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Loading Screen: "Consumer electronics will see a large number of failures" - The Impact Of AI Datacenters
The cost of the datacenter crisis is vanishing Steam Decks, delayed console releases and hard drives sold out through 2026.
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Loading Screen: The Indie Laying Off Founders Before Launch
They made an incredible indie debut. Now they're laying off founders with no release date for the follow-up.
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Loading Screen: Valve's Plan To Fix Steam Reviews
Want to complain about game performance on Steam? Just tell everyone what your rig looks like first...
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Loading Screen: Sixteen Days Before Layoffs For Highguard
Highguard couldn't break through. Now, almost all the developers are paying the price.
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Overwatch 2 Is Dead, Long Live Overwatch
Blizzard are no strangers to relaunching Overwatch... this time around though? They may just have succeeded!
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Loading Screen: Xbox's Age Restriction Rollout Chaos
Age verification is coming for Xbox players, and they are not ready.
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Blizzard Just Killed Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2 had to die so Overwatch could live. And now it's thriving.
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Loading Screen: Riot Gave 2XKO One Month To Live
4 Months in Early Access. 1 Month since launch. 30 Minutes notice on layoffs.
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Microsoft Flinched, Will Windows Fall?
Microsoft have been the de facto owner of THE personal computing operating system. That's not news. After years of diminishing returns and bug-ridden updates amidst a terribly executed AI strategy, that dominance is for the first time at genuine risk. Can they be toppled?
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Loading Screen: Discord Wants Your Faces... All Of Your Faces
It started in the UK and Australia. Now it's going global. Age verification on Discord comes for you.
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The Downfall Of Windows
Microsoft has lost their power users, their hold on gaming and now even the confidence of their investors. They want to change.
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Monster Hunter Finally Embarks On The Road To Recovery
Nearly a year after its horrendously unacceptable launch on PC and limp beginnings on PS5, Capcom's latest Monster Hunter is finally showing signs of life. They've put in the work - work that should have been done pre-launch, admittedly. Sentiment is changing, but is it too little too late?