We got our first up-close look at Borderlands 4 during today's State of Play showcase, and to the untrained eye—which is to say, my eye—yes, this is definitely a Borderlands game. But Gearbox revealed one thing about the upcoming shooter that I found quite interesting: You're not going to see as many legendary items in the new game as you might expect.It's a bit counter-intuitive, isn't it? We all want...

Just three years after its launch—and only two years after arriving on Steam, after a year as an Epic Store exclusive—the groovy multiplayer horror game Evil Dead: The Game is being removed from sale. Why? Rather like the famed incantation that enables safe handling of the Necronomicon, we're not so sure about that.Evil Dead: The Game first disappeared without warning from the Epic Games Store and the PlayStation Store. I...

As the games industry marches towards ever-higher game prices and $80 Mario Karts, you'd be hard pressed to find a better deal than getting a pile of games that'll only cost you around 22 cents each. Over at Itch.io, you can pick up the Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle, which'll get you 74 indie games for less than 20 bucks—all the proceeds of which will go to a good...

World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas dropped a bomb in a Blizzard broadcast today, one that many suspected would someday hit: At an undetermined point in the future, WoW will stop allowing add-ons to read combat events or auras.Currently, WoW's most popular mods, including all damage meters, boss encounter information systems such as Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs, and almost all WeakAuras (mini-mods made using the WeakAura framework)...

Outrage on a Reddit forum is hardly a novel concept. Outrage at AI is likewise not exactly a major newsflash. But in a new twist, the latest unrest is a direct result of Redditors being subject to an AI-powered experiment without their knowledge (via New Scientist).Reportedly, researchers from the University of Zurich have been secretly using the site for an AI-powered experiment in persuasion. Members of r/ChangeMyView, a subreddit that...

Game delays are a common part of life in videogames, but game advances—where a game's release date is moved up instead of back? Not so much. It happens, but it's a rarity—in most cases, developers are hammering away on games practically right up to the moment of their release. So eyebrows understandably went up yesterday when Gearbox moved up the release of Borderlands 4 by more than a week, from...

Last night Intel held its 2025 Foundry Direct Connect presentation where it outlined the next few years for the company in terms of production and fabrication. The company outlined the future roadmap of the 18A and second generation 14A nodes along with their focus on AI computing. As part of this Intel announced its lineup of partners for moving forward on manufacturing further silicon.Sadly, however, there was zero mention of...

Intel has just held its 2025 Foundry Direct Connect, where it outlines the future of the company especially in terms of chip fabrication. The aptly name direct focuses on what Intel is doing at a manufacturing level, including how it intends to move forward with silicon production. That is of course, when it's not trotting out new robotic hires days after announcing mass layoffs.The biggest takeaway from this roadmap is...

It was during Intel's Direct Connect Keynote for 2025 that I witnessed this atrocity of cyberpunk dystopic proportions. After being reassured by the brand that it would be listening to customers in its outlined roadmap, the team from automation was welcomed to the stage to go over some of their improvements. Excitedly they introduce us to their newest team member and Chip a robot dog Intel has worked on with...

Our hint for today's Wordle is a versatile thing. Use it early on as a springboard for your own ideas, ensuring your opening guess is as good as they get. Or save it for later, when you're feeling a bit low on spare rows and green letters. Either way, it'll help you win—and the April 30 (1411) answer is there to catch you no matter what.I'd say I stumbled towards...