Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Breathes New Life into the “Ultimate Pirate Fantasy” Game

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can comfortably be described as the worst-kept secret in gaming history , with its long story of rumors and leaks of all kinds.

The official reveal is here at last, though, and it's juicy. The presentation opened with Matt Ryan (who was among the "leakers" last year ), the voice actor of protagonist Edward Kenway, confirming that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a faithful remake , not a reinvention. It is entirely rebuilt from the ground

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Ex-AMD FSR Lead Claims That Most GPUOpen & FidelityFX Team Members Are Now At NVIDIA Or Intel

AMD's Ex-FSR Lead has claimed that most team members who worked on FSR 4 & were part of the FidelityFX and GPUOpen teams left the company to join NVIDIA or Intel.

Recently, there has been a lot of chatter regarding AMD's FSR support on older GPUs. While the latest FSR Redstone release and the updated FSR 4.1 release were seen as big and positive updates, at the same time, many users were disappointed in the lack of FSR 4 support for older generations of GPUs.

The


Apple’s iPhone Ultra To Cost An Arm And A Leg But Come Without MagSafe Charging And LED Flash

Apple has had to perform a fine-tuned balancing act to optimize the number of features it can offer within its first foldable, tentatively dubbed the iPhone Ultra , against the physical constraints emanating from its desire to retain an overall slim profile.

And now, as per the latest metal dummy units, those compromises apparently extend to the iPhone Ultra's lack of MagSafe charging support and a dedicated LED flash.

The tipster Vadim Yuryev has now leaked the metal dummy units for the upcoming Apple iPhone Ultra.

As is evident from


“Roughly Nine Out of Ten” Game Devs Are Already Using AI, They’re Just Not Telling Players, Claims Google Cloud Games’ Boss

After telling the video game industry that they should " embrace AI like Iron Man's suit " in one interview, in another, this time with , the head of Google Cloud's games division, Jack Buser is claiming that the industry has actually already embraced AI-powered tools. Buser claims that " roughly nine out of ten game developers " told Google " yeah, we're using it ," in a survey Google conducted during Gamescom 2026 , asking developers if they are using AI-

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Apple MacBook Shipments to Jump By 21.7 Percent As Rivals Hike Prices — Only Major OEM Growing in 2026

Apple's unified memory advantages are now manifesting in a spectacular fashion, and when combined with a shrewd strategy of eschewing price hikes, the Cupertino-based tech giant is all set to become the only major OEM in the notebook space to record a meaningful growth in shipments this year.

According to the market intelligence firm Sigmaintell, global notebook shipments in 2026 will amount to 181.1 million units, which corresponds to an year-over-year decline of 8 percent, and


Everyone Thought Google’s TurboQuant Would Solve The Memory Crisis, But SK Hynix Says It Will Only Make It Worse

Google TurboQuant was seen as a savior to the memory crisis; unfortunately, things will remain the same or get even worse from here.

Back in March, Google launched a new algorithm called TurboQuant , which significantly compressed the KV Cache. The result was a drastic savings, up to 6x, in memory requirements for AI workloads. As soon as the algorithm was announced, reports emerged that memory prices were seeing a drastic price reduction .

It was easy to link Google's TurboQuant to the price drop, and some


Vampire Crawlers Leads the Latest Batch of GeForce NOW Games as NVIDIA Makes a Some QoL Improvements

NVIDIA has revealed the latest batch of games joining its cloud gaming GeForce NOW service, with the Vampire Survivors spin-off title, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard leading the pack, but this week's batch isn't all about the games. NVIDIA is also adding a significant quality-of-life improvement to the service, making it a little more seamless and easier to use for players.

Starting with the games, there are six titles either joining the cloud streaming service or getting updates for a better experience

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Former AMD FSR Lead Drops “Big Trouble” Meme When Pressed On Why FSR 4 Still Won’t Run On RDNA 2/3

AMD's restriction on FSR 4 on previous-gen Radeon GPUs remains a secret, but the former FSR 4 head of development seems to have an answer.

It has been over a year since FSR 4 made its debut alongside the launch of AMD RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9000. Since then, AMD has maintained complete silence on questions relating to FSR 4 on RDNA 2 and 3 series. While NVIDIA kept newer DLSS versions available for multiple previous-gen RTX series, AMD is having a hard


Intel’s Hallock Blames Software, Not Silicon, For Gaming Gap — Claims 30% Performance Is Hiding Behind Poor Optimization

While everyone wants faster hardware, Intel says the answer lies in software optimization, and the P and E cores are almost identical in gaming performance.

Intel might not have been able to deliver X3D-equivalent performance in gaming with its latest Core Ultra 200 series, but it has gotten closer with the Plus variants. While still noticeably behind when it comes to the leading gaming performance, Intel blames this regression more on the "software" optimization than the hardware itself. In an interview with PC Games Hardware


AMD Ryzen CPU Prices Increase Over 50% In Japan As DIY PC Market Continues To Face AI Shocks

The prices of AMD's Ryzen CPUs have increased by more than 50%, signaling a panic in the DIY market amid heightened AI demand.

In a report published by , it is stated that the Japanese DIY market is seeing a huge surge in hardware prices. While DRAM and GPU prices are way above their original rates, the next component that is being affected is the CPU.

The report lists several AMD Ryzen CPUs, mainly the new Ryzen 9000 parts, seeing over 50% price bumps