Starfield's Most Boring Sounding Quests Are Actually The Most Interesting

The four Regional Phenomena quests form a large part of ’s main storyline, but on close examination, these quests actually tell some incredibly dark stories. Although there are other main quests in to focus on alongside them, these quests directly lead Link to meeting four of the game’s sages, who each grant him a sage summon and ability like ’s Champion powers. Pursuing them leads Link into direct conflict with Ganondorf’s forces, confronting him with just how monstrous the Demon King’s plans are.

A group of former BioWare employees who were impacted by the studio's recent layoffs is suing for better severance pay.

It’s been a while since Baldur’s Gate 3 originally rolled its way on to PC, yet the D&D RPG from Larian Studios is continuing to achieve feats of success that no-one could have expected, even when it comes to the Steam Deck. Not only does the Baldur’s Gate 3 run exceptionally well on the Valve handheld, but it’s managed to maintain its place as the most-played game on the Steam Deck, beating out the likes of Starfield, for September 2023.

The U.S. sanctions did not impede the progress of Chinese semiconductor manufacturer SMIC in mass producing the Kirin 9000S, which is now found in Huawei’s flagship, the Mate 60 Pro, though it is no secret that its 7nm process is several generations behind the most advanced node. However, a report states that with the latest SoC launch, China is at most four years behind, and the export controls executed by the United States intended to keep the region up to 10 years behind in the chip race.

A series of Starfield live-action shorts are on the way to help you get to grips with the Settled Systems, and we’ve got our first look at the incredible set design already. Helmed by videogame short filmmaker Stephen Ford, the live-action series of shorts will help you learn even more about Bethesda’s newest universe.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has inadvertently shared his opinion on the issues modern AAA games are dealing with - revealing he thinks publishers are "milking" their successful IPs and "struggling" to find new ones. 

A whole lot of interesting (and occasionally awkward) secrets were revealed by the big Microsoft document leak that occurred last week. One of the most notable bits was a brutally frank analysis by Xbox boss Phil Spencer on the current state of major videogame publishers like Activision and Electronic Arts, who Spencer said are struggling to find relevance in an industry that just doesn't need them like it used to.

Just after the grand ‘Wonderlust event' Apple rolled out its most awaited iOS 17 on September 18 for most iPhone users. It has brought some amazing features with its final upgrade. iOS 17 was announced in June and since then only beta updates have been available. Now that it is finally here, the interminable gap between the announcement and the actual rollout, is much more acceptable simply because of the huge changes and benefits made available to all by Apple. Users are quite excited now that it is finally here. One of the many mind-blowing features of iOS 17 is Live Voicemail. This is a revolutionary feature that can save you from a lot of unwanted calls that usually end up wasting time or leaving you stressed and frustrated. Know what this iOS 17 feature is all about.

Starfield's community keeps getting smarter with their ship builds—we've had AI-exploiting nightmares made of corners, ladderless flat discs, and some sci-fi classics. But what about the little guys of the universe—pilots who don't want some big, fancy warship with 500 autocannons?

The depth of ship customization in has given rise to a ridiculously OP build discovered by Reddit user Solace_of_the_Throns, which takes inspiration from the most broken designs that exploit enemy AI. Space battles become incredibly easy when the right parts come together to guard a specific point on your ship. This can be tricky to understand at first once you also figure out how targeting systems work in the game.

Given how Starfield cozied up to AMD, those who don’t use Team Red’s hardware may have had concerns about how optimized the game would be on Nvidia’s tech. Fortunately, when it comes to upscaling at least, Bethesda is launching official DLSS support. But until then, the mod community is coming to the rescue.

You're going to hear a lot about Meteor Lake in these next few days and weeks; these new chips are some of Intel's most exciting in a good while. I say that even despite their intended use as low power processors in ultra-thin laptops, not even gaming PCs. Some of the new features stuffed into these disaggregated chips could come in handy for the next-generation of gaming processor.