Former Trion dev says that RIFT’s housing system was redesigned around LEGOs
One of RIFT’s many feature highlights is the MMO’s housing system — a system that actually grants players a pocket dimension that can be customized...
ASUS Mods The PCIe Slot To Deliver 250W To GPUs Without A Power Cable
Could an ASUS prototype PCIe connector spell the end of bulky, unsightly power cables for graphics cards? We may soon find out—ASUS is showcasing a “magic modification” to the standard PCIe slot, allowing it to deliver a massive 250 watts of power directly from the motherboard (or more than triple the 75W provided in typical slots. No doubt
Nvidia and Intel’s partnership could introduce the huge performance upgrade for handheld gaming PCs I’ve been hoping for
AMD is arguably running away with the crown in the handheld gaming PC space, with its most powerful SoC challenging an Nvidia RTX GPU, but it might be in trouble after Nvidia and Intel’s partnership.
Corepunk is still hanging in there with incremental updates, most recently adding weapon swapping
The month of September has been a pretty busy one for Corepunk, and while the MMOARPG has received only a couple of patches so far,...
Twitch streamer raising money for cancer treatment has funds stolen by malware-ridden Steam game — BlockBlasters title stole $150,000 from hundreds of players
Twitch streamer “RastalandTV” had $32,000 worth of cryptocurrency stolen via malware hidden in a Steam game.
Meta’s Llama System Gets Greenlit For US Government Use In Big AI Push
The U.S. government has approved Meta’s Llama artificial intelligence system for use by its agencies. Thanks to a partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA), Meta joins the likes of Google, AWS, Microsoft, OpenAI, and more in accelerating the adoption of AI across federal departments.
The approval, a key component of the
Guild Wars 2 offers a closer look at Vision of Eternity’s updated skimmer mount skills
As we’ve been covering, the Visions of Eternity expansion for Guild Wars 2 is bringing some revamps to the skimmer mount, with a variety of...
RuneScape outlines continued efforts to improve player support and account security
Usually when an MMORPG puts forth a roadmap, it’s about content updates that are coming to the game. Not so with Jagex, as its latest...
Deals Up To 57% Off Phones, Fire Sticks And Headsets Will Make You Go Woot!
Amazon’s dedicated deals site is hosting a ‘Best of Woot!’ sale with deep discounts over MSRP on a bunch of items, including a decent selection of electronics. A lot of the items are over half off. Consider it an appetizer for Amazon’s upcoming Prime Big Deal Days event, which starts on Tuesday, October 7 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and runs through
NASA Discovers Monster Black Hole So Big It Defies Theoretical Limits
We’re on a black hole coverage roll this month, so here’s another one: a supermassive black hole 12.8 billion lights years from us has been discovered feasting at a rate that scientists describe as “a bit shocking,” or more precisely, about 2.4 times faster than the theoretical limit.
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a