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Set sail for the GOG Winter sale and claim a free copy of King of Seas. GOG page[www.gog.com](claim from the banner on their front page) Details: – Account required: GOG.com with e-mail marketing opt-in – DRM-Free (NOT Steam) – Offer good thru December 19, 1400 GMT. – Steam Store page for evaluation. thales.ulisses gets an extra ration of rum as the first to call “Game Ho!” for this one. Probably one or two more on the horizon so keep a steady watch. LHPoseidon’s own fault for not trademarking that one.Set sail for the GOG Winter sale and claim a free ... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/593110/announcements/detail/3653012651448289509]here[/url].,<img src="” title=”‘Tis the Season for the Steam Winter Sale!” />A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/593110/announcements/detail/3653012651448289509]here[/url].Read More

December needs more mayhem and Epic is obliging with free copies of Saints Row IV Re-Elected and Wildcat Gun Machine. Saints Row IV Re-Elected Link[store.epicgames.com]Wildcat Gun Machine Link[store.epicgames.com] Details: – Account/DRM required: Epic Games (NOT Steam)– Offer good through December 15, 1400 GMT– Saints Row IV Steam store page for evaluation– Wildcat Gun Machine Steam store page for evaluation Re-Elected is now the definitive (and only) version of Saint’s Row IV, it includes all the DLC and a new cross-play upgrade. Owners of any previous version on any platform will be upgraded to Re-Elected for free. Progress and achievements will ... Read more

From now until 1700 GMT on the 14th, you can claim a free copy of the 3rd-person platform fighter Divine Knockout (DKO) in the Steam store. Link ANC heard the bell for this one. Thanks. LHDon’t call it a comeback, I been here for years!From now until 1700 GMT on the 14th, you can claim a free copy of the 3rd-person platform fighter Divine Knockout (DKO) in the Steam store.LinkANC heard the bell for this one. Thanks.LHDon’t call it a comeback, I been here for years!Read More

The GOG Winter sale has begun and once again, a GOG sale means free games for us! For starters, you have three days to claim a GOG copy of the mouse based stealth adventure Ghost of a Tale. GOG page[www.gog.com](claim from the banner on their front page) Details: – Account required: GOG.com with e-mail marketing opt-in – DRM-Free (NOT Steam) – Offer good thru December 15, 1400 GMT. – Steam Store page for evaluation. The sale runs all the way through 02.01 … wait… is that January Second or February First? Well, let’s see, it starts on 12.12 so… oh ... Read more

The Fanatical Winter sale also comes with a giveaway this year – a Steam key for Behold the Kickmen. This is (according to the store page) “a football game made by someone who has no understanding of, or interest in football”. Well obviously. I mean for starters, who even plays football* in December? Link[www.fanatical.com] Details: – Linked Fanatical and Steam account required – Offer good until December 21 or while supplies last. Get it now to be sure. – Steam Store page Note that this key will expire on January 14th so you’ll want to activate it before then. It ... Read more

On the first day of Epicmas Tim Sweeny gave to me the sixth game of Bloons TD. Link[store.epicgames.com] Details:– Account/DRM required: Epic Games (NOT Steam)– Offer good through December 16, 1400 GMT– Steam store page for evaluation There will be daily freebies from Epic for the next fortnight which means you only have 24 hours to claim each one. Make sure to check in every day if you want to catch ’em all. By now, you also know to look at the wrapping paper for hints as to the next game. Guess or post leaks in the DISCUSSIONS THREAD. LHAnd ... Read more

TSMC this week held its Arizona fab ‘first tool-in’ ceremony, where alongside celebrating its first US fab, the company also announced major expansion plans for the production facility. The world’s largest foundry is set to invest tens of billions of dollars in the next phase of its Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona, to significantly expand its capacity and start production of chips on its N3 process technologies there by 2026. Construction of TSMC’s Fab 21 phase 1 in Arizona was completed earlier this year, and this week the company began installation of production tools into the facility. The fab will ... Read more

Just under a year since the specification was first announced, the ATX 3.0 era for power supplies is now underway. The updated version of the Intel-maintained specification introduced several notable changes to PC power supply designs, most notably the introduction of the 600 Watt-capable 12VHPWR connector and associated cabling. Altogether, ATX 3.0 is designed to lay the groundwork for future video cards (and other high-powered accelerators) by providing for a single-cable power connection that can better accommodate the high total and rapid shifts in power consumption a video card can undergo. The biggest change since the addition of the 12V ... Read more

Intel officially unveiled the details of their Raptor Lake-based NUC13 Extreme last month. Based on the desktop Raptor Lake processors, the 13.7L NUC13 Extreme is Intel’s biggest NUC yet. The model retains the Compute Element / baseboard combination seen in previous Extreme NUCs. However, the extra volume has enabled the company to incorporate a 150W TDP processor and support large discrete GPUs. Given the power-packed components, it is obvious that Intel is taking the NUC family to performance levels that have hitherto remained out of reach of small form-factor (SFF) machines. Does the NUC13 Extreme deliver on its vision? Read ... Read more

One of the world’s biggest semiconductors and manufacturers of DRAM, SK hynix, has unveiled it has working samples of a new generation of memory modules designed for HPC and servers. Dubbed Multiplexer Combined Ranks (MCR) DIMMs, the technology allows high-end server DIMMs to operate at a minimum data rate of 8 Gbps, which is an 80% uptick in bandwidth compared to existing DDR5 memory products (4.8 Gbps). Typically, the most common way to ensure higher throughput performance on DIMMs is through ever increasing memory bus (and chip) clockspeeds. This strategy is not without its drawbacks, however, and aiming to find a ... Read more

Kynseed is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!*A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG. Raise a family, farm the land, run a business, cook, craft and build an everlasting legacy in a vast world filled with adventure, creativity and meaningful choices.*Offer ends December 13 at 10AM Pacific Time,,Read More

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/593110/announcements/detail/3607975953478451185]here[/url].,<img src="” title=”Steam Client Update – December 1st” />A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/593110/announcements/detail/3607975953478451185]here[/url].Read More

As many of you noticed, AnandTech has spent several hours offline today. We are still in recovery mode at the moment (as I write this, the site has been restored to a copy from November 25th), but now that our major restoration efforts are completed, I wanted to offer you guys a brief update on the status of AnandTech. At around 13:00 UTC (5am PT) today, the on-site cloud storage for AnandTech’s hosting provider became corrupted. As a result, AnandTech (and some other sites) were brought offline. Due to the nature of the corruption and the need to begin restoration ... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/593110/announcements/detail/3528036335907035177]here[/url].,<img src="” title=”Win a Steam Deck during The Game Awards!” />A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page [url=https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/593110/announcements/detail/3528036335907035177]here[/url].Read More