In China, modified RTX 3080 with 20GB are returning to the market as a budget solution for gamers
The graphics card market is showing an unusual trend that runs against the usual march of progress. Instead of fading into history, old flagship GPUs are getting a second life thanks to Chinese companies that...
How to cure the emptiness after Expedition 33 – seven games from fans of the French JRPG
There's a particular kind of hangover that no amount of sleep or water cures. The game ended months ago, credits rolled long since, and characters that technically don't exist still cross your mind. The worst...
The Cost of Hope DLC for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was released along with update 2.0
GSC Game World has released Cost of Hope, the first story expansion for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. A new trailer accompanies the launch, revealing the setup of the story and the key players caught...
Skyrim players and modders raise money for lawyers after complaint from ENBSeries developer
In early August 2026, the Community Shaders team released an update that turned the open-source graphics framework for Skyrim into a direct competitor to ENBSeries. A few weeks later, ENBSeries developer Boris Vorontsov filed a...
Cyberpunk 2077 does have cyberpsychosis mechanics after all, and every player ends up reaching it
Cyberpunk tabletop games ran on a simple deal for decades: want metal arms, pay with a piece of your humanity. In Cyberpunk 2077 that deal got quietly dropped, and it turns out that without it...
Minecraft player builds a working AI chatbot in the sandbox from 445 thousand command blocks without a single mod
The Minecraft community has spent years building graphing calculators, QR code generators, and even Tetris inside the game using redstone and command blocks. A player known as Objz took things further and built a working...
PC Games – a user bought an app for a gamepad, got banned, and was forced to download a pirated version of what he paid for
Software for a controller that can ban users sounds like a contradiction in terms. A program whose only job is to make vibration, adaptive triggers, and lighting work on a DualSense in PC games shouldn't...
New mod for Skyrim adds localized damage and reworked weapon balance
Modder Seb263 has released a mod for The Elder Scrolls V that adds a localized damage system, armor effectiveness, weapon balance, and combat context for deeper, more tactical fights. Going into more detail, the mod...
Games that many gamers refuse to launch even out of curiosity – Tarkov, Rust, Fortnite, PUBG and soulslikes
Refusing to try a game is rarely about taste. More often it comes down to cold calculation: someone already knows how much time, patience, and money a game will demand, and decides not to open...
Bethesda released update 1.45 for Fallout 4 – fortunately, it didn't break mods
Bethesda Game Studios has rolled out another patch for Fallout 4, appearing in the client as update 1.45. The update arrived on August 18th and focuses on the Creations system. Don't expect new features here...
Gamers are delighted with a graphical bug in Cyberpunk 2077 that lights up the entire city
A bug report on a forum sometimes produces something far more valuable than an actual fix. The owner of a build running an AMD 5800X3D CPU, a 6900XT GPU, and Nobara 44 complained about Cyberpunk...
Four years later, Elden Ring players are still looking for a way to save Melina without consequences
The Elden Ring community has circled back to one of the game most uncomfortable choices, debating whether the Frenzied Flame workaround actually saves Melina or just makes things worse for her. The trick involves the...
Users consider those who put the taskbar on the left side of Windows to be crazy
Where to put the Start button is a question that can split any Windows community faster than a browser tab argument. Some people jump straight into settings after a fresh install and shove the menu...
Power connector on the side of MSI gaming laptop makes no sense at all
Laptop design logic should be predictable: bulky cables run to the back of the case so they stay out of the way, and ports you reach for constantly sit far from your actual workspace. But...
Reddit user showed 16 years of his life through Red Dead Redemption photos
A Reddit user going by Rybowflavin shared a series of three photos on r/reddeadredemption, posted, showing himself holding boxed copies of Red Dead Redemption 1, 2, and the remaster of the first game over a...
The Blood of Dawnwalker developers reminded that you can try to defeat the final boss right after the prologue
Rebel Wolves has made a lot about The Blood of Dawnwalker open-ended campaign and completely non-linear narrative path in its vampiric open-world RPG. The developers previously said "everything is optional" when describing the game. In...
Enthusiast recreated five Fallout 3 locations in the isometric perspective of classic Fallout games
An enthusiast going by Dreaming_of_Rlyeh has continued the experiment with classic Fallout camera angles, this time turning to Fallout 3. The previous Fallout: New Vegas collection spread through the community, and afterward the creator applied...
Three years later, a line of dialogue for an impossible situation on the nautiloid was found in Baldur's Gate 3
An alternate line was discovered in the prologue of Baldur's Gate 3, but it only triggers under a condition that's impossible to reach in a normal playthrough. A player known as ImpressiveLie7365 found that the...
World of Warcraft players report that characters continue to fight bosses even after disconnecting from the server
World of Warcraft players have noticed some strange behavior following the latest update. Instead of freezing up or vanishing when disconnecting in dungeons, characters seem to keep fighting on their own – with no input...
Cities Skylines player built the worst place to live – next to a crematorium, a waste incineration plant, a sewage outlet, and an airport
Even the most talented and skilled architect gets tired of building practical, comfortable, and attractive places to live sometimes. That's when they turn to experiments that make you understand why comic book villains do what...
