MMO Hype Train: Taking a ride with cozy van life sim Outbound
Ever since I heard about its Kickstarter, Outbound’s held a great deal of fascination for me. Like many of you, I went through a vicarious...
‘CPUs are cool again,’ Intel and AMD reporting spikes in CPU demand due to agentic AI, shortages — Lisa Su says business exceeded expectations while Intel is looking at long-term agreements with potential customers
Both AMD and Intel reports increased demand for CPUs, driven by AI agents’ need for general computing power.
MMO Business Roundup: Sony pulls back from PC ports, US considers compelling Tencent divestment
Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And while we’ve only got a couple of headlines for this digest today,...
Go beyond the review with Bench, the deepest consumer hardware benchmarking database on the internet — compare hundreds of products across a range of categories
Take advantage of Bench, the ultimate resource for PC hardware enthusiasts, offering a large database of benchmarks for you to browse through. We detail how the tool works, and what we’re doing to keep results up-to-date here.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra 512GB Drops To $1299, Trade‑In Cuts It To $399 At Best Buy
Barring any special offers in the future, your current device’s trade-in value will never be worth more than it is right now. The reason this matters is because Samsung has launched its Galaxy S26 series and is offering a free upgrade from 256GB to 512GB of storage when you preorder one, saving your $200 right off the bat. On top of that,
Vague Patch Notes: Toxic anti-elitism in MMORPGs and the geek social fallacies
I had known this was going to be a difficult conversation before it started, but at the time I couldn’t have articulated why. But it...
Apple Music Is Rolling Out AI Transparency Tags But There’s A Major Caveat
As AI continues to proliferate aspects of our daily life, some users are seeking ways to avoid the technology, especially when it comes to artistic endeavors such as music. However, it’s getting more difficult for users to be able to accomplish this as AI has continued to improve. For those who are interested, Apple is introducing a new trick
You’ve got a whopping one week to play Highguard’s last patch, hero, and account progression system
It’s a bittersweet ending, but at least it’s here: Last night, Wildlight released Highguard’s final update, and you don’t have long to play it. The...
A GeForce RTX 5050 Variant With 9GB Of Faster GDDR7 May Be Inbound
Gamers chomping at the bit (technically champing, for you grammar purists) for a refresh of the GeForce RTX 50 series with more VRAM are about to get their wish, though perhaps not exactly as they had envisioned, according to a popular leaker on X. No, we’re not talking about the oft-rumored GeForce RTX 50 Super lineup, but an upgrade to the
Labubu sues 3D printer maker Bambu Lab for items made by its users — MakerWorld design repository in hot water over IP theft by its users
While Bambu Lab builds tools to protect creators, a Chinese court case over 3D-printed Labubu fakes turns the tables on the 3DP giant.