Steam Delivered 33 Exabytes of Data to Gamers in 2021
At the end of 2021 Steam had an established 132M monthly active players, who put in 21% more play time, and spent 27% more than folks in 2020.
Square-Enix opens up a free YouTube repository for all the Final Fantasy soundtracks
It’s always been a little contentious when you try to listen to Square-Enix music on YouTube. The short version is that Square-Enix has been rather...
Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Final Review
It's been almost two weeks since End of Dragons launched, and after seeing how things have played out on the live servers, this is still...
Steam Users Downloaded 33 Exabytes Of Data And Spent 4.3M Years Playing Games In 2021
Do you know how many hours you spent playing video games last year? Valve does (if you use Steam), and when added together with every other Steam user, the collective tally came to 38 billion hours, a 21 percent increase over 2020. That works out to 4.3 million years. Not quite close to the time that’s elapsed since dinosaurs went extinct,
DDoS Attack Targeted Final Fantasy XIV North American Data Center This Week
The North American data center for Final Fantasy XIV was the target of a DDoS attack that caused network and access issues that have since...
Lenovo Locks Threadripper 5000 Pro CPUs to P620 Workstation Systems
Lenovo has enabled PSB within its P620 workstation pre-builts, preventing the Threadripper 5000 CPUs used in the systems to work in any other computer.
Wizard101’s KingsIsle sells Ukraine charity bundle, proceeds to reclaim EU publishing
One of many game studios looking to help with humanitarian relief in the Ukraine is KingsIsle. The studio announced that it is standing with the...
Raspberry Pi Pico Becomes Commodore 64 Cartridge
A retro computer enthusiast has persuaded a Raspberry Pi Pico to talk to the cartridge slot on the back of a C64
Asus ROG Swift PG32UQ Gaming Monitor Review: 4K, 155 Hz Excellence
Asus’ ROG Swift PG32UQ is the first Ultra HD monitor we’ve tested to 155 Hz. It also features a 32-inch IPS panel, Adaptive-Sync, over 83% coverage of Rec.2020 color, HDR 600 and a zone-dimming edge backlight.
Latest 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K Down to £527 Its Lowest Ever: Real Deals
The Intel Core i9-12900K is one of the best CPUs for gaming and is currently on offer at Novatech for £527 – the lowest price I’ve seen.