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Factorio's next major update will be a swansong, as Wube Software "shift the focus onto long term support" and new projects
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Factorio's next major update will be a swansong, as Wube Software "shift the focus onto long term support" and new projects

Clunk. Kachunk. Thunk. That's the sound of Factorio's last major update being smushed into shape, before the factory sim is left ticking away in the background while devs Wube Software turn their attention to new projects. Yep, following ages in early access and some chunky DLC following its full release in 2020, Factorio'll only recieve minor tweaks once this last big update arrives. Read more

Nvidia unveil their first all-in-one laptop processor, with support for DLSS, ray tracing, frame gen, and all those other RTX features you love and hate
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Nvidia unveil their first all-in-one laptop processor, with support for DLSS, ray tracing, frame gen, and all those other RTX features you love and hate

After years of whispers around Nvidia maybe, possibly, perhaps getting into CPU-making, they’re making it official with RTX Spark: a fully integrated laptop SoC (System on a Chip), coming to thin 'n' lights in Autumn this year. Unsurprisingly, given the source of Nvidia’s trillions, RTX Spark has a big focus on agentic AI work, the official descriptions of which are so inducive of malaise that I can’t even bring myself to copy them in from the press release. But there is plent

Tekken 8 game director bids goodbye to Bandai Namco following series boss Katsuhiro Harada's exit last year, but doesn't do an hour-long DJ mix
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Tekken 8 game director bids goodbye to Bandai Namco following series boss Katsuhiro Harada's exit last year, but doesn't do an hour-long DJ mix

Tekken 8 game director Kohei Ikeda has left Bandai Namco, kicking his way through an exit door that had long-time series producer and general advocate for the virtual graps Katsuhiro Harada pass through it late last year. Harada's since set up a new studio, dubbed VS Studio, under Fatal Fury publishers SNK. All Ikeda's said about his future plans so far is that he'll "continue taking on new challenges as a game developer". Read more

This week in PC games: Summer Game Fest, the Gothic remake, and the policing of furry Chicago
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This week in PC games: Summer Game Fest, the Gothic remake, and the policing of furry Chicago

Last week, I blithely commented that the Maw was "taking a break", because we had too much else to do besides feeding our resident cosmic newsbeast. We have now paid a grievous price for my negligence. Friends, I am horrified to report that the Maw has broken containment and eaten Geoff Keighley, the face of Summer Games Fest. In the process, it may also have devoured the very concept of the future. Time has lost its gradient, and the harvest may never come. Without Geoff, there will be no barr