There is a rumor going around that Intel is getting ready to kill its “Extreme Edition” branding that it uses for certain high-end desktop (HEDT) processors. “There is no change to the branding of the Intel Core Extreme Edition processor and Intel Core X-series processor family,” Intel said. If you have been computing that long, you might remember the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 from 2005 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 from 2001. A couple of more recent Extreme Edition CPUs include the Core i7-

Even with all the advances of the internet, remote recording is a tremendously difficult task. Instead of recording a live version of what happens online, you record what happens on either end, then piece it together later on. When you’re ready to go, start up Audacity at either end, hit “Record,” then set your mark—the point at which you’ll line up the audio later on. Compile the filesOnce you’ve finished up your podcast, each end should stop recording, and export the file. First, start a new p

So if you fancy tangling with Telltale’s back catalogue, now’s a good a time as any. Humble’s build your own Telltale Games bundle lets you mix and match up to five of the developer’s signature games—netting you a bigger discount with each game you add. At 40 percent off, Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season 1 is going for £11.39/your regional equivalent. Its 400 Days DLC sandwich chapter—which sits between the first and second seasons—is just £1.19 with 70 percent off; while The Walking Dead Seas

As it dances towards its strobe-strutting nightclub update, GTA Online’s latest weekly showing is a shade underwhelming. Between now and July 16, claim double RP and GTA$ on Smuggler’s Sell Missions, get 25 percent off Special Cargo Crates, and earn an extra 25 percent on Biker Business Sales. Those signed up for the complimentary Guest List can also claim $100,000 of free in-game cash and a Pink Wireframe Bodysuit from now through Monday. Against some its most recent deals—triple Motor Wars exp

Destroyed Aperture is a work in progress community-made Portal 2 mod that’s been in development since 2015, and is due this year. Because not only does Destroyed Aperture drop players into a neat/terrifying decayed and overgrown Aperture Science Facility, it promises a new five hour-long story campaign that spans five chapters. Within that, we can expect over 20 maps “filled with puzzles and exploration with increasing difficulty”, and over 30 logic-based puzzles. Here’s the lowdown, as per its

When Dying Light 2 was revealed at E3 it was celebrated RPG designer Chris Avellone who took to the stage. In conversation with DigitalFoundry, Smektala says Techland has doubled down on character animations and facial expressions with storytelling in mind. To this end, Chris Avellone has been involved since the beginning on the project, says Smektala, and has helped sculpt Dying Light 2’s game world and its backstory. “He helped us to define the idea for modern dark ages, a unique setting that

The Independent Game Developers Association has called for studios to publish “transparent and well-understood guidelines for staff members” with regards to social media use. “Two ArenaNet employees were recently fired because of their interactions with community members on social media. This incident makes very clear the perils of social media for game developers, especially when transparent and well-understood guidelines for staff members are not in place,” says Maclean. “Often, game developer

After seeing Cyberpunk 2077’s gameplay demo last month, here’s everything we learned from E3 2018 and more. And after reading the first few instalments of CD Projekt Red’s frame by frame trailer breakdown series, here’s its latest look at entertainment in Night City. “In 2077, technology has become omnipresent,” explains CD Projekt Red. “Night City is a diverse place with people from all walks of life, backgrounds, and cultures,” says CD Projekt Red. As reported by Andy, the Cyberpunk 2077 demo

Quite frankly, I have no idea what battle royale needs. Luckily, the folks at Endless Loop Studios are working on just the game to figure that out: Battle Royale Tycoon . Battle Royale Tycoon is a management sim about running your own battle royale business. That being said, battle royale players are impossible to please, so I reckon keeping guests happy is going to take some work. In Battle Royale Tycoon, work boils down to building a park, filling it with combat arenas, and filling those arena

Sadly, some of the best JRPGs out there, Atlus’ Persona games, are still far out of reach. But hey, at least we’ve got games like The Caligula Effect: Overdose , an upcoming remaster of a PlayStation Vita JRPG which sounds a fair bit like Persona and is coming to PC next year. The Caligula Effect: Overdose is a turn-based dungeon crawler set in Mobius, an “idyllic world” created by a sentient vocaloid (or virtual idol) named Mu. Secondly, Overdose is centrally about befriending characters in ord

The first season of Overwatch League was full of amazing plays that defined excellence. With the season playoffs kicking off this week, let’s look back at some of the most spectacular moments of Overwatch League’s inaugural season. In no particular order, here are ten of the best plays from season one. NotE’s massive D.Va bombStage 3 vs. Los Angeles Valiant, May 3Remember when the Boston Uprising were the best team in Overwatch League? Agilities with the clutch Junkrat tireStage 4 vs. NYXL, June

Indivisible , you may recall, is a 2D action-RPG from Lab Zero Games, the indie studio best known for gorgeous 2D fighting game Skullgirls. Today, Lab Zero offered a glimpse at Indivisible’s world via a snippet of the game’s lavish anime opening, which you can watch above. Indivisible’s opening has a more traditional anime style than the fluid, springy animation of the game itself, but both look great in motion. You can learn more about the story and world surrounding Ajna in this lovely E3 trai

After more than five years in development, Bit Kid announced today that the procedurally-generated Metroidvania called Chasm will be out on July 31. The studio also went into detail about what exactly “procedurally generated” means, saying that the feature “has led to a lot of questions and confusion.” At the same time, it needed to ensure that the game still feels hand-crafted, so that players “have no idea that there’s anything procedural about it.” “Chasm has a bunch of pre-designed rooms tha

NetHackReleased: July 1987 | Latest update: April 27, 2018Trace NetHack allll the way back, and it’s actually an evolution of Hack, circa 1984, itself a derivation of 1980’s Rogue. Kingdom of DrakkarReleased: 1989 | Latest update: June 15, 2018Like most of the oldest living games, Kingdom of Drakkar started life in text. GenesisReleased: 1989 | Latest update: March 26, 2018Genesis is a MUD and fantasy role-playing text adventure. StarCraftReleased: March 31, 1998 | Latest update: April 12, 2018S

We also received a handful of new screens, and included amongst them are shots of the advanced graphics settings that PC players will get to fiddle with. Tsujimoto said in the above Q&A that the PC version of Monster Hunter: World will have visual “parity” with the console releases. But the range of options available in the graphics menu suggests that gamers with the right hardware will be able to achieve far more than just “as good as a PS4.” Because the basic graphics options screen indicates

The vast majority of flash drives are pretty slow, especially when compared to full-blown SSDs. For today only, you can get Patriot Memory’s 128GB Supersonic Rage 2—our pick for best high-end flash drive—for just $37.99 at Newegg. The drive has a maximum read speed of 400 MB/s, and writes up to 200 MB/s. For comparison, this $28 SanDisk drive is the top 128GB flash drive on Amazon, and it maxes out at 145 MB/s read and 28 MB/s write. You can buy the Supersonic Rage 2 drive on Newegg.

‘Spotted’ by a photographer, the surprise patty kicked off a rampant internet investigation with Fortnite players searching for meaning where it turns out very little would be. It was a fun, cute way to be advertised to, but so far there’s been no puzzle to solve and no alternate reality game to play. Huge plastic llamas have been found all over Europe because Epic Games paid people to put them there. The mystery they’re trying to solve has mostly already been solved:Fortnite Season 5 kicks off

Today it clarified that by “very soon,” it meant July 10, which is tomorrow. “Our team has spent three years building battle royale games from the ground up,” Xaviant director of operations Josh Van Veld said. The Culling 2 represents our crystal-clear vision for what the genre should be: lean, mean, and a hell of a lot of fun.” Unlike The Culling, which spent more than a year in Early Access on Steam, The Culling 2 will go straight into full release: Van Veld explained last month that calling a

Another player has emerged in the x86 scene, joining Intel, AMD, and VIA Technologies. That player is Hygon, a chipmaker in China that is now mass-producing x86 processors codenamed “Dhyana” using IP licensed from AMD. As part of that deal, AMD agreed to license its Zen architecture to Hygon, in which AMD owns a 30 percent stake. “HMC owns the x86 IP and ends up producing the chips, which satisfies the AMD and Intel x86 cross-licensing agreements because the IP remains with a company owned prima

Did you know that Amazon has its own gaming keyboard under its AmazonBasics banner? Well, it does and it’s an affordable plank at $35.99, which is what it normally sells for. This is not a mechanical keyboard, though Amazon says it has a “mechanical feel” to it. What it does have are five dedicated gaming/macro keys in a column on the left-hand side, and three mode/profile keys up top. It also boasts dedicated media controls, different color keycaps for the arrow and WSAD keys, and RGB backlight