Paladin Studios has shut down after almost 20 years
Long-running Netherlands-based game developer Paladin Studios has closed its doors.
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There's still time to bid on this decommissioned petaflop supercomputer including 8,064 Intel Xeon CPUs but no cables—local collection only
We're always on the hunt for hardware deals here at PC Gamer, but this might be a bit much even by our standards. The US General Services administration is currently auctioning off a decommissioned 5.34 petaflop supercomputer, and although the starting price was a mere $2,500, the top bid is currently $280,085. A bargain, we think you'll agree, but it does come with the odd issue.
The ASUS ROG Ally handheld gaming PC has a nice discount today
If you love the power of gaming PCs and the portability of the Nintendo Switch, you should think about getting a handheld gaming PC like the Asus ROG Ally. If you’re interested, it’s currently on sale from Walmart with an $87 discount that pulls its price down to $400 from $487. It’s a pretty popular device so we expect this offer to attract a lot of attention, which means it’s probably not going to last long. If you want to get this handheld gaming PC for this cheap, you should proceed with the transaction immediately.
Abiotic Factor, a 6-player survival game where you're scientists in a paranormal lab, is rising up Steam's top-sellers chart
Gordon Freeman is a nerd who cuts a heroic profile, but in Abiotic Factor you're just a nerd: a regular, lab-coat-wearing new employee in a Black Mesa-like science facility that's undergoing an unspecified security situation. Your job, at least for starters, is to avoid dying.
Alan Wake 2 hasn't turned a profit 6 months in and there's no Steam release in sight, but Remedy says it's in control
Alan Wake 2 is great. 88% in PC Gamer great. Best Story 2023 great. It's Remedy taking all the lessons it's learnt across a long career and distilling them into something wonderful. And, apparently, not enough of us have bought it yet.
Price Drop Alert! Wccftech-Exclusive Discount on the Powerful GEEKOM IT11 i7-11390H Mini PC with multi-OS Support
GEEKOM is offering Wccftech readers an exclusive code to save $100 on its coveted IT11 Mini PC. The GEEKOM Mini IT11 i7-11390H is designed for efficiency and productivity, with support to run multiple operating systems. Pre-installed with Windows 11 Pro, you can run a plethora of operating systems, including Linux, Android x86, FydeOS, and more. Now, on a flash sale, use code wccftechit11off to bring the retail price of $499 down to an unmissable $399!
AMD's start to 2024: Big gains in client and data center, big falls in gaming
Reporting on the financial statements from multi-billion dollar companies isn't our usual fare but when the company in question has a huge impact on the world of PC gaming, it's worth paying attention to how well things are going. AMD's revenue and operating income for the first quarter of 2024 have been announced and it's great news for its big processor sectors but not so great for its gaming division.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Engineering Sample Gets Benchmarked, Revealing A ‘2 + 6’ CPU Cluster, But Operating At A Low 2.40GHz Frequency
Qualcomm is expected to officially unveil the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in October this year, so it is no surprise that the flagship’s engineering sample is being thoroughly tested and benchmarked to iron out the problems before commercial units are sent to the company’s phone partners. However, early results show that the chipset’s performance is beyond disappointing, with the performance cores said to be running at a significantly lower resolution than what previous reports suggested.