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PUBG creator Brendan Greene says he’s ‘considering’ the blockchain for his next…
Brendan Greene, better known (somewhat ironically) as PlayerUnknown, walked away from PUBG last year to form a new studio (opens in new tab), PlayerUnknown Productions, and take on an incredibly ambitious new open world project called…
Vampire Survivors was such a big hit it’s getting a whole new engine
One of this year's breakout indie hits is Vampire Survivors, which not only met with wide success but responded to it: Developer Poncle quickly made ambitious plans to expand the game. Ever since launch it's seen a string of major and…
Stadia is closing down in January, hardware and software purchases to be refunded
Two months after denying a rumor (opens in new tab) that Stadia is shutting down, Google has announced that Stadia is shutting down (opens in new tab)."While Stadia's approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a strong…
People’s Bank of China brags about crackdown on the ‘pseudo-gold exchanges’ of…
China is in the early years of a battle to regulate tech it doesn't like, and one area of especial focus has become crypto. This is because China was at one point ground zero for crypto-mining operations in particular and the industry…
Razer’s cloud gaming handheld is coming with 5G
At Mobile World Congress, Verizon announced a partnership with Qualcomm and Razer. Now Razer plans on releasing a new handheld console specifically designed for cloud gaming and streaming. The Razer Edge 5G is being built on the…
Everquest 2 goes spelunking in its 19th expansion in 18 years
EverQuest 2 was first released in November 2004, and that was a little unlucky. A more polished and streamlined version of one of the pioneering Western MMOs, Everquest 2 had it all: gorgeous visuals, lavish audio production, a metric…
XeSS performs worse than native rendering on AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700G
Yesterday I looked at the performance of Intel XeSS upscaling tech running on an Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti (opens in new tab). While not quite up to the performance of DLSS, it wasn't far off, and the image quality was impressive. A promising…
The Loupedeck Live all-in-one streaming tool is $40 cheaper for one more day
If you're the type of person that wants more gadgets on your desktop, you might be interested in the Loupedeck Live (opens in new tab). It's a sort of shortcut whizz, a way for you to set up lots of specialised buttons and knobs for use…
World of Warcraft could be getting official controller support
A new build has arrived for the Dragonflight (opens in new tab) beta and it seems that World of Warcraft may get official controller support in the new expansion. Both Xbox and PlayStation controller assets which are "tied to controller…
Sackboy: A Big Adventure is finally coming to PC in late October
After months of leaks (opens in new tab), Sony has confirmed a late October release date for the PC port of Sackboy: A Big Adventure. The cooperative 3D platformer—a PS5 launch title—will boast a few nice quality-of-life improvements when…