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Overwatch 2 Season 18 has brought the usual new additions, like a small map overhaul, a new hero, and an upcoming rank reset. But the best part of the new season, in my humble opinion, has to be the truckloads of loot boxes that have been left for players like myself to open. My evening … Read more

How many bases do you need in a single game? Ask someone who likes base-building, like me, and they’ll probably say “As many as you can give me.” No Man’s Sky already has a few kinds of player bases. Base-building was added to the space sandbox in 2016, along with freighters that can be parked … Read more

Byte magazine is very much before my time. First published in September 1975, Byte magazine’s in-depth technical coverage of this new-fangled thing called microcomputers earned it a loyal readership. Also notable was the fact that the monthly publication didn’t focus on just one platform, but the entire field of small personal computers. The print edition … Read more

Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn turned 12 years old this week—pause while I crumble into dust. Alongside a sweet ol’ video message from director and producer Naoki Yoshida came the news I and many others have been waiting for: dates and locations for this expansion’s Fan Festivals. There are two reasons these dates are … Read more

Betwixt more standard meetings, last week I sat on the floor of the halls of Gamescom Cologne with a keyboard on my lap that is apparently a “new solution for the boring entry-level keyboard market.” That’s according to Glorious, and the keyboard in question is the GMBK 75%. I’m happy to say, even just a … Read more

Framework has finally broken the silence on the future of its modular 16-inch gaming laptop, the Framework 16. And the good news is that it actually has one. With AMD essentially exiting the mobile GPU market this generation the company only had one option, and that was to turn to Nvidia. Today, it has announced … Read more

AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs, including the Radeon RX 9070 XT, have been out since February. But only now has AMD revealed that they are based on a clever modular architecture. AMD held a deep dive into its RDNA 4 graphics tech at the Hot Chips 2025 conference yesterday. And perhaps the most intriguing new disclosure … Read more

The improbable has happened. Following a lukewarm reception to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s reveal, Activision is walking back its decision to carry forward all Black Ops 6 weapons and skins into the new game. While forward compatibility is generally a popular feature, this is really about Call of Duty’s uglification problem: Many weren’t … Read more

Ubisoft has reached into the back of the cupboard, grabbed the intellectual property rights for five games it wasn’t doing anything with, and sold them to Atari. The five games are Cold Fear (which is basically Resident Evil on a boat), I Am Alive (a post-apocalyptic survival platformer), Child of Eden (a psychedelic rhythm game), … Read more

Nightreign – Taming the Tricephalos – YouTube Watch On I’ve been playing Elden Ring Nightreign since it came out. I’ve killed ice dragons, flying centaurs, and a jellyfish god. What could be so hard about fighting a three-headed dog? Quite a lot, it turns out. The enhanced version of Nightreign’s first boss is easily one … Read more