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Our Verdict Not a lot has changed since the first-gen Blade 14, and maybe this RTX 3070 Ti spec is too expensive for me, but it does make for a stunning, small form factor gaming laptop. And I am absolutely sold on the 1440p screen at the 14-inch scale, too. It’s pin-sharp, bright, and colourful. The price premium is tough to swallow in relation to the similarly performing Asus G14 and for that reason, the RTX 3060 Blade 14 still feels like the better value, better-balanced machine to me....

Riot to increase price of League of Legends microtransactions worldwide Blames ‘worldwide inflation’ among other things. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Riot has announced that it’s soon going toincrease the price of League of Legends' in-game currencies. From August 19 the prices of RP and TFT coins will increase in “most” regions in which the game operates, and the publisher has a laundry list of reasons why: “worldwide inflation, currency fluctuations, maintaining fair prices between and within regions, consistency across our products, and other associated cost increases....

Sonic co-creator erases other Sonic co-creator from old photo As petty as it gets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In a bizarre move Sonic co-creator and former head of Sonic Team Yuji Naka has shared an old photograph in which his former colleague Naoto Ohshima has been blocked-out. Ohshima is regarded as the co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, having come up with the character’s visual design based on a Naka-programmed tech demo featuring a ball....

Sonic co-creator still pissed about ‘no good’ Square Enix Yuji Naka doesn’t like people talking behind his back. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In April this year Yuji Naka, the celebrated designer best-known for his years at Sega and the creation of the first Sonic the Hedgehog games,posted an extraordinary condemnation of Square Enix. Among other things he said “I don’t think Square Enix cares about games....

Square Enix finally brings the Valkyrie series to PC this November Valkyrie Elysium’s Steam release is a little later than consoles, though. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Valkyrie Elysium, the upcoming action RPG from Square Enix and Soleil, has a release date and a brand-new trailer to celebrate. It’s already looking a lot better than theannouncement trailershown three months ago....

The Forspoken delay also means we probably won’t get to test Microsoft’s super-fast DirectStorage tech this year What happens to DirectStorage now its poster child has been delayed until next year? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Well, it seems like the developers of Forspoken spoke too soon about its release date. Forspoken has been delayed toJanuary, which means we’re waiting longer to seeDirectStoragein action on Windows 11 PCs....

UK competition watchdog to investigate Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard The size of this deal means it faces regulatory scrutiny worldwide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The year’s biggest news so far has been Microsoft’s proposed takeover ofActivisionBlizzard,in a deal that could be worth $68.7 billion.Activision Blizzard’s shareholders have approved the deal, but due to its sheer size (this would be the biggest acquisition in the industry’s history by some considerable distance) is attracting the attention of regulators worldwide....