It's official: consoles cost as much as gaming PCs now (www.pcgamer.com)
As it struggles to find players, Ubisoft's XDefiant will give you $9 in funbucks if you log in a few times over the next couple of weeks (www.pcgamer.com)
Ubisoft shares plunge again after investor urges company to go private (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Stop Killing Games EU petition 350k/1000k and 6/7 countries over the threshold [Belgium and Ireland ~70%] (eci.ec.europa.eu)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 released on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Metal Gear Solid Delta dev says they wanted it to be "almost too faithful" and explain why it's not called "a Hideo Kojima game" (www.gamesradar.com)
The future of Minecraft’s development: looking ahead at what’s to come (www.minecraft.net)
3 months after firing Dr Disrespect, Deadrop developer Midnight Society confirms 'significant' layoffs (www.pcgamer.com)
Games industry layoffs not the result of corporate greed and those affected should "drive an Uber", says ex-Sony president (web.archive.org)
Next-gen Chinese GPU touts RTX 2080-level performance — Loongson claims 9A2000 is up to 10x faster than the 9A1000 (www.tomshardware.com)
Dead Island 2 - Neighborhood Watch - Reveal Trailer (yt.artemislena.eu)
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Chinese chipmaker teases “world-leading” performance of next-gen 7nm CPU — 3B6600 rocks eight LA864 cores clocked at 3 GHz (www.tomshardware.com)
An interview with the developers of the Heroic Games Launcher (www.gamingonlinux.com)
AMD VP says company is looking to grow its share of the graphics card market by focusing its RNDA 4 graphics cards away from enthusiasts. (www.pcgamesn.com)
Old $20 Nvidia GeForce GT 730 graphics card upcycled into $1,024 plastic handbag [not The Onion] (www.tomshardware.com)
[UPDATE: apparently NOT] GTA 6: Live updates as Rockstar Games 'internally delays' title to 2026 (www.indy100.com)
The GTA 6 delay is not real, Rockstar devs reportedly say
Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake chips have been listed on a UK retailer website under the Core Ultra 200K branding, with specs that seem reasonable (www.pcgamer.com)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, GPU Benchmark (43 GPUs) 522 Data Points! (yt.artemislena.eu)
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What is the best value, out of the box PC gaming solution?
I have a Steam Deck that is connected to my TV 90% of the time. I’d like to replace this with a PC that has maybe slightly higher specs than the Steam Deck. Are there any pre-built solutions that are really affordable?
EmuDeck 2.3 Beta brings a new unified UI and multi language support (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land coming to Steam 21 mar 2025 (store.steampowered.com)
Just a few days in and people have already installed millions of mods for Baldur's Gate 3 (www.pcgamer.com)
Roblox CEO delivers imperial announcement that the goal is '1 billion daily active users' and 10% of all global gaming revenue, thanks (www.pcgamer.com)
Military shooter Over the Top WW1 has a free Steam playtest right now (www.pcgamesn.com)
AMD's Z2 Extreme chip due out sometime in 2025 for handheld PCs (www.gamingonlinux.com)
