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Death Stranding 2 adds 'To the Wilder' difficulty on PC

Death Stranding 2's PC launch may have been overshadowed a bit by Crimson Desert, but the game earned praise for both the Hideo Kojima story and its delivery-sim sandbox. Players who favor the delivery gameplay, PC Gamer's Morgan Park noted, often share the same complaint: it&

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Subnautica 2 legal dispute continues as rehired CEO calls release news 'damaging'

The legal drama surrounding Subnautica 2 continued after a judge ordered Krafton to rehire Unknown Worlds CEO Ted Gill, who had been fired last summer. Shortly after Gill’s reinstatement, Steve Papoutsis — who had been installed as CEO when Gill was let go — circulated an internal memo announcing Subnautica 2

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I tried the Sunbooster SLS2000 infrared laptop light — did it help?

SunLED’s Sunbooster SLS2000 is a $265 device that attaches to a laptop to deliver near-infrared (NIR) light through three LEDs. Built for desk-based workers and people in long winters, it uses a motion sensor to calibrate the right distance before administering light. Sessions can last between two and four

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OpenTTD asks players to stop blaming Atari over Steam delist

OpenTTD was removed from Steam and GOG after Atari re-released the original 1995 Transport Tycoon Deluxe as a commercial product. The new Transport Tycoon Deluxe has a "mostly negative" user rating on Steam, with 26 user reviews and a peak concurrent player count of 23, and the change

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Tiny Bluetooth dongle ideal for frequent flyers is on sale now

With spring break and summer travel approaching, a compact Bluetooth dongle can make in-flight entertainment simpler. The Twelve South AirFly Pro 2 turns wireless earbuds into a plane-friendly option and is currently $15 off at Best Buy's Tech Fest in black or white, bringing the price to $45.

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Arc Raiders devs 'tortured' each other during playtests

Arc Raiders developers ended up torturing one another during playtests, Embark Studios production director Caio Braga said at his Game Developers Conference panel 'When Your AAA Game Isn't Fun: The ARC Raiders Story of Starting Over with Intent.' The team gave different groups autonomy to pursue

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Nintendo Switch 2 may get user-replaceable battery in EU model

Japanese publication Nikkei says Nintendo is preparing a European version of the Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery, and that Joy-Con 2 controllers for that market will also gain replaceable batteries. Those changes are being developed so the console and controllers comply with the European Union’s Right to Repair

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Google warns of Ghostblade iOS crypto‑stealing malware

Google Threat Intelligence has identified a new crypto‑stealing malware called Ghostblade that targets Apple iOS devices. Part of the DarkSword suite of browser‑based tools, Ghostblade is written in JavaScript and designed for rapid data theft: it activates, extracts sensitive information from the compromised device and relays it to

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Sony plans to drop 'PlayStation Network' and PSN as a brand

Insider Gaming says it has seen internal emails showing Sony plans to abandon the 'PlayStation Network' and 'PSN' brands by the end of the summer. The company intends to phase out those labels across SIE assets by September 2026, describing the change as 'purely visual.

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Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes but offers no apology

Microsoft acknowledged long-standing complaints about Windows 11 in a post titled "Our commitment to Windows quality" from Windows lead Pavan Davuluri, sent to Windows Insiders. The company laid out a list of changes that will begin appearing in preview builds starting this month and continue through the year,

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Slay the Spire 2 sees negative Steam reviews over optional beta patch

Slay the Spire 2 still holds a Very Positive Steam rating, with 81% of its total 68,755 reviews being positive as of writing, but a recent influx of negative feedback has begun to chip away at that standing. The controversy centers on an opt-in beta patch, v0.100.0,

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Amazon US CPU sales fall to 25,700 in February

Amazon US sold 25,700 CPUs in February, a drop of 23,400 units compared with the same time last year. Market analyst and creator TechEpiphany, who rounds up sales every month (via 3DCenter), compiled the figures. AMD accounted for 23,000 of the February sales, with Intel at 2,

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Amazon's new Fire Phone must fix its app store problem

Amazon is reportedly developing a new smartphone, internally called "Transformer," a device that immediately invites comparison with the ill-fated 2014 Fire Phone, which ended up in a fire sale about a year after its launch. The critical stumbling block then—and the one that could sink a new

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Sam Altman's countersuit against his sister gets green light

A federal judge dismissed Annie Altman's lawsuit accusing her brother Sam Altman of sexual abuse as time-barred but gave her leave to refile under Missouri's Childhood Sexual Abuse law, setting an April 3 deadline. The same order allowed Sam Altman's defamation and abuse-of-process countersuit

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Revised Nintendo Switch 2 with removable battery could arrive in Europe first

A report in the Japanese outlet Nikkei says Nintendo is planning to modify the Switch 2 so consumers can more easily replace the battery, in order to comply with European Union legislation. No release date or list of countries has been announced, and Nikkei adds Nintendo could extend the change

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Nvidia’s DLSS 5 faces heavy backlash over art-direction changes

Nvidia’s reveal of DLSS 5, the latest version of its upscaling deep‑learning tech, has sparked a strong backlash after demonstrations showed the system altering a game’s visual style with genAI “beauty” filters. The official announcement video has drawn heavy down‑voting: 17,300 likes and 90,000

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Crimson Desert sells more than 2 million copies in less than 24 hours

Crimson Desert's launch has been met with mixed Steam reviews, with frustrations about the hypermanic open world's control scheme and a bafflingly restrictive inventory system. Those complaints did not slow sales: just over 16 hours after its Steam unlock time, Pearl Abyss announced Crimson Desert had

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Feds say no need to recall Tesla's one-pedal driving despite petition

Costas Lakafossis presented NHTSA with a lengthy white paper arguing that repeated patterns in sudden unintended acceleration accidents point to confusing human–system interfaces in modern self-driving cars. He contended that because drivers need not hold the brake when starting a Tesla, a foot can mistakenly fall on the accelerator,

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I'm worried for Samsung and Google when cheap Android phones like this exist

Nothing's Phone 4a Pro aims to upend the sub-$500 market with a metal build, bold colors and what the company calls a Glyph Matrix inside a translucent camera module. At $499 it lines up against the Google Pixel 10a and Samsung Galaxy A56 5G, and it manages

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Two indie developers released games called 'Piece by Piece' days apart

Steam saw more than 19,000 new games last year, so overlaps are almost inevitable. Two indie releases proved the point: 'Piece by Piece' from Neon Polygons, a puzzle platformer with 100 levels, arrived on March 13, while 'Piece by Piece' from Gamkat, a cosy repair

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Counter-Strike 2 Ditches Lossless Ammo Reloads

Games teach players patterns, and for years multiplayer shooters have trained people to reload whenever possible to keep magazines full. Counter-Strike 2 breaks that habit by ending lossless ammo reloads: from now on, any bullets left in a magazine when you reload will be discarded. Valve says the prior system—

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Vehicle Analysis Branch (VAB) in Action

Vehicle Analysis Branch (VAB) in Action highlights the work of the Vehicle Analysis Branch. The feature offers a concise look at the branch’s activities and focus. VAB in Action brings attention to the team and its role within vehicle analysis. vehicle analysis, vab, vab action, branch activities, team role,

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Duet Night Abyss Apologizes After Malware Spread Through Launcher

The team behind Duet Night Abyss apologized for a "cybersecurity incident" on March 18 that left many players' PCs infected after an update to the game's launcher. Players who quarantined the infection found the malware identified as 'Trojan:MSIL/UmbralStealer.DG!MTB.' The

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Is it time to upgrade from an M1 MacBook Pro to the M5?

Apple’s new MacBook Pro lineup includes M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, but the base M5 model stands out on price and specs. The M5 MacBook Pro starts at $1,599 (often on sale for about $1,399) and ships with 16GB of unified memory and a 512GB SSD.

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Talking Flower from Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a jump-scare toy

What began as a quiet Saturday morning turned into an early wake-up call when my girlfriend was startled by the toy saying, “They say the ocean tastes like tears,” while sitting on our nightstand. Nintendo’s Talking Flower borrows the cheery character from Super Mario Bros. Wonder and turns it