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Diablo 4 Is Great Now, Final Fantasy 14 Changes Are Worrying, And More Of This Week’s Hot Takes

Another week, another round of opinions and spicy takes for you to sift through. Rather than making you search the site and find them yourselves, however, we’ve gathered our best opinion pieces of the week right here. From Diablo IV’s loot game change ...

The nature of consciousness, and how to enjoy it while you can

In his new book, Christof Koch views consciousness as a theorist and an aficionado.

Xbox Game Pass Tier Changes Are Inbound Due to Call of Duty, Insiders Claim

Changes to Xbox Game Pass tiers are inbound due to the rumored inclusion of the new Call Duty on Microsoft's subscription service. Yesterday we covered a report from outlet WSJ that claimed that this year's Call of Duty entry would be coming to Game Pass. Possibly the news is to be announced during next month's Xbox showcase. Following this report, several sources are now claiming that Microsoft is planning to make changes to the Game Pass tiers, possibly even a price hike, mainly due to the inclusion of Call of Duty. On the ResetEra forums, known insider 'Shinobi' first said […]

Redfall is Getting its Offline Mode and Single-Player Pausing Afterall in One Final Update

Xbox fans, and some of their employees, were blindsided earlier this month when Microsoft announced a number of their studios were being shuttered, including the “gut stab” closure of Arkane Austin, developer of the acclaimed Prey and the more troubled Redfall. Following the announcement Arkane Austin was shutting up shop, it was reported that the team had been working on additional updates for Redfall, including one that would deliver a long-promised offline mode. Unfortunately, at the time, it seemed unlikely any of these promised updates would come to fruition. Well, thankfully, it seems there’s a glint of light amongst the […]

Fallout 76 Breaks 1 Million Players in a Day; Whole Franchise Nearly Hits 5 Million Players in a Day

The Fallout craze continues to pay dividends for Bethesda. Earlier this week, the studio announced that Fallout 76 surpassed one million daily players across all platforms for the first time since its launch in late 2018. The multiplayer game is one of the top sellers on Steam (and elsewhere), largely thanks to various promotions and offers that have, however, since ended. On Valve's PC platform, the game reached 73.3K concurrent players last Sunday. It's not just Fallout 76 that is surging back, though. The whole franchise has benefited from the renewed interest, and Bethesda said nearly five million players logged […]

War never changes: A Fallout fan’s spoiler-laden review of the new TV series

The show preserved the themes, archetypes, chronology, and more for the games.

Fallout 3’s Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda’s First Security Guard

Fallout is currently one of the biggest things in the world thanks to Amazon’s hit TV show. However, before all that, there was a time when Fallout as a franchise seemed dead. Then Bethesda stepped in, bought the IP in 2007, and announced plans to make...

How To Clear Fallout 4 From Your Backlog

Bethesda’s open-world RPG Fallout 4 arrived on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on November 10, 2015. Given that it’s nearing ten years old and is vast enough to easily take up well over a hundred hours of your time, it’s entirely possible that you may have falle...

Fallout: New Vegas Promising RTX Remix Mod Showcased in New Video

A Fallout: New Vegas RTX Remix mod is currently in the works, as confirmed by a new video shared online this week. The mod is currently in the works by Darko P, who showcased an early WIP version in the video below. While there are a lot of visual glitches in this early version, it undeniably improves the classic RPG's visuals considerably. Unfortunately, no release window was provided for this project, so it may be a while until we can enjoy the game with improved visuals. Almost 15 years since its release, Fallout: New Vegas is still considered one of […]

Obsidian’s Avowed Will Defy One Major RPG Trend

Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, ...

Avowed, Obsidian’s Choice-Driven RPG, Launches This Fall

During January 18's Xbox Developer Direct, Obsidian Entertainment announced that Avowed, its next big open-world RPG, will launch this fall. It’s currently slated to appear on Xbox Series X/S and PC. It also released the first gameplay for the upcoming...

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The Intel Core i9-11900K, a three-year-old CPU, running on DDR4 memory has set a new world record, dethroning the 14900KS with DDR5. Old Intel Core i9-11900K CPU With DDR4 Memory Sets New World Record, Outshines New Core i9-14900KS With DDR5 Memory The Intel Rocket Lake CPUs have been regarded as a "Waste of Sand" bringing in small uplifts in performance while regressing in the core count compared to the generation that was released prior. However, it looks like overclockers have found a new purpose for these chips & when tuned right, they can surpass even the best chips available on […]
Former team members have either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups.

Fallout 76 Breaks 1 Million Players in a Day; Whole Franchise Nearly Hits 5 Million Players in a Day

The Fallout craze continues to pay dividends for Bethesda. Earlier this week, the studio announced that Fallout 76 surpassed one million daily players across all platforms for the first time since its launch in late 2018. The multiplayer game is one of the top sellers on Steam (and elsewhere), largely thanks to various promotions and offers that have, however, since ended. On Valve's PC platform, the game reached 73.3K concurrent players last Sunday. It's not just Fallout 76 that is surging back, though. The whole franchise has benefited from the renewed interest, and Bethesda said nearly five million players logged […]

War never changes: A Fallout fan’s spoiler-laden review of the new TV series

The show preserved the themes, archetypes, chronology, and more for the games.

Fallout 3’s Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda’s First Security Guard

Fallout is currently one of the biggest things in the world thanks to Amazon’s hit TV show. However, before all that, there was a time when Fallout as a franchise seemed dead. Then Bethesda stepped in, bought the IP in 2007, and announced plans to make...

Fallout games continue seeing big player jumps after the TV series’ success

Being on deep discount doesn't hurt, either.

How To Clear Fallout 4 From Your Backlog

Bethesda’s open-world RPG Fallout 4 arrived on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on November 10, 2015. Given that it’s nearing ten years old and is vast enough to easily take up well over a hundred hours of your time, it’s entirely possible that you may have falle...

Fallout: New Vegas Promising RTX Remix Mod Showcased in New Video

A Fallout: New Vegas RTX Remix mod is currently in the works, as confirmed by a new video shared online this week. The mod is currently in the works by Darko P, who showcased an early WIP version in the video below. While there are a lot of visual glitches in this early version, it undeniably improves the classic RPG's visuals considerably. Unfortunately, no release window was provided for this project, so it may be a while until we can enjoy the game with improved visuals. Almost 15 years since its release, Fallout: New Vegas is still considered one of […]

Obsidian’s Avowed Will Defy One Major RPG Trend

Amidst the recent flurry of information about Obsidian’s forthcoming RPG Avowed, one crucial morsel of information went under the radar. We learned that the first-person role-player would have lively combat, a classless main character exploring large, ...

Avowed, Obsidian’s Choice-Driven RPG, Launches This Fall

During January 18's Xbox Developer Direct, Obsidian Entertainment announced that Avowed, its next big open-world RPG, will launch this fall. It’s currently slated to appear on Xbox Series X/S and PC. It also released the first gameplay for the upcoming...

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