Have you ever considered what would’ve happened to Bill Murray’s character in Groundhog Day if he hadn’t got out of that time loop? If he’d just stayed living the same day over, and over, and over, with no happy ending?.. Read more.View the full article
The CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, is getting a pay raise. A $30 million one. According to a proxy filing published earlier this week and spotted by NBC, Nadella's compensation for the fiscal year 2024 totaled $79,106,183. $2.5 million of this was his base salary, $71.24 million was stock awards, $5.2 million was non-equity incentive plan compensation, and the rest was a mixture of other types of compensation. This is significantly higher than last year, when Nadella's compensation totaled $48.5 million. While Nadella's base salary remained flat between years, he saw a massive jump in the past fiscal year in stock awards, going from $39.24 million last year to $71.24 million this year. Per the filing, the ratio of total annual compensation of Nadella to the median employee at Microsoft was 408 to 1. Notably, the filing points out that this number actually incorporates Nadella taking a pay cut. The "cash incentive" portion of his pay was reduced at Nadella's own request due to a security breach in 2023 where a ******** espionage group hacked government email accounts through Microsoft. Per the filing, without this reduction, Nadella's non-equity incentive plan compensation would have totaled $10.66 million instead of $5.2 million. "Since the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Nadella as the third Chief Executive Officer in its history in 2014, Microsoft has nearly tripled revenue to $245.1 billion, nearly quadrupled net income to $88.1 billion, and more than quadrupled diluted earnings per share to $11.80," the filing reads. "In addition to another year of consistently strong financial performance, Mr. Nadella and his leadership team have positioned Microsoft to continue to drive performance for years to come." Microsoft's 2024 fiscal year took place from July of 2023 to June of 2024. During that *******, the company acquired Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, a point that's celebrated in the Microsoft filing. However, the company also ***** off 1,900 staff from its gaming workforce in early January. A few months later, it closed Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, and ***** off others within Bethesda. And already this quarter, Microsoft has ***** off another 650 gaming staff in a move which Xbox head Phil Spencer attributed directly to the acquisition. Microsoft's first quarter earnings call for fiscal 2025 will take place next week, providing an update on the company as a whole as well as the gaming division. Microsoft has been doing well on the strength of Azure, Cloud, Office, and its other divisions, and the Activision Blizzard acquisition has provided it with a significant boost to gaming revenue. However, hardware sales have been dipping over the last year (a problem also faced by Xbox's rivals) and non-Activision Blizzard content sales have been relatively flat over the last year. Photo by Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article
In a new special program announcement, HoYoverse reveals the full details for Update 1.3 for Zenless Zone Zero, including new characters, events, and much more. Following in the very successful footsteps of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero continues to add new content, improvements, and enhanced features through consistent updates. View the full article
Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered brings us back to the heady days of 2011. US forces eliminated ****** Bin Laden, Britain had its second-warmest year on record, and we got to meet supposed legendary ****** hunter, Garcia Hotspur. 13 years later, we're unlucky enough to bump into him again, only this time, the entire thing looks marginally better. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
Remember the Silent Hill 2 remake's 1.04 patch? The one that nerfed James' wide array of wizardly powers like matter-phasing and teleportation? Well, it turns out that in addition to severing our protagonist's connection to the arcane, it also severed some players' ability to, ah, complete Silent Hill 2. It introduced a bug that afflicted players who loaded a save in the Labyrinth area that would essentially block off further progression... Read more.View the full article
The new Trader's Gilded Brutosaur mount in World of Warcraft has skyrocketed in popularity, resulting in a shortage of WoW Tokens in the in-game Auction House. Released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of World of Warcraft, the mount has attracted players' attention not just for its appearance, but also for its functionality, driving up its demand significantly. View the full article
Earlier this month, Bungie released Destiny 2's newest dungeon, Vesper's Host. It's a pretty good time—a fun reprisal of the some of the mechanics introduced in the Deep Stone Crypt raid, and with some unique boss encounters to boot. Good job all around, surely there won't be some major week-long drama off the back of it... Read more.View the full article
Gefion is an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD featuring 1,528 of the company's cutting-edge H100 Tensor Core GPUs working in tandem over the Quantum-2 InfiniBand interconnect. It's poised to be Denmark's engine for artificial intelligence breakthroughs. Read Entire Article View the full article
Corsair has just announced that it has some astonishingly quick DDR5 gaming RAM in the works, with a new line of modules it says can run at up to 10,000MT/s. The new Corsair Vengeance DDR5 sticks make use of the new CUDIMM tech, which is supported by some of the latest motherboards for both Intel and AMD CPUs. To put those figures into context, the current sweet spot for the best gaming RAM is around 6,000MT/s, with even the top premium Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 modules topping out at 7,800MT/s, and costing a lot of money. However, by using CUDIMMs, which feature a separate chip to regenerate the clock signal that's used by the memory chips, Corsair is able to stably run its RAM at much higher clock speeds. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Corsair just dropped its most affordable AIO CPU cooler in years Grab a fast 2TB Corsair Steam Deck gaming SSD for just $109.99, if you're quick New Corsair gaming headset promises "incredibly clear" audio thanks to graphene View the full article
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The Call of Duty ****** Ops 6 campaign has already picked up some favorable responses from players, and is definitely an improvement on last year's Modern Warfare 3. Where the 2023 edition of CoD felt like a single-player extension of Warzone, with minimal story, no decent set pieces, and a lot of rushed or reused levels, ****** Ops 6 potentially ranks alongside Cold War and Ghosts (yes) as one of the most cohesive campaigns in the series' recent history. But, despite the ****** Ops 6 Steam reviews, some PC players report problems with crashes, or even say that they cannot get the FPS to launch. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All ****** Ops 6 campaign rewards Best ****** Ops 6 loadouts How long is ****** Ops 6? View the full article
While its realistic tactical FPS framing places Gray Zone Warfare in a similar bracket to the likes of Escape From Tarkov and Delta Force, the open-world ********* shooter is very much its own ******, focused on a more persistent in-map experience. With its next update, Night Ops, Gray Zone Warfare is introducing a complete day and night cycle that will dramatically alter how you play. In a new developer blog, Madfinger explains how this is just the beginning of the ways Night Ops will change the game, with new weapons and anti-griefing tools also inbound. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Tactical shooter Gray Zone Warfare is "not going anywhere," dev says Tactical FPS Gray Zone Warfare reveals extensive three-year roadmap Gray Zone Warfare's new night combat update pushes realism to the max View the full article
An unexpected character in Honkai: Star Rail 2.7 may be the first one to receive an alternative skin, according to leaks about the upcoming patch. Version 2.7 is the next major patch for HoYoverses turn-based RPG. The game has just entered Version 2.6, a patch that takes players back to Penacony for adventures across new maps. The update is also responsible for introducing Rappa in Honkai: Star Rail. However, the beta tests for Version 2.7 have started and, with them, new information about the next update is starting to arise. View the full article
At the recent Omdia Korea Display Conference, Ming-Jong Jou, Chief of the Technology Planning Center, talked more about CSOT (TCL's manufacturing arm) and its inkjet-printed OLED technology. Read Entire Article View the full article
There are lots of unique ways to communicate with others and the “Messaging, AOL-style” clue on today’s NYT Mini Crossword challenges you to recall a very specific one. This can be a tricky hint to solve since you’re searching for a super-specific type of communication. If this one has you stumped and is preventing you from progressing, here are some hints and the official answer for the “Messaging, AOL-style” clue on the Oct. 25 NYT Mini Crossword. View the full article
LOVE-BULLET, a supernatural ****** love story following an organization of ghostly “cupids” will receive a reprint following an outpouring of support from fans. As reported last month, Love Bullet drew the attention of international fans for its cute art style and unique story. In the world of LOVE-BULLET, those who meet untimely deaths without ever experiencing love […] Source View the full article
Rockstar Games released an update to the Rockstar Games Launcher which actually includes an improvement for Steam Deck players. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Rebecca Jones (RPS in peace) really liked 10 ***** Doves when she wrote about it back in 2022, saying it reminded her of why she “loves weird low-budget spooks so much”. Discovering such an interesting project speaks to curiosity and taste on her part, but me? I am simply a pun enjoying buffon who got an email promising that “Dovecraftian horrors await”. The thrust of said electronic mail was that the game now has a release date of this December, but it looked neat, so I doved right in. I coo-dn’t resist. I too love weird low-budget horror. I have been pigeonholed. Read more View the full article
If you had told me at the beginning of 2024 that one of my favorite PC peripherals would come from the Alienware brand, I may have actually laughed out loud. That's not to say that the quality of Alienware's peripherals isn't up to scratch, but it never felt like a leading brand in the space. This all changes with the Alienware Pro Wireless gaming headset. In what has become one of the best gaming headsets in recent memory, the Alienware Pro Wireless gaming headset is the most finely balanced product I've tested since the Astro A50 X. Granted, the Alienware Pro doesn't have the same cross-platform capabilities, but what it does have is incredible sound quality, first-rate active noise cancellations, and a design that doesn't limit it to just being a gaming headset. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Alienware Pro gaming headset looks great, but it's not cheap Dell's Alienware gaming chair just got an awesome price cut Alienware's new 4k gaming monitor can hit 360Hz, but with a twist View the full article
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VALORANT currently has 11 standard maps, and it can be daunting to learn the ins and outs of each one. Luckily, the map rotation that focuses on just seven maps at a time helps players feel less overwhelmed by not having to remember strategies for every map all at the same time. The VALORANT map rotations change over time, keeping the game fresh. Here’s the current map pool and rotation for VALORANT, plus an outline of future or upcoming plans for the pool. View the full article
Sam Lake, the writer behind the original Max Payne game, has revealed how their Photoshop experiment ended up becoming the inspiration for the game's cover art. The veteran game director, who was the face of the titular character in Max Payne, also stars on the 2001 action game's cover. View the full article
Play with miniatures and use powerful magic spells to take over entire kingdoms in the hilarious physics-based RTS Toy Tactics. Toy Tactics is a strategy title with many game modes, including multiple story campaigns where you play as different factions, online multiplayer battles, and even a sandbox arena mode where you design your own battles. […] Source View the full article
How do you open the BO6 Liberty Falls vault? It's a classic trait of all Call of Duty Zombies that there are secrets and Easter eggs hidden in each map, and they're yours for the taking if you can keep the undead off your back for long enough. If you've picked up a ****** Ops 6 safe ******** key in Zombies, you might be wondering what on earth you're supposed to do with it and how to open the vault in the Liberty Falls map, and we've got the answer. You can unlock the ****** Ops 6 bank vault with or without a safe ******** key in your hand - as long as you have the BO6 Liberty Falls vault code. Finding the code is fairly simple but involves looking in some rather unexpected places, and that's never going to be your priority when you're running from a train of monsters in the zombie game. We've done the hard work for you though, so read on to find out exactly where you need to go and how to boost your best BO6 loadout in BO6 Zombies for free. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best ****** Ops 6 Tanto .22 loadout Best ****** Ops 6 C9 loadout How to pull out your ****** in ****** Ops 6 View the full article
If you’re not familiar with the dating app Bumble, solving the “Blurb on a Bumble profile” clue on today’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle might be tough for you. This answer is a lot easier than you might expect, but it’s certainly a purposefully misleading hint. You don’t want to let the “Blurb on a Bumble profile” clue stop you from completing the Oct. 25 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, so here are some hints and the official answer to help you solve this one. View the full article
Complete Factorio's Space Age DLC and - feelings of acute megalomania aside - you will be able to upload a snapshot of your game to the "Galaxy of Fame", this being a digital night sky from which your cataclysmic industrial exploits shall gaze down eternally, for the instruction and/or disillusionment of tomorrow's factory builders. Read more View the full article
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The CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, is getting a pay raise. A $30 million one. According to a proxy filing published earlier this week and spotted by NBC, Nadella's compensation for the fiscal year 2024 totaled $79,106,183. $2.5 million of this was his base salary, $71.24 million was stock awards, $5.2 million was non-equity incentive plan compensation, and the rest was a mixture of other types of compensation. This is significantly higher than last year, when Nadella's compensation totaled $48.5 million. While Nadella's base salary remained flat between years, he saw a massive jump in the past fiscal year in stock awards, going from $39.24 million last year to $71.24 million this year. Per the filing, the ratio of total annual compensation of Nadella to the median employee at Microsoft was 408 to 1. Notably, the filing points out that this number actually incorporates Nadella taking a pay cut. The "cash incentive" portion of his pay was reduced at Nadella's own request due to a security breach in 2023 where a ******** espionage group hacked government email accounts through Microsoft. Per the filing, without this reduction, Nadella's non-equity incentive plan compensation would have totaled $10.66 million instead of $5.2 million. "Since the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Nadella as the third Chief Executive Officer in its history in 2014, Microsoft has nearly tripled revenue to $245.1 billion, nearly quadrupled net income to $88.1 billion, and more than quadrupled diluted earnings per share to $11.80," the filing reads. "In addition to another year of consistently strong financial performance, Mr. Nadella and his leadership team have positioned Microsoft to continue to drive performance for years to come." Microsoft's 2024 fiscal year took place from July of 2023 to June of 2024. During that *******, the company acquired Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, a point that's celebrated in the Microsoft filing. However, the company also ***** off 1,900 staff from its gaming workforce in early January. A few months later, it closed Redfall developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, and ***** off others within Bethesda. And already this quarter, Microsoft has ***** off another 650 gaming staff in a move which Xbox head Phil Spencer attributed directly to the acquisition. Microsoft's first quarter earnings call for fiscal 2025 will take place next week, providing an update on the company as a whole as well as the gaming division. Microsoft has been doing well on the strength of Azure, Cloud, Office, and its other divisions, and the Activision Blizzard acquisition has provided it with a significant boost to gaming revenue. However, hardware sales have been dipping over the last year (a problem also faced by Xbox's rivals) and non-Activision Blizzard content sales have been relatively flat over the last year. Photo by Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article