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In what has become CPU tradition, AMD have announced a new fastest-ever gaming processor to replace their last fastest-ever gaming processor. The newcomer, detailed at CES 2026, is the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, which actually shares the same architecture, socket, core and thread counts, and power usage rating as the erstwhile big dog, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It’s mainly a quicker maximum boost clock, up from 5.2GHz to 5.6GHz, that grants it a performance edge.
There’s nothing worse than a stuttering frame rate. Whether you can’t afford a modern graphics card because AI tech bros are hoarding them in data centers, that big new release isn’t quite optimized, or you’re just trying to play Crysis in the year of our lord 2026, poor performance is infuriating. However, it’s something you may have to suffer through while playing FPS Quest, a meta game which uses your frame rate as your health bar. If you want to survive, you’ll have to break the game itself and stutter to victory. Most of the best FPS games are those…
For as much as is in Baldur’s Gate 3 – and it’s a massive game – there’s plenty that hit the cutting room floor or simply feel by the wayside. Wyll, the beloved warlock, was a victim of the latter, as devs at Larian had much loftier goals for his storylines before life prevented them from coming to fruition.Kevin VanOrd, a senior writer at Larian, reveals he wanted more for Wyll during a Reddit AMA, saying: “”I wish Wyll had gotten more content and a more fulfilling arc too.” He explains: “A lot of decisions came later in development than…
Warning: Spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077 lie ahead. Cyberpunk 2077’s narrative really kicks into gear when, after a job gone wrong, metal-infused merc protagonist V realises they’re now living in the shadow of a Keanu Reeves-shaped clock. Despite this, you’re free to while away hours doing a million things other than confronting your urgent mortality problem. It’s something even CD Projekt themselves have joked about.
Asus has long produced some of the best-built laptops in the business, with its first-gen Zenbook still being among my favorite ever laptops. Now the company’s back with yet another absolute stunner, the Asus ExpertBook Ultra, and even though it’s aimed at high-flying business types, it’s sure to be a tempting option for anyone seeking a serious yet slick portable PC. So, it might not be one of the best gaming laptops, but with this new Asus machine packing the latest Intel Core Ultra X9 Panther Lake CPUs, it’s still surprisingly capable. What’s more, a 3K tandem OLED display able…
Even after he created both Kirby and Super Smash Bros., industry legend Masahiro Sakurai doesn’t think of himself as a hit maker, or think of his games as hits. Instead, he says he looks at other people’s games and feels that he has to “keep pushing” himself.In an interview with 47 News that’s been translated by GamesRadar+, Sakurai discusses what he would have done had Kirby failed to become the international mega hit it is today, and he doesn’t think his life would be any different.”It wasn’t really like that,” Sakurai says. “It didn’t matter if the game sold well…
Every once in a while, a game rocks up that so quickly finds itself in my Steam wishlist I don’t even remember clicking the button. Today, that game is Rakshasa, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and Baldur’s Gate inspired first-person RPG set in modern India where you must face off against demi-gods and “centuries-old flesh-eating monsters” inspired by Indian folklore. Yeah! Hell yeah! Yeah, yeah sign me up! The reveal trailer for this thing absolutely drips with muck and grime, almost in that nasty cyberpunky kind of way, yet still grounded in a city setting we’re all familiar with.…
With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) currently underway in Las Vegas, hundreds of the biggest tech companies in the world are busy showcasing their latest gear, from massive TVs, to the latest CPUs and GPUs, and, of course, some seriously lavish laptops. However, the one gaming laptop that I’m most excited about so far is perhaps the most boring. Meet the new Asus TUF Gaming A14. What makes this potentially one of the best gaming laptop options of this year isn’t its styling or an incredible new type of screen. It’s not a new top-tier gaming GPU or its ability…
The fourth teaser for Avengers: Doomsday has arrived in theaters, finally showing the arrival of the Fantastic Four in the MCU as they land in Wakanda, coming face-to-face with Shuri, M’Baku, and more.In the teaser, which has not yet been officially released online (we’ll likely have to wait a few more days for that), Shuri mourns her fallen brother T’Challa and her other lost loved ones as we get glimpses of different Wakandans and other Black Panther characters, including Tenoch Huerta’s Namor who now appears to be wearing a version of his black, collared body suit rather than simply wearing…
007: First Light may not be the choppy, stuttering overextender of gratuitous explosi-pixels that its big action reveal led us to believe. The official PC system requirements are out, and they’re very reasonable indeed, only asking for old mid-range graphics cards and merely halfway decent CPUs. Could IO Interactive have delayed their young Bond adventure to May 27th so as to polish up performance, especially around the more Brosnan-era detonationfests in that footage? Maybe, maybe not. But at least you won’t need John Cleese to build you a machine that can run it.