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A Japanese toilet manufacturer turned out to be one of the surprise winners of the AI boom
The memory supply crisis rages on, fueled by AI datacenters' insatiable appetite for RAM and storage. Consumer prices remain unjustifiably high, and manufacturers themselves are struggling with rising costs from their own suppliers. But the...
ARC Raiders devs will keep developing PvP despite the game's strong PvE-oriented audience
Embark Studios developers behind ARC Raiders have admitted they were shocked – and pleasantly surprised – by player behavior since launch. The game's 14 million-strong community has earned a reputation as one of the friendliest...
Embark Studios is finally adding beards to ARC Raiders
Embark Studios has revealed more details about the upcoming Shrouded Sky update for ARC Raiders, which is set to drop next week. Alongside a teaser trailer showcasing the new 'Hurricane' map condition, the studio released...
League of Legends may finally be getting team voice chat – 17 years after launch
Dataminer SkinSpotlights has found new lines of code in the files for patch 26.5 (16.5) of League of Legends that suggest team voice chat may be on the way. Among the discovered lines, two stand...
Civilization 7 players are still struggling with its unreadable UI almost a year after launch
Nearly a year after launch, Sid Meier's Civilization 7 players are still pointing out UI issues that have yet to be addressed. The latest wave of complaints was sparked by a screenshot of the leader...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 photo mode turned players into big-headed monster makers
The photo mode in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is so unrestricted that it's spawned genuine monstrosities – courtesy of both the developers during testing and players after release. Sandfall Interactive published a dev blog detailing...
George R.R. Martin found yet another reason not to finish Winds of Winter – a Game of Thrones stage prequel
The Game of Thrones franchise keeps expanding – this time George R.R. Martin announced a theatrical production, Game of Thrones: The Mad King, set to debut at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this summer. The play...
Baldur's Gate 3 player uncovered the chilling meaning behind the game's iconic music through cut content
When players first launch Baldur's Gate 3 and reach the character creation screen, they're asked to design the Dream Guardian – a mysterious figure who visits the protagonist in their sleep. What few people realize...
Paid Warlock class broke the balance in Diablo 2, and the community is split on what to do about it
It's been about a week since the surprise release of the first new class in Diablo 2 in years, and initial reactions to the Warlock have been broadly positive. Now, though, the community is divided...
You can rob caravans and get thrown in jail in Crimson Desert
Pearl Abyss has built a full crime system into Crimson Desert, something that was hinted at in trailers as far back as when the "Threaten" prompt first appeared next to NPCs. A recent overview video,...
Resident Evil Requiem PC system requirements are surprisingly modest
Capcom has revealed the official PC system requirements for Resident Evil Requiem, and budget PC owners have reason to celebrate. The game will run on graphics cards that are nearly seven years old – the...
Silent Hill Townfall appears to be a PS5 console exclusive at launch
It seems Silent Hill: Townfall – a spinoff of Konami's legendary horror series set in Scotland – will be a PlayStation console exclusive, at least at launch. The game resurfaced after four years of silence...
Japanese gacha developer spent $520K on his own gacha games to understand big spenders
Yoshiki Okamoto – a veteran game industry producer who previously worked at Konami and Capcom – has admitted to spending over 80 million yen (around $520,000) on microtransactions in gacha games he himself produced. He...
Solo developer is building Temple of Eternal Suffering – a grim ARPG roguelite about escaping an ever-shifting dungeon
A Steam page has gone live for the game Temple of Eternal Suffering – a dark action roguelite set in a grimdark sci-fi world, built entirely by a single developer, and the level of polish...
Gaijin Entertainment announces Star Wrath, a space extraction shooter now in closed beta
Gaijin Entertainment has announced Star Wrath – a multiplayer extraction shooter set in open space, where players pilot spacecraft, hunt for resources, and try to escape with their loot on the fringes of a shattered...
ARC Raiders robots aren't actually learning from your behavior, despite the popular theory
Since launch, ARC Raiders has had a theory circulating among players: that the game's robot enemies are adapting to human behavior, memorizing favorite hiding spots, and finding increasingly effective ways to hunt players down. Some...
Reddit removed a Pragmata subreddit for sexualizing robot child Diana
Capcom has a packed year ahead with Resident Evil Requiem, a new Onimusha, and Pragmata – a game with an unusual combat system and a mysterious world at its center. The story follows a gruff...
Bethesda turned the White House into a radioactive crater in Fallout 3 simply because there were no quests planned there
The White House ended up as a radioactive crater in Fallout 3 for a remarkably pragmatic reason – Bethesda's team simply had no quests planned for that location. Lead artist Istvan Pely explained that the...
Embark didn't expect players to take down ARC Raiders' giant bosses with the whole lobby
Embark has openly acknowledged a balance problem with the key PvE encounters in ARC Raiders. Design director Virgil Watkins admitted that the Matriarch and Queen bosses are being killed far faster than intended. "Even though...
New Witcher 3 DLC may be set near Velen rather than Zerrikania, rumor suggests
Rumors about a mysterious third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt keep surfacing online – and at this rate, the hype surrounding it might start rivaling that of Half-Life 2 Episode 3. CD Projekt...
