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Is a Windows 11 24H2 update nuking SSDs and HDDs? That's the startling claim reported by Neowin. Specifically, it's the KB5063878 update that's said to be to blame for "storage failures that cause drives to disappear, making them and their corresponding SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) unreadable by the OS."The report, based on a post by X user Necoru_cat, claims that "Phison NAND controllers are relatively prone to issues,...
While this is nothing more than a guess, I'm pretty sure that the average Alienware buyer isn't interested in a gaming laptop that's discreet, understated, or like any other model they could buy. They want that alien logo glowing away, promising unearthly performance, and getting exactly that when they flip the lid open and fire up a game.Well, that's certainly what you're getting with the new Alienware 18 Area-51 gaming...
Feel free to use our hints for today's Wordle whenever you think your guessing might need a bit of a boost. Get in on the fun early (even on the first line, if you like) and shape your opening guesses around them. Glance over them later on to give a tricky run a bit of a boost. Any time is the right time, and the August 19 (1522) answer is...
The handshake deal in FromSoftware games, the obfuscated difficulty option that's always been there since Demon's Souls, is co-op: Summoning phantoms controlled by other players or the computer. In OG Elden Ring everybody's best friend was the Mimic Tear, a powerful summon to make a copy of yourself to fight by your side.This has held true in the co-op centric, roguelike spinoff Nightreign, with the sturdy tripod of a full...
BlackMill Games has been making World War 1 shooters for over a decade now, first with Verdun, and then with Tannenberg and Isonzo. Now it's making Gallipoli, which will shift focus to the Middle Eastern theatre, to dramatize the battles between the Triple Entente and the Ottoman Empire.While it's not as well-known as other WW1 campaigns, the landing at the Gallipoli Peninsula, and the ensuing long stalemate, was an especially...
One of the prevailing impressions of the Battlefield 6 beta, which wrapped up today after two gangbuster weekends, was that Battlefield has finally caught up to Call of Duty. It has its snappy gunplay, it has its attachments, and it will eventually have its free-to-play battle royale mode.EA believes anything CoD can do, it can do better—but what about annualized releases? According to longtime industry analyst Michael Pachter, that's exactly...
Immediately following a lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana alleging that Roblox "is overrun with harmful content and child predators," Roblox Corporation has updated its policies on "romantic and sexual content" to prohibit material that even just "implies" sexual activity. Roblox is also rolling out new restrictions on unrated experiences that will limit their access to the developers working on them, and says it will implement new technology that...
Phasmophobia is one of those games that shows early access at its best. It first released in September 2020 and had the core ghost-hunting experience nailed from the start, but it also felt a little like a proof-of-concept: There weren't too many maps, the environments leaned heavily on asset packs and soon felt a little samey, and there were all sorts of rough edges.The game's success allowed solo developer Kinetic...
Polish up that forklift certification, wolf down one of Tom's hot dogs, and prepare to ask your neighbours about sailors: Shenmue is back. Again. Specifically, Shenmue 3 is getting an enhanced re-release six years after it first came out (via Gematsu) with whizzier graphics and various quality-of-life tweaks.Publisher Inin Games didn't deign to furnish us all with a release date just yet, but Shenmue 3 Enhanced is PC-bound and will...
Look, I wouldn't blame you if you looked at the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhabab Edition and thought, hmm, I'm not sure it's worth remortgaging the house for. The Middle East-only card was briefly available for around $7,000, although prices have fluctuated since then and I've seen the odd second-hand model float around for way more than that.The good news is, the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 Dhabab Core...