Believe it or not, philosophy puzzler The Talos Principle began life as Serious Sam 4. That’s what Wes learned back in 2015, which gives you a sense of how long Serious Sam 4 has been around—as an idea/concept/rumour if not an actual confirmed videogame. Well, actually, Serious Sam 4 has now been confirmed. Revealed at […]
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Beware of malicious Minecraft skins that attempt to erase your hard drive
Security firm Avast said it discovered malware lingering in several downloadable Minecraft skins, and that nearly 50,000 accounts have already been infected. While not particularly sophisticated in nature, the malware is designed to reformat hard drives, delete backup data, and remove system programs. According to Avast, the underlying code of the malware strain is "largely […]
Air-powered FPS brawler Sky Noon hosting a beta before coming to Steam
Ahead of its upcoming Steam Early Access release, offbeat FPS brawler Sky Noon will hold a closed beta this week from 12 pm Pacific Thursday, April through 12 pm Monday, April 23. You can throw your hat into the first come, first serve key giveaway in the game’s official Discord channel. Keys will be sent […]
Intel’s technical documents hint at 8-core Coffee Lake CPUs launching this year
There has been more than one leak suggesting that Intel is getting ready to launch an 8-core Coffee Lake processor, though the strongest evidence to date is a series of technical document listings on the company’s website. A user on Reddit discovered the listings, of which there are three that reference an unreleased "Coffee Lake […]
Ewoks invade Battlefront 2 in the next update, premium currency returns
Remember when the Galactic Emperor sent an entire legion of his best troops—his best—to Endor and they got their asses kicked by a gang of ambulatory teddy bears with sharp sticks? Soon you will be able to relive that astonishing incident in Ewok Hunt, a new limited-time mode coming to Star Wars: Battlefront 2 on […]
Antec slaps a decade-long warranty on new power supply line for gamers
We’re not sure what constitutes a gaming power supply versus just a regular PSU, but lest there be any doubt about the target audience, Antec’s new High Current Gamer (HCG) says it right there in the name. Beneath the marketing, however, these look to be high-end models with a generous 10-year warranty. That means you’re […]
Adata joins the 5GHz club by overclocking a DDR4 memory kit on air
Adata has become the second memory maker to achieve 5,000MHz on an overclocked DDR4 RAM kit without resorting to exotic cooling methods. Just as G.Skill did a little over two weeks ago, Adata used air cooling to break the 5,000MHz barrier, rather than liquid nitrogen (LN2). Much of this comes down to theater, as neither […]
AMD and Microsoft both release patches to protect against Spectre
AMD has provided an updated overview of what it’s doing to protect customers from Spectre, saying there’s a new patch included in Microsoft’s recent Patch Tuesday roll out. Users should also be on the lookout for updated BIOS releases. With regards to the latter, AMD said it is providing microcode updates to its OEM and […]
Ooblets developer update reveals four new characters and a 'level unlock tree'
The Ooblets devblog for March showcases some big additions and changes in the upcoming farming/RPG/Pokemon crossover, including four new characters, a closer look at the "grumboire" journal that tracks your progress and accomplishments in the game, improved flags and new Discord emojis, and a "player level unlock tree" that enables "personal development" alongside all the […]
Get an Alienware desktop with a Core i5-8400 and GTX 1080 Ti for $1,400
We’ve seen some interesting deals from Dell in the past few weeks, many of which have come by way of using a coupon code. That is the case yet again for an Alienware Aurora desktop that is decked out with a Core i5-8400 processor 8GB of RAM, a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, and […]