Month: September 2024

Seems like it might be surprisingly easy to brick one of AMD’s best gaming CPUs, even if you’re a professional overclocking YouTuber. The world now has one less AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D after a slight voltage tweak above just 1.35V. 

Roman Hartung, aka der8auer, recently took a trip to Taiwan to visit the Asus testing labs. There he decided to put some CPUs to the test but, as it turns ou…

You may have noticed recently that Starfield’s listed release date on Steam recently changed, from 2023—vague, but at least within a specific window—to “coming soon,” which is vague and utterly without specificity. It was in fact just one of several games to have their launch dates rejiggered today: Others, visible on SteamDB, include Forspoken, Redfall, Ark 2, and Robocop: Rogue Ci…

After over a year of lobbying and debating, the UK Competition and Markets Authority has blocked Microsoft’s attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard, saying that the deal would give Microsoft too strong a position in the cloud gaming market “just as it begins to grow rapidly.” Microsoft isn’t giving up, but this isn’t just an everyday regulatory hurdle: The deal “very well may be” dead, accordin…

The newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has sometimes been described as a cultural institution in Finland, the country’s own paper of record and over the years a campaigning media presence. Ever since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, Helsingin Sanomat’s coverage has been extensive and extensively critical of the Putin regime, to the extent of setting up a dedicated website (banned in Russia…

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of the game that’s currently blowing up the Steam charts. BattleBit Remastered, released in early access today, is a 254-player FPS that looks like Roblox but plays like Battlefield. At just $15, it’s currently the best-selling paid game on Steam, sitting right behind CS:GO on the global top seller list. Unsurprisingly, it’s also in the top ten most-play…

In August, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide developer Fatshark gave me an early look at an update that the studio didn’t think players were expecting: a complete change to the leveling system, adding RPG-style skill trees unique to each class. That update went live today, replacing the old, much simpler progression system with a more flexible array of abilities and bonuses. The patch also includes a …

A new train game is picking up steam in the train game community, with Railroader picking up 97% positive reviews on Steam since its December 7 Early Access launch. A sim of both driving the trains as well as routing them, choosing cargo, and picking passengers, Railroader looks to appeal to both the sim crowd and the less-hardcore folks who enjoy games like Euro and American Truck Simulator&md…

Give your daily Wordle game a helping hand with our brilliant range of tips and tricks. Keep scrolling and you’ll soon find everything from a guided clue for the February 20 (976), helping to keep your own guesses on track, to today’s Wordle answer. Whatever you need, we’ve got it.

I couldn’t have asked for a better start today. After two guesses I had a pair of greens and yellows to work…

Need a clue for today’s Wordle? The answer in a flash? Or perhaps you’d just like to read some general hints and tips designed to make the February 14 (605) game that little bit easier. Whatever Wordle help you’re after, you’re sure to find it here.

My opener slotted the first green neatly into place. My follow-up gave me the last green and a handy pair of yellows. And then it all came to…

I’m starting to think that Blizzard really isn’t keen on all your Diablo 4 power levelling techniques, guys. The company is fresh off of a hotfix that completely defanged the game’s juiciest, most XP-laden dungeons to stop you all from running them over and over, but that wasn’t enough. Now Blizzard’s gone and patched out a trick that would let low-level players reap the benefits of Wo…