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WCCFTech

Call of Duty Could Be Removed from Game Pass, Reveals Insider

Following Microsoft's expensive acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the biggest question mark was whether the latter's most popular product, Call of Duty, would join Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft eventual...

Apr 12, 2026
PC Gamer

Marvel Rivals creative director says it's going to become 'a comprehensive Marvel "moving anime" experience' and no, I don't know what that means either

Your guess is as good as mine.

Apr 12, 2026
PC Gamer

Wizards of the Coast is uploading the old Dungeons & Dragons cartoon if you'd like a reminder of what the 1980s were like

Watch the first 11 episodes right now.

Apr 12, 2026
PC Gamer

1000xResist developer added a video sequence 'out of desperation' but now they're bringing FMV back for their next game

Prove You're Human will mix 3D graphics and full-motion video to bring its two worlds to life.

Apr 12, 2026
WCCFTech

iPhone Fold’s Crease-Less Display Longevity Claims Will Be Scrutinized As OPPO Find N6’s Real-World Use Exposes Its Exaggerated Marketing

Apple’s biggest test in the foldable smartphone is to address a design problem that none of its competitors have scaled past; the crease. Despite the iPhone Fold being rumored to enter trial product...

Apr 11, 2026
PC Gamer

Fighting game YouTuber offers $10,000 bounty for upgraded netcode in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

It's Marvel, baby.

Apr 11, 2026
Rock Paper Shotgun

Roblox is introducing a subscription service that encourages more shady practices, is it? Sounds about right

I truly wonder when enough will be enough for Roblox Corporation. We all know how much money Roblox is raking in, and yet yesterday it was announced that a shiny new subscription service called Rob...

Apr 11, 2026
WCCFTech

The Seasoning Company Behind Your Food Flavors Controls The Future Of AI Chips, And Supply Is Running Dangerously Low

Well, you read the headline right, and we are talking about a critical element in AI chips that is not only in tremendous shortage but also originally comes from an MSG maker. Ajinomoto, the MSG Maker...

Apr 11, 2026
Rock Paper Shotgun

The Pines asks what would Alan Wake look like if it was about therapy, and I kind of want to know the answer

Therapy is not the cure all that many like to make it out to be, but that doesn't mean your favourite gruff fictional detective couldn't still do it. This is, sort of, what The Pines is about, a ga...

Apr 11, 2026
PC Gamer

They finally made an action figure of Star Wars' most evil and nasty grandma but it's already sold out

Darth Nihilus is also there.

Apr 11, 2026
PC Gamer

Dead or Alive creator was once held at gunpoint by LAPD, says former colleague: 'It was a real Dead or Alive situation'

Just with less beach volleyball, I presume.

Apr 11, 2026
WCCFTech

Apple Should Take Some Chip Cooling Notes From The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme-Powered Zenbook A16, Allowing For Better Sustained Performance

Notebooks shipping with elaborate cooling solutions is exactly the path manufacturers should take so customers actually obtain the performance that they’ve paid a premium for. ASUS Zenbook 16 takes ...

Apr 11, 2026
WCCFTech

RPCS3 Enables “Encrypted” PlayStation 3 Disc ISO Loading

The popular PS3 emulator is now closer to true plug-and-play disc backups as encrypted ISO support has been added to the utility. RPCS3 Removes the Requirement of Loading a Decrypted PS3 ISO and Can N...

Apr 11, 2026
Tom's Hardware

Rockstar Games confirms it was hacked by malicious group — 'ShinyHunters' takes credit, gives until April 14 to pay ransom or it will release confidential data

The hacker group "Shiny Hunters" has been able to breach Rockstar Games by accessing authentication tokens and getting inside the company's cloud infrastructure. The stolen data doesn't include any se...

Apr 11, 2026
PC Gamer

Graveyard Keeper devs respond as players make AI accusations: 'You may not believe me, but we're not using the AI in Graveyard Keeper 2'

"Yes I'm experimenting with every AI model I can find. This is what every tech guy should do now."

Apr 11, 2026
Rock Paper Shotgun

GTA 6 dev Rockstar have seemingly been hacked again, but they don't seem all that worried

It appears that GTA 6 developer Rockstar have been subjected to yet another hack. Earlier today, The Cybersec Guru shared a report that a hacker group by the name of ShinyHunters had added Rockstar...

Apr 11, 2026
Rock Paper Shotgun

Following mass layoffs, Epic are reportedly putting their hopes on a Disney extraction shooter

I do not like the combination of the words "Epic Games," "Disney," and "extraction shooter," yet write them I must. That's because of a new report from Bloomberg (paywalled), which digs into some o...

Apr 11, 2026
PC Gamer

Hackers demand ransom from GTA6 studio Rockstar, threaten to leak stolen data

Resetting the "Days Since Catastrophic Rockstar Data Breach" counter back to zero.

Apr 11, 2026
Tom's Hardware

Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today — its irritating spirit lives on in 100+ Copilots

Microsoft’s Clippy was put out to pasture a quarter century ago. This hapless, and some would add ‘irritating,’ productivity assistant would no longer be enabled by default in Office, starting A...

Apr 11, 2026
Rock Paper Shotgun

Crimson Desert's latest update beckons you to abandon the last of your attention span with its new 4x cutscene speed option

There are a myriad of reasons you might want to skip a cutscene in a game. It plays right before a boss you keep dying to and you just want to get back to it, you're a speedrunner, hell, you just d...

Apr 11, 2026
PC Gamer

New Proton Experimental build fixes up a bunch of old Capcom games for Steam Deck and Linux

It may be time to revisit Resident Evil 2 on Steam Deck. No, the other Resident Evil 2.

Apr 11, 2026
PC Gamer

How BioWare can make an unlikely comeback, and why it never will: The first step is cancelling Mass Effect

The once prestigious RPG studio is in a serious rut, but there's a way out.

Apr 11, 2026
Tom's Hardware

Save $680 instantly on this massive Corsair 96GB DDR5-6000 RAM kit — 57% discount slashes price tag to $499

If you've been looking to score a high-capacity kit of RAM but the AI boom has destroyed any chance of that happening, Newegg might have just the deal for you. The 96GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM...

Apr 11, 2026
WCCFTech

Qualcomm Is Now Reportedly Developing Custom DRAM For Smartphones With China’s CXMT

In what might well turn out to be a watershed moment for the smartphone sphere at large as it continues to contend with a full-blown memory chip crisis, Qualcomm is now reportedly working with China's...

Apr 11, 2026
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