Here's how much it would cost to purchase everything on Steam at once
Editor's take: I know some people that have spent a lot of money on Steam to amass large gaming libraries, but have you ever stopped to wonder just how much it would cost to acquire everything on Steam? Not just the games, but literally everything Steam has to offer including DLC, soundtracks, art books and the like. I’ve personally never even thought to consider it but fortunately for us, others have.
Chenggang Wang created a site that scrapes Steam and automatically compiles a daily list of how
Nvidia purchase of Arm completely resets semiconductor landscape
Why it matters: Wow. That’s about all you can say to what could prove to be one of the biggest semiconductor purchases in the multi-decade history of the chip business. The amazing irony is that this $40 billion dollar deal doesn’t involve any chips at all.
The news that was announced on what proved to be a rather eventful Sunday evening is that GPU giant and AI leader Nvidia is planning to acquire the IP assets and business of Cambridge, UK-based Arm from Softbank.
Ikea and Asus join forces to create affordable furniture for gamers
Editor's take: The Swedish home furnishing specialist said that together with ROG, they will develop a range of affordable and ergonomic gaming furniture and accessories meant to boost performance while blending seamlessly into gamers’ homes. If they can indeed come together and create a line of products that are on the lower end of the scale in terms of pricing yet still deliver quality and value, they could be on to something.
Logitech earlier this year partnered with American furniture maker Herman Miller on a high-end gaming chair . Asus
Hand tools that protect against coronavirus are breaking Ring doorbells
Facepalm: Covid-19 has affected many elements of our lives, including how we interact with everyday objects. With the virus able to live on surfaces for up to 72 hours, sales of keychains that can be used in place of fingers have rocketed—but it seems some devices weren’t designed for such things, including Ring doorbells.
You’ve probably seen ads for products such as Hygiene Hand recently. Described as antimicrobial door openers/button-pressers/stylus, they can be used for finger
You'll need some serious hardware to play Serious Sam 4
In a nutshell: Serious Sam 4 arrives on PC next week, which means the minimum and recommended specs have landed—and there's bad news for those still chugging along on potato-like PCs. It's a particularly demanding game, especially when it comes to the recommended setup that suggests an eight-core CPU.
The Serious Sam series has never been known for its graphics, and while the next installment does look nice, it's certainly not on par visually with some other recent titles. So
Mortal Kombat creator: Xbox Series S could be Microsoft's next-gen hit
Recap: Microsoft got ahead of Sony by announcing both the release date and prices of its next-gen consoles—the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. In the case of the latter, which is less powerful and lacks a disc drive, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon believes it will become the better selling of the two.
Unlike Sony, which revealed both versions of the PS5 back in June, Microsoft had been quiet about its disc-less console—much of what we knew came from sources
Sting your competition with this giant scorpion gaming cockpit from Cluvens
WTF?! If you'd like to combine your love of arachnids and PC hardware, look no further than the Cluven Scorpion IW-SK zero-gravity esports gaming chair and workstation. This creepy-crawly contraption cocoons its victim inside a giant motorized scorpion that offers lots of adjustment for playing/working/sleeping for hours on end. It's a hardcore setup that'll cost hardcore gamers $3,299, on top of which they'll need to add their own PC components to
TikTok rejects Microsoft bid, seeks partnership with Oracle
What just happened? Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be acquiring TikTok’s US operations. According to reports, owner ByteDance won’t be selling the source code for its video-sharing app to any American firms but will instead seek a partnership with Oracle in the hope of satisfying the Trump administration's demands.
Despite its massive popularity, TikTok has long come under scrutiny for its alleged privacy issues. It’s been banned by numerous US government agencies and political campaigns , while also being blasted by some
It's official: Nvidia is acquiring Arm
The big picture: In acquiring Arm, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that Nvidia will build the premiere computing company for the age of AI, which Nvidia has long touted as the future. With access to Arm's IP and the Arm instruction set architecture that underpins Arm-based chips, Nvidia will look to develop its own custom CPUs to fuel an ever broadening push into the data center, AI, big data, autonomous vehicles, supercomputers, and more.
Nvidia has announced that it has reached an agreement with SoftBank
Nvidia's community kit lets you impersonate an official Nvidia stream
LOL: Nvidia has published an RTX community kit, a downloadable folder full of goodies. There’s some ray traced eye candy from upcoming titles, which makes sense, but then there’s photos Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s kitchen. The infamous kitchen, in all its oven-filled and over-spatulated glory, was the backdrop to Nvidia’s recent GPU announcements.
With a little help from his family and company, Jensen Huang cooked up the A100 GPU in his oven and pulled the