A small team of researchers at MIT’s Materials Research Laboratory have developed a transistor that’s just as good as those used to make flash memory chips, but with the added advantage of not wearing away with use. Instead of the usual silicon-based engineering, this one is made from a ferroelectric material.
Flash memory has revolutionized the storage industry and you can buy extremely …
Read moreIt’s only on screen for a couple seconds, and only partially, but there’s no mistaking it: The Quake logo is drawn on a whiteboard that appears in the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle reveal video from this week’s Xbox Developer Direct. Above it is a cut-off word: “-AKE 6.”
I’m guessing that MachineGames did not write “CAKE 6” on a whiteboard.
MachineGames and id Software pa…
Read moreGet today’s Wordle off to the smoothest possible start with our general tips, here to give your daily guesses a quick refresh. There’s a clue for the June 8 (1085) game here too if you’d like something more specific, as well as today’s answer if you need a quick save. Enjoy your win.
Twelve grey letters in my first three goes? That’s got to be some sort of personal record. Thank goodness …
Read moreSomewhere in a filing cabinet is a contract. On that contract is my name and the name of my employer—PC Gamer’s publisher Future PLC—and a job title: “news writer”. And look, if someone assassinates the JFK of videogames* I’ll be there to break it down for you, but personally? I think my true job is telling you about tiny, mini, minute, trifling little mods that I find very…
Read moreTwitch has added mandatory content labels for all streamers so that viewers “can make informed choices”, and gone into some detail about what behaviours it wants labelled from now on. The labels replace the existing “Mature Content” toggle and can be applied or removed at any point during a broadcast.
The “Content Classification Labels” are:
- Mature-Rated Games
- Sexual Th…
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In a move that seems to codify a sort of “Bastards” franchise, Blue Manchu is following up its 2019 roguelike FPS Void Bastards with Wild Bastards, a more open-ended, space western take on the concept. First announced at our PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase, Wild Bastards is set to release some time next year.
“Roguelike FPS” gets part of the story with Void Bastards, but it’s really…
Read moreYou ask me, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a downright gaming injustice. Like Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire or Tyranny (Obsidian has form for these), it’s a game that got a lot of things very right that just never made much of a splash. I mean, don’t get me wrong, Mankind Divided sold millions of copies, but apparently not enough for anyone to bother concluding the trilogy, and it’s not one a lo…
Read moreWorld of Warcraft’s next three expansions are a bold gambit from Blizzard. They’ll be a story told in three parts, and—judging by the trailer for The War Within—they’ll focus on character development and emotional storytelling over big dudes in armour calling you a pitiful mortal while revealing the next step of their master plan. It’s also about to receive, arguably, its first actu…
Read moreAt GDC, CD Projekt Red is showing off the future of ray tracing in Cyberpunk 2077, one bouncing neon light at a time. It’s set to arrive with a new graphics preset, Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode, which will come to the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 on April 11. This gives you enough time to track down an RTX 4080 and its powerful frame-generating magic. You’re going to need it.
In what Nvidi…
Read moreFeeling a little stumped by the April 18 (668) Wordle? Then you’re in the right place. You’ll find everything you need to win on this very page, from general hints and tips to a helpful clue, and even today’s Wordle answer, ready and waiting if you need it.
It’s always a little deflating when your opening guess only reveals a single yellow, especially when you’ve built it up in your mind …
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