Micro-grants for indies, another hardware price hike, and Valnet sinks to new lows – Patch Notes #54
Plus: The Witcher 3 is getting a new expansion and Destruction AllStars is shutting down.
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This supply chain Sankey diagram for an Nvidia AI megachip is a handy guide to understanding just how easy it is to ruin the prices of graphics cards
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Crimson Desert’s 1.09.00 patch adds another highly-requested player feature (as well as loads of new pets)
The 1.09.00 Patch for Crimson Desert has arrived, just one week after the last patch – proving that developer Pearl Abyss is moving at a rate of knots when it comes to fixing and updating its massively popular RPG. Read…
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The Xbox Game Pass price cut is working, Asha Sharma reportedly tells staff, but “we will not solve this in one moment or one launch”
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How to complete Week 9 challenges in BO7 & Warzone Season 3
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Tim Sweeney takes swipes at Valve for Steam Deck price hike, blames it on the ‘component parts supply chain for megayachts’
The once budget handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck, recently received an astronomical price hike, with Valve citing “global logistical challenges” (otherwise known as the global memory crisis) for this decision. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney soon weighed in on the…
Overwatch’s general manager has ignited player hopes for an animated series after revealing that he ‘would not rule out’ other narrative experiences in the future
Overwatch fans have been dreaming of an official animated TV series for as long as I can remember. Sure there’s plenty of stellar animated shorts, but with a narrative this good, fans want to appreciate it all in one cohesive…