions experience in the newer game. The modder is Speclizer, who previously attempted to reimplement the cut Hold Up feature in the game. Since January 2026, however, he's been busy with this multiplayer project, which started as a modest proof of concept: two independent instances of Ellie, spawned and controlled simultaneously in the same game world, running only […]

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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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