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Reddit User Revives A Thermally Throttling RX 5700 XT With A Bolt-On AMD Fan, Cutting Hotspot From 106°C To 83°C
By implementing some workarounds, the card reportedly went from over 100°C down to 80°C quickly. RX 5700 XT Bought From Pawn Shop Gets Revived by an Additional Fan, Thermal Paste Change, and Heatsink Installation on the VRAM If you have a GPU running for years, your card might be thermally...
The Blood Of Dawnwalker Developers Offer Workarounds For The 4 Main Issues On PC
The RPG from CD Projekt alumni has landed a lot more smoothly on console
Halloween Cleverly Carves Its Own Path Through Horror Multiplayer – Review
Michael Myers comes alive in IllFonic's latest asymmetrical haunting grounds.
Spell Review
Spell is a compact head-to-head game of tile placement, area control, and pattern recognition from Nuts!, designed and illustrated by Jesus Fuentes. It plays in about 20 minutes (over up to 6 rounds), and the whole thing fits in a tiny box. Get out your sonic screwdriver, because this game is...
The Blood of Dawnwalker devs offer "fixes and workarounds" as players slam PC optimization: "AAA price tag without AAA performance"
"Optimization is way beyond trash"
Square Enix Denies Rumours of Being Bought Out
Hip to buy Square. Rumours of a Square Enix buyout have been doing the rounds over the last 24 hours or so, and they actually got so loud that the publisher itself has had to come out and address them. The whispers stemmed from a Japanese business magazine, which suggested that Square Enix was on...
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Weekly Bans Notice (08/24~08/30)
Read the full announcement here!
Fumbled weapons, fake ragdolling and Wu-Tang: PUBG DED.NET’s director explains how it thrives on chaos
For nearly 10 years, PUBG: Battlegrounds (previously PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) has remained steadfastly among the most widely played games on Steam. According to SteamDB data, the game’s peak monthly concurrent player count has never dropped below 340,000 since its release in late 2017, and is...
Every Hogwarts Secret Passage in the Harry Potter Books, Explained
There are many ways for a misbehaving Hogwarts student to slip out of the castle grounds, and here is every single secret exit known to exist.
Metro 2039 brings back a feature Metro Exodus sorely missed – military-grade ammunition once again functions as currency
In the Metro universe, pre-war military-grade (MGR) 5.45x39mm rounds are used as a primary currency for trading amongst the survivors living beneath the irradiated ruins of Moscow. It's always been a fascinating system. It not only fuels Metro's exceptional sense of place and immersion, but always...
World Order board game review: Vying for Greatness
Designed to simulate the interactions between world superpowers in the year 2010, in World Order you must lead one of China, Russia, the USA, or the EU to victory on the world stage. A world power's work is never done. Over the course of six rounds you'll beaver away allying with and investing in...
Tiramisu World Cup needs 130 taste testers but you’ll have to pass a test
The Tiramisù World Cup is looking for dessert fans from around the world to help decide which competitors make it through the opening rounds of its 2026 championship.
The Ultimate Guide to Winning More CS2 Case Battles
CS2 case battles turn normal case opening into a multiplayer format where several players compete for the outcomes of the same set of rounds. A case battle can be between two players, several opponents, or teams (depending on the format). There is no way to guarantee a win, but knowing the rules...
Next-Gen Xbox Prioritises 'Affordability' as Rumours of Stupidly Expensive PS6 Continue
"Giving people more choice". The mass uncertainty that currently surrounds next-gen consoles will obviously have to be addressed by both Sony and Microsoft at some point, but until then, the two companies will continue to make vague — but still somewhat interesting — statements. Xbox boss Asha...
Fable Appears To Have At Least Two Different Graphics Modes On Xbox Series X
And maybe even Series S as well. We're going to see more details on Fable this week as part of Xbox's Gamescom broadcasts, but another story that's doing the rounds about the game right now is that it apparently will support up to 60FPS on Xbox Series X. Loads of people have been sharing this on...
Nvidia tech behind PUBG's genAI team mates will let folks chat to creature-collecting RPG Aniimo's not-Pokemon next year
Alongside releasing Ray Reconstruction for DLSS 4.5, Nvidia have announced that their ACE tech best known for powering PUBG: Battlegrounds' generative AI team mates will be coming to another game early next year. Said game is Aniimo, a creature-catching open-world RPG from Chinese devs Pawprint...
All Rex Infernus Masks Guide - Black Ops 7 Zombies
There are four unique masks to unlock in Rex Infernus, each with its own special effects that will make high rounds much easier!
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (August 23rd 2026)
Golden Axe! James Pond! Zelda! Panzer Dragoon! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Your FAN EXPO Canada 2026 Guide: What To Expect!
FAN EXPO Canada returns with celebs such as John Cena, Alan Ritchson, and more, with plenty of attractions held from August 27-30, 2026. FAN EXPO Canada 2026 rolls out a massive red carpet, with stars from various pop culture backgrounds. This includes celebs from comics, sci-fi, horror, anime,...
Anonymous Comments on GTA 6 Leaks
The Anonymous social media account issues a statement on the ongoing Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks that have made the rounds.
Pokemon Champions Mystery Gift codes list
The Mystery Gift feature is back again in Pokemon Champions, and we’ve set up a post that rounds up all of the codes. We’ll keep our lists updated over time as new ones are made available. Pokemon Champions players can receive all sorts of things through the code distributions. There’ll be Pokemon,...
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Mod Remakes the N64 Classic in True 3D
Zelda: Ocarina of Time fan mod for original Nintendo 64 hardware turns the game's pre-rendered backgrounds into 3D
All Fortnite Lobby Hacks And Free Rewards
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: Override features all sorts of throwbacks to the '90s gaming scene, including cheats and hacks that you can use to shake up your rounds of Battle Royale. But right now, as we dive into this new season, the most important hacks are in the BR lobby, via the new "admin...
DevNote #8
Hi Gyldhunters! Welcome to our eighth Developer Update. Looking back at July 30th—the day Mistfall Hunter officially launched—the entire team still vividly remembers that moment. After a long development process and multiple rounds of testing, seeing the game finally go live was a moment filled...
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