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HomeNews Approximately 25% of workforce laid off Image credit:Unity Image credit:Unity The quest to appease the immortal share price continues as game engine provider Unity announce that they’re laying off another 1,800 people, or around 25% of their current workforce, in a bid to “position” the company “for long-term and profitable growth”. “Today, as part of our company reset outlined in our Shareholder Letter on November 9, 2023, we announced that Unity has made the difficult decision to implement a workforce reduction, targeting approximately 25% of our total workforce across all teams,” Ekins wrote....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#934): How to solve the Tuesday January 9 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for January 9? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 9? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

HomeNews Xbox Developer Direct on January 18th will offer an update on Indiana JonesPlus Avowed and Hellblade 2 Plus Avowed and Hellblade 2 On January 18th, the Xbox Developer Direct will offer updates on games from some of the studios the behemoth have swallowed over the past several years. Most excitingly, that’ll include an update from MachineGames on their in-development Indiana Jones game.Other games to feature include Ninja Theory’sHellblade2: Senua’s Saga, Obsidian’s Elder Scrolls-alikeAvowed, and Oxide’s strategy game,Ara: History Untold....

HomeNewsNeural Parasite Click on pictures of your shoes to walk in this free experimental horror FPSFight Nazis with fiddly controls in Neural Parasite Fight Nazis with fiddly controls in Neural Parasite Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/softbushware Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/softbushware You’re a prisoner in a Nazi research bunker where something has gone wrong, turn them into lumbering grinning zombies. To escape, all you need do is click a couple thousand times....

HomeNews Even Final Fantasy 14 is getting in on the Starfield action with new co-op mode Cosmic ExplorationDIY across the universe DIY across the universe Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix Seemingly not content withswallowing upAnimal Crossingand spitting out its own farm-and-craft minigame,Final Fantasy 14has apparently now guzzled downStarfieldand is readying to unleash its own way to sink dozens of hours into galactic wandering.To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeNews Final Fantasy 14’s new cyberpunk city has me hoping Dawntrail will shower more love on the series’ best entryNo, it’s not FF7 No, it’s not FF7 Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL - New Town: Solution NineWatch on YouTube FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL - New Town: Solution Nine The latest connection to Dawntrail is in the name for the neon metropolis filled with glowing purple neon,Blade Runner-esque advertisements and buildings shaped like an Alienware PC case....

HomeNews Final Fantasy 14’s new jobs bring a splash of Splatoon and Pokémon to its Dawntrail expansionPictomancer returning from Final Fantasy 6, while second limited job revealed as Beastmaster Pictomancer returning from Final Fantasy 6, while second limited job revealed as Beastmaster Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix Final Fantasy 14has revealed the second new job arriving in its upcomingDawntrailexpansion. The Pictomancer is a new-oldie, bringing back the magical artist class fromFinal Fantasy 6- albeit with some colourful new powers for magical ranged DPS players to enjoy....

HomeNews Image credit:Activision Blizzard Image credit:Activision Blizzard An unnamed former Activision executive is taking the Call of Duty publisher to court in California, accusing the company of age discrimination and violating the state’s whistleblower protection law. Said executive is a 57-year-old who worked at the company from 2014; apparently, he and six other men aged 47 or older were cut from a team of 200, as part of broader Activision Blizzard restructuring efforts last August....

HomeHardwareReviews HP Omen Transcend 16 review: a slim and proper gaming laptopLean slate Lean slate Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Even with therising power of integrated graphics, the prospects of getting high-quality, high-rez gaming capability in a laptop of ultrabook proportions is still years from becoming a feasible reality. Until then, slimmer gaming laptops like the HP Omen Transcend 16 remain the closest approximation of that dream, cramming discrete GPUs – theNvidia Geforce RTX 4060, in this case – into lighter, narrower chassis designs....

HomeNewsMedieval Machines Builder Medieval Machine Builders lets you catapult cows at castlesPossibly the ideal job sim Possibly the ideal job sim Image credit:PlayWay S.A./FreeMind S.A. Image credit:PlayWay S.A./FreeMind S.A. It is said that for every human being in existence there is a dedicated species of job simulator, a variety of job sim that speaks to that person, body and soul. In my case, that job sim isMedieval Machines Builder, probably better known as Siege Weapon Builder....

HomeHardwareNews MSI reveal the Claw, the first Intel-powered Steam Deck rivalTHE CLAW! THE CLAW! THE CLAW! THE CLAW! Image credit:MSI Image credit:MSI Specifically, it’s an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, of the same make that high-end gaming laptops are currently adopting, with its integrated Arc graphics on GPU duty. The Steam Deck and all its subsequent rivals have stuck to AMD APUs, so this is quite the switch-up, even if MSI maintain that the Core Ultra 7 155H is up to the task of a “smooth and immersive gameplay experience” in AAA games....

HomeHardwareNews Nvidia confirmed the GeForce RTX 40 Super series, and they’re out this monthMeet the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4080 Super Meet the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4080 Super Image credit:Nvidia Image credit:Nvidia Nvidia have resurrected their Super refresh branding for a new trio of GeForcegraphics cards:the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super. The announcement, part of the GPU giant’sCES 2024showcase, was light on specifics about gaming performance – but all three promise marked improvements on their 40 series predecessors....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, January 8)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #211 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #211 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....