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Gearbox giveth, and Gearbox taketh away. Those higher drop rates in Borderlands 4 are being temporarily rolled back, according to the developer, and fans aren’t pleased about the fluctuation after getting used to the greater riches.On Twitter, a player responds to the latest patch notes from the official Borderlands account asking if they can “conclude that the increased drop rates are staying?” Sadly not, as confirmed in a reply from Gearbox. “The drop rates are back to their pre-holiday event percentages!” says the post.”That said, the team saw the positive reception and are investigating a longer-term increase,” Gearbox adds. Despite…
It’s a bad idea to predict a year’s worth of Videogame Happenings while you are delirious with cold, but one of the advantages of being delirious with cold is that you become incapable of noticing that ideas are bad. In the brief interval before I eat a bowl of cakemix and fall asleep, here are some quick opinions about the Trends and Tribulations of 2026, mostly based on our reporting from 2025. The evergreen short version: it’s never too late to get back into amateur dentistry.
In one of the least well-kept secrets of recent PC tech times, today marks the official unveiling of what is effectively a nailed-on guarantee of being the new fastest gaming CPU in the world, the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Sporting a slight clock speed bump over the current champion, the 9800X3D, the new chip is set to continue the dominance of AMD’s X3D chips when it comes to maximizing your frame rate in games. With AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and release date details long having been leaked, the arrival of AMD’s latest brings no surprises, but if you’re seeking…
Pearl Abyss says Crimson Desert’s world has been revealed to be twice the size of Skyrim and bigger than Red Dead Redemption 2 in a new info drop.I’m still not sure how to feel about Crimson Desert. I played it about two years ago and it had me keen on its punishing combat and ability to do wrestling moves on unsuspecting bandits – including a Stone Cold Stunner, which I can’t say I’ve seen deployed in a non-wrestling game before – but since I was only able to fight bosses, I was unsure how that would actually translate to an…
Saturdays are for eagerly sitting beside the front door to the Treehouse ready to jump up and greet writers as they return home. Sure, most of the team aren’t due back until Monday, but this way I can get really good at saying ‘Here comes trouble’ in just the right intonation. ‘Here comes trouble.’ No, that’s not it. ‘Here comes trouble.’ Better, but it still needs work.
No, I’m not joking. This new Asus G1000 gaming PC really does have holograph ‘fans,’ a scoop-like cooling structure on its top, and a super-thick side panel that combine to make this one of the largest pre-built gaming PCs I’ve ever seen. Asus could hardly have picked a worse time to drop a super-luxury, outlandish gaming PC, what with graphics card and memory prices going sky-high and the gaming industry in something of a lull. However, if you do fancy a seriously swish upgrade this year, you might want to keep your eyes peeled for the release of this beast…
Is there a video game on this planet Earth that can draw the spotlight away from Grand Theft Auto 6? With Rockstar Games having delayed what is undoubtedly the most-anticipated entertainment property of the decade to November 19, the video game release calendar has been thrown into absolute disarray. This means that 2026 is shaping up to be one of the busiest years of the current generation, with a stacked lineup of AAA titans and transformative indies jostling for attention. What’s scary is that it’s only January, with the likes of GDC, Summer Game Fest, and Gamescom still to come.Big…
The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for looking at your frost-crusted window and sacking off all plans of leaving the house. After all, the central heating has been broken for a week and there is no hope of a repair for another three. There is nothing outside of the confines of your duvet that’s not cold. How will you occupy your time in bed? How will you stave off the basic needs of food, micturation, and, well, cups of tea? It shall be with articles and essays,…
January 8, 2026: 9:12am PT: Riot has since confirmed the legitimacy of the email, noting that “a delay in production” led to the Arcane boxes’ late shipping. It has also provided more information on Spiritforged’s rollout. Riftbound, Riot Games’ League of Legends card game, has had an odd start to life. While the TCG itself is genuinely fun, with a unique identity that sets it apart from competitors like Magic: The Gathering, Lorcana, and Star Wars Unlimited, Riot has consistently struggled to meet demand. The first lot of packs went out with missing rares (something Riot has confirmed will impact Set…
Some of the biggest highlights of his career were when Alan Rickman was causing problems for the hero of the story, but according to Emma Thompson, he wasn’t particularly a fan of playing the villain. In an interview with GQ, Thompson recalled sharing the screen with her late friend, who played Colonel Brandon in the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility, and how thrilled he was to be the big bad for a change.”Alan Rickman, God rest him, he was so happy to be playing someone heroic and nice,” she explained. “Because he was so fed up with people wanting him…