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AMD launches Adrenalin 24.20.11.01 driver with support for God of War: Ragnarok, Frostpunk 2, and new features
Sep 18, 2024, 15:00
manhkbrady
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AMD released a new Preview Driver for their Radeon GPUs. This driver has new game support for God of War Ragnarok and Frostpunk 2.
AMD has introduced a new driver for its graphics cards designed to provide an optimal gaming experience in God of War: Ragnarok, Frostpunk 2, and Final Fantasy 16.
The release notes indicate that the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.20.11.01 driver delivers peak performance in the latest upcoming triple-A PC games, specifically God of War: Ragnarok and Frostpunk 2, while also expanding support for Final Fantasy 16. Additionally, it adds support for the DX11 Update for The Sims...
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Top Playstation games to snag during the Steam Publisher Sale
Sep 18, 2024, 14:00
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You can grab loads of modern PlayStation games on Steam right now for up to 75% off.
The PlayStation Publishing collection is currently on sale on Steam until September 19th, offering great opportunities for PC-exclusive gamers interested in exploring PlayStation exclusives. Over the past few years, PlayStation has started bringing their popular titles to PC, with the highly anticipated God of War: Ragnarök set to release later this week. Although some of the PC ports have encountered initial issues, the PlayStation team has consistently addressed these problems, ensuring that PC players can enjoy previously exclusive titles....
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Top Playstation games to snag during the Steam Publisher Sale
Sep 18, 2024, 14:00
manhkbrady
Hot Deals
You can grab loads of modern PlayStation games on Steam right now for up to 75% off.
The PlayStation Publishing collection is currently on sale on Steam until September 19th, offering great opportunities for PC-exclusive gamers interested in exploring PlayStation exclusives. Over the past few years, PlayStation has started bringing their popular titles to PC, with the highly anticipated God of War: Ragnarök set to release later this week. Although some of the PC ports have encountered initial issues, the PlayStation team has consistently addressed these problems, ensuring that PC players can enjoy previously exclusive titles....
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AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2 update cuts Ryzen 9000 inter-core latency by nearly 60%, boosts performance
Sep 17, 2024, 22:00
manhkbrady
Hardware News
AMD's newest Ryzen 9000 AGESA update tackles inter-CCX latency problems and provides a significant performance improvement.
In the previous month, there was a discovery of a significant setback in AMD's dual-CCX Ryzen 9000 series processors. Specifically, this was a substantial increase in latency for inter-chip communications in AMD's Ryzen 9000 12-core and 16-core processors. Thanks to AMD's AGESA 1.2.0.2 update, it seems that this issue has been resolved.
Users who perform a BIOS/UEFI update on their motherboards can experience the advantages of reduced inter-CCX latencies with AMD's latest processors. Inter-CCX latencies for a Ryzen 9 9950X seem...
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The new Battlefield is on the way
Sep 17, 2024, 16:00
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EA will leave behind the features that didn't work in Battlefield 2042 and opt for a more classic approach.
While Activision has been adventuring the boons and goods of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 ahead of the upcoming release, Electronic Arts has remained silent about the Battlefield series. Battlefield 2042 is still in action although its final season kicked off earlier this year. However, it seems like EA wants the next title in the FPS series to be different or at least not like its predecessor. In a recent interview with IGN, Respawn co-founder...
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Steam's Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest sales event is now live
Sep 17, 2024, 14:08
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Running through until September 23rd at 5PM UTC — the Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest is available now.
Valve's Steam service is currently holding a week-long event called the Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest, which focuses on games featuring various modes of transportation. The event runs until September 23 at 1 pm Eastern time (10 am Pacific time).
During the Festival of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, gamers can take advantage of significant discounts on hundreds of transportation-themed games. These discounts apply to games centered around planes, trains, cars, as well as other forms of transport such as trucks,...
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Bethesda reveals Starfield: Shattered Space with a deep dive video
Sep 17, 2024, 12:00
Fyra Frost
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The upcoming expansion promises a deep and immersive story with the future of the galaxy at stake.
Starfield is a huge RPG that offers you endless opportunities when it comes to ways of exploring a vast galaxy with more than a thousand planets. Not only does the game feature an exciting storyline, but it also gives you total freedom to tackle it however you want and even allows you to completely ignore it to follow your own path. The game is one of those adventures that you either love or hate, mainly because...
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New Witcher 3 mod brings the magic of all four seasons to The Continent
Sep 17, 2024, 10:51
Cinder Ulbert
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A mod for The Witcher 3 brings full-blown seasons to The Continent, with hopes of making them switch dynamically in the future.
The video game landscape is exciting as modders continuously push the boundaries of creativity and engagement within titles like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Recently, a groundbreaking mod titled Weathers and Seasons for the Continent, created by modder ianjoseph1986, has introduced an innovative feature that fans have long dreamt of full seasonal changes across the game’s expansive map. The mod brings in four distinct seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter each boasting unique environmental features, textures,...
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Frostpunk 2 game intro and details revealed
Sep 16, 2024, 20:00
Fyra Frost
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The city council could be your new nightmare as you try to do whatever it takes for your peers to survive and thrive in Frostpunk 2.
Fans of strategy games will soon face one of the most challenging experiences again with the release of Frostpunk 2. The first game in the series was shocking already in terms of difficulty and presented a myriad of crude situations where players had to make decisions that could be considered immoral for the survival of the majority. The sequel to Frostpunk takes us fast forward to a future where the city's growth causes new types of...
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Blizzard boasts impressive earnings with Diablo IV microtransactions
Sep 16, 2024, 16:00
Fyra Frost
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Despite the criticism about many aspects of the game, Blizzard is racking up a lot of cash from Diablo 4 players.
There is nothing new in video game developers and publishers earning a lot of money by selling digital items and services via an in-game shop. The microtransaction model is widely extended and it has proven to be more profitable and compatible with other types of monetization options, like, for example, subscription services on classic MMORPGs. However, some big numbers can still raise some eyebrows, especially when talking about important franchises like Diablo.
The latest installment in the popular ARPG series from...
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PocketPair confirms that Palworld won't be free-to-play
Sep 16, 2024, 14:14
Cinder Ulbert
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The popular open-world survival RPG will continue to be buy-to-play for the time being.
Recently, rumors circulated regarding PocketPair's famous game, Palworld, suggesting a shift towards a live-service game with a free-to-play model based on earlier comments from PocketPair’s CEO. However, in a definitive statement, the team at PocketPair has put those foolish ambitions to rest and confirmed that Palworld won' be adopting this approach. It was revealed that the rumors were based mostly on an interview that was conducted ‘several months ago’ when PocketPair was just starting with Palworld and hadn't decided...
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AMD shifts to AI-powered FSR 4 for enhanced visuals and efficiency
Sep 16, 2024, 05:00
manhkbrady
Hardware News
AMD's upcoming FidelityFX Super Resolution technology, FSR 4, will utilize AI on a larger scale to enhance visual quality.
AMD has introduced FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4), a new technology that utilizes AI to enhance visual quality and gaming performance. FSR 4 aims to improve graphics and gameplay smoothness on less powerful hardware through advanced AI techniques. This technology signals AMD's move towards more efficient, AI-driven upscaling, similar to NVIDIA DLSS and Intel XeSS, which have been employing AI for a number of years.
During discussions with Tom's Hardware about handheld gaming and battery life,...
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