PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade is getting a free demo later this week
Shift Up and Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed that a free demo for its upcoming sci-fi action game Stellar Blade will launch this Friday, March 29.
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Dragon's Dogma 2 director wanted to add the polarizing Dragonsplague mechanic to the original 10 years ago, but couldn't due to technical limitations
Dragon's Dogma 2's most divisive feature, the dreaded Dragonsplague, was first thought about 10 years ago but couldn't be realized because of the technological shortcomings of the time.
Following days of complaints, Dragon's Dogma 2's first patch lets players start a new game even if save data already exists
Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting its first patch since release soon, adding the option to start a new game even if save data already exists.
Power-mad modder puts Sonic the Hedgehog at the heart of the most tedious game ever made, so you can speed boost to the end in 3 straight hours instead of 8
Some dreams cannot be denied, even though they absolutely should be. A modder named Weezley has taken the time and energy to recreate 1994's Desert Bus—widely regarded as one of the worst and most tedious games ever made—entirely within the confines of Sonic Frontiers. Why? Great question, my friend, great question.
50 Artists Create Amazing Tribute to Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama
Nearly 50 talented artists recently joined together to create an amazing mural in tribute to the late Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. Earlier this month, fans of anime and gaming alike were saddened by the heartbreaking news that Toriyama had passed away from acute subdural hematoma at age 68. Dragon Ball itself has spawned countless video games, but Akira Toriyama also had a hand in creating legendary titles like Chrono Trigger and the Dragon Quest series, and numerous other franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog have drawn influence from his work.
Intel Lunar Lake 8-Core CPU Spotted: Early Sample With 2.8 GHz Clocks, 12 MB L3 Cache, Battlemage Arc “Xe2” iGPU
Intel's Lunar Lake 8-Core CPUs have been spotted running in Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Book5 Pro laptops with Arc Battlemage "Xe2" iGPUs.
Slaughter Beyond the Precipice of Horror
The Hells’ legions beckon you forth, adventurer. Welcome to Precipice of Horror, our first major update of 2024. This update introduces the Age of Unmaking, consisting of delightfully dark challenges throughout the year which ultimately mark the return of the Lord of Terror himself, a new elite quest to unravel, new Legendary Gems to bestow, a new chapter in the Hero’s Journey, and a plethora of additional content to elegantly destroy your way through.
Microsoft's new patent promises more efficient ray tracing for the Xbox and that could be a real boon for AMD's graphics cards too
Microsoft's research division has been hard at work trying to make ray tracing a more accessible feature for games of the future. A new patent from one of the team's senior architects describes how the memory and cache load for bounding volume hierarchies (BVH)— structures used to speed up ray tracing—can be reduced by using a similar approach to texture Level of Detail (LOD) application.