Wildermyth is a game about creating legends, heroes whose stories of bravery and valour are passed down through generations. But the thing about legends is the people behind them are often, for want of a better word, pricks. You only need look at history for countless examples of this. Richard the Lionheart? Utter shambles of …
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AMD and partners show off premium AM5 motherboards for upcoming Ryzen 7000 CPUs
Audio player loading… AMD held a public webinar event overnight where it invited its motherboard partners to showcase their premium AM5 motherboards. We got a good look at many high end boards, including a rundown of specs and key design features. AMD invited representatives from each motherboard manufacturer to talk about their high end X670E …
Just Cause devs spent two years on an Iron Man game before it got cancelled over ‘company politics’
Audio player loading… Bad news came for Marvel fans yesterday when we learnt that Avalanche Studios—the maker of Just Cause—was working on an Iron Man game ten years ago, but it ended up being canned due to “company politics”. The news came as part of a MinnMax interview (opens in new tab) with Avalanche co-founder …
The real cost of running Crysis in 2007, upgrade by upgrade
A futuristic chopper passing over the Lingshan Islands by moonlight. Gruff men in nanosuits prepare to drop into the combat zone below. After quoting half of Predator at each other, they jump. You jump with them. You reach the sands after a speedier descent than planned, turn your flashlight on, and press W. Then—then I …
Twitch streamers are making millions from crypto gambling sites while their audience goes bankrupt
Audio player loading… Some in the audience of Twitch’s biggest stars are falling into bankruptcy after watching their favourite streamers play crypto gambling games in multi-million dollar advertising deals, a report from Bloomberg shows (opens in new tab) . Twitch’s ‘Slots’ section, where its gambling content resides, is its seventh most watched category (opens in …
PC Gamer UK October Issue: Monkeying around
Audio player loading… I’m a nosy gal, so I can’t exactly blame Guybrush for being a bit salty that it’s been three goddamn decades and he still doesn’t have a clue what Monkey Island’s secret is. But hey, anything can happen—after all, Return to Monkey Island is a thing that’s actually releasing. This month, we’re …
SK Hynix’s first 238-layer memory boasts 50% faster SSD speeds, but c’mon it’s not really 4D is it?
Audio player loading… SK Hynix could be held as an everyday hero with its latest 238-layer 4D NAND Flash memoryt announcement. Why? Because it’s promised to bring the flash new Flash memory straight to consumer SSDs for our home rigs. Competitor, Micron, on the other hand, recently announced its own new 232-layer memory will be …
Why Steve Jobs Chose This Designer’s Turtlenecks
Little wonder, really, that Issey Miyake was Steve Jobs’s favorite designer. The man behind Mr. Jobs’s personal uniform of black mock turtlenecks, who died on Aug. 5 at age 84 , was a pioneer in all sorts of ways — the first foreign designer to show at Paris Fashion Week (in April 1974), among the …
Jaishankar holds talks with Argentine President; discusses trade ties, defence cooperation
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has called on Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and discussed measures for making trade ties more sustainable and ambitious as well as the potential for bilateral cooperation in defence and nuclear energy. Mr. Jaishankar, who arrived here on Thursday on the final leg of his maiden official visit to three Latin …
Some of your old favs show up in a new Jagged Alliance 3 gameplay trailer
Audio player loading… Today’s THQ Nordic Digital Showcase included another look at Jagged Alliance 3, which we haven’t seen since last year. (opens in new tab) It’s a bit of recap of what we saw last year, but there’s also a few minutes of new gameplay footage that evokes the old series pretty heavily. In …