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Huawei Technologies Co.'s newest laptop runs on a chip made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a teardown of the device showed, quashing talk of another Chinese technological breakthrough. The Qingyun L540 notebook contains a 5-nanometer chip made by the Taiwanese company in 2020, around the time US sanctions cut off Huawei's access to the chipmaker, research firm TechInsights found after dismantling the device for Bloomberg News. That counters speculation that Huawei's domestic chipmaking partner, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., may have achieved a major leap in fabrication technique.

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Project Red announced that the game’s Phantom Liberty expansion has sold five million copies in a post shared to X yesterday.

Blizzard has posted a roundup of this week's blue posts and developer discussions, including the extra 500 Trader’s Tender awarded by the Trading Post Enthusiast achievement, questions about Classic Era Realm layers, and new applications for the WoW Community Council!

The Tomb Raider Remastered trilogy has finally been confirmed to have options for modern control layouts, alongside a host of other gameplay tweaks.

As revealed by last week's leak, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is the final free game on the Epic Games Store holiday list. Unlike previous freebies, though, users have a full week to redeem the game and permanently add it to their libraries.

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.

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.

Expect the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to look smooth as butter on PS5, as the game will support full 4K resolution at a blistering 120 frames-per-second on Sony’s new-gen console. Ubisoft confirmed the tidbit in a specifications blog post, where it also confirmed the PS4 Pro version will offer 60fps gameplay in 4K while the bog-standard PS4 edition will achieve 60fps in 1080p.

World of Warcraft has plenty of endgame content that players can choose to engage in, with one of the most popular and lucrative being Mythic+, a mode designed to provide a challenge and an excellent way to get high-level gear.

Uber realistic shooters where players need to coordinate with one another to achieve victory is certainly a niche, but one where titles like Squad and Hell Let Loose fill the void perfectly. The latter is a WW2 shooter. Players eager to dive in might want to know if it’s on Xbox Game Pass.

PCG has for several years now been keeping tabs on the incredible passion project of programmer James Lambert, a major N64 fan who decided to make a version of Portal for hardware first released in 1996. Lambert has shared various updates over the years about the project, most recently showcasing the game's opening, but things have just got real. Portal 64: The First Slice is now out of beta and free to download.

Dave the Diver was one of 2023’s unexpected hits that accumulated plenty of awards in addition to a wave of fan support. On Twitter, Mintrocket announced that the game has sold 3 million copies globally.

The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game – by breaking it.

Darkness has fallen on Sanctuary again as the Lord of Terror walks the world — The Darkening of Tristram limited time event in Diablo 3 has returned! Descend into the depths of a special retro graphics version of the Cathedral, and slay your way through the minions of evil to come face to face with Diablo. Blizzard has released a blog post detailing the event, so dive in — the event ends on January 31, sealing away its rewards.

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34 years after the official release of Tetris on NES, a 13-year-old prodigy known as Blue Scuti is the first person to beat the game. Now the community is starting to look to new horizons - including a whole host of other potential endings.

Dave the Diver has surpassed 3 million units sold, developer Mintrocket has revealed. The studio announced this achievement on X today, alongside some new art from the game to celebrate the milestone. Selling 3 million units is no small feat, especially considering Dave the Diver is Mintrocket's first game. 

The latest benchmarks of AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 8700G "Hawk Point" Desktop APU have been leaked within the Geekbench database.

Embark Studios’ fast-paced shooter, The Finals, kicked off with a bang after its surprise launch last month. However, as players have been getting to grips with the game and finding reliable strategies to use, some have been arguing that one particular gadget needs another nerf.

The War Within arrives this year—promising to finally address Battle for Azeroth's biggest dangling plot thread: the giant bloody sword that's sticking out of the planet. We know this because of some subtle hints from the expansion's cinematic trailer, like when the camera pans to the giant bloody sword. The one that's sticking out of the planet.

A Pokemon streamer has been dubbed "the greatest nuzlocker in the world" after completing a 'deathless' run of the series' most notorious fan game.

One clever Baldur's Gate 3 player has achieved an armor class of 31 on their bard Tav, thanks to a little mathematics and tactical item-hoarding

The president of Japanese publishing giant Square Enix, Takashi Kiryu, has said that the company intends to be "aggressive" in its application of artificial intelligence.

Hogwarts Legacy was the highest-selling physical video game in the UK in 2023, ending the FIFA series’ ten-year run of dominance.

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 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.

Whatever help you need with today's Wordle, you'll find everything you need and plenty more below. Go grab yourself an easy win with today's answer if you like, ponder the January 3 (928) clue if you're looking for a helping hand, or stick around and take a look at our everyday tips.

A New Year’s letter by Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu indicates that the company will be focusing on making use of AI technology in its development of games. The letter—a yearly tradition for the company—talks about the company’s plans for the future. Among other things, the use of AI seems to be a key part of the company’s plans moving forward.

It has been quite the year for Fortnite fans, but the stand-out moment for the community was the return of Season OG. If you want to be taken through your time in the battle royale in 2023, you can get your Fortnite Wrapped which contains a range of interesting stats on how you played last year.

A new easter egg with the Arsenal: Cosmic Weapons Cache rewards from the November/23 Trading Post has been discovered! Thanks to Twitter user Korrin for the tip. The Twilight Hermit is a NPC that was originally added to the game in Battle for Azeroth. The Hermit was already shrouded in mystery back then, as he was the person you would bring the Wriggling Mass you collected during your Island Expeditions. In the quest Wriggling Mass, you would learn that holding the mass would plague you with visions, and by turning it in to the Hermit, you would learn he used to be plagued by the same visions — until the day Sargeras struck Silithus.

Cyberpunk 2077 might very well be the best-looking PC title to date, and this short video shows how insanely realistic the game can look.

Blizzard has clarified that the extra 500 Traders Tender received by players this month is an intended but unlisted reward from the Trading Post Enthusiast achievement for completing the monthly trading post bonus twelve times.

Blizzard has announced that Patch 10.2.5 Seeds of Renewal launches on January 16th, 2024!

After singing its fingers on the hot stove of NFTs, Square Enix has decided to go in for another cheeky touch with AI—as stated by the company's new president Takashi Kiryu in a New Year's letter to his employees.

Here are the easiest Trading Post tasks to complete the Traveler's log for January 2024 to earn the Golden Mobile Timepiece transmog and your Trader's Tender! Trading Post OverviewJanuary 2024 RewardsJanuary 2024 Traveler's Log Activities

A Baldur's Gate 3 player somehow summoned 15 total characters to give Raphael the kicking he deserved. 

A new dawn breaks across hallowed ground, adventurer.

The battery life is one of the most crucial aspects of any smartphone. The faster it charges and longer it lasts, the better user experience it can provide. This has been the case for years and isn't likely to change. What has changed in the last few years is the charging speed. Today, a decent smartphone can get juiced up from 0-100 percent in about an hour, a feat that previously took multiple hours to achieve. This improvement has come courtesy of developments in battery charging technology. While most smartphones about a decade ago offered 5W or 10W charging, there's one today, called Realme GT5, that can get charged from 0-100 percent in a matter of just 12 minutes!

Football Manager 2024 players are concerned about their footballers’ attributes “not mattering enough,” as some have flagged that they can assign roles to people that shouldn’t fit them whatsoever, yet achieve surprisingly positive results. 

The owner of the speedrunning Shiba Inu, Peanut Butter, has revealed the secret behind the good boy's success.

Square Enix's CEO wants to be "more aggressive" in applying AI to game development and publishing going forward.

Nintendo’s Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake has been rated by the USA’s ESRB.

Square Enix will be «aggressive in applying AI» and other «cutting-edge technologies» to its development and publishing functions.

Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu has already ruffled feathers in the new year by reaffirming a desire for the company to utilize AI technology in its upcoming games and projects.

Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu says the company will be “aggressive in applying” AI in its development and publishing efforts in the future.

In just a few hours from now, the clock will strike 12 and the world will welcome the year 2024. It is an occasion to celebrate with friends and family and to prepare your New Year's resolutions. But if you are away from your loved ones, it is also the time to reach out to them to wish them well for the year ahead. However, you cannot send the same ‘Happy New Year 2024' message you share with your elders and family with your friends. It requires you to come up with different creative messages. If you are struggling with this, don't worry. We asked the three prominent AI chatbots — OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Copilot — and they gave us some really good suggestions. Let us check them out.

Skul: The Hero Slayer has sold 2 million copies since release, putting the sidescrolling action roguelike in that top tier of multi-million-selling games. Skul's Dead Cells-esque and Hollow Knight-like action never had a huge single spike in popularity, but has steadily grown in sales since its January 2021 release alongside pretty regular large additions and patches.

Diablo’s anniversary is right around the corner, along with the Darkening of Tristram event! Whether you’re a series veteran craving nostalgia, or a newcomer hungry for your first taste of the franchise’s past, this annual loving homage to the earliest days of Diablo is for you.

Starfield was one of the best-performing games on Steam this year, alongside Baldur's Gate 3, Destiny 2, Sons of the Forest, and more. This is despite its mixed reception among general players, so much so that the game has slipped into "mostly negative" reviews on Steam.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is less than three months away from being released. Just a year and a half ago, this remained a pipe dream for fans of the original action RPG, as ten years had passed without a sequel. Then the June 2022 announcement came and they could finally rejoice.

OnePlus set a pretty bold example with the OnePlus Fold, easily becoming the best foldable to come out this year. Shortly after that, the OnePlus 12 was announced in China, showing everyone how the company is looking to take back the throne from several of its competitors that have been vying for the spot. Now, the more affordable OnePlus 12R is getting a lot of attention because it is looking to change the upper-midrange segment for years to come.

Since 2019, the Sinden Light Gun has been the first and only contemporary light gun that will work on modern TVs and displays. Yet despite the technical achievements made, its creator, Andy Sinden, is aiming higher to make this a product not just an easy way to play your favorite light gun games on an high-definition TV, but to fully revive a niche and otherwise forgotten sub-genre of games.

We're now firmly in the liminal space between Christmas and New Year. Sick of your family, sick of leftovers, wondering if the day after Boxing Day is still excuse enough to eat two dozen After Eights for dinner, your mind might start to slip towards the future. 2024! What all could you achieve with a whole twelve months stretched out before you?

Though they’re wildly different games on the surface, Alan Wake 2 and Spider-Man 2 are sequels representing massive achievements for their respective studios. In an IGN interview, Remedy’s Sam Lake and Insomniac’s John McAdam discuss some of the intricacies of game development, and how they dealt with having two protagonists.

Players looking to unlock every achievement in will need to know about the shadow achievements hidden throughout the game. These hidden achievements can’t be seen in the stats tab until they’re completed, meaning players may have some difficulty doing them without some guidance. There are a total of 17 shadow achievements in so far, and these are significantly harder to obtain than regular achievements.

You're now just one click away from winning the December 27 (921) Wordle—the answer's ready and waiting if you need it. You're also in the right place if you're after a tailor-made clue for today's game too, if you'd like a bit of help without being handed the solution on a plate. Whatever Wordle support you need, we've got it.

Samsung’s rumored cost-cutting measures have been mentioned in the latest rumor, where the company is said to use slower UFS 3.1 storage for its Galaxy S24 series. Thankfully, only one model is said to be treated to the inferior onboard memory; the 128GB storage variant. It was previously reported that Samsung intends to launch the Galaxy S24 series at the same pricing structure as the Galaxy S23 lineup, but to achieve this goal, the company is likely making compromises like the one highlighted above.

2023 has been a ground-breaking year for NASA. From receiving asteroid sample to launching Psyche spacecraft, the US space agency achieved various milestones. As the year ends, we have compiled a list of 10 achievements of NASA.

Japan's SLIM space probe entered the Moon's orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is nicknamed the "Moon Sniper" because it is designed to land within 100 metres (328 feet) of a specific target on the lunar surface.

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Greatfather Winter's presents are now available under the Winter Veil Tree! Happy Holidays!

Tired of battling spam emails and unwanted subscriptions cluttering your inbox? Here is an email tip that you will be glad to adopt. Gmail users on iOS can now breathe a sigh of relief as Google has discreetly introduced a game-changing 'unsubscribe' button. In an ongoing effort to combat the onslaught of spam emails, Google recently announced a series of measures, one of which promises a more user-friendly unsubscription process. While the specific implementation timeline remained shrouded in mystery, the tech giant has quietly ushered in the long-awaited feature, exclusively catering to iOS users.

If you are playing Starfield on PC, you can take advantage of console commands and cheats, from automatically unlocking doors and containers to enabling "God Mode". With console commands and cheats, the whole galaxy is quite literally your personal sandbox.

Killer Klowns From Outer Space, a horror-comedy about a group of blood-sucking clown-shaped aliens, turns 35 this year – and the movie has achieved cult classic status over the past three and a half decades.

As the final echoes of 2023 reverberate through the gaming world, KRAFTON India and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) take a moment to celebrate a year brimming with epic battles, monumental achievements, and a surge in popularity. With BGMI's total downloads surpassing a staggering 199 million and 2023 alone witnessing over 100 million downloads, the year solidifies BGMI's standing as India's premier battle royale game. Check out the BGMI 2023 trends and more below.

Though Baldur’s Gate 3 is a multi-award-winning and highly regarded fantasy RPG, you can always download some mods to add even more individuality and customization to your playthrough (if you’re playing on PC, that is). Do you wish Astarion was femme? There’s a mod for that. Do you want more character customization options? There are lots of mods for that. And if the actual gameplay isn’t exactly what you want, there are dozens of mods for that, too.

Google Duet AI: In August, AI-powered tool called Google Duet AI was rolled. It has been designed to revamp how the workspace app is being used by individuals or businesses. The AI tool is available across all workspace apps such as Gmail, Meet, Drive, Docs, Slides, and others. The tool can automate various complicated and time-taking tasks. Additionally, Google Duet AI helps employees improve their productivity individually or as part of a team. Check out what Google Duet AI offers to the users to boost productivity to a higher level.

AMD & Intel motherboard partners are aiming for a Q3 2024 launch for the next-gen 700-series "AM5" & 800-series "LGA 1851" platforms.

The Finals has hit 10 million players worldwide, just 15 days after its stealth launch.

Baldur's Gate 3's principal narrative designer Lawrence Schick believes that Larian Studios' critically acclaimed narrative-heavy role-playing game (RPG) will surprise players for years to come. 

As the snow falls outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar, the Wowhead team is taking a moment to reflect on 2023. The Wowhead staff has been kept busy with many Dragonflight, Season of Discovery, and Diablo updates this past year and we've been doing our best to keep up with it all.

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 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 next free game in the Epic Game Store's Holiday Sale giveaway-a-thon is Melvore Idle, an «idle/incremental game» inspired by Runescape that blends casual click-here gameplay with a surprising level of complexity.

It's generally understood that Anthem was a failure for developer BioWare. It was a developmental nightmare. It reviewed poorly. It fell short of its sales target of 6 million copies by the end of March 2019. And EA ultimately decided to pull the plug on the live-service game two years after launch. But the specifics of its commercial shortcomings haven't been clear, until now.

Intel and many other tech companies have amassed against NVIDIA in a "War of Words" claiming that the green team's AI success came from "Luck". However, NVIDIA says that the company's success is attributed to clear vision and execution which Intel lacked.

Blizzard have revealed the January 2024 Trading Post which includes the Time-Lost Salamanther, Jeweled Copper Scarab and much more!

Time is on your side with this month’s signature item—the Golden Mobile Timepiece transmog.

In a groundbreaking achievement, NASA's Asteroid Psyche mission has set a new milestone in space communication by successfully beaming an ultra-high definition video of a playful cat named Taters from an astounding distance of 31 million kilometers. Executed on December 11, this unprecedented broadcast demonstrates the potential for streaming high-bandwidth data from far off space, signifying a major technological advancement that could reshape future interplanetary missions.

Activision Blizzard boss Robert Kotick is stepping down as CEO.