Nvidia owners rejoice- Starfield’s DLSS update will start beta testing on Steam next week-

When Bethesda announced back in June that it was partnering with AMD on Starfield, eager fans were not happy. There was almost immediate speculation that the deal meant Starfield would launch without support for Nvidia’s DLSS tech—and for once, the internet was right. 

Modders brought DLSS and frame generation to Starfield in relatively short order, and Bethesda eventually prom…

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Original Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says ‘critique of capitalism was never the point’ of the games and if anything they’re about how ‘war is inevitable given basic human nature’-

What’s Fallout about? War? Nukes? Consumerism? Imperialism? How easy it is to misplace close relatives? All of the above? It’s a debate that’s raged for decades, and no wonder: Fallout is a pretty rich text as videogame series go, and there’s all sorts of messages you can read into the likes of FO1, 2 and New Vegas. 14 years later, you can still click into any forum on the internet and find peo…

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Ducky’s ‘world’s first’ analog keyboard offers Cherry inductive switches and wireless—but is it better than Hall effect–

Inductive switches deliver analogue functionality without the high power draw of Hall effect. That’s what Ducky claims at its Computex 2024 booth, anyways, where it’s showing off the “world’s first” inductive keyboard, the Ducky OneX.

It’s built with Cherry’s new Multipoint switches, though you’d be hard-pressed to tell at Ducky’s booth. Cherry also wasn’t making a massive song-and-dance …

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Saber Interactive is already thinking about a Space Marine 2 sequel- ‘Hopefully we’ll be working on Space Marine content for a long time’

Following the huge success of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s launch, developer Saber Interactive is already talking about how it’s going to continue Titus’ story from here—and its long-term commitment to the series.

In an interview with IGN, the company’s chief creative officer Tim Willits (formerly of Id Software) revealed that game director Dmitry Grigorenko “has proposed so…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Monday, June 24-

Wordle help is at hand. Whether you need today’s answer right now, would just like to read a few tips, or could really use a clue for the June 24 (1101) game, you’ll find everything you need on this page. Don’t worry—you’re only a quick click away from a win.

How on earth could a single gap in that combination of letters still leave me with so many potential Wordle answers?…

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This management sim is basically Theme Hospital in space-

 2018’s Two Point Hospital was a worthy spiritual successor to management sim classic Theme Hospital, but I’ll tell you something it didn’t have: aliens. Thankfully, Galacticare is here to fix that tragic and obvious misstep.

The game charges you with running a medical space station, caring for a broad and bizarre array of species. “From tiny, biomechanical lemurs, to starship-sized …

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Today’s Wordle answer for Monday, August 5-

Go on, have a quick peek at our clue for today’s Wordle and give your early guesses a helping hand. Or just give your guesses in general a bit of extra polish with our tips. Need something more? You’ve got it. Come take a look at the answer to the August 5 (1143) Wordle and enjoy your win.

I took a bit of a gamble with a follow-up guess today, choosing to go for a word that was a little o…

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Terminator creator James Cameron says AI isn’t going to take over Hollywood but it might wipe out humanity- ‘I warned you guys in 1984!’-

Big-time film director James Cameron, the man who created what is arguably the most famous rise-of-the-machines scenario in Hollywood history, isn’t worried about artificial intelligence taking over the film industry and putting thousands of people out of work. He is, however, a wee little bit concerned that it might wipe out human life as we know it.

AI is at the top of everyone’s mind t…

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Unity is terminating its agreement with Peter Jackson’s former VFX studio, laying off 265 employees in the process-

It’s been a ‘fun’ and ‘interesting’ year for Unity. A retroactive runtime fee that drew the anger of basically every developer leading to a change in leadership, an AI program it’s only recently done due diligence on, and some big, sweeping layoffs. 

Back in May, Unity laid off 600 employees and closed half its offices. Earlier this month, it said further layoffs were ‘likely’. Accor…

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Turns out that farming is a pretty compelling addition to the horde survival roguelite formula-

The horde survival genre grows weekly and a recent entrant is Pesticide Not Required, which tosses in familiar tropes from the ever-popular farm and life sim genres: Don’t craft or pick up your weapons, grow them instead. Defeat enemies for money, then buy seeds, plant crops, and harvest them for experience—or go mining and fishing, like you do.

Rather than each wave coming continuo…

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