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AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CPU cores will come in a low-power compact flavour, which should help laptop batteries last even longer

Three years ago, AMD introduced a new type of CPU core for its Zen 4 microarchitecture. The idea behind them was to reduce the amount of die space taken up by a regular core, so that more of them could be packed into a chiplet. The compact design is now a staple part of the Zen family, but it turns out that Team Red ha...

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Steam Dev Makes 2025 2D Platformer 100% Free

Fans of 2D platformers like Celeste may want to check out Greenhouse: Schism, an indie title that has recently dropped its $5 price tag and is now free for everyone. While it is clearly not as large in scope as Steam games like Celeste, it still offers an experience that fans of the genre are likely to appreciate.

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Persona 3 Dual Meme Becomes A Reality Following Release Of Unofficial Nintendo DS Demake

A talented team of fans has taken the Persona community's Persona 3 Dual meme and turned it into a real game that runs on Nintendo DS hardware

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Generative AI is a "virulent plague" and even using it to eliminate "drudgery" has downsides, reckons long-time Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider

Former Dragon Age wordsmith David Gaider isn't keen on the use of generative AI in game development, at least in the tech's current form. In the veteran developer's view, even if it can be used as a means to speed up the handling of more mundane tasks - which is the way many execs have been trying to sell it - genAI ru...

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GTA 6 Devs Launch Bid For Rockstar Union

Rockstar workers have launched a bid for voluntary union recognition. This means they are calling on Rockstar to acknowledge their union, making them the second UK-based developer to do so after ZA/UM.

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Bad news, Blizzard won't be running a fresh Season of Discovery server in WoW Classic

Season of Discovery has seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to the recent Fresh community event on Wild Growth. As players flock to the server, leakers discovered some new WoW Classic builds, prompting many to believe that a fresh SoD server was on the way. Unfortunately, that's been shut down by Blizzard developer...

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PS Plus Users Have 4 Freebies to Claim Right Now

PlayStation Plus members on PS5 and PS4 have until August to claim a freebie cosmetic pack with four premium items for Rocket League. While PlayStation Plus is best known for its monthly free games, this time it's offering something different.

2 months ago πŸ‘ 10
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Secret Character Datamined

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 has finally been unveiled, giving us a brief look at the new gang that is undoubtedly going to break our hearts. So far, four new characters have been officially shown off, with some art and a short bio each. However, one key character is being kept under wraps, leaving fans to speculate on who...

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Koei Tecmo's next project is a new IP that's just been revealed… by the Japanese government

Koei Tecmo, the Japanese publisher behind many popular action game series, is apparently working on a brand new project. Koei Tecmo publishes and develops Nioh, Dynasty Warriors, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive and others. Read more

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ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal' in Stop Killing Games hearing: 'We consider it piracy, we have lawsuits'

In a remarkably strange statement at a recent California State Senate hearing over the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921, California's Stop Killing Games-endorsed bill to compel publishers to provide ways to keep playing discontinued games), a representative of the Entertainment Software Association declared private serve...

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How To Tell The Difference Between Humans And Visitors In No, I'm Not A Human

Being able to discern between visitors and humans in No, I'm Not a Human can mean the matter of life or death for not only you, but any other humans taking shelter in your home. If you're going to survive in this game, you need to know the telltale signs of visitors, but it's not always as easy as it seems.

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'99% of the work was already done in a sense': Valve says it has less to fix with the Steam Machine because they already fixed it on the Steam Deck

Hardware development, much like games, is all about iteration. So, it's fair to say we wouldn't have the Steam Machine without the Steam Deck. We recently spoke to Valve engineers Yazan Aldehayyat and Pierre-Loup Griffais, and asked them whether they felt Valve's ongoing work on the Steam Deck meant there'd be less to...

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