Payday 2 launch in 2013, but the co-op shooter still regularly brings in over 30,000 concurrent daily players, despite its age. Now, 13 years on, the developer, Overkill, has announced the official launch of the V3 game engine for main Payday 2 branch.

The new Diesel Engine V3 improves the game in a number of ways, but the highlights include moving to a 64-bit architecture, adopting DirectX 11, improving CPU utilization for

Duskfade, a new 3D action platformer from indie studio, Weird Beluga, has officially launched on Steam. The developer describes Duskfade as "a love letter to classic 3D action platformers." It follows the main character, Zirian, and his mechanical Cuckoo companion, as they embark on a journey to save his sister after the world was plunged into darkness by a mysterious clock tower.

Duskfade has simple, stylized visuals, and the game previews show off fluid, skills-based hack-and-slash combat.

Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) today announced that it intends to invest more than $3 billion over the next five years to expand its global research and development (R&D) lab network. The planned multi-site expansion is expected to add infrastructure and capabilities to increase experiment capacity by more than 50%. Lam's R&D approach combines specialized labs worldwide, each purpose-built to accelerate a distinct step of the innovation cycle, with deep customer collaboration that includes locations near customer

Chosfox, the niche mechanical keyboard maker responsible for the Geonix48 ortholinear keyboard series, has officially announced the Init40 as its latest take on the 40% layout. Instead of the ortholinear layout of the Geonix boards, the Init40 features a much more familiar row stagger that should make it much easier to get used to for first-time users of tiny keyboards.

In the announcement post, Chosfox revealed that the Init40 is meant to be a keyboard that answers the question "How small

Apple today opened its new Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) in Houston. The center offers free training and educational sessions for small- and medium-sized businesses, giving them direct experience with state-of-the-art equipment, interactive labs, and tools they need to accelerate innovation. The AMC is located within the same Houston facility that builds and ships Apple's advanced AI servers and will begin manufacturing Mac mini this year.

At the center—the company's second U.S. manufacturing learning site

Microsoft is finally scaling back on creating numerous Copilot variants for every use case and is instead consolidating many Copilot buttons, icons, and functions into the main Copilot app. According to the latest support document update, Microsoft is rolling out a unified Copilot experience to create a Copilot "super application," bringing all the functionality that was previously spread across the operating system under one roof. These features include Deep Research, Group Chat, and Podcasts. The Deep Research functionality is being retired for consumers, but existing content will remain

Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Artisan Keycap - Triple-Headed Snake Edition, the brand's first artisan keycap and the next step towards the ultimate expression of keyboard customization.

No detail too small. No process too demanding. Each keycap is a custom, hand-finished masterpiece created for Razer's most hardcore fans, the ones who have carried the triple-headed snake since the beginning - and a tribute to one of gaming's most iconic brands.

Honeycomb Aeronautical, a leading name in professional-grade flight simulation hardware, announced today that the Foxtrot Takeoff Kit will be released on August 31st at the official Honeycomb Aeronautical store, and Sporty's Pilot Shop. The Foxtrot Takeoff Kit is an all-in-one flight control system designed to deliver professional-grade precision from takeoff to touchdown, providing full aircraft control at an accessible price point.

Engineered with the flight simulation community in mind, the Foxtrot Takeoff Kit has been created for pilots who demand smooth

NVIDIA's efforts to enhance gaming on Linux operating systems are increasing. The company announced today that the official, native port of the GeForce NOW cloud gaming service client app is out of beta and now available for gamers worldwide. With months of community feedback integrated into the official Linux release, NVIDIA has implemented many fixes to ensure performance is consistent with the Windows application. Officially, NVIDIA supports Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later, but there is a Flatpak repository to help you get started, complete with official