Intel CEO Bob Swan not interested in holding 90% CPU market share

Shannon Robb | CPU, APU & Chipsets | Dec 8, 2019 3:58 PM CST

Intel has caught a lot of flack for their lack of answers to AMD's Ryzen series, especially with the launch of Ryzen 3000.

Intel CEO Bob Swan not interested in holding 90% CPU market share

Bob Swan, the CEO of Intel, has painted a quite vivid picture in a presentation from the annual Credit Suisse technology conference, which to put it frankly, he is pivoting the direction of Intel away from chasing CPU dominance. Here is the direct quote from the conference courtesy of WCCFTech.

"We think about having 30% share in a $230 [silicon] TAM that we think is going to grow to $300B [silicon] TAM over the next 4 years, and frankly, I'm trying to destroy the thinking about having 90% share inside our company because, I think it limits our thinking, I think we miss technology transitions. we miss opportunities because we're, in some ways preoccupied with protecting 90, instead of seeing a much bigger market with much more innovation going on, both inside our four walls, and outside our four walls, so we come to work in the morning with a 30% share, with every expectation over the next several years, that we will play a larger and larger role in our customers success, and that doesn't just mean CPUs.

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Guerrilla dev: PS3's Cell CPU is by far stronger than new Intel CPUs

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Dec 8, 2019 3:32 PM CST

The PS3's cell CPU is still more powerful than any of today's modern Intel desktop chips, Guerrilla Games co-director and technical director Michiel van der Leeuw says.

Guerrilla dev: PS3's Cell CPU is by far stronger than new Intel CPUs

"Even desktop chips nowadays, the fastest Intel stuff you can buy is not by far as powerful as the Cell CPU, but it's very difficult to get power out of the Cell. I think it was ahead of its age, because it was a little bit more like how GPUs work nowadays, but it was maybe not balanced nicely and it was too hard to use. It overshot a little bit in power and undershot in usability, but it was definitely visionary," van der Leeuw said in a recent interview with GameInformer.

Thanks to its parallel computing design that forced devs to constantly re-write code for different cores, the PS3's Cell microarchitecture was a headache for creators.

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Ultimate Doom game bundle coming to consoles, PC

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Dec 8, 2019 11:04 AM CST

Now that Doom Eternal has been delayed to March 2020, Bethesda plans to release a new Doom bundle for gamers to chew on in the meantime.

Ultimate Doom game bundle coming to consoles, PC

Bethesda's new Doom Slayer's Club Collection packs in a bunch of demon-slaughtering mayhem in one package on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The bundle sports Doom, Doom II, Doom III, and the excellent Doom 2016 reboot in the same package for a cool $30. There's a catch, though: Dooms I-III are digital-only and aren't included on the disc. You'll have to download these to play.

Sadly Doom 64 didn't make the cut. Bethesda plans to release Doom 64 as a standalone game and is also free with every Doom Eternal pre-order.

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Epic Mickey remake might happen on PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Dec 7, 2019 10:31 PM CST

It's been seven years since the last major Epic Mickey game, and new info spotted on a LinkedIn resume hints at a comeback.

Epic Mickey remake might happen on PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC

Maltese indie developer PlayMagic, the same team remastering the pulpy Archer-esque shooter XIII, could be remaking the classic Epic Mickey games for current-gen systems. The info comes from the LinkedIn resume of PlayMagic CEO Giuseppe Crugliano, which states the studio has been working on a new action game remake set in a Disney IP since July 2019. The game is due out on the full spectrum of today's games hardware--PS4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch.

So what could it be? The resume also says PlayMagic is working on an "unannounced third person action remake" for the same platforms. Coincidence? Maybe. There's certainly a plethora of older Disney games that could be revamped, especially the third-person games of the old PlayStation era. But Epic Mickey was tremendously popular and lauded for its inventive use of platforming mechanics and stylish visuals. If Disney were to order a remake or a remaster, Epic Mickey would be a nice safe bet.

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Gal Gadot releases short Wonder Woman 1984 trailer, teasing tomorrow

Jak Connor | TV, Movies & Home Theatre | Dec 7, 2019 9:45 PM CST

If you saw the first Wonder Woman movie, then you are no doubt excited for the sequel, Wonder Woman 1984.

Gal Gadot releases short Wonder Woman 1984 trailer, teasing tomorrow

Luckily we aren't that far away from the sequel, and to get fans excited for the release, Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot has taken to her personal Twitter account to tease the full trailer release. The quick 30-second teaser trailer shows off some pretty awesome action scenes of Wonder Woman doing what she does best, protecting the innocent and battling the guilty.

The teaser trailer says that the full trailer will be released tomorrow during the Brazil CCXP at exactly 12:30 pm. It is also mentioned that the trailer will be live-streamed on Twitter first before hitting other platforms. But if I know the internet, and I do, I'd suspect that as soon as it's uploaded to Twitter, it's going to be copied and re-uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, and basically everywhere else.

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Silent Hill.com domain up for sale, but Konami abandoned it long ago

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Dec 7, 2019 8:30 PM CST

Reports say Konami is selling the official Silent Hill domain name for $9,800. But this site hasn't been used to promote Silent Hill games for quite some time.

Silent Hill.com domain up for sale, but Konami abandoned it long ago

SilentHill.com is up for sale for the low price of $9,800, strongly hinting Konami is done with the franchise. The truth is the website hasn't actually been used for Silent Hill games since 2003, the same year Silent Hill 3 came out. Konami let go of the domain in 2003 and used other domains for future Silent Hill games, as well as including listings on its own homesite.

Since then SilentHill.com has changed hands back and forth and has gone through many changes, all of which aren't related to the series. This is not a new development. The domain hasn't been associated with the Silent Hill franchise for many, many years now.

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Here's the beginning of Rick and Morty Season 4 episode 4

Jak Connor | TV, Movies & Home Theatre | Dec 7, 2019 7:00 PM CST

Adult Swim has released the beginning of Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 4, showing Morty attempting to bargain with Rick about getting his own dragon.

Here's the beginning of Rick and Morty Season 4 episode 4

If you have been out of the loop with Rick and Morty season 4 news, the fourth episode is about to release after the short Thanksgiving break. To hype up fans for the fourth episode, Adult Swim has decided to release the first 38 seconds of the episode on their social medias.

The fourth episode is titled "Morty Gets A Dragon," and only a couple of days ago, we got a teaser of Rick battling Morty's dragon under their house. From today's teaser, we get a bit of context on how and why Morty gets a dragon, and judging from the video Morty bargained Rick for a dragon because he didn't want to go on Rick's adventure and cut class. Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 4 releases tomorrow at 11:30 pm ET.

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2019 hasn't been kind to digital card games

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Dec 7, 2019 6:05 PM CST

2019 has been a terrible year for digital collectible card games outside of, say, Magic Arena, with multiple discontinuations and PR nightmares.

2019 hasn't been kind to digital card games

Throughout 2019 we saw lots of games-makers try to capitalize on the CCG craze with their own microtransaction-funded card games. Some of these made sense, like CD Projekt RED's Gwent. Some, like The Elder Scrolls Legends, were a stretch. Despite massive audiences and big cross-platform releases, many of these games failed to gain traction--or were embroiled in worldwide political fiascoes punctuated with boycotts.

A lot of the CCGs are now being discontinued or put into maintenance mode, which is basically sunsetting the games for their inevitable death.

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Our 'Angry Birds Movie 2' Blu-ray giveaway takes flight

Ben Gourlay | Contests & Giveaways | Dec 7, 2019 5:50 PM CST

Thanks to our friends at Universal Sony Home Entertainment, we have ten Blu-ray copies of the new release animated hit 'The Angry Birds Movie 2' to give away!

Our 'Angry Birds Movie 2' Blu-ray giveaway takes flight

The flightless angry birds and the scheming green piggies take their beef to the next level in The Angry Birds Movie 2! When a new threat emerges that puts both Bird and Pig Island in danger, Red (Jason Sudeikis), Chuck (Josh Gad), Bomb (Danny McBride), and Mighty Eagle (Peter Dinklage) recruit Chuck's sister Silver (Rachel Bloom) and team up with pigs Leonard (Bill Hader), his assistant Courtney (Awkwafina), and techpig Garry (Sterling K. Brown) to forge an unsteady truce and form an unlikely super team to save their homes.

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Next-gen Splinter Cell game could be revealed at The Game Awards 2019

Derek Strickland | Gaming | Dec 7, 2019 5:09 PM CST

Rumor has it Ubisoft could tease its next-gen Splinter Cell game at The Game Awards 2019, but why not wait until E3 2020?

Next-gen Splinter Cell game could be revealed at The Game Awards 2019

A bunch of new games will be revealed during next week's The Game Awards 2019, but no one knows which ones. Could we get more Dragon Age 4 info? Is it a bunch of indies? Maybe Rocksteady will show up to tease their new game? Hell, we might get the new Batman Court of Owls game too. Or maybe, just maybe, Sam Fisher will greet us with a gruff intro?

A recent 4Chan rumor says a new Splinter Cell game will be revealed at the show. The rumor itself is a bit shaky and can't be 100% trusted of course, but the info is interesting to say the least. The source, which claims to work at Ubisoft Blue Byte (a red flag as leakers never reveal the studios they work for), makes it sound a lot like a service game, complete with dynamic multiplayer elements including co-op campaign play.

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