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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

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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

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Note: This update was re-released to fix a browser crash on Linux. New Big Picture Mode Updated Big Picture is now available for testing. You can read more about it in this blog post. Modify your Steam client shortcut and add -gamepadui on the command-line to automatically start Steam in the new Big Picture Mode. Alternatively, pass -newbigpicture to start in Desktop mode and have access to the new Big Picture Mode at any time.General Reduced client startup times for users with large game libraries Fixed issue where launching a game would take longer to start if there was no ... Read more

The Steam Autumn Sale is fast approaching, with an entire week filled with tens of thousands of discounts! From November 22nd at 10am PST (UTC -8) until November 29th at 10am PST (UTC -8), browse through every genre imaginable to grab games on sale for the perfect additions to your Steam library. In fact, while you’re there, pick up a title or two for the lovely folks on your holiday shopping list! Not only can you gift specific games, we also have digital gift cards up for grabs. Steam Award Nominations Start Nov 22 The Steam Autumn Sale is also ... Read more

Are you ready for an entire week filled with tens of thousands of discounts? The Steam Autumn Sale is underway! From now until November 29 at 10am PT, browse through every genre imaginable to grab games on sale for the perfect additions to your Steam library. This is also the time to nominate your favorite games from the past year for the Steam Awards! We have 11 different categories this year, including a brand new category for games you love playing on portable devices: Best Game on the Go Game of the Year VR Game of the Year Labor of ... Read more

Western Digital had announced new products in the WD_BLACK lineup back in May 2022 to augment their offerings in the gaming market. The WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD was part of the set, and became widely available last quarter. Western Digital has positioned the portable drive (PSSD) as a mid-range alternative to the premium WD_BLACK P50 Game Drive SSD. Sporting a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20 Gbps) interface, the drive launched at a much lower price point compared to the P50 despite the addition of RGB lighting to the case. What corners has Western Digital cut in this mid-range offering, ... Read more