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If you thought the chip shortage was bad let me tell you about the capacitor plague The very real ‘millennium bug’ was a dodgy cap fit to burst. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. At the turn of the millennium many needlessly fretted over what might happen with the so-called Y2K ‘bug.’ Would the world, now dependent on computers for so much, come to a crunching halt due to aslightlymodified date format?...

Multiple new Assassin’s Creed announcements rumored for Saturday’s showcase Two reports offering the same information claim Japan and 16th century Europe Assassin’s Creed games are in development. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. On September 10,Ubisoftis hosting a livestream that includes “a special Assassin’s Creed showcase offering a peek at the future of the franchise.” Reports about the exact contents of that showcase have now been published onBloombergandTry Hard Guides, stating that Ubisoft will be revealing several games, including last week’s leakedAssassin’s Creed Mirage....

NASA’s ace 3D space exploration tool Eyes on the Solar system now works in browser All you need is a PC and the solar system is yours to explore. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. It’s a common dream among our terrestrial species to one day explore the stars. Some of us have grown up with boots on the moon long in our history and boots onMars planned for 2040, causing us to look forward to a plausible future of space exploration....

NFT expert imagines a hopeful future where poor people serve as ‘real-life NPCs’ in games If you thought gold farming was bad, wait until you see this vision of the future. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Efforts to integrateNFTsinto videogames have been largely unsuccessful for a few reasons, but essentially it can be boiled down to two primary points:...

Overwatch streamer disables his audio and HUD and still hits top rank in 6 days Bogur hit Grandmaster without sound, a HUD, and at an ugly resolution. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Overwatch set at half of its rendering scale, no HUD, and no audio makes it look like a fuzzy Nintendo DS port that never was. It looks playable at first, but then you see the lack of UI elements and audio cues and the whole thing looks like an unfinished project from 15 years ago....

Returnal PC port all but confirmed by tiny details in GDC talk These leaks are their own relentless cycle. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Returnal coming to PC has to be one of PlayStation’s worst-kept secrets, and here’s the latest slip. Back in May aSteam listing appeared with the codename ‘Oregon’, accompanied by tags and text that lined-up with Returnal’s contents, and shortly afterwardssome screens leaked....

River City Ransom creator dies Mitsuhiro Yoshida’s cult brawler was part of a string of other hits. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Mitsuhiro Yoshida, a Japanese designer best-known in the west for River City Ransom, has died at the age of 61. Yoshida’s career will always be associated with the titles he worked on at Technōs Japan in the ’80s and ’90s, directing games like as Super Dodge Ball (Kōkō Dodgeball-Bu) and River City Ransom (Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari)....