A New Era for DDR5: Origin Code’s Vortex 48 GB Kit Combines Liquid Cooling and LCD Display

Feb 11, 20263 min readGaming

Fortnite Now Requires Secure Boot, TPM, and IOMMU for Competitive Play—What It Means for Gamers

Epic Games tightens anti-cheat measures with hardware-level security, barring a small fraction of players from tour...

Feb 11, 20263 min readAI

Diablo 4’s Warlocks Arrive: A Demon-Summoning Class for the Lord of Hatred Expansion

The Lord of Hatred* expansion for Diablo 4* introduces a new playstyle with warlocks—summoners who harness chains,...

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Feb 11, 20263 min readGaming

Zowie’s New Firmware Slashes Mouse Click Latency by Over 3 Milliseconds—Is It Worth the Toggle?

A firmware update for Zowie’s DW-series wireless mice introduces a performance mode that cuts click latency to as l...

Feb 11, 20263 min readPC

Diablo 2 Resurrected Gets Its First Major Expansion in a Quarter-Century—With a New Class and Long-Awaited Inventory Overhaul

After 25 years, Diablo 2’s Reign of the Warlock expansion arrives with a fresh playable class, demonic summoning me...

Feb 11, 20262 min readGPU

MSI Vector 16 HX AI Slashes Price, Bundles Free *Resident Evil Requiem* and Xbox Game Pass

The MSI Vector 16 HX AI gaming laptop, powered by an RTX 5070 Ti, is now $200 cheaper at $1,899.99 and includes a f...

Feb 11, 20263 min readGaming

Kojima and Zampella’s Unrealized Plan: A First-Person *Metal Gear Solid* That Never Was

At the DICE Summit, Hideo Kojima revealed he and Respawn’s Vince Zampella discussed a radical new *Metal Gear Solid...

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Feb 11, 20263 min readMobile

AMD’s Ryzen 9000 Series Propels 10-Point Desktop Dominance—Can Intel Keep Up?

AMD’s latest Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen AI 300 chips have reshaped the CPU market, with desktop unit share jumping to 36....

Feb 11, 20263 min readMobile

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War Demo Reveals Brutal, Chaotic Single-Player Bug-Hunting

Auroch Digital’s latest shooter drops a free demo, blending Helldivers 2’s team-based chaos with Boltgun’s visceral...

Feb 11, 20263 min readAI

MacBook Air Owner MacGyvers a SATA SSD Mod—Using Tape—After SSD Prices Skyrocket

A creative (and questionable) workaround has emerged for the M2 MacBook Air’s storage limitations: a SATA SSD taped...

Feb 11, 20263 min readGaming

The AGAT: A Brutal, Proctored Test of Your '80s Adventure Game Puzzle Skills

A new standardized exam challenges players to beat a classic adventure game *without* walkthroughs—using AI proctor...