After a few days of uncertainty, there's now a more definite reason to believe that US tariffs will soon apply to currently exempted computer parts and semiconductors. That's because the US is probing the "effects on the national security of imports of semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME), and their derivative products" (via The Register).The US Department of Commerce's Notice of Request for Public Comments (NRPC), which is available to...

Every year more and more games are adapted into TV shows, and hardly a day goes by without a new adaptation deal being announced, from a second Resident Evil movie reboot to a film based on Split Fiction to the Just Cause movie—announced way back in 2011—once again getting a new writer and director.It's easy to see why. All those previous Resident Evil movies grossed over a billion dollars combined,...

I had a lot of fun over the years with Skull and Bones—all before it came out, that is. It grew from a simple idea—Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's naval battles made multiplayer—into a bona fide white whale for Ubisoft, which struggled so mightily to get it released. And when it finally showed up, seven years after it was first announced, it was fine, and quickly forgotten by most of us.But...

The co-op creepy company sim, REPO, is officially on my long list of beloved spooky pastimes with friends, accompanied by other horror games like Phasmophobia and Lethal Company. Much like the latter, there's quite a scene for fan-made customizations, and we've drummed up a list of some of the best REPO mods to check out before loading up the truck.Don't let concerns over bans or broken installs worry you, either....

One of my favorite things about Souls games is that sometimes the best method for dealing with tragic, corrupted knights and primordial horrors is simply hitting them very hard with a large object. It's an ideal embodied by the Raider, the subject of Bandai Namco's latest Elden Ring: Nightreign character reveal trailer, who seems just as comfortable using himself as a bludgeoning implement as anything else.At first blush, the Raider...

The extraction shooter discourse has been dominated in recent days by Marathon, Bungie's upcoming kick at the can, but there's another game in the mix with the potential to steal its thunder: Arc Raiders, which PC Gamer's Jake Tucker said in 2024 "could be the extraction shooter that finally brings the genre to the masses."Whether or not that happens remains to be seen, but we'll all move one step closer...

Normally the launch of a new graphics card would be a wholly joyous affair, especially a more affordable one like the RTX 5060 Ti—GPUs for the masses and whatnot. This time, however, despite the siren song of affordable graphics cards, the rocks we're heading towards have 'may or may not be actually available at MSRP' indelibly printed on them.This was the case even before the Trump tariffs, but the uncertainty...

One of the best ways to improve your income in Schedule 1 is to hire employees. These workers can be assigned to various tasks, which they'll handle on your behalf. You'll have to pay them a wage, unfortunately, but it's worth it in the long run.When you first unlock employees, you won't want to immediately go on a hiring spree. Workers aren't cheap, and you don't have much room in...

The new team-up abilities for Marvel Rivals Season 2 mean there are a bunch of fresh terrors roaming around the competitive scene. So now you don't just have to look out for Spider-Man or Iron Fist—there are new overpowered characters on the block.If you manage to place in Diamond or above, then you'll gain access to hero bans when you play competitively. This can be a real asset, especially if...

In the setting of tabletop RPG :Otherscape, sci-fi dystopia and mythology collide. Imagine a world like Cyberpunk 2077's, but with old stories, gods, and monsters creeping in at the edges, offering strange powers. You might see a tooled-up mercenary wielding a reborn Excalibur, Japanese yokai haunting virtual reality, or a ruthless criminal gang taking over the streets with the help of Baba Yaga's magic.It's a killer concept, and publisher Son...