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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden slams Nvidia RTX 5080 as 'a monopolistic crime against the consumer'
news "F-tier value for S-tier prices."
I'm a Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode sicko, and these are the 4 new subclass builds I'm most excited for in Patch 8
Baldur's Buildz Permanent Hexblade Economy
Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 testers are whispering that a previously mediocre subclass is now an S-tier war god of infinite thunder smites, but there's no way it can last
news Mr. Market says sell your Eldritch Knight stock.
A former Air Force pilot was so disappointed with Windows 95's aquarium screensaver that he established a 25-year dynasty of digital fish that continues to this day
news I gotta say, the screens really are serene.
Is this the end of Dragon Age? Veilguard was good, but BioWare needed an all-timer, and I'm nervous about what's next
dareth shiral 2009 BioWare isn't walking through that door.
Beloved Bethesda RPG voice actor Wes Johnson is in critical condition after being found 'unconscious and barely alive,' and his family is asking for help from fans
news Oblivion's guards, Lucien Lachance, Sheogorath, and more were all brought to life by Wes Johnson.
I'm not even a car guy, but Y2K throwback Tokyo Xtreme Racer '25 looks incredible and has thousands of Overwhelmingly Positive Steam reviews after 4 days of early access
news I am ready to be Xtreme.
Avowed's newly-revealed character creation backgrounds tripped my RPG sicko radar, offering funky fantasies like 'Noble Scion,' 'Court Augur,' and 'Vanguard Scout'
news Your background in Avowed determines starting equipment, as well as dialogue throughout the game.
One mad modder has massacred the Steam Deck, folding it into a 'Steam Brick' with 'no screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense'
news Revenge of the Steam Machine.
Nvidia is winding down developer support for 9 and 10-series graphics cards, but they'll likely keep getting driver updates for a while yet
news Don't panic buy a new GPU: Two years passed between 7-series cards' CUDA deprecation and the end of their driver support.
After turning over a new, crypto-free leaf, Atari would like to stress that the meme currency 'RealPongCoin' does not have its 'consent or approval'
news I don't care, put everything I have in $PONG.
ConcernedApe isn't ruling out future updates to Stardew Valley: 'Maybe even 50 years from now, I might add something'
news Now that's what I call games as a service.
The team behind one of 2024's hidden gems is following it up with a stop-motion 'relaxed digging and discovery' game about a happy robot's underground adventures beneath a lake of slime
news Pretty mainstream stuff.
Doom: The Dark Ages' 'iron tank' gameplay takes things back to the very beginning: 'It feels more like classic Doom than any game we've made up to this point'
news "I think I spent more time playing classic Doom on this project than I did in any other one."
Update: Marvel Snap should be 'fully restored in the next 12 hours' after it became unexpected collateral in the short-lived TikTok ban
news Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner and publisher Nuverse say they're "actively working" on restoring access.
I felt goodwill and hope for the future seeing Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor, an FPS that's 60% HUD and looks like an Adult Swim cartoon where you smoke 'deepweed' to restore your health and blow clouds that spell out 'doink' and 'loud'
news I just think Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor looks really neat.
TikTok is already back online in the US after less than a day, with ByteDance thanking President-elect Trump for 'providing the necessary clarity and assurance' it can keep running
news They really had us going there for a second with the TikTok ban.
Crysis director says it was so hard to run it became a meme because its highest settings were meant for future PCs: 'I wanted to make sure Crysis does not age'
news "A lot of people tried to maximise Crysis immediately, and I'm like, 'Oh, that's not why we built the Ultra mode, or Very High.'"
Call of Duty is getting a microtransaction nobody can get mad at: A unique premium skin whose proceeds will go to LA wildfire relief
news In addition to 100% of the bundle's revenue, Activision is donating $1 million to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and Direct Relief.
Creator of horror game Poppy Playtime sues Google for refusing to remove 'bait-and-switch scam' apps that pretend to be the real thing then charge users up to $95 for literally nothing
news We aren't even talking like "Throne of Games: Click Here M'lord" stuff—these apps actually call themselves "Poppy Playtime" and crib official screenshots.
Mouthwashing review: 2024's best horror game is Alien without the Alien, just people being awful to each other
Minty fresh A game about letting your worst moments define you.
Visionary filmmaker David Lynch, whose influence can be felt throughout games, has died
news The prolific writer, director, musician and painter was 78.
