Homeworld 3 developer acquires the rights to its superior previous game about salvaging spaceships, with ‘multiple’ new projects in the works

Homeworld 3 developer Blackbird Interactive has announced it has acquired the full rights to its previous game Hardspace: Shipbreaker, which saw players deconstructing decommissioned spaceships and recycling their parts for profit. In a press release, Blackbird revealed it has acquired the full rights from Hardspace: Shipbreaker’s co-owner Focus Entertainment, which served as publisher for the … Read more

Starship Troopers: Extermination implements a ‘total overhaul’ to its spawning system, adding a Left 4 Dead style AI director: ‘We realized that our original spawning system, while functional, was starting to show its limit’

Starship Troopers: Extermination has always had a bit of “we have Helldivers 2 at home” energy; ironic considering how much Helldivers 2 channels the tone and ideas of the Paul Verhoeven film Extermination is based upon. While I enjoyed Offworld’s large-scale, team-based multiplayer in my Starship Troopers: Extermination review, it was a frequently uneven experience … Read more

Talks are reportedly underway for the US Gov. to take a stake in Intel, and its share price has already jumped 7% in response

It’s been a confusing couple of weeks regarding the US governments position on Intel. President Trump heavily criticised its new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan last week, calling for his resignation, before changing his mind after a face-to-face meeting mere days later and singing his praises instead. Now Bloomberg is reporting that sources have said the Trump … Read more

PCIe 5.0 SSDs can still be pricey—but I’ve found one with a $40 discount that may justify the upgrade for my rig

I became a hardware writer because I love getting to grips with the latest, shiniest tech—covering all of the big business, inside baseball slap fighting is just a bonus. But the latest big tech palava aside, I’ve been pining after a PCIe 5.0 SSD since they first became available. As with any hot hardware, pricing … Read more

Emeet Pixy review | PC Gamer

Deal ends Mon, Aug 18, 2025 The world of 4K webcams feels like it’s come on leaps and bounds in the last year or so. Despite this, 4K is still a mostly superfluous resolution for webcams to support right now. With some apps not even supporting 4K and other apps (looking at you, Discord) requiring … Read more

Intel engineer reassures gamers the company is ‘still 100% vested in APO and in growing the capabilities of the technology’ though not on older chips

Those of us running Intel CPUs have had a bit to worry about in recent years. The company has not been doing too well with huge losses, layoffs, and disappointments surrounding some of its recent technologies. Anyone keeping an eye on the Intel Application Optimisation tool (APO) may have also noticed there’s been a lack … Read more