A new Mini-ITX motherboard from Maxsun is breaking the usual rules for small form factor builds. Their upcoming MS-PC Farm B860I model appears to be the first consumer ITX board ever to feature four DDR5 memory slots, doubling the standard two slots. This allows for up to two hundred and fifty-six gigabytes of system memory, a capacity typically reserved for larger ATX boards.
The board is part of a new Farm series aimed at internet cafes and esports. It includes support for remote management via IPMI, a feature common in servers, and a high-speed MCIO connection for PCIe 5.0 storage. The design also incorporates a revised cooling layout to handle heavier workloads. A BIOS forced recovery function is included for repairing corrupted...
The studio behind the struggling racer Wreckreation has turned to Patreon in a last-ditch effort to survive. Three Fields Entertainment, founded by ex-Burnout devs, needs roughly sixty-five thousand dollars a month to keep its ten-person team together after the game's poor launch and lack of publisher support.
CEO Fiona Sperry had previously warned that the entire staff faced potential layoffs. The studio is now asking players for direct funding through the subscription platform, stating the next few months are critical. They are also actively seeking new publishing partners and pitching other projects.
This move highlights the brutal reality for many smaller developers currently. The games industry is facing widespread cuts and...
The DRAM shortage is getting so bad that Samsung is now investigating its own staff in Taiwan. The company is looking into allegations that local distributors paid bribes, or kickbacks, to employees to secure memory shipments. This comes as every company, from big tech to smaller players, fights for an extremely limited supply.
Samsung is reportedly conducting interviews and plans to take action, aiming to keep its allocation process stable and fair. The situation is dire across the industry, with production capacity unable to meet demand for several more quarters. Samsung recently even turned down a supply request from its own mobile division due to shortages, highlighting the severity. These constraints are a primary reason for...
Five more games just got Nvidia's latest upscaling tech, DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. The list includes Yakuza Kiwami 2, the newly launched free shooter Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, and ARK: Lost Colony. The early access MMO Ashes of Creation launched with it, and AION2 will add support soon. A fresh Game Ready driver was also released to enable these features and fix some bugs.
Splitgate's re-release aims to combine the best of its previous versions, with DLSS 4 targeting high frame rates for its competitive gameplay. Meanwhile, a Yakuza Kiwami 2 patch recently added older DLSS modes, which can now be overridden through the Nvidia app for the newer multi-frame tech. In other graphics news, Dying Light: The Beast added ray-tracing...
The latest gossip around the mythical Half-Life 3 involves some fresh code, but still no actual game. A recent Dota 2 update added new strings tied to the long-rumored HLX project, which the community believes is the next Half-Life title. This code relates to an updated animation system, suggesting active development is still happening within Valve's Source 2 engine.
These technical breadcrumbs are being tracked by community sleuths, confirming the project isn't dead. However, they reveal absolutely nothing about a potential release date or announcement window. Previous rumors pointed to a possible reveal tied to a new Steam Machine launch next spring, but that remains completely unverified. The takeaway is the same as always...
NVIDIA's new RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell GPU is now out, featuring a hefty 72GB of GDDR7 memory. This model sits just below the flagship 96GB PRO 6000, offering a fifty percent increase over the standard 48GB version of the same card. It uses the same GB202 core with over fourteen thousand CUDA cores and a three hundred watt power rating, but adds eight extra memory modules to reach that higher capacity.
The company is targeting professional and agentic AI workloads with this release, stating that the expanded memory allows for running larger language models. They claim significant performance jumps over the last generation, citing gains in AI image creation and rendering software. The physical design remains a dual‑slot air‑cooled unit...
Funcom just announced Chapter 3 for Dune Awakening, their survival game that sold fast but fizzled when players ran out of things to do. The update is a massive overhaul aimed squarely at fixing that content drought.
The main focus is a complete rework of the endgame. They're redesigning the highest tier of play with new specializations for crafting, gathering, and other non-combat roles, letting people progress without mandatory PvP. The big server-wide Landraad politics system has been rebuilt from the ground up with better rewards. They're also adding new PvE challenge zones, repeatable dungeons called Testing Stations, and a gear augmentation system for late-game customization.
Story content continues, introducing new allies and...
Pixel 10 owners dealing with janky gaming performance might finally catch a break. Google is pushing a major GPU driver update for the Tensor G5 chip, moving from a notoriously old version to a much newer one. This fixes the core issue, where even big game studios like the ones behind Genshin Impact had to drop support because the original driver was so bad.
The whole situation was messy because of how the chip is built. Google uses a custom GPU from Imagination Technologies but doesn't fully control its drivers. They could tweak some AI and power stuff, but had to wait for Imagination to provide the crucial foundational updates. This new driver, bundled with the latest Android beta, adds support for newer graphics standards and should...
Big news in the silicon gossip mill. Intel's upcoming 14A manufacturing node is apparently getting serious looks from major players like Nvidia and AMD, especially for their future server CPUs. This is a huge deal for Intel Foundry, which has been desperate to prove it can compete with TSMC for external clients. Analysts suggest the interest extends to advanced packaging tech, too.
The 14A process is their next big leap, building on the 18A node. It promises solid gains in power efficiency and chip density. Intel has basically staked its whole future on this, hinting it would bow out of the cutting-edge race if the industry didn't bite. With potential customers like Apple also in the mix for later dates, it seems the aggressive...
