AMD and Nvidia's GPUs are currently built on 4 nm-class silicon by TSMC. And they're not exactly cheap. Meanwhile, TSMC has indicated that it would like to put the prices it charges to chip designers up. In that context, the prospect of IBM's newly announced sub-1 nm silicon is both very exciting and totally terrifying.As for the details, IBM is claiming "the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer (nm)...
If there is one thing that is common across all devices that natively run SteamOS, it's that the graphics chips inside them don't have access to a great deal of VRAM. That's a bit of a problem with some games, but thanks to the genius of a handful of coders, a solution has been rolled out in the latest 3.8.20 beta version of Valve's operating system.As noted by TechPowerUp, one...
I've wanted to revisit Dragon Age: Origins on PC for years. I played the PS3 version back in 2009, which isn't as bad as people say it is, though it does lack the PC version's tactical view and, of course, mod support. Origins has been on my wishlist for well over a decade, but I finally scooped it up during the current Steam Summer sale. It's a negligible $3 for...
Atlus RPG series Persona could be getting a live-action Netflix adaptation, according to a new Variety report. The production company responsible for Stranger Things, 21 Laps, will be substantially involved, as will Story Kitchen, another production company with a focus on game-to-film adaptations like Sonic The Hedgehog, as well as forthcoming projects including Tomb Raider, It Takes Two and Vampire Survivors.The writer and showrunner is Christopher Monfette, who has worked...
First shared on Bluesky by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, Sony has provided a glimpse of PlayStation's future and priorities through a written summary of its Game & Network Services Segment Small Meeting Q&A. Answers were provided by Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino, Studio business CEO Hermen Hulst, and SIE senior vice president of finance and corporate development, Lynn Azar.The meeting took place on Friday, June 5, a month after...
Less than two months after the release of its latest game, Directive 8020, Supermassive Games CEO Robert Henrysson has announced that he is stepping down from the position as well as his role at parent company Nordisk Games."As the CEO of Supermassive Games, I was honoured to guide the studio through intense industry change, broadening its client base and establishing a culture of consistent quality across all aspects of the...
Hideki Kamiya cut his teeth on the Resident Evil games, working as a designer on the original and director of Resident Evil 2 before moving on to other things, like Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Okami, and Bayonetta. Ironically, he's not a big horror guy—he recently expressed a desire for a "non-scary mode" in Resident Evil games—and so understandably is not very interested in returning to the Resident Evil series.But...
Videogames: They're cool because they make us feel things—like how cool it is to be a cowboy—or think about things—like which things are worth carrying around while being a cowboy.Or at least, that's what Obsidian design director Josh Sawyer says in his latest YouTube video, adding yet more yield to his recent crop of game development wisdom by explaining the place of artistic inspiration in the game design process.In the...
Released first on the PlayStation 3 and as a launch title for the PlayStation 4, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has remained a defining entry in the series for more than a decade. When we first explored the idea of bringing Edward Kenway’s journey to modern hardware, it quickly became clear that a traditional remaster wouldn’t be enough to do it justice. Play Video Instead, we rebuilt the game from...
Baldur's Gate 3 might be the greatest D&D videogame out there, but Planescape: Torment—with its potent mix of exceptional writing and fever-dream setting—is a close second. And we almost got a sequel, Planescape: Unraveled, but nobody had the courage to fund it. Unsurprisingly, Beamdog—which has become something of a custodian for BioWare and Black Isle's classic RPGs—was involved. Beamdog boss Trent Oster, along with former BioWare scribe David Gaider, pitched...