Steam has been the head honcho of the digital PC gaming world pretty much since it came out, around 20 years ago. Of course, in order to stay ahead of the curve, it needs to be vigilant about how it allows game developers to operate on its platform. As a result of some noted challenges…
Devolver Digital and All Possible Futures have officially announced that The Plucky Squire will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on September 17, 2024. While sneak peeks and gameplay trailers have been available for over two years, we now know exactly when we’ll dive into this cute storybook adventure. The…
The Iron Rig is the second piece of paid DLC for Dredge and might be its biggest expansion to date. It tasks you with signing up to work for a new company in the game, but it’s not quite as simple as you might think. If you want to get anywhere with them, you’ll need…
Microsoft’s facial matching verification system, Face Check, is now available. The feature, part of Entra Verified ID, offers a new way to confirm a user’s identity and protect against unauthorized login attempts, Microsoft said. Face Check works by comparing selfie footage taken on a user’s smartphone in real-time with a verified photo held on Microsoft’s servers —…
Sam & Max is something that I love and I wish it was more popular. However, I know that if it actually did become more popular, I’d probably become fatigued quite quickly and stop loving it as much. Sometimes we don’t know what’s good for us. However, it has been 14 years since the last…
Hollywood actors’ union SAG-AFTRA said it has signed an agreement with talent marketplace Narrativ to let advertisers buy the rights from actors to recreate their voices using AI. According to Reuters, the agreement allows the actors themselves to set the price for the digital voice copy, provided that it is at least equivalent to SAG-AFTRA’s minimum wage…
It’s long been possible to encrypt the contents of a Windows PC using the included BitLocker encryption tool. Beginning this fall, with the newest update of Windows 11 (version 24H2), the encryption will be activated by default during re- or new installations, according to The Verge. Microsoft also plans to lower the system requirements for BitLocker;…
Enlarge / AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X. Andrew Cunningham Nearly two years after the release of the first Ryzen 7000 CPUs, AMD has returned with a full-fledged follow-up. The new Ryzen 9000 chips—the 6-core 9600X, 8-core 9700X, 12-core 9900X, and 16-core 9950X—bring AMD’s new Zen 5 architecture to the desktop a couple of weeks after it…
If there were any ounce of doubt remaining, I think we can safely set it aside now and say that Google’s all in on AI. And, let’s be honest: That’s probably putting it mildly. At its earlier-than-usual Made by Google Pixel launch gala this week, El Googabond made it clear that its next generation of…
Dredge: The Iron Rig introduces new secrets and surprises to the game world for you to uncover in a brand new playthrough or one in which you’ve almost gone mad by collecting Relics. Part of what it does is give you an excuse to return to old areas like Gale Cliffs in search of new,…