1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (916+ words) Despite proof-of-concept video, EA's Frostbite Engine servers are difficult to pick apart. On January 12, EA shut down the official servers for Anthem, making Bioware's multiplayer sci-fi adventure completely unplayable for the first time since its troubled 2019 launch. Last week, though,…...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (605+ words) The tradeoffs for the $499 9850X3D make it hard to get excited about. AMD has released three distinct generations of its 3D V-Cache technology, which initially appeared in the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in 2022. The kernel of the idea has remained the same throughout AMD's efforts:…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (242+ words) Jennifer is a senior reporter at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series. She has been writing professionally about... Universal Pictures…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (379+ words) No display? No problem for the UART-to-web-server "Doombuds" project. Over the years, hackers and modders at large have made it their mission to port classic first-person shooter Doom to practically anything with a display. Recently, though, coder Arin Sarkisan has…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (27+ words) Dense narrative deduction game tells a compellingly academia-tinged sci-fi tale. See full article... TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (238+ words) But Nyxi's Hyperion 3 upgrade comes with a pretty high asking price. Over half a year later, Nyxi is once again addressing my Switch controller-related comfort concerns with the Hyperion 3, which was made available for preorder earlier this week ahead of…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (892+ words) For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D. Once or twice a month, we'll publish a personal retrospective like this one, where we'll feature one of the games from the list'perhaps a retro game you've heard…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (313+ words) Kioxia is spinning up more manufacturing capacity, but relief will come slowly. The companies that make RAM and flash memory chips are enjoying record profits because of the AI-induced memory crunch'and they're also indicating that they don't expect conditions to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (350+ words) Development hasn't exactly been smooth since the extraction shooter's 2023 announcement. It's been nearly three years now since Destiny maker (and Sony subsidiary) Bungie formally announced a revival of the storied Marathon FPS franchise. And it has been about seven months…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (201+ words) Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, covering topics ranging from retro games to new gaming hardware, business and legal developments in the industry, fan communities, gaming mods and hacks, virtual reality... Xbox maker needs…...