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The one thing using a $1,337 gaming mouse has taught me is: we've come a long way from the old Razer Boomslang, baby

The one thing using a $1,337 gaming mouse has taught me is: we've come a long way from the old Razer Boomslang, baby

The Razer Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition has missed its true anniversary by a long shot and honestly kinda missed the mark for me.

Garry Newman says companies have tried to buy Facepunch but the only reason to sell it would be for money 'and I feel like I've got enough money'

Garry Newman says companies have tried to buy Facepunch but the only reason to sell it would be for money 'and I feel like I've got enough money'

"Why not just enjoy what I've got and keep building it."

Resident Evil Requiem mod makes Insanity mode even more brutal with zombie bites that actually infect you

Resident Evil Requiem mod makes Insanity mode even more brutal with zombie bites that actually infect you

Survival horror indeed.

Fortnite: Save the World, the game that spawned Epic's money-printing battle royale, is going free-to-play after nearly a decade

Fortnite: Save the World, the game that spawned Epic's money-printing battle royale, is going free-to-play after nearly a decade

Save the world on a tight budget.

Industry legend Shinji Mikami has a new(ish) studio with staff benefits like 'a chocolate fountain on Valentine's Day'

Industry legend Shinji Mikami has a new(ish) studio with staff benefits like 'a chocolate fountain on Valentine's Day'

Gooey. Tasty.

With the UK Amazon Spring Sale now on, here are the PC gaming deals I'd recommend

With the UK Amazon Spring Sale now on, here are the PC gaming deals I'd recommend

From rigs to headsets, to mice, and more.

Solasta 2 launch times and release date

Solasta 2 launch times and release date

Give Act 1 a test run with six classes, 13 subclasses, and heaps of combinations.

French pirates adrift as major torrent site nuked by hacker who accuses it of hoarding user credit cards and DDoSing rivals: '6.6 million users. Years of lies. An empire built on extortion'

French pirates adrift as major torrent site nuked by hacker who accuses it of hoarding user credit cards and DDoSing rivals: '6.6 million users. Years of lies. An empire built on extortion'

The site, now twitching back to life, says the claims are false.

Microsoft shows support for Anthropic's legal case against the US Department of Defense

Microsoft shows support for Anthropic's legal case against the US Department of Defense

Friends in high places.

Memory prices could leap even higher as the supply of helium, crucial to making chips, is now impacted by the conflict in the Middle East

Memory prices could leap even higher as the supply of helium, crucial to making chips, is now impacted by the conflict in the Middle East

There's no quick fix to getting hold of ultra-pure helium, either.

Thermaltake Minecube 360 Ultra ARGB Sync review

Thermaltake Minecube 360 Ultra ARGB Sync review

Four screens, good performance, high price.

EarFun Air Pro 4+ review

EarFun Air Pro 4+ review

A true step-up in mid-range earbud sound quality.

Intel announces Arrow Lake 'Plus' desktop chips with more cores and clocks for less cash—and IPC-boosting 'BOT' tool

Intel announces Arrow Lake 'Plus' desktop chips with more cores and clocks for less cash—and IPC-boosting 'BOT' tool

As refreshes go, this isn't actually half bad.

Dispatch directors chose their animators because they'd made a 'really cool apple juice commercial'

Dispatch directors chose their animators because they'd made a 'really cool apple juice commercial'

"We could kind of squint and start to see Dispatch for the first time."

Dark Messiah modders given 'blank check' from Ubisoft to develop toolkit are now releasing a Community Edition of Arkane's classic

Dark Messiah modders given 'blank check' from Ubisoft to develop toolkit are now releasing a Community Edition of Arkane's classic

Let the booting continue indefinitely.

This year's Overwatch April Fool's event is a two week Underwatch mode which throws 'common sense off the nearest ledge'

This year's Overwatch April Fool's event is a two week Underwatch mode which throws 'common sense off the nearest ledge'

"Physics will follow no rules."

More than 15 years after it was revealed to the world, the game once envisioned as Crytek's big move into the online military shooter scene is finally closing

More than 15 years after it was revealed to the world, the game once envisioned as Crytek's big move into the online military shooter scene is finally closing

My.Games is pulling the plug on two online shooters with two very different histories.

Pragmata's demo reaches 2 million downloads alongside its 2 million wishlists: 'I can't believe millions of people are excited for our game'

Pragmata's demo reaches 2 million downloads alongside its 2 million wishlists: 'I can't believe millions of people are excited for our game'

We're about a month out from release and it's looking good.

Former Highguard dev who called out grave-dancing over the reveal trailer says the discourse 'had some very dark corners that may have accelerated the timeline of our failure,' but adds, 'it wasn't the primary cause'

Former Highguard dev who called out grave-dancing over the reveal trailer says the discourse 'had some very dark corners that may have accelerated the timeline of our failure,' but adds, 'it wasn't the primary cause'

Highguard closes for good tomorrow, less than two months after it launched.

In an amazing live mash-up, composer Austin Wintory turned Ben Starr's Clair Obscur monologue into a Balatro gag

In an amazing live mash-up, composer Austin Wintory turned Ben Starr's Clair Obscur monologue into a Balatro gag

Jimbo's revenge.

Cancelled LucasArts Star Wars shooter that 'would have just made Disney money' is playable online for the first time

Cancelled LucasArts Star Wars shooter that 'would have just made Disney money' is playable online for the first time

"Dev costs were done" when First Assault was cancelled in 2013.

Meta bought Moltbook, an almost entirely AI-populated social media platform, for we don't know how much—and we're not completely sure why yet, either

Meta bought Moltbook, an almost entirely AI-populated social media platform, for we don't know how much—and we're not completely sure why yet, either

Clawing back AI talent.

Asus CFO Nick Wu thinks Apple's MacBook Neo is 'certainly a shock to the entire market'

Asus CFO Nick Wu thinks Apple's MacBook Neo is 'certainly a shock to the entire market'

A $600 MacBook would have been unusual even without the RAMpocalypse.

One of my favourite 4K OLED monitors just got updated with Samsung's latest Tandem OLED panel tech

One of my favourite 4K OLED monitors just got updated with Samsung's latest Tandem OLED panel tech

The only bit that's missing is the 'RGB stripe'...

Valve clarifies what's required for a game to be Steam Machine and Steam Frame verified, but it just makes me worry about the Gabecube even more

Valve clarifies what's required for a game to be Steam Machine and Steam Frame verified, but it just makes me worry about the Gabecube even more

Still, its advice for games being made with SteamOS in mind is all top-notch.

'We are definitely not doing QTEs', said Dispatch's creative director before doing QTEs: 'We just needed it to not suck'

'We are definitely not doing QTEs', said Dispatch's creative director before doing QTEs: 'We just needed it to not suck'

What came first? The dispatching minigame or the Z-Team?

Even among the crowd of gorgeous illustrated games, At Fate's End is stunning enough to stand out

Even among the crowd of gorgeous illustrated games, At Fate's End is stunning enough to stand out

Sword-centric demigod sibling drama never looked so good.

Microsoft spills the beans on its Xbox-PC hybrid at GDC while suggesting it's still years away

Microsoft spills the beans on its Xbox-PC hybrid at GDC while suggesting it's still years away

The AMD-powered box will continue the work started by the ROG Ally X.

Valve says almost 6,000 games made over $100K on Steam last year

Valve says almost 6,000 games made over $100K on Steam last year

And "if you have a line on a bunch of RAM, we are in the market and would like to buy it."

Overhauling Minecraft's world generation was like 'trying to build a skyscraper with hand tools' which basically scared Mojang off of continuing massive yearly updates

Overhauling Minecraft's world generation was like 'trying to build a skyscraper with hand tools' which basically scared Mojang off of continuing massive yearly updates

Mojang got so in over its head overhauling all of Minecraft's world generation tech five years ago that it swore off yearly title updates not long after.