The latest version of one of the best Silent Hill 2 mods available online brings significant performance improvements with a minimal visual downgrade. The 2.3 version of the Essentials mod by Hybred brings a 31% performance increase with its Balanced preset with minimal downgrade to visuals. Other presets offer better visuals at worse performance and even massive performance boosts of up to 99% with massive changes to visuals, allowing a wide range of system configurations to run the game with acceptable performance. You can download the mod from Nexus Mods

It was previously reported that Google will potentially see fit to release its big Android 15 update in October. While the exact release date is unknown at this point, we have previously covered that the update will hit Pixel users in the middle of this month. Based on the prior reports, Google could release its Android 15 update for all compatible Pixel devices later today. Android 15 could be released today if past reports are true, but the company may delay it to fix additional bugs and issues Google could release

Today, Apple has seen fit to announce its latest iPad mini 7, which comes with most of the bells and whistles that make the iPad great. Apple is gradually working to offer Apple Intelligence on all of its products, and the new iPad mini 7 is part of the company's plans to bolster AI features. We were expecting the upgrade to arrive on November 1, but the company saw fit to launch the device early. Apple has just released the iPad mini 7 with upgraded internals, support for Apple Intelligence

Those who follow the leading members of Microsoft would have heard of Sebastian Bubeck, who was the Vice President of GenAI and the head of the Machine Learning Foundation group and served at the company for a decade. His role in developing the company's small language models has been of great significance, and now reports have emerged that Bubeck is moving to OpenAI to further contribute to the advancement of the technology. Microsoft's prominent artificial intelligence researcher has left to join OpenAI and continue his work on developing AGI Sebastien Bubeck remains

Other Nintendo franchises may rise and fall, but the ever-dependable Mario Party has been steadily rocking since 1998. We’ve already received two entries in the franchise on Switch, the fairly well-received soft reboot of the series Super Mario Party and the more barebones throwback Mario Party Superstars, and now, we’re getting a third. As the name implies, Super Mario Party Jamboree is largely a continuation of what Super Mario Party started, with a focus on new modes and features over nostalgia

Three PC games launching soon have been confirmed to feature NVIDIA DLSS 3 support. The first and arguably most anticipated is MechWarrior 5: Clans from Piranha Games. Due to launch on Thursday, October 17, MechWarrior 5: Clans is powered by Unreal Engine 5. In our interview from GDC 2024, Piranha Games CEO Russ Bullock said: In every way we possibly can. Thankfully, we really leveraged almost all the new toys in there. There's a full MetaHuman base with heavy customization of the

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Microsoft has settled the antitrust lawsuit filed by a group of gamers against the company's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. As you might recall, the lawsuit was filed in December 2022, just a couple of weeks after the US Federal Trade Commission announced it was suing to block the deal. Here's what the gamers alleged in their lawsuit against Microsoft: In addition to the elimination of a significant rival, the proposed acquisition may give Microsoft far-outsized market power in the

Japanese publisher Bandai Namco recently started reducing its workforce following the cancellation of several titles due to low demand, and it is doing so using a very Japanese method. As reported by Bloomberg, the company is attempting to reduce staff by sending workers to rooms where they are given nothing to do so as to put pressure on them and make them leave voluntarily. Since April, 200 employees have been moved to such rooms, and 100 have already resigned, with more expecting to leave the publisher in the coming

The iPhone 17 series is reported to stick with TSMC’s 3nm node, though Apple is expected to move to the new ‘N3P’ variant, which means that the A19 and A19 Pro will not transition to the 2nm technology next year. As for 2026, when the technology giant is said to unveil the iPhone 18, the new chipsets, which will chronologically be named A20 and A20 Pro, are said to tout the new

Today, Bandai Namco announced that its latest game, Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO, has already sold three million units in the span of just twenty-four hours across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S and X. On Steam, the game has peaked at 122.5K concurrent users, which isn't bad at all for a fighting game. In a hands-on preview, Kai Tatsumoto wrote about Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO: No matter who you pick to back in