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2Rule dropped TugMoveEffect as a free plugin that lets people scatter effects across a 2D workspace and blend them based on how close an orange control point sits to each instance. The software handles thirteen effect types like distortion and reverb with three slots per type, and users can...

Blue Cat Audio dropped version 3.2 for Remote Control, which lets people wrangle multiple plugins or MIDI gear from one screen. The company totally rebuilt the interface with customizable grid layouts and over forty control types like pads and knobs, plus multi-touch support on Windows that...

discoDSP pushed version 8.11 for Discovery Pro with a bunch of synthesis upgrades and workflow tweaks. The update throws in a JP-8080 supersaw oscillator that stacks seven sawtooth waves for fat trance leads, adds real-time scope visualization with stereo display and glow effects, upgrades the...

Ocean Swift dropped Tyrian Tine for the free Kontakt Player, and the thing mashes up wavetable synthesis with sampled metallic sounds pulled from bells and kalimbas. The dual-layer setup lets people generate bell tones and chime textures with built-in randomization that keeps everything feeling...

MeldaProduction dropped MMicSim, which lets people fake expensive microphone sounds through whatever cheap gear they already own. The plugin ships with over a hundred mic models spanning dynamics to tube condensers, and the company keeps adding vintage and modern options to the database. The...

Kushview pushed out reTuner as a free pitch conversion tool that runs as either a plugin or a standalone app with file export capability. The software uses Rubber Band Library tech to shift tuning standards without wrecking audio quality, and it works across Windows, macOS, and Linux through...

Audialab dropped Interloper, which splits audio signals into separate frequency zones that users can blend together without messing up the original punch. The multi-band plugin works across Windows and Mac systems through VST3, AU, and AAX formats for most major studio software. The tool lets...

Camp David AudioSuite released Optomis 1, a two-stage compressor plugin built around the dynamics chain from their Miami studio. The company modeled the plugin after gear used across two decades of RIAA-certified work that racked up Grammy nods and Billboard chart toppers. The compressor...

Apple dropped the first developer beta for iOS 26.3 and its entire OS lineup just after pushing the 26.2 update live. The company warned regular people to wait for public betas instead of messing with dev builds, but code digging already revealed some interesting additions coming to iPhones...

Capcom dropped confirmation that Leon Kennedy joins Grace Ashcroft as the second playable character in Resident Evil Requiem after leaks already spoiled everything. Director Koji Nakinishi told reporters that Grace represents the most terrified protagonist the franchise has ever made, while Leon...

Ubisoft rolled out a limited-time Wildcards mode for Rainbow Six Siege to mark the game hitting its 10-year milestone. The chaotic playlist runs through early January and throws 28 different modifiers at players that mess with operator picks, weapon loadouts, and random gameplay twists like...

AMD dropped ROCm 7.1.1, and RDNA 4 owners can finally run AI workloads natively on Windows instead of being stuck with Linux or janky workarounds. The new driver support means PyTorch works directly through ROCm, which cuts out the need for Windows Subsystem for Linux and makes setup way less...

Sapphire's PR guy, Edward Crisler, told gamers to chill out about panic-buying hardware because he thinks everything will calm down within six to eight months. He compared the situation to tariff freakouts from earlier this year, where uncertainty drove people into fear mode rather than actual...

Apple keeps cooking up its own chips because the company hates relying on anyone else, and the next project dropping is Baltra. This custom AI server chip should land sometime around 2027, with Apple and Broadcom teaming up on the design work using TSMC's 3nm manufacturing process. The chip...

Bungie dropped a fresh ViDoc for Marathon and locked down a release window for their extraction shooter. The game hits shelves in March 2026 at forty bucks, which puts it between free-to-play trash and full AAA pricing. Sony's backing this one after multiple delays pushed it way past the...

Samsung just shot down internet chatter claiming the company would stop making SATA SSDs. A spokesperson told reporters the whole thing was bogus after people started freaking out about losing another major SSD supplier. The panic made sense since Micron already bailed on consumer storage...

Ubisoft grabbed the MOBA March of Giants from Amazon and folded the Montreal team into its studio when the deal wrapped. Creative director Xavier Marquis used to helm Rainbow Six Siege at Ubisoft before, and senior production lead Alexandre Parizeau ran the Toronto office back in the day. Amazon...

Some creator called Aillusory dropped an AI-enhanced version of The Witcher 3 that makes the whole thing look photorealistic while keeping the original vibe mostly intact. The project regenerated basically everything from scenery to character models using footage from the base game, and people...

NVIDIA scooped up SchedMD, the crew behind Slurm workload management software that handles job scheduling for more than half the systems on the TOP500 supercomputer rankings. The chipmaker promised to keep the project open source and vendor-neutral while throwing resources at development to help...

ASUS dropped some slimmer graphics cards under their DUAL EVO branding that squeeze down to 2.1 slots instead of the usual 2.5-slot chunkers. The trimmed versions cover both factory overclocked and stock speed RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RTX 5060 8GB models, which all use twin axial fans to keep temps...