Gaming

Micron’s top brass wins the memory crisis corpo double speak award: ‘We do not have line of sight as to when that supply vector will intersect the demand vector’

• Micron cannot say when memory supply will meet demand.
• AI demand is tightening supplies of conventional memory.
• Higher prices and shortages may persist beyond 2026.

Micron executives said they cannot predict when memory-chip supply will catch up with demand, describing the imbalance in unusually technical language. The comments matter because persistent shortages are helping to keep memory prices high and may affect the availability and cost of PCs, phones and other electronics. The…

Meccha Chameleon has now sold 20 million copies in two months

• Meccha Chameleon surpassed 20 million sales in two months.
• It remains widely played despite slower sales growth.
• Security issues affecting maps and Discord have been resolved.

Meccha Chameleon, an indie hide-and-seek game released on Steam two months ago, has sold more than 20 million copies, placing it among the year’s biggest gaming successes. Its strong performance reflects the popularity of its social co-operative prop-hunt gameplay, particularly with streamers and players seeking creative multiplayer experiences.…

More Classic Lord of the Rings Games Are Coming Back, Dev Confirms

• Aspyr plans more classic Lord of the Rings re-releases.
• No additional titles or dates have been announced.
• War in the North is now available on PS5.

Aspyr has confirmed it intends to revive more classic Lord of the Rings games after releasing The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Legacy Edition for PS5. The announcement suggests further preservation and re-release efforts for older licensed Middle-earth titles, though no specific games or release…

Asus ROG Swift PG32UCWM review

• 4K OLED monitor prioritises sharper text and fast gaming.
• RGB-stripe pixels address a longstanding OLED desktop weakness.
• Brightness may lag behind newer competing OLED displays.

PC Gamer’s review presents the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCWM as a promising high-end gaming monitor chiefly because its new RGB-stripe OLED panel should improve text clarity and colour precision over earlier OLED sub-pixel layouts. Its combination of 4K resolution and high refresh rates targets players seeking both detailed…

After giving it 2 patches and dropping it like a stone, Bethesda promises to bring Switch 2 optimisations to Oblivion Remastered on other platforms

• Bethesda will bring Switch 2 performance fixes to other Oblivion Remastered platforms.
• The game had only two patches before support seemed to stop.
• Players have criticised ongoing performance issues since launch.

Bethesda has confirmed that performance improvements made for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered will eventually be brought to other platforms, after the game received only two patches before support appeared to stall. The move matters because Oblivion Remastered launched to strong…

Smilegate will rescue Lost Ark’s western servers, as Amazon ditches support while retreating from MMO development

• Smilegate will assume control of Lost Ark’s western servers in early 2027.
• Core account progress and purchases will transfer, but subscriptions and social data will not.
• Spanish support ends in October 2026.

Amazon Game Studios will stop supporting Lost Ark’s western servers from early 2027, with original developer Smilegate taking over their operation. The move keeps the game running and places all global servers under Smilegate’s control, but it reflects Amazon’s wider withdrawal from MMO development following New World’s planned…

“I’m not interested in bypassing DRM” – Preservationist brings back physical PC games using discs and even mechanical HDD “cartridges”

A preservationist has come up with an easy way to turn digital PC games into physical discs and cartridges without bypassing DRM on storefronts like Steam.

New to 3D printing? You need to see these machines, and they just got a major discount

Elegoo is running a major sale on many of its 3D printers, and you can save hundreds on my two favorite beginner machines.

New Palworld patch makes building bases over water much easier, and finally lets you earn World Tree Holy Water through expeditions rather than just farming

• Water-base building unlocks much earlier.
• Holy Water can now come from expeditions and fishing.
• Oil infrastructure is cheaper and more productive.

Palworld’s v1.0.3 patch makes water-based base building more accessible and reduces the manual farming required for an important end-game resource. The Aquatic Construction Kit is now unlocked much earlier, while World Tree Holy Water can be earned through expeditions, fishing and the Large Fishing Pond, giving players more…

Xbox promises that the causes of the recent outage, which rendered even game discs unplayable, have been fixed

• Xbox says it fixed the bug behind July’s widespread outage.
• A separate licence-check failure made some disc games unplayable.
• The update becomes mandatory on 17 August.

Xbox says it has fixed the underlying problems behind its major July outage, which prevented users from accessing digital content and, in some cases, playing games on physical discs. The incident matters because it exposed how dependent modern consoles are on online licensing systems, even for games bought…