Wisdom of Nym: Potential melee weapons for future jobs in Final Fantasy XIV again (again)
You might be thinking that I would redo my entire column plans because we got a preview image for the next part of the Final Fantasy...
Rise of Agon’s 32-bit server shutters September 16 while its 64-bit server enters beta September 30
“One era ends, another begins.” Thus opens the newsletter from Darkfall Rise of Agon’s Toxic Rain Studios, as the devs behind the revival of the sandbox...
Samsung’s Flagship HW-Q990H 11.1.4 Soundbar Is $950 Off At Woot
You’re not still getting by with tinny audio from your television’s built-in speakers, are you? To be fair, TV makers have made an effort to equip modern models with better sound, but they still can’t compete with discrete speaker solutions. The problem is, setting up a home theater sound system can be expensive and involve a lot of wires.
ArcheAge S Strait of Freedom plots a second quarter 2027 release window and gameplay preview this month
Last month was when we first heard about Kakao’s and XL Games’ plans to launch ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom, an in-development version of the sandbox...
Sony Addresses Viral Rumor Of A 90% PlayStation Disc Cut
Sony has stepped in to correct misconceptions surrounding the future of PlayStation disc manufacturing, asserting that physical production will experience a 10% dip by 2028 rather than the previously rumored 90%. Can we breathe a sigh of relief now, maybe?
If you’ve been keeping up with the matter, the controversy began when comments made
Camelot Unchained revamps its unpopular class XP system and cleans up movement and control
The point of having a placeholder system in a game is for it to be removed and replaced with something better later, but sometimes game...
AMD Threadripper Halo Station Packs 96 Zen 5 Cores & 576GB HBM3e
AMD unveiled its beastly Threadripper Halo Station during its keynote at IFA Berlin 2026. Capable of running AI models with more than a trillion (yes, TRILLION) parameters, AMD’s Senior VP Jack Huynh said the Threadripper Halo Station is “about as close as you can get to a personal super computer,” while AMD’s product page pitches it as the
Microsoft Engineer Declares Era Of Typing Code Is ‘Absolutely Over’
A Microsoft Distinguished Engineer is claiming that typing code is effectively dead thanks to artificial intelligence. No, that doesn’t mean that developers are about to go extinct, it’s just that AI will take over the boring part of manually coding and building line by line, allowing humans to focus on the software engineering part.
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xTool reveals its next generation of lasers — modular X1 supports CO2, Diode, UV, Fiber, and MOPA lasers
The X1 will combine gantry and galvo technology in one machine.
Bungie confirms that it is renting out its massive office headquarters in Washington
That headline is going to come as little surprise to those who have been watching the slow self-immolation of Bungie, but it still likely sucks...