Gaming

Back in August, Magic the Gathering treated fans to a whimsical adventure in the world of Bloomburrow where heroic mice, rabbits, and otters battled against the forces of evil.

In 2017 Mark Zuckerberg stated a bold goal: He wanted one billion people to try virtual reality (VR) by 2027. While he still has a few years to pull it off, the target remains impossibly farfetched. The most recent estimates place total worldwide VR headset sales at only 34 million.

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Grand Theft Auto makers Rockstar have battled hackers, tabloids and even US politicians, but they might not have expected fightback from an 80s pop star. But that's what they got from Martyn Ware - the influential musician from synth pop band Heaven 17.

Prior to the 1980’s, the term “roleplaying game” wasn’t exactly mainstream. In fact, although Dungeons & Dragons was first released in 1974, it wasn’t until the 1981 basic set was released that this kind of terminology began to catch fire around the world.

Major technology companies, including Google, Apple, and Discord, have been enabling people to quickly sign up to harmful “undress” websites, which use AI to remove clothes from real photos to make victims appear to be “nude” without their consent.

Since its introduction in the 1970s, Dungeons & Dragons has become one of the most influential tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs) in popular culture, featuring heavily in Stranger Things, for example, and spawning a blockbuster movie released last year.

When it comes to cloud gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now is one of the first names that comes to mind: It enables you to stream top-tier titles to a host of devices, including Windows and macOS computers, and Android and iOS phones.

LG C4 OLED has been winning award after award thanks to its phenomenal value proposition. To wit, it offers some of the best performance in the market for a middle-of-the-road sticker price. This display isn’t marked as one of the best OLED TVs for nothing, after all.

Here at Digital Foundry, we've already gone into depth on Black Myth: Wukong's high-end PC experience, with 'full RT' (ie path-traced) lighting - but the fact is that the vast majority of the audience will be using mainstream-level PC hardware.