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Icarus softens its stance on permadeath with mission insurance If the mission timer expires on an insured mission, you won’t lose everything. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Permadeath in Icarus continues to be something of an issue. Back in late December, developer RocketWerkzraised thousands of characters from the grave, victims of being left behind on the planet after the mission timer expired in the session-based survival game....

Krafton sues Google, YouTube, and Apple over alleged PUBG clones The Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds studio want the Free Fire games removed from sale, but Apple and Google aren’t cooperating. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Playerunknown’s Battlegroundsstudio Krafton has filed a lawsuit against Apple, Google, YouTube, and free-to-play game company Garena over two mobile games, Free Fire (originally called Free Fire: Battlegrounds) and Free Fire: Max, which it says “extensively copy numerous aspects” of the groundbreaking battle royale game....

Nvidia expects graphics card supply to improve in the second half of 2022 “We feel better about our supply situation as we move into the second half of the calendar year,” says Nvidia’s CFO. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Nvidia has been wrong about when graphics card supply will return in the past, though it’s also one of the only companies on the planet that really has any idea what’s going on....

Project Zomboid: what to do if you get bitten The bad news is there’s no recovering from a zombie bite. The good news is you have choices. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. If you’re trying to figure out what to do after you get bitten in Project Zomboid we have some bad news, and then some more. Scrapes with zombies have a chance to slap you with the terminal Knox Infection, but it can take days to figure out whether you’ve been infected or not....

Robots are getting stronger muscles and explosion-proofing Flying, bug-like bots are becoming more efficient, and you can now refuel in Tibet via an app-controlled, explosion-resistant robot. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Researchers at MIT have developed a new fabrication technique for more efficient ‘muscles’ in tiny, insect-like flying bots. This comes alongside news surrounding China’s introduction of explosion-proof refuelling robots....

Sega files trademark for Sega NFTs Despite CEO’s recent assurance that it wouldn’t be pursued if it was “perceived as simple money-making”. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In November 2021,Sega’s Q2 resultsmentioned that the Japanese publisher planned toteam up with Microsoft to develop cloud-powered ‘super games’as well as making “investment in new fields such asNFT.” It didn’t take too long for Sega president and CEO Haruki Satomi to sound a more, cautionary note, however, saying “if it is perceived as simple money-making, I would like to make a decision not to proceed....

Stardew Valley speedrunner starts by blowing up his farm and trashing his tools This year’s AGDQ speedrun was super quick and full of neat glitches. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The yearly charity speedrunning marathonAwesome Games Done Quickis in progress this week, allowing players from all sorts of games to show off their fast game strats. This year’s Stardew Valley speedrun category was completing the town community center with glitches—and oh boy, the hacks sure did flow....