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If you've been biding your time to buy a PS5—or you already own one and wish to get another so you can race them—today's your day to shop. For one week only, PS5 Slim consoles are being slashed by $114 on Amazon AU. Not a bad entrypoint price to see what all the fuss is with games like Helldivers 2, FF7: Rebirth, Rise of the Ronin, and more.

Publisher Ubisoft and developer Ubisoft Ivory Tower will release the PC version of The Crew Motorfest via Steam on April 18, the companies announced.

You can finally get Grotto Netherwing Drake: Black Scales in Patch 10.2.6! Like many other mount rewards added in the patch, this is from a meta-achievement.

Persona 3 Reload is far from what you'd consider to be a short game. Much like the majority of the Persona series, players can expect to spend hours of their time plugging away through the lengthy story, interacting with characters, and engaging in side-content. 

Stardew Valley players are trying to start an extremely cursed speedrunning challenge, and it involves them chugging a jar of mayonnaise as fast as possible. 

Velan Studios has warned that it could cut over a third of its workforce after a “major project” was suddenly cancelled.

Publisher Secret Mode and developer Sumo Newcastle have announced DEATHSPRINT 66, an eight-player on-foot racing game coming to PC via Steam in 2024.

Halo’s second season ends with the strangest episode the show has ever had. Unlike the rest of the series, which has slow-played every single one of its reveals, carefully rationing them out a crumb or two at a time, the season 2 finale threw just about every major reveal from the first Halo game at viewers in the span of less than an hour. Consequently, it was also probably the most interesting episode the show’s ever had, particularly for longtime fans of the game series.

We've datamined two recolors of the Drake Rider sets introduced in previous Dragonriding Cups.

At the State of Unreal 2024 presentation, Epic Games announced a slew of new product information and details. Among them were the new tools coming to Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) and confirmation that next year, the studio will launch its first season of Fortnite that's developed entirely in UEFN.

Have you ever just wanted to run away from it all? When you’re dealing with mounting problems at home, the idea of jumping in a car and driving away as far as possible sounds appealing. What better way to leave the past in the dust than to hit the open road and go wherever your wheels take you?

To say I loved Alienware's previous flagship gaming monitor, the 34-inch ultrawide QD-OLED, would be an understatement. It was one of the best screens I'd ever seen, with incredible contrast, bold colors and a fast refresh rate. So it came as a surprise that Alienware's follow-up models didn't go bigger (as Samsung did with its massive 55-inch Odyssey Ark). Instead, it went smaller with a 32-inch 4K QD-OLED and a 27-inch 1440p model. The goal this year was to appease more-demanding gamers, which meant avoiding the race towards enormous screens (which also has contenders like LG's recent 49-inch Ultragear) and delivering faster refresh rates for smoother gameplay.

We’re getting some really fascinating, unique indie games on PS5 at the moment – and Until Then looks like one that’s well worth keeping an eye on when it drops on 23rd May. The narrative adventure is all about high school life in the Philippines, as protagonist “Mark Borja and his friends navigate the joys and woes of another year of high school”.

Helldivers 2 players have served heroically in the ongoing intergalactic war effort, turning out in their millions to patriotically defend Super Earth from the external threats of both Bug and Bot. But reports have begun to trickle in about a new enemy faction moving in the shadows, or perhaps more appropriately, the return of an old nemesis, one known as The Illuminate. Some even suspect they already walk among us, which is obviously defeatist nonsense.

We've datamined the new Dragonflight Season 4 titles available from Awakened Raids, Mythic+, PvP, and Northrend Dragonriding.

It's a rather sad time to be a Nintendo fan nostalgic for the 3DS and Wii U era of games. In less than three weeks, the online servers for all games on the consoles will be shut down for good, making an enormous number of online modes for fan-favorite games unplayable forever.

With Patch 10.2.6, a new expansion-wide meta-achievement similar to Veilstrider from Shadowlands. The reward for this achievement is the goodest boy Taivan as a mount.

Multiplayer games began as purely local events. If you wanted to play with, or against, your friends, there was no other option than to get together either at someone's house or, if you're going even further back in time, at a local arcade. While playing locally is still a great way to play, it isn't always an option. Online multiplayer is not only more convenient most of the time, but it has become the norm for nearly all modern multiplayer games.

Later this week, Payload Studios' open world vehicular survival builder TerraTech Worlds launches into early access. As the name implies, it's a bigger, bolder and more ambitious take on their still very popular sandbox game TerraTech, but according to Payload's founder and CEO Russ Clarke, they're viewing this new version as more of a successor to TerraTech than a full-bodied sequel. "The overall quality of experience is really a huge leap forward," Clarke told me during a press presentation last week. "We're not calling it a sequel because we felt that making it a sequel would be a bit too constraining." Rather, it's "more of a reimagining" of the original game, says Clarke, with a change in engine and fresh investment from Tencent allowing them to reach the full potential of their original vision.

The new Fortnite update today (19th March) is now live! Get that v29.01 update installed and you can jump right back into the action.

Excited to play Plunderstorm but don't know how to start? We prepared an in-depth guide with everything you need to know about how to get ready for the new World of Warcraft event. How to prepare for Plunderstorm — Setting up and Installing World of Warcraft: Dragonflight In the guide, we explain every step you need to take to play Plunderstorm in detail. These include how to get the Battle.net app, set up your account, and install the game client. Below is a section from the guide:

Spring is in the air and The Lord of the Rings Online is celebrating with the arrival of the Spring Festival event.

The Dragon's Dogma 2 devs have revealed that the new Beastren race has been on their minds since back in the Xbox 360 and PS3 days.

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman might finally see hope for his vast "financial ambition" as an Abu Dhabi investment company initiates funding deal discussions with OpenAI.

For two decades, no company better embodied the promise of the stock market than Apple Inc. Its transformation from niche computer maker to the most valuable corporation on the planet made its shares a cornerstone of investment portfolios worldwide.

From becoming a staple name in the 3D platformer genre with Crash Bandicoot to creating one of the most beloved stories in video games with The Last of Us, Naughty Dog is without question one of the biggest and most respected names in game development. Jumping from genre to genre with each major franchise it creates, the team’s now-iconic paw print logo has become synonymous with huge productions, heart-wrenching storytelling, and characters that transcend the medium.

Racing games have been around since basically the beginning of gaming itself. They’ve evolved in many ways, and here are the ones we feel are the best.

Last week, we hit the track with EA Sports F1 23, and asked you to share moments behind the wheel using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:

If you love playing racing games, we’ve spotted one of the best gaming deals for your needs. A racing wheel makes all the difference to feeling more immersed in everything from F1 games to traversing the world of SnowRunner or similar. Right now, you can buy the Logitech G920 Driving Force Racing Wheel and Floor Pedals for $230 at Amazon, meaning you save $70 or 23% off the regular price of $300. A great investment for the petrolhead in your life, here’s what you need to know before you hit the buy button. It’s a limited time deal so don’t count on it sticking around for long.

Yesterday, Milestone announced MotoGP 24, this year's edition of the officially licensed MotoGP videogame.

Apple Inc. has acquired Canadian artificial intelligence startup DarwinAI, adding technology to its arsenal ahead of a big push into generative AI in 2024. The iPhone maker purchased the business earlier this year, and dozens of DarwinAI's employees have joined Apple's artificial intelligence division, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the deal hasn't been announced. 

It’s become increasingly clear that the Halo TV show has a villain problem. This may seem impossible for a series that’s supposed to be about a hostile race of aliens led by liars who exploit religious fanaticism, but instead the show can’t stop focusing on human bickering, bizarrely relegating the galaxy-conquering aliens to an afterthought for both the characters in the show and the audience.

Sonic and Angry Birds will be crossing into each other’s mobile games for the next week.

Who do you turn to when you're trapped in a world gone mad? For Superman the answer is obvious - and terrifying. Meet the world's sanest man: the Joker.

The foldable smartphone market is significantly growing with more brands such as OpenPlus, Oppo, and others joining the race. Now, Google has been rumored to start working on the Pixel Fold 2 for a long time. The second generation of the Google Fold is expected to get some major improvements in comparison to the Pixel Fold. In a recent leak, a tipster shared the expected display sizes of the Pixel Fold 2. Let's have a look at what the new rumors say about the device.

Cerebras Systems has unveiled its third generation wafer scale engine chip, the WSE-3, which offers 900,000 AI-optimized cores built to train up to 24 trillion parameters.

When the night elves first joined the Alliance, it was after many centuries of seclusion. In Season of Discovery, it's revealed that not all night elves accepted the decision to ally with other races. A rebellion led by Illari Duskfeather tried to keep Kalimdor for the kaldorei.

is the freshly announced upcoming entry in the popular racing management series, and the newest entry is finally adding a much-requested feature that could transform the game experience. Althoughthe franchise has only been around for a few years, it hasn't had much trouble building a pedigree as the official management game for the Formula series of racing championships. The racing series also features some management aspects in a My Team career mode, but it's a significantly less robust approach than what offers.

Frontier has announced F1 Manager 24 will release digitally this summer across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One and PC, bringing a new Create A team mode into the mix for the game’s career mode.

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom already has a descriptive name, but its new trailer omits it in favour of a better encapsulation of its pitch: "You're a N64 taxi and there's no jump button?". The video itself is sixty seconds of pure, colourful joy, and it ends on a release date: April 9th.

Frontier Developments has announced F1 Manager 2024 will release this summer.

Frontier has announced F1 Manager 24 will release digitally this summer across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One and PC, bringing a new Create A team mode into the mix for the game’s career mode.

As F1 continues to ride high on the heady fumes of Drive to Survive, New Star GP is cannily set to draft effortlessly behind it. Bringing a retro-inspired take on the sport that focuses on the same crowd-pleasing action we’ve seen from the studio’s previous sports titles like the stunning Retro Bowl, New Star GP allows players to take their team through multiple decades of Formula 1 racing.

Since launch late last year, Forza Motorsport has received a bit of a mixed reaction from fans, with one of the biggest criticisms being against the game’s grindy progression system. Every car in the game has a number of parts and systems you can tinker with, but in order to do so, you need to level up and this leveling needs to be done with every car you want to upgrade. Needless to say, this gets pretty grindy!

Developer Turn 10 Studios' previously promised overhaul of Forza Motorsport's controversial car progression system arrives today, 11th March, on Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Forza Motorsport’s car progression system is being overhauled today as part of the game’s sixth major update.

Is it just me, or did that week race on by? In video games, it was highlighted by the Xbox Partner Preview and Dune: Awakening’s reveal, but just in general the past five days have felt a tad quicker than usual. Maybe it is just me.

With Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth already out, the busy release season is pausing for just a short period before Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade launch later in the month. Here's what we're playing in the meantime.

India has finally decided to enter the AI race, as the nation plans to develop a "mega supercomputer" featuring 10,000 GPUs onboard.

Aquaria is drag royalty. The drag queen, performer, makeup artist, and model sky-rocketed to fame in 2018 after competing and eventually winning the 10th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is not only a fascinating retelling of one of gaming’s most beloved titles — it’s also among the most feature-rich games of this generation. From vast open areas to explore that teem with activities to densely populated cities and tense dungeons, there’s at least 100 hours worth of content to uncover here if you’ve got the time and energy to complete it all.

Google Files has been engaged in the race to become the number one file management app for quite a long time now, allowing users to store their documents and files in one place. It not only helps users organize their documents but also provides an effective collaboration feature to share them without any hassle. Now, a new Google File feature which allows users to scan documents effortlessly. Google recently accounted for this feature for Google Drive which is a cloud-based storage space. However, making this scanning documents feature will bring ease to the user experience. Know more about Google Files' new feature.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gives chocobos perhaps their biggest role in a mainline entry ever, as you’ll be using them to traverse every region of the game. Not only do their special abilities help you navigate the world, but various pieces of gear that you can purchase for them can ensure they look good doing it. Even better, this gear aids your chocobo in races so that you stand a better chance at placing in the top spot. Here’s all of the Chocobo Gear in the game and how you can round it up.

Final Fantasy 14's brand new race nearly had a cuter final design, but its game director chose another version for the "strong and nimble" build you see today.

The AI arms race between the U.S. and China has escalated to a new level, and there will be some defectors in the mix intending to steal highly secretive files to give the other region an edge. As it happens, one Google engineer, Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing trade secrets revolving around Google’s AI chip software and hardware on March 5. In a statement, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said that Ding had 500 confidential files containing AI trade secrets and was secretly colluding with China-based firms attempting to seek an upper hand in the AI race.

With the Classic Beta branch updating to version 4.4.0, the first round of Cataclysm Classic datamining has begun, including all of the new expansion features and revamped world zones! Though no official date has been given for Cataclysm beta testing, this would appear to be the first step to its arrival. Most of what has been discovered so far in the first round of datamining are expected additions, such as updating the world zones, reputations, Goblin and Worgen races, dozens of mounts, and a slew of new features.

New Star GP goes beyond a fitting tribute to SEGA's arcade classic, Virtua Racing. When tracks bear striking similarities to Interlagos, Silverstone, and more — never mind that you're fighting off-brand rivals like Michael Schildhauer and Niki Laube — New Star GP takes clear inspiration from Formula 1 to deliver a compelling experience. Boasting a surprisingly hefty career mode, we've rarely seen arcade racers with this much depth.

Are you ready for the ultimate fusion of racing and golf? Well warm up your engines and polish your golf balls because Hugecalf Studios is proud to announce that Turbo Golf Racing hits PS5 on April 4!

Experienced players may want to start practicing their boost starts because Nintendo is hosting an official tournament soon!is known for its competitive scene that manages to pull in both casual and hardcore players thanks to its high skill ceiling and accessible mechanics. While some fans may be weary of the eighth game in the series, which was first released a decade ago, that hasn't stopped the community from keeping in shape and shaving off seconds on those circuits.

If you're the type of Sonic the Hedgehog fan who prefers to play games both at home and on the go on a single platform, the Nintendo Switch is the best console to do that. Ever since the Switch arrived in the market in 2017, Sega has worked like clockwork to consistently release Sonic games for the hybrid console.

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown publisher Nacon and developer KT Racing have been releasing a number of videos over the past couple of months highlighting the various playstyles in the game, such as The Cruiser and The Racer, and now we’ve got a look another playstyle in The Explorer.

Patch 1.43 is out now for Gran Turismo 7 for PS5 and PS4, which bundles another three cars into the driving simulator as well as new races to take part in at Laguna Seca and the Suzuka and Tsukuba Circuits. A 1.68GB update will gain you access to that content, which can be downloaded now.

Turbo Golf Racing has been in early access on PC and Xbox for a good while, but now it finally has a release date for the proper, 1.0 version launch. It's arriving on 4th April 2024, when it will also be making its debut on PS5.

The third month of 2024 is upon, and the PS Plus Essential games for March have been confirmed. There are technically four titles up for grabs from Tuesday next week, and as is usually the case, there's a lot of variety on display. But are you happy with this latest offering?

The original Super Mario Maker will effectively shut down in April, and a group of players is racing against the clock to beat every single level before the servers go offline.

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Samsung has been reported on a few occasions to be struggling with its 3nm GAA yields, and while the logical move might have been to find ways to improve that percentage, the Korean foundry is making a monumental leap towards mass producing its 2nm node. However, according to one update, the company is not actually pursuing the production of 2nm wafers but has labeled its second-generation 3nm technology with the same name. Naturally, this can cause confusion for Samsung’s clients and mislead them into thinking that they are receiving wafers on a cutting-edge manufacturing process.

NVIDIA's qualification tests seem to be giving HBM manufacturers a hard time, as yield rates are significantly low compared to traditional memory products.

If you’ve been waiting to find out when the MSI Claw release date will be, you’re in luck, as Newegg’s pre-order page claims it’ll be available from March 8. Better still, the site also provides a glimpse at some planned accessories, including its very own Steam Deck dock and a carry case.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth features a card game so compelling that many of us at Polygon have struggled to focus on the main adventure. Who wants to save the world when they can be playing a round of Queen’s Blood at the tavern, humiliating the locals by deploying a perfectly timed chocobo card?

If you’ve read the last 10 issues of my Forgotten Gems column, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. I pick a game that may either spark some recognition and you’ll go “oh, yeah – what happened to it?” – or you’ve never heard of the game I’m profiling and you google what year I was born so that you can rest easy that it’s not you, it’s me. Inevitably, the column turns gloomy. An awesome-sounding sequel was planned, but never made. Or, somehow, an entire series of games is no longer accessible to play.

Baldur's Gate 3 has 11 playable species, from drow to githyanki to dragonborn, but given how many exist in Dungeons & Dragons, there were always going to be favourites left out. Luckily, the modding community is hard at work on bringing an even wider range of options to the game.

Nvidia Corp.'s rise is captivating the stock market and driving the S&P 500 Index to new highs. But it also raises cautionary reminders of another investor darling that soared on dreams of a technological transformation, only to tumble back to earth when those hopes turned to disappointment. 

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has only just launched, but many will already be racing towards the ending to find out how it's been reimagined for this remake trilogy. This is something that Rebirth's director, Naoki Hamaguchi, is all too aware of, having long decided that the big, shocking death from the original game would be the perfect way to end Rebirth.