Dispatch hit Nintendo hardware censored, nobody is owning the decision, and players are annoyed.
Censorship on Nintendo versions
Dispatch shipped on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 with altered content.
Nudity moments were removed outright.
Swear words replaced by loud bleeps.
Other platforms keep everything intact.
Developer explanation first
AdHoc Studio confirmed changes after launch.
They said platform rules forced adjustments.
Claimed story and mechanics stayed the same.
Framed it as approval requirements, not preference.
Nintendo's response muddies the waters
Nintendo denied altering partner content.
Pointed at ratings boards and internal guidelines.
Refused to discuss specifics.
Effectively passed the buck.
Player backlash...
PlayStation Portal quietly popped off, and Sony might cash in with an OLED refresh while fans argue about what upgrades actually matter.
PlayStation Portal comeback arc
PlayStation Portal marked Sony's easing back into handheld-adjacent hardware.
Launched as a Remote Play-first machine.
Later gained cloud streaming support.
Acting like a portable PlayStation 5, conditions permitting.
Unexpected success sparks a refresh talk
Sony reportedly sees enough traction to iterate.
Insider chatter claims another version is coming.
Momentum surprised plenty of long-time observers.
Popularity stands out despite zero native execution.
Rumored upgrade focus
OLED display is the teased headline change.
Swapping screens feels like the cleanest...
Zen 6 crams way more cores into basically the same silicon footprint, flexing TSMC N2 density hard.
Zen 6 CCD size and core jump
Advanced Micro Devices is keeping the CCD size near the prior designs.
Landing around 76 mm2, barely bigger than Zen 4 or Zen 5.
Jumping to 12 cores per CCD.
Packing 48 MB L3 cache per chiplet.
Process tech doing the heavy lifting
Built on TSMC N2 NanoSheet tech.
Squeezing 50% more cores without ballooning the die area.
Scaling cache density alongside compute.
Showing how aggressive 2 nm really is.
Product segmentation details
EPYC Venice gets first crack at N2.
The full Zen 6 lineup relies on N2P.
IOD sticks with N3P.
Cheaper SKUs still fall back to N3P.
Zen 6C takes it further
The bigger variant...
YMTC is sprinting to crank NAND output, chasing giants while dodging export roadblocks.
Wuhan fab expansion push
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. is ramping its Wuhan manufacturing buildout, its biggest swing yet.
Targeting mass output by H2 2026.
Dumping about $3 billion into the site.
Aiming for roughly 15 percent of the worldwide NAND supply.
Tech progress and capacity goals
Using Xtacking to stack layers aggressively.
Reaching around 270-layer 3D NAND.
Closing distance with top-tier producers.
Betting scale beats underdog status.
Market heat is driving the rush
Storage crunch is squeezing AI infrastructure hard.
Long-context workloads are hammering NAND demand.
NVIDIA platforms lean on fast, deep memory pools.
BlueField-4...
Partner-heavy Nintendo Direct rumored for early February, third-party games only, and Switch 2 chatter finally ramps up.
Event timing and format
Nintendo lines up a Partner Showcase edition of Nintendo Direct.
Scheduled for Thursday, February 5, 2026.
Locks focus on third-party announcements.
First-party reveals sit this one out.
How the rumor solidified
NateTheHate kicked off the chatter with early hints.
GameXplain backed the Partner Showcase angle.
Further reports echoed the same details.
No official confirmation yet.
Context within the year
This would mark the third Direct of 2026.
Earlier events covered a Mario movie peek.
Another stream spotlighted Tomodachi Life Living the Dream.
This one targets players skipping those...
NVIDIA is sneaking H200 chips back into China, big tech wants them badly, and politics finally blinked.
Licensing breakthrough in China
NVIDIA secured Chinese approval to sell H200 AI accelerators.
Jensen Huang personally pushed talks during a Beijing visit.
Government delays slowed progress before licenses moved forward.
Market reentry follows a long regulatory freeze.
First buyers lined up
DeepSeek appears among the earliest approved customers.
ByteDance is positioned to grab large initial allocations.
Alibaba joins the first wave chasing compute.
Tencent also cleared to receive shipments.
Order size and control pressure
NVIDIA H200 demand reportedly tops hundreds of thousands of units.
Totals across firms could approach two...
Once-hyped creator studio Comcept folded after mixed releases, ending a decade-long run tied to big names and bigger expectations.
Studio shutdown and aftermath
Comcept officially dissolved after a public filing surfaced in Japan.
Assets move under Level-5 control following closure.
Operations fully stopped rather than paused.
Staff outcomes were not detailed.
Founder and origins
Keiji Inafune founded Comcept after leaving CAPCOM.
Built reputation through Mega Man, Onimusha, and Dead Rising roots.
Formed the studio to chase original ideas.
Early projects leaned on collaborations.
Early projects and collaborations
Comcept debuted with Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z alongside external partners.
Later assisted Japan Studio on Soul Sacrifice...
Chinese mythology goes full hardcore action RPG with Nezha fighting gods, flying everywhere, and stacking relic builds on massive corpse worlds.
Project basics and scope
GeniGods Lab is building GeniGods Nezha as a single-player hardcore action RPG.
Targets PC and PlayStation 5 with a tentative 2027 or 2028 launch.
Studio fields over 70 veteran developers with decades of experience.
The budget sits at 20 million dollars with outside promotion support.
Mythology setup and core plot
GeniGods Nezha stars Nezha, a clay-born hero powered by Nüwa's heart energy.
Starts life cursed, rebellious, and locked into a violent redemption arc.
Tries blocking Pangu's resurrection since it would erase the current world.
Travels across Pangu's corpse...
LOUD stapled a candy bar to its Free Fire team name and turned brand sponsorship into full-on identity play.
Brand takeover inside LOUD Free Fire
LOUD confirmed Snickers branding attached to its Free Fire roster.
The renamed squad competes as LOUD SNICKERS.
Deal expands an already active sponsor relationship.
Free Fire YouTube channel comes back online.
Why the partnership leveled up
Bruno PH Bittencourt tied the move to LOUD’s Free Fire origins.
Framed Snickers as embedded in the community.
Pitched the brand as culturally aligned, not intrusive.
Positioned both as faces of the same scene.
How the deal evolved
Partnership started as a standard sponsorship in March 2024.
Shifted into LOUD’s first title-level brand deal.
Negotiated...
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