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AI remains a controversial topic within the gaming world. Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 came under fire for using blatant AI-generated artwork in one of its bundles, and SAG-AFTRA members are striking over a lack of protection against artificial intelligence. It's a hotbed of issues for the creative industry. View the full article

Farming is one of several work skills your Pals are capable of in Palworld, and it’s arguably one of the most important. Pals with the Farming skill can drop or find additional items while they are active at your base if certain conditions are met. Here are the best Pals for farming in Palworld. View the full article

Valve updated the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck with a new Beta release, so here's what you need to know. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

A new teaser for WWE 2K25 has revealed that January 27 will be a big day for fans of the series. With the Road to WrestleMania on its way, many fans are expecting that information regarding WWE 2K25 will start rolling out soon, similar to WWE 2K24 last year. With the WWE 2K25 wishlist page also mentioning that more information will be shared by January 28, many gamers are already looking forward to said date. View the full article

At CES 2025, Nvidia introduced its GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs, powered by the new Blackwell architecture. These Nvidia graphics cards offer significant performance improvements and advanced AI capabilities, enhancing the gaming and creative experience. View the full article

NVIDIA had some pretty big announcements at CES 2025 for gamers and game developers, like the announcement of the new 'Blackwell' GeForce RTX 50 Series, DLSS 4 and bringing AI to Shaders. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

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Jackdaw’s Rest is a main quest in Hogwarts Legacy, where you explore the location of Richard Jackdaw’s death to find the missing pages of the book you found for Professor Fig. This page will explain how you can complete Jackdaw’s Rest, including the cave puzzles, in Hogwarts Legacy. How to unlock the Jackdaw’s Rest quest Jackdaw’s Rest is the 15th main quest in Hogwarts Legacy. It is unlocked after you learn Expelliarmus from Professor Hecat’s “Assignment 2” and then complete one of four specific house quests. The quest you have to complete will depend on which house you’re in. View the full article

Nvidia is set to redefine gaming performance and visuals with the introduction of DLSS 4, unveiled at CES 2025. This latest advancement in Nvidia's DLSS suite brings Multi Frame Generation, a groundbreaking technology exclusive to the new GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs and laptops. View the full article

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After NVIDIA previously released a Beta script to setup GeForce NOW on Steam Deck, they're about to make it a whole lot better with a native app for full Steam Deck support. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

It’s CES time, folks. This year’s iteration of the show has well and truly kicked off with new hardware reveals - many of which you won’t be able to afford, new gimmicks, flashy presentations, and far too many mentions of AI. CES is also a time for new chip reveals, and AMD tends to bring the goods each year. Read more View the full article

Dell's 2025 laptops are now available for order, marking a significant departure from nearly three decades of tradition. The devices feature a new naming convention designed to clearly signal their intended market segments. Read Entire Article View the full article

NetEase Games has released its first look at gameplay for Mister Fantastic in Marvel Rivals. The hero will be using his intellect in the fight against Dracula as the game's story heats up. Mister Fantastic will arrive when Marvel Rivals launches Season 1: Eternal Night Falls on January 10 at 1 AM PST. View the full article

Image: Nvidia Nvidia is officially announcing its RTX 50-series GPUs today. After months of leaks and rumors, the next-generation RTX Blackwell GPUs are now official, and there are four of them on the way. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the RTX 50-series GPUs during a CES keynote this evening, announcing a $1,999 RTX 5090, a $999 RTX 5080, a $749 RTX 5070 Ti, and a $549 RTX 5070. Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs will both be available on January 30th, with the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 to follow in February. Image: Nvidia Nvidia’s RTX 5090 GPU is surprisingly small. The RTX 50-series GPUs include a new design for the Founders Edition, with just two double flow-through fans, a 3D vapor chamber, and GDDR7 memory. All of the RTX 50-series cards are PCIe Gen 5 and include DisplayPort 2.1b connectors to drive displays up to 8K and 165Hz. Surprisingly, the RTX 5090 Founders Edition will be a two-slot GPU and will be capable of fitting inside small form factor PCs — a big departure from the size of the RTX 4090. The RTX 5090 has 32GB of GDDR7, a memory bandwidth of 1,792GB/sec, and a massive 21,760 CUDA cores. This all adds up to a GPU that Nvidia says will be two times faster than the RTX 4090, thanks to DLSS 4 and the Blackwell architecture. But it will come at a cost of power consumption, as Nvidia says the RTX 5090 will have a total graphics power of 575 watts and a recommended PSU requirement of 1000 watts. That’s 125 watts more than the RTX 4090, but hopefully the RTX 5090 will be a lot more power efficient so that you’ll rarely be using the full 575 watts. [Hidden Content] Nvidia demonstrated Cyberpunk 2077 running on an RTX 5090 with DLSS 4 at 238fps compared to 106fps on an RTX 4090 with DLSS 3.5. Both GPUs are running the game with full ray tracing enabled. The RTX 5080 is designed to be twice as fast as the RTX 4080 and will include 16GB of GDDR7 memory, a memory bandwidth of 960GB/sec, and 10,752 CUDA cores. The RTX 5080 will have a total graphics power of 360 watts and Nvidia is recommending a 850-watt power supply. Nvidia is promising big performance gains with the RTX 5080 over the previous RTX 4080 model as a result of these specs. Image: Nvidia RTX 5090 performance. Image: Nvidia Nvidia’s RTX 5080 performance promises. Nvidia is also launching an RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070. The RTX 5070 Ti includes 16GB of GDDR7 memory, a memory bandwidth of 896GB/s, and 8,960 CUDA cores. The RTX 5070 has 12GB of GDDR7, a memory bandwidth of 672 GB/sec, and 6,144 CUDA cores. The RTX 5070 Ti will have a total graphics power of 300 watts and require a 750-watt PSU, while the RTX 5070 has a total graphics power of 250 watts and only needs a 650-watt PSU. Nvidia says the RTX 5070 Ti will be 2x faster than the RTX 4070 Ti, and the RTX 5070 should be twice as fast as the RTX 4070. Huang even claimed on stage at CES that the RTX 5070 will deliver “RTX 4090 performance at $549,” but this will undoubtedly be because of DLSS 4 improvements and not pure rasterization performance. Nvidia is also bringing its RTX 50-series to laptops, with the RTX 5090 laptop GPU debuting with 24GB of GDDR7 memory. The RTX 5080 laptop GPU will ship with 16GB of GDDR7 memory, the RTX 5070 Ti with 12GB of GDDR7 memory, and the RTX 5070 with just 8GB of GDDR7 memory. RTX 50-series laptops will be available starting in March from a variety of PC makers. Image: Nvidia RTX 50-series laptops are coming in March. Huang demonstrated Nvidia’s RTX Blackwell GPUs with a real-time rendering demo at the beginning of the company’s CES keynote today. The demo included new RTX Neural Materials, RTX Neural Faces, text to animation, and even DLSS 4. “The new generation of DLSS can generate beyond frames, it can predict the future,” says Huang. “We used GeForce to enable AI, and now AI is revolutionizing GeForce.” Nvidia’s new RTX Neural Shaders can be used to compress textures in games, while RTX Neural Faces aim to improve face quality using generative AI. The next generation of DLSS includes Multi Frame Generation, which generates up to three additional frames per traditional frame and can multiply frame rates by up to 8x over traditional rendering, according to Nvidia. DLSS 4 also includes a real-time application of transformers to improve image quality, reduce ghosting, and add higher detail in motion. The DLSS 4 upgrade will even work on existing RTX GPUs, as features have been upgraded to the new transformer AI models. You can read more about DLSS 4 right here. Nvidia’s RTX 50-series announcement comes more than two years after the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 were announced, based on Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace architecture. Nvidia’s RTX 40-series of GPUs focused on improving ray tracing with Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) version 3, and the RTX 4090 delivered some truly impressive performance gains over the previous RTX 3090 GPU. View the full article

NetEase Games has released a new developer update detailing balancing changes coming in Season 1 of Marvel Rivals. The upcoming season will feature Dracula as the main villain and add The Fantastic Four to Marvel Rivals' ever-expanding roster. Many fans are excited to jump into the game when Season 1: Eternal Night Falls releases on January 10 at 1 AM PST. View the full article

Following the Nvidia CES keynote, we finally have official information on the latest Nvidia graphics cards. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, dressed in his signature leather jacket, finally unveiled the RTX Blackwell 5000 series, which includes a total of six different GPUs at varying price points. Included in the RTX 5000 series is the Nvidia GeForce RTX Blackwell 5090, the company’s most powerful and expensive card they’ve ever released. If you’re in the market and are looking to upgrade your computer’s graphics card, here’s everything you need to know about the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. View the full article

Decorating can be one of the most entertaining things to do in Stardew Valley. The iconic cozy game has classic farming gameplay and an adorable pixel-art style that makes it highly rewarding to create an aesthetically pleasing farm and farmhouse. Players will need the cutest items to make the perfect farm, and thankfully, one special plush is waiting in Pelican Town for the right time and place. View the full article

Image: Chris Welch / The Verge During its CES 2025 keynote, PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash and Screen Gems president Ashley Brucks explained how Sony plans to keep expanding its IP after adaptations of The Last of Us, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal, and Uncharted. They announced that Sony Pictures is working on a film adaptation of last year’****** Helldivers 2, while Columbia Pictures and PlayStation Productions are in “early stages” of developing a Horizon Zero Dawn movie. After an attempt at turning it into a Netflix series fell apart, the HZD movie will, like the game, tell the main character Aloy’s origin story in a fallen futuristic world, but that is all of the information we have about them for now. Earlier in the presentation, execs also announced that Crunchyroll and Aniplex are teaming up to create an anime series based on Ghost of Tsushima. Finally, Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann took the stage and presented a clip from The Last of Us season 2, which will arrive on Max in April. [Hidden Content] View the full article

Image: Sony Sony is launching the Xyn (pronounced zin), an “extended reality” headset for creating 3D objects for films, animation, and games. The device, which Sony first teased at CES last year, will come with 4K OLED displays, video passthrough, and support for third-party design, modeling, and production software. Based on the video shared by Sony, it looks like wearers will be able to flip up the headset when they’re not using it. It doesn’t appear to come with the ring and pointer that Sony showed off last year, though. [Hidden Content] Alongside the headset, Sony revealed Xyn Motion Studio, an accompanying Windows app that supports up to 12 Mocopi sensors, its wireless motion-tracking system that V-Tubers and other creators often use to control virtual avatars. The software comes with motion-editing features, allowing creators to trim and merge motions, as well as adjust time and position. There’s also a prototype of a “spatial capture solution,” which is supposed to transform images of real objects and spaces into “photorealistic” 3D computer-generated assets using Sony’s algorithm. One year out from Sony’s initial teaser, and details are still pretty slim on what exactly this headset will be capable of, aside from viewing and interacting with 3D objects. Sony is planning to release its Xyn Motion Studio software in late March 2025, but there still isn’t any word on the availability or pricing of its headset. View the full article

The Last of Us will return to HBO and Max this April. Series creative director, Neil Druckmann, announced the premiere of the show’s second season onstage at CES this evening alongside a short teaser for the new season. A specific premiere date wasn’t given. The show’s first season wrapped up in March 2023, so it’ll be more than two years between seasons by the time the new one debuts. The Last of Us’ first season was very well-received — particularly for a video game adaptation — so expectations are high for the show’s return. This season is supposed to cover a portion of the second game, with the full story being split across two or more seasons, according to an interview last year with the show’s creators. “We don’t think that we’re going to be able to tell the story even within two seasons [2 and 3] because we’re taking our time and go down interesting pathways which we did a little bit in Season 1 too,” showrunner Craig Mazin told Deadline. Alongside the return of The Last of Us, Sony also announced plans to bring several other PlayStation titles to the screen. Ghost of Tsushima is being adapted into an anime series, and both Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 are being made into films. View the full article

So you've chosen to play a Monk in Path of Exile 2, and you're rapidly hurtling toward the endgame. You want to make sure your Monk build is as good as it can possibly be - after all, you've heard endgame content is pretty tough, and you'll need to be kitted out with the best skills, gear, and passives you can find. But you're worried that the character you've had since level one isn't going to cut it. You can afford to respec, but you're not sure which path to take this time around. View the full article

Today is all about me shedding light on discounted Shadows (Assassin's Creed, that is). I'm also spotting a number of The Last of Us, Tekken 8, and a buncha good Batman games bargains. Don't take my word for it, though. Get scrolling to get saving and thank me later or not at all. Meanwhile, in retro news, I'm celebrating the 15th bday of Darksiders, progenitor of a series that really should've continued today instead of only being remastered and spun-off. My memories of reviewing it before launch were that of pleasant surprise. This was basically an edgier, post armageddon Ocarina of Time where you hewed through hellspawn and angels alike as the impossibly cool and brooding War, a horseman tricked into starting judgment day too early. Whoops! Darksiders didn't exactly gallop action-adventuring forward, but it was still an intoxicating amalgamation of 2000s-era mechanics and concepts (see: Portal...portals). It's totally worth saddling up for to experience Kardashians-esque deity drama, slick Joe Mad comic visuals, and to finally see what War is in fact good for. And that's stylish mass slaughter with a sword the size of God's own letter opener. This Day in Gaming Aussie birthdays for notable games. - Wizards & Warriors (NES) 1990. eBay - Darksiders (PS3,X360) 2010. Redux - Bayonetta (PS3,X360) 2010. Redux - Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Ann. (PS4,XO) 2015. Get Table of ContentsNintendo SwitchPCXboxPlayStationLEGONice Savings for Nintendo Switch NFS Hot Pursuit (-35%) - A$39Axiom Verge (-85%) - A$4.05Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (-83%) - A$6.79Phoenix Wright Trilogy (-67%) - A$13.18Batman: Arkham Trilogy (-60%) - A$35.98 Expiring Recent Deals Tunic (-50%) - A$21No More Heroes (-75%) - A$7.48Rayman Legends Def. (-80%) - A$11.99Saints Row The Third Comp. (-85%) - A$4.49Portal Col. (-75%) - A$6.99 Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card. Switch Console Prices How much to Switch it up? [/url] Back to top Purchase Cheap for PC Gungrave G.O.R.E (-95%) - A$3.49Prince of Persia: TLC (-50%) - A$29.97Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Del. (-77%) - A$27.58Far Cry 6 (-75%) - A$22.48LEGO Bricktales (-75%) - A$10.73 Expiring Recent Deals Hell Let Loose (-100%) - FREEJust Cause 2 Complete (-90%) - A$2.99Speedrunner 7 Game Bndl (-93%) - A$18.81Star Wars Collection (-87%) - A$134.99 Or just get a Steam Wallet Card PC Hardware Prices Slay your pile of shame. [/url] Back to top Exciting Bargains for Xbox FC 25 (-65%) - A$39Powerwave Dual Charger (-27%) - A$29Tekken 8 (-61%) - A$47Hogwarts Legacy [XO](-64%) - A$36Batman Arkham Col. (-41%) - A$49.85Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star (-25%) - A$55.73Assassin’s Creed Shadows (-19%) - A$89 Expiring Recent Deals Wolfenstein: Alt History Col. (-80%) - A$19.99X/S cont. White (-28%) - A$64XCOM 2 Del. (-90%) - A$9.27LEGO Skywalker Saga (-80%) - A$17.99Assetto Corsa Ult. (-75%) - A$13.11 Or just invest in an Xbox Card. Xbox Console Prices How many bucks for a 'Box? [/url] Back to top Pure Scores for PlayStation PowerA Twin Charging Station (-27%) - A$29NBA 2K25 (-63%) - A$44Star Wars Outlaws (-46%) - A$59The Last of Us Part 2 Re. (-29%) - A$69CoD: MW3 (-37%) - A$69Assassin’s Creed Shadows (-19%) - A$89DualSense Midnight ****** (-18%) - A$98 Expiring Recent Deals Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (-75%) - A$27.48The Last of Us Part 1 (-46%) - A$67.95Metaphor: ReFantazio (-32%) - A$69.41Persona 5 Royal (-50%) - A$49.75Hogwarts Legacy [PS5] (-75%) - A$27.48Resi 4 Remake (-50%) - A$27.47 PS+ Monthly Freebies Yours to keep from Jan 7 with this subscription Suicide Squad: KTJL [PS5]NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered [PS4]The Stanley Parable: Ultra [PS4/5] Or purchase a PS Store Card. What you'll pay to 'Station. [/url] Back to top Legit LEGO Deals Mario: Rambi The Rhino (-40%) - A$11.39Dune: Ornithopter (-32%) - A$10Star Wars R2-D2 (-30%) - A$139 Expiring Recent Deals City: Space Construction Mech (-33%) - A$10Classic Green Baseplate (-32%) - A$24.50Star Wars: Ambush on Mandalore (-29%) - A$25 Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The first season for Marvel Rivals is about to drop, and it's going to bring the Fantastic Four along for the ride. On January 10, Marvel Rivals' first season titled 'Eternal Night Falls' will begin with new playable heroes, the Fantastic Four. The season will be divided into two halves, with Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic coming in the first half, and Human Torch and The Thing arriving in the second half. There will also be three new maps, special events, and a new Doom Match game mode. There will also be a new Battle Pass for players that includes "over double the content" of the Season 0 pass, with the Luxury Pass featuring 10 new costumes for the heroes. The three maps that will be added to Marvel Rivals include Sanctum Sanctorum and Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown, which will arrive in the first half of the season, and Central Park which will be added in the second half. The new Doom Match will also put 8 to 12 players in factions on a single map. Players will begin in different parts of the map and will earn points by knocking out enemies, and whichever faction includes the top 50% of players will be the winners. NetEase and Marvel shared the story synopsis of the upcoming season which sees New York reeling from the effects of the Timestream Entanglement that strands Doctor Strange in the Entangled Astral Plane. While The Scarlet Witch rescues him, pages of the Darkhold scatter, leading to Dracula and Doctor Doom taking advantage of the situation to unleach their legions over NYC and setting up a clash with the Fantastic Four. Invisible Woman (Strategist) - Able to create impenetrable force fields and become invisible, Invisible Woman can use stealth to explore locations that are too dangerous, and rescue civilians trapped by the creatures of the night. Mister Fantastic (Duelist) - A genius scientist who can stretch his body, he'll need to use his brains to build the Timestream Reintegration Device to end the cross-dimensional crisis plaguing New York City. Human Torch (Duelist) - The younger brother of the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch is able to burst into flames and has been using his ability to burn Dracula's legions. The Thing (Vanguard) - The Pilot who flew the Fantastic Four on that that fateful space trip that gave them all superhuman powers, Ben Grimm's exposure to cosmic rays gave him a rocky body and super strength that he's using to defend New York City from Dracula and Doctor Doom. Marvel Rivals has proven to be a hit since launching as a free-to-play game late last year. The Marvel Rivals Discord server now includes more than 2.4 million members. You can read our positive Marvel Rivals review right here. Matt Kim is IGN's Senior Features Editor. View the full article

Sony smash hit PlayStation Studios video game Helldivers 2 is being adapted into a film. Announced during Sony's CES 2025 press conference, the Helldivers 2 movie is a collaboration between Sony Productions and Sony Pictures. No other details were offered. Helldivers 2, from developer Arrowhead, is of course heavily inspired by cult classic sci-fi movie Starship Troopers. It sees soldiers of the future struggle to defend a fascist Super Earth regime against alien robots called Automatons and bugs called Terminids all the while preaching "Managed Democracy." Helldivers 2 is the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game of all time with an incredible 12 million copies sold in just 12 weeks. It's currently enjoying a resurgence after the release of the long-awaited Illuminate update, which adds a third faction for players to fight against. Also announced at Sony's CES 2025 press conference were a movie adaptation of Guerrilla's Horizon Zero Dawn, and an anime adaptation of Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima. Developing... Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article