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Despite mixed reviews, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was still one of 2023’s best-selling games, alongside the likes of Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC 24.

Marty O’Donnell, the famed and beloved composer of the Halo soundtracks has announced his plans to run for Congress to fight for “self-sacrifice, faith, integrity, fidelity, and valor”. And he’s doing this by siding with the man who embodies the exact opposite of every single one of those qualities.

Intel's Core i9-14900KS CPUs are showing up in buyer's hands ahead of launch and it looks like the chip is a voltage-heavy monster too.

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Friday said that artificial general intelligence could - by some definitions - arrive in as little as five years.

There are some seriously difficult Pokemon challenges out there, and one streamer has managed to overcome what's debatably the hardest of them all – a Kaizo Ironmon run – after a whopping 1,786 attempts. 

Boosting PC performance is essential for professionals seeking to enhance productivity and streamline their workflows. As technology progresses, the demands on your work computer increase, making it crucial to keep your system updated to handle new software, larger files, and more complex tasks efficiently.

Intel has made some "serious" strides in the semiconductor industry, announcing its bleeding-edge 10A "1nm process" & revealing plans.

Blizzard released a new blue post explaining more clarifications on the announced Diabolist Warlock talent tree in The War Within.

Fans are wondering if got a new haircut. Did she cut her hair short? Here is everything you need to know about the Friends star’s latest haircut.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

March’s Trading Post sets the stage for fresh new looks from lucky jade to cool aquas and everything in between. Squeak through any close call with Teele the mouse pet at your side.

Ubisoft has said the recently released Skull and Bones has achieved “record player engagement” since launch, although it has yet to announce how many copies it’s sold or how many players it has.

As it becomes harder and harder to imagine how studios will possibly make games look more realistic than they already do, developers are trying to find new ways to further immerse players in their games. Some are pushing VR, letting people feel like they are quite literally stepping into some of their favorite games. PlayStation has used the DualSense to further immersion, its haptic feedback letting you feel certain elements of your game. Now, thanks to the GameScent, not only can you see, hear, and feel your games, but you can smell them too.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

It took just over two weeks and some loss of sleep, but Helldivers 2, the smash hit co-op shooter from PlayStation and Sweden’s Arrowhead Game Studio, now actually works. Which is to say, the game cruised through peak play hours over its third weekend with minimal login issues, and with the majority of players able to get online and work together to save managed democracy, eliminating one bug (or robot) at a time.

Earlier this month, the games industry gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, honoring the best of video games in 2023. It was a great time, and a lot of really excellent games won well-deserved prizes.

The CEO for Arrowhead Games, developer of Helldivers 2, caught some flak for a controversial take on nowhere else than X (formerly Twitter), saying that Nvidia’s DLSS is “cool tech, but not necessary.”

Microsoft is planning to unveil its DirectX DirectSR "Super Resolution" tech at GDC 2024 which is being worked on with AMD & NVIDIA.

Overclocking is an art and this art is mastered by none other than extreme overclockers who are always pushing the envelope with their testing sprees. Now, legendary overclocker, SAFEDISK, is breaking into new grounds by achieving the world's first and record run of SuperPI which was finished in under 3 minutes using an Intel Core i9-14900K CPU.

A good part of the Internet has already sung high praise for the OG Tomb Raider trilogy remaster’s loving determination to rejuvenate the classic. I’m glad it has. Being alone in finding it quite a marvel would leave me feeling pretty sad and possibly stupid.

Excitement is building in the gaming community as Sony gears up for the anticipated release of the PlayStation 5 Pro, a console that may well redefine the GTA 6 gaming experience. GTA 6, the highly-anticipated cross-platform release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, promises to push hardware limits with its demanding graphics. GTA 6 performance upgrade is speculated on by the latest leak that ha sthe gaming community buzzing in anticipation. It suggests the PlayStation 5 Pro, designed to make GTA 6 feel at home on Sony's platform, boasts impressive specifications, including eight-core Zen 2 CPUs at 4GHz, an RDNA 3 GPU at 2.8 GHz, and 16GB of 18,000 MT/s GDDR6 memory with a bandwidth of 587 GB/s.

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Hello. I gathered you all here to tell you that water is wet. In other – perhaps equally obvious – news, Palworld continues to attract more players than some countries have citizens. As of this week, more than 25 million people have played Pocketpair’s monster-catching survival game.

Sons of the Forest, the survival game developed by Endnight Games, is now out of early access, and the 1.0 update has brought new features and improvements, including AMD FSR 3 support.

A recent leak from SmartPrix has given us an exciting sneak peek into the much-anticipated Google Pixel Fold 2. This revelation showcases not only striking design changes but also positions the Google Pixel Fold 2 as a strong contender for the title of the world's thinnest foldable device.

 private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact.

The next phase of Dawn of DC has been announced and, if you've been paying attention to recent developments in the comics then it should come as no surprise who the main antagonist is: Amanda Waller.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

A new Season means a new hidden Feath of Strength! As is tradition, players have two new titles to look forward to for fully completing the Season Journey in Season of the Construct and earning the achievement Ayuzhan's Staunchest Ally. Season 3 Season Journey Just like in Season 1 and Season 2, the Feat of Strength will not show up until completed. Once you have earned it, you will gain the Prefix and Suffix titles Terrible and Genius.

We have the solution to Wordle on February 21, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

Unable to build better habits due to an ineffective schedule and busy lifestyle? We all struggle to get into a routine due to various reasons, however, most of the time the reason is the lack of motivation and unplanned schedules. To overcome the struggle of getting into an effective routine and developing healthy habits, we have found just the right tool for you. Habitify is a habit tracker app that enables users to get organized with their routines and increase productivity. With the help of this app, users can create a productive schedule by building good habits that focus on their personal and as well as professional goals. Know more about the Habitify app here.

Blizzard has announced that the Bad Luck Protection for Fyr'alath has been buffed and applies retroactively!

The new Cortex-X5 design from ARM appears to be running into problems, with a new rumor stating that the super core is experiencing severely high power consumption at raised clock speeds and offering diminished multi-core performance when that maximum power limit is reduced. While this may not be an issue for Qualcomm as its Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is said to adopt custom CPU designs, MediaTek may be sweating profusely as it has to eventually announce the Dimensity 9400, which is said to adopt the same Cortex-X5 in its CPU cluster.

Developer Build a Rocket Boy has cut an undisclosed number of jobs.

Game developer Build a Rocket Boy has unfortunately announced a number of layoffs, which will affect the developer globally. 

Tabletop RPGs, including D&D, are to thank for Helldivers 2's brand of player-driven comedy. 

Some 700 unionised Ubisoft employees downed (development) tools in France, walking off the job in a day of organised strike action. Following the collapse of annual salary negotiations, on Valentine's Day, workers from Ubisoft Paris, Montpellier, Lyon, Annecy, and Bordeaux took part, taking to the streets in the time-honoured French tradition.

The 2024 DICE Awards, organised by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, has just happened. Back in January, the nominees for the industry awards were announced, with Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leading the charge. Now, Insomniac's sequel also takes home the most wins, succeeding in six of the nine categories in which it was nominated.

Bandai Namco’s excellent brawler Tekken 8 is exceeding the publisher’s expectations, and has topped two million units less than three weeks after its release. It took Tekken 7 around two months to achieve the same milestone, meaning this new entry is selling at a much faster pace than its predecessor. Bravo to all involved.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

The latest co-op craze is Helldivers 2, and it has been achieving some impressive numbers on all platforms it is available on.

A new Cyberpunk 2077 mod released this week addresses some of the ghosting issues seen in the currently available AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation mods.

Baldur's Gate 3 has once again won the biggest prize, Game of the Year, at the 27th annual DICE Awards. The winners were announced during yesterday's ceremony held at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS).

It’s been well established that in Infinite Craft, everything is on the table. So at long last, a group of devouts have managed to make every Pokemon from the first generation. And this is likely only the beginning.

Baldur's Gate 3 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 have cleaned up at the DICE Awards 2024.

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 6 is live now, with patch notes promising everything from improved kissing animations to party management.

The 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards took place last night (February 15), and it celebrated some of the best games that we've seen in the previous year. 

The Tomb Raider trilogy of the '90s is beloved by video game fans far and wide.

The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards have arrived and celebrated the best of the best in the world of video games from 2023. While there were a ton of winners, Baldur's Gate 3 walked home with Game of the Year alongside Best Role-Playing Game and Outstanding Achievement awards in Story, Game Direction, and Game Design.

The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards have arrived and are here to celebrate the best of the best in the world of video games from 2023. The show, which is put on by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and takes place at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, will feature 23 categories and 56 games that were nominated by and voted on by game developers.

The newest No Man’s Sky update is called Omega, and it’s designed to bring lapsed players back into the game. Omega is accompanied by a free weekend, which runs from Feb. 15 until Feb. 19.

Beating Baldur’s Gate 3 is a feat in itself, but beating Honor Mode is an incredible achievement. One Baldur’s Gate 3 player won Honor Mode in the craziest way possible, as described in a trending Reddit post.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Blizzard published a blue post to let players know that they are looking into issues with Support Your Local Artisans and Love Language Expert having their criteria reset. These issues are probably linked to a recent hotfix pushed to live servers that changed both achievements to have account-wide credit. These updates likely caused some unintended side-effects.

Just seven months before Palworld took over the world by so many metrics, a member of the Pocketpair team reckoned 50,000 players would be the most the survival hit would ever achieve.

With a little over a month until the release of Dragon’s Dogma 2, director Hideaki Itsuno has confirmed that the game will run with an “uncapped” framerate on current-gen consoles.

The Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Trilogy has nearly 300 trophies and achievements for players to earn, but strangely doesn't have any Platinums on the PS5 version of the game.

In the original Tomb Raider 2, you could get onto the Croft Manor roof in the tutorial by glitching up the wall. All you had to do was line Lara up with the corner and then leap, propelling her to the next ledge. As one fan discovered, this bug still works in the remastered trilogy.

Sony is still aiming to ship an impressive 25 million PS5 consoles this fiscal year, and it’s got a little over a month to achieve the milestone. Right across Europe, it’s currently discounting the price of the remodelled PS5 Slim, where in Italy you can get savings of up to €75 through 25th February. That makes the system €474.99 as opposed to its usual €549.99.

The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards are nearly here and are set to celebrate the best of the best in the world of video games. The show kicks off later this week in Las Vegas and will once again be hosted by IGN's Stella Chung and Kinda Funny CEO and IGN's Greg Miller.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Blizzard has added a hotfix to add a teleport option to Shadowfang Keep, Inspector Snip Snagglebolt in Stormwind City and Detective Snap Snagglebolt in Orgrimmar will offer a teleport.

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, one of the best games of 2023, is threatening to let players have sex with its god-like creature.

PS Stars, or PlayStation Stars, is a free loyalty program for PS5 and PS4 which enables you to earn PS Store credit, free games, and Digital Collectibles. If you're a PS Plus subscriber, then you'll earn additional Points based on each PS Store purchase you make.

In Skull and Bones, although the Open Beta only lasted a few days, it was just enough time for some players to achieve some pretty awesome feats. Like EagleEGamer, who became a millionaire.

With Season of the Construct in full swing, it's around the time that players might be looking to re-roll a character or farm out a few more powerful pieces of gear. What better way to do that than to get a group of friends together, and find a quick and efficient way to grind out experience, Seneschal stones, and loot? Diablo 4 Content Creator Rob2628 shared his secret on achieving all of the above.

Elden Ring speedrunner LilAggy has pulled off what you’d be forgiven for thinking might be impossible — a complete run of the game without getting hit, while also randomizing every enemy, boss, and item (aside from the key ones).

After more than 1,000 attempts, an Elden Ring streamer has beaten the game without taking a single hit and using a randomizer mod to change every enemy.

Microsoft is preparing its own AI-powered Super Resolution technology which will be available in Windows 11 24H2.

AMD's Ryzen 7 8700G APU has been delidded by hardware expert, Der8auer, showcasing its die & also a huge reduction in temps.

Kingdom Hearts and Street Fighter 2 composer Yoko Shimomura will receive a Lifetime Achievement trophy during the D.I.C.E Awards this year. It will occur on February 15 at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

AMD's Ryzen 8000G Desktop APUs feature the fastest iGPU on the planet but SkatterBencher has made this RDNA 3 chip even faster through manual overclocking, gaining an impressive graphics performance uplift of over 60% with an outrageous amount of power.

Love lingers in the air around Azeroth, and the time has come to shower those closest to your heart with generosity and compassion and show them your genuine appreciation of kindness and affection during this holiday celebration.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic, Season of Discovery, and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

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none of the above, EU Guild on Wild Growth has achieved World First Gnomeregan on Season of Discovery! Utilizing a raid composition of only spellcasters, Nota was able to defeat each boss encounter without any physical damage dealers. We've also included the Warcraft Logs of the kill below -- Warcraft Logs Gnomeregan

Today, the Chinese raiding guild Skyline (天涯) is officially retiring, citing financial burden and general exhaustion over seven years of competitive raiding. Widely regarded as the most accomplished group of eastern raiders, Skyline finished top 10 in every single Race to World First since the launch of Battle for Azeroth, including the #8 spot in Amirdrassil, despite stalling for nearly a thousand pulls against Tindral Sageswift.

The CEO of indie publisher Devolver Digital, Douglas Morin, has stepped down.

In an unannounced hotfix, the amount of gold required to earn the Support Your Local Artisans achievement has been reduced from 70,000 to 50,000! A new addition to the Love is in the Air holiday event, it requires donating 10,000 gold per day, returning 10 Love Token in exchange. Because it has only been four days since Love is in the Air began, players cannot yet have spent enough gold to require a refund, but this means the achievement is now both cheaper to earn and requires less days — a nice bonus for anyone who is late to start the holiday event before it ends on February 19th. Learn more about the new pets, cosmetics, mounts, and features in the massively 2024 updates to the Love is in the Air holiday event. Love is in the Air 2024 Guide