ConnexionBlack Ops 7 has problems, but Call of Duty recognizes where the wind is blowing: The triumphant return of loose SBMM and persistent lobbies in the FPS
FOV 90: Call of Duty's "minimal SBMM" experiment makes a good impression.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 under fire for using what sure looks like AI-generated Studio Ghibli-style calling card art
I can't swear if this is generative AI in action, but I'm pretty sure it is.
Black Ops 7's launch day Steam player count is significantly lower than last year's Call of Duty, suggesting Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 ate a hefty portion of its lunch
COD fatigue might finally be taking its toll.
Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs
"We knew we were asking for unusual things," says Newell, "and Oceanco embraced it with open arms."
Disney CEO says AI is an 'engagement engine' and Disney+ is soon gonna be crammed to bursting with it
And apparently Epic Games will be making games for it, too.
'This was the wrong path for Destiny': After 4 months of dwindling players and community outrage, Bungie admits that The Edge of Fate's bold new vision for Destiny 2 was a mistake
"Even if our execution had been perfect, and we see plainly that it was not, it is clear that grinding Power will never be a substitute for earning a trophy."
The glorious sound of silence: Researchers have developed the 'world's first spatial active noise cancellation', which uses the power of a GPU to deaden whole rooms
I'm going to buy one for every room in my house.
'No point making a high-spec Steam Machine,' Larian publishing boss says, because anyone who wants a powerful PC is going to look elsewhere anyway
Valve's new living room box is not built for the hardcore, and that's kind of the point.
The life sim revolution may not be over but it will have to wait until 2026, because Paralives is delayed
Just a few weeks before its planned release in December, the upcoming life sim has been pushed all the way back to May 2026.
'We resolved this misunderstanding': Misery returns to Steam after ending its Stalker DMCA spat with GSC Game World
Misery devs have removed a helicopter model, guitar songs, and Stalker-themed easter eggs at GSC's request.
Don't repair your medium shields in Arc Raiders—it's a waste of resources when you could do something way easier instead
There's a recycle button for a reason.
Despite Intel dropping the desktop CPU ball this year, its share of the market fell by just 4.9%—while AMD still lags significantly behind on mobile
Existing OEM agreements to the rescue, it seems.
Despite memory prices going through the roof lately, you can still bag an RTX 5060 gaming PC with 32 GB of RAM for less than $800
Those with deep pockets can scoop up an RTX 5090 build for considerably more.
'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS' says Windows president in what I can only assume is a bid to make me swap to Linux
Making the move is looking more and more tempting.
It’s a big choice-driven RPG, so get ready for a holy book’s worth of patch notes: The latest Outer Worlds 2 patch packs over 350 fixes
You’ve never seen this many “art improvements.”
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The best SMG in BO7.
If your Windows 10 Extended Security Updates weren't working, they should now after Microsoft's latest patch
Or you could dive into Windows 11.
Going ham with RAM: Adata and MSI max out DIMM capacities thanks to clock drivers and SK Hynix stacks flash with DRAM for the ultimate memory chips
Like we'll be able to afford any of it, the way things are going right now.
How to complete Snap and Salvage in Arc Raiders
Explore Stella Montis and grab a Magnetron and Flow Controller for Tian Wen.
'We're facing [what has] never happened before: HDD, DRAM, HBM, NAND... all in severe shortage in 2026' says Silicon Motion's CEO as memory prices continue to soar
Good news, everyone! I mean, terrible news, everyone!
Best M15 MOD 0 loadout in Black Ops 7
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