Even without E-cores, the Core i5-12400F is a gaming CPU bargain There was cause for joy and concern alike when Intelrevealedthe Core i5-12400F, alongside loads of other new 12th gen Alder Lake CPUs. Here was a much more affordable, still gaming focused-alternative to theCore i5-12600K, yet it would lack the signature hybrid of fast Performance cores and flexible Efficiency cores that made that chip one of thebest gaming CPUsever made....

Plus a Jedi: Fallen Order sequel and a new FPS Three newStar Wars gamesare in development at EA. Respawn are leading the projects, working on “the next chapter” in the Star Wars Jedi story, an “all-new first-person shooter”, and partnering with new studio Bit Reactor on a “new Star Wars strategy game.” There are similarly scant details on the other two games. The FPS is being led by Peter Hirschmann, who holds credits on a slew of mid-2000s Star Wars games, including Force Unleashed, Empire At War and the original (not DICE) Star Wars Battlefronts....

Using Outerverse’s name and art for fake blockchain metajunk Everyone can agree that it is at least a little bit funny when scammers run fake NFT drops and cryptocurrencies to fleece idiots, but it’s less funny when innocent people get caught up in a scam. The publishers ofOuterverse, a game about building automation and battling bosses, say scammers are pretending to run a blockchain version of the game and using this to sell cryptocurrency....

Game devs will need to support it, though With theSteam Deck’sFebruary rollout bearing down, Valve are still unveiling the portable PC’s new tricks. The latest, as per aSteamworks Development blog post, is Dynamic Cloud Sync: a variation of Steam’s existing cloud save feature that ensures save files can sync between a player’s Steam Deck and PC even when the former is only suspended, rather than fully powered down. Like the Nintendo Switch, the Steam Deck can enter a low-power sleep mode that will let you resume playing immediately upon waking up....

House of SakaGUCCI I wish I could take credit for that strapline up there, but alas, I cannot. That’s right, the creator ofFinal Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, really has created his ownFinal Fantasy XIVclothing label called sakaGUCCI - and he’s been showing off his designs on Twitter with some truly great fashion poses. Technically, Final Fantasy XIV players can’t actually create their own custom clothing in Square Enix’s megaMMO, but items you craft and sell to other players retain the name of the player who made them....

Numbers go up, monsters go squish Vampire Survivorsis an action RPG boiled down to its core. You walk around, you kill monsters, you level up, you get stronger, you kill more monsters. In place of story, an inventory, or even the need to fire and aim your own weapons, there is pixel art spectacle. On my last life, I killed around 24,000 monsters in 30 minutes. I am hooked. It starts small....

DedSec ded Watch Dogs: Legionisn’t getting anymore post-launch content. In anupdate from the development team, they say that the previous update was the last, and that ‘seasons’ in the online mode will soon begin to repeat. Legion itself seemed nice enough upon release, albeit with lots of frustration focused on its plot and lack of main character. “I really do appreciate what it’s trying to do with its story, but the end result is like Jason Statham beating you to death with a book of Nietzsche’s aphorisms....

Discover how many cards you can have in a Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel deck Want to know how many cards you can have in a Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel deck?There are over 10,000 cards available inYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, which is a truly staggering number for newcomers and veterans alike. With so many cards on offer, you might be wondering how many you can squeeze into a deck. Below, we’ll cover how many cards you can have in a Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel deck and discuss how you should use those cards to have the best chance of winning....

Learn more about Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel secret packs Want to know more about Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel secret packs?Secret packs are special, time-limited packs that you can unlock in the store. However,Yu-Gi-Oh Master Dueldoesn’t do a great job of explaining how you unlock these secret packs or what they are for. Fortunately, we have all the answers. Below, we’ll cover everything you need to know about Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel secret packs, including what they are and how to unlock more of them....

Learn how to Synchro Summon in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Want to know how to Synchro Summon in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel?Synchro Summons allow you to play powerful Synchro Monsters, but you can’t just place them on the board like when you summon a regular monster. Synchro Monsters have specific requirements that you must fulfil before you can play them onto the field. Synchro Summons might sound confusing, but we’re going to break it down below so that you can easily understand this strategy and summon powerful Synchro Monsters to destroy your opponent and win more duels....

DDoS against the country’s only ISP to hit Twitch’s SquidCraft Games Andorra Telecom, the only Internet service provider in the tiny European principality, has suffered a series of cyber attacks disrupting Internet access nationwide—and supposedly it’s all over aMinecrafttournament. The Twitch Rivals tournament SquidCraft Games over the weekend included a number of players in Andorra, several of whom dropped out after their connections exploded. Trying to blast a whole country offline to ruin a Minecraft tournament sounds like the setup for a bad YA metaverse novel but may be a terrible vision of our future....

The Trojan Horse is a notorious boss As ifDark Soulswasn’t dangerous enough already, Bandai Namco have temporarily taken every Dark Souls PC server offline following the discovery of aDark Souls 3security vulnerability that could harm anyone playing in online mode. A malevolent string of code threatens the many kingdoms of ash, so to speak. Over the weekend a Dark Souls 3 RCE security exploit wasdiscoveredthat, to put it lightly, could Zweihander anyone playing online into submission....

Say hello to Nagoshi Studio Last year it wasreportedthat long-time Sega director behind theYakuzaand Super Monkey Ball games Toshihiro Nagoshi was in talks to leave the company and form his own team under NetEase. Now we know for sure it’s real. Nagoshi Studio has officially launched and they’ve already begun work on their first game. In an officialpress releaseNetEase say they’re “developing high-quality console titles that will be released globally”, which hopefully means PC ports too - they just forgot that part....