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Post-layoff justifications are fast becoming their own brand of technobabble. In case you're out of the loop, Bungie laid off 220 employees late last month due to «rising costs of development», «economic conditions», and all the things you're used to hearing by now.
A few weeks back on PC Gamer, Crytek debuted Hunt: Showdown's first new map in three years, Mammon's Gulch. We all had a good time taking in the sights of Hunt's vision of Colorado, a sun-baked mountain range with oil fields and an extensive mining operation, but Crytek was holding something back: There's a new wild target on the loose in Mammon's Gulch, and it's arriving alongside a new event called Scorched Earth.
Raphael Colantonio wants you to imagine a spectrum. On its left you have Dishonored, the series he co-created with fellow immersive sim veteran Harvey Smith. It's relatively linear and tightly mission-based; once you've finished with a level there's no going back. On the right there's Fallout: New Vegas—a rambling open world. 2017's Prey is in the dead centre, open but dense, with some areas gated off until you have the equipment (or creativity) to get in.
World of Warcraft: The War Within's story is shaping up to be, against all odds, actually kinda neat. While Dragonflight had its ups and downs, it marked a lean away from the 'big guy in armour saying pitiful mortal at you before teleporting away' storytelling of Shadowlands and into, well, characters that actually talk to each other like people.
In an attempt to salvage the fortunes of Twitter, the company that continues to be Elon Musk's worst spontaneous purchase has sued an advertising alliance, the World Federation of Advertisers, as well as specific companies like Mars and Unilever, over a conspiracy to give the platform the cold shoulder.
Corsair is ditching 80 Plus ratings for its power supplies. Instead, it'll opt exclusively for an efficiency standard from Cybenetics. Don't worry, it's a pretty easy switch to get your head around.
Many PC gamers have been waiting with bated breath for a real non-bandaid fix for Intel 13th and 14th Gen instability issues. After months of reported problems, investigations, and workarounds, in July Intel finally said it had cracked the issue and would be rolling out a BIOS microcode fix come mid-August. It looks like the first of these are now officially rolling out from MSI and Asus.
There's a hint for the August 8 (1146) Wordle on this page if you need it, written to give you a bit of extra help while still leaving all the fun puzzle-solving stuff up to you. Puzzle solving not going so well today? It is now. Just click through to today's Wordle answer and bask in a quick and easy win.