Obsidian reveals Avowed’s dual wand ‘gunslinging mage’ combat and fall release-
At today’s Microsoft developer direct, we finally got a good, long look at RPG powerhouse Obsidian’s upcoming game, Avowed. The studio gave an eight-minute presentation of the…
Nvidia sells half a million AI chips and bags $14.5 billion in just three months-
It’s all too easy to forget that Nvidia’s AI-accelerating uber-GPUs started off as little more than an experimental offshoot from graphics chips for gaming PCs. So, if…
The billion-dollar Call of Duty series is getting an official boardgame, and for some reason it needs a Kickstarter-
Call of Duty is getting an official boardgame that’s set to come out in 2024, following a Kickstarter campaign that will get underway later this year. The…
Star Citizen’s first-person shooting is getting backpack-reloading, dynamic crosshairs, procedural recoil, and other improvements to ‘bring the FPS combat to AAA standard’-
Last year we saw an update on Squadron 42, the singleplayer portion of Star Citizen, and were surprised by how much emphasis there was on the ground-based…
Bungie targets the end of August to roll out fixes for endemic Destiny 2 connection errors- ‘This is not a process that can happen overnight’-
In its latest This Week in Destiny post, Bungie explained the online architecture issues that have led to a recent uptick in cheeky animal-named connection errors. Bungie…
This alt-history ‘city builder grand strategy hybrid’ has my full attention-
Just the words “city builder” are enough to get my attention. Tack on “grand strategy”—as in you not only build a city but clash with a larger…
The System Shock remake is getting a massive patch with a revised ending, choice of female player character ‘8 years in the making’, and a significant quality of life improvement-
Nightdive’s System Shock, our pick for best remake of 2023, is getting its largest patch to date, including a revised ending sequence, choice of gender for the…
This home-brew GPU built by a lone enthusiast is a slightly labour-intensive way to avoid painful graphics card prices-
Fed up with silly graphics card prices? Then build your own, including the GPU itself, the PCB, drivers the works. That sounds like a silly, perhaps impossible,…
Tweak your crazy spells in this tough, traditional roguelike wizard simulator-
Rift Wizard 2 hit Steam this week, calling itself a “tough as nails traditional roguelike wizard simulator” and sporting the colorful graphics and complex pile of character…
Today’s Wordle answer for Monday, August 19-
Let’s make sure you kick this Monday off with a Wordle win. Whether that looks like the fastest success ever thanks to a sneaky peek at today’s…