Remedy Games has announced that its upcoming Max Payne remake (Max Payne 1&2) is in "full production". Ohhhh yes.

Not only are the Max Payne 1&2 remakes in full production, but Remedy has teased that Control 2 has entered its "production readiness stage". Remedy CEO Tero Virtala said the "development fees increased from the comparison period due to higher development fees from Max Payne 1&2 remake".

What's exciting is that the Max Payne 1+2 remake will have a "similar development budget" to Alan Wake 2, which had a reported $75 million budget (and a marketing budget of almost $21.5 million). So Remedy is throwing close to 9 figures behind the Max Payne 1+2 remake, which as a huge, huge Max Payne fan, I'm very, very excited to see the final product.

For the past several months, we have been getting a slow trickle of Nintendo Switch 2 rumors, concentrating on what Nintendo is planning to put under the hood of its highly anticipated successor to the Nintendo Switch.

Current rumors suggest the Nintendo Switch 2 will have performance comparable to the Xbox One and concentrate on the combination of 1080p and 1440p gaming at various refresh rates. Previous rumors suggested the Switch successor's performance would fall short of the Valve Steam Deck but would come with a significant performance boost via a redesigned dock.

Now, a Famiboards forums user has shared some details from a supposed shipping manifest leak that claims Nintendo is planning on placing a second cooler on the Nintendo Switch 2, presumably on the dock. Additionally, the leaked information pointed to the inclusion of a 60W charger, which lends to the theory that the Nintendo Switch 2 will come with fast-charge support. As for a release of the Nintendo Switch 2, credible rumors, along with Nintendo's own financial reports, point to a release of the Switch successor sometime in early 2025, likely around March.

Intel's next-generation Arc Battlemage discrete graphics card has been spotted in the latest GFX DRM log, confirming some specifications of the card.

Intel's new Battlemage "Xe2" GPU architecture will debut inside of the company's upcoming Core Ultra 200V series "Lunar Lake" processors, but in discrete form, it looks like Intel is in the testing phase of its very first engineering samples of Arc Battlemage.

The new Arc Battlemage Xe2 GPU spotted has the "e20b" device ID, running the 14.01 display version. This sample was identified as an Xe2-HPG part, featuring the G: A0/M: A1 stepping. Based on the GuC parameters, the chip features 14 Xe2 GPU cores, which should mean the BMG-G21 die should max out at a slightly larger 16 Xe2 GPU cores.

MSI has just posted its latest AM5 BIOS which offers up to 10% additional performance in gaming with AMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series CPUs.

MSI's fleet of AM5 motherboards are now loaded with the latest AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS that features exclusive BIOS features like "Memory Try It" and "High-Efficiency" mode that offers additional tuning and performance-boosting abilities, in additional to EXPO OPP and Curve Shapder features that are on all AM5 motherboards running the new AGESA BIOS and new Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Ridge" processors.

The company took to a blog post to explain it all, posting some performance benchmarks of its latest AM5 motherboards that will propvide the additional performance from the new BIOS on AMD's latest Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series CPUs.

A few days I reported that Intel had postponed its Innovation 2024 event into 2025, but the company has just reached out to me to clarify its next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs are still on track for 2024.

The email I received said that Intel saw my piece about Innovation 2024 being postponed, and that "while Innovation was postponed to 2025, our next-gen desktop platform, codenamed Arrow Lake, remains on track for Q4 2024 launch and we will be sharing more details as we get closer to launch".

I see that VideoCardz is reporting that OC3D reached out to Intel for clarification on the Innovation 2024 event being postponed, with an Intel spokesperson telling OC3D: "There are no changes to Intel's launch plans, timing, or product readiness. We are excited about the new product announcements and momentum we have in store, including significant announcements this fall. We'll share more details on our next-gen desktop processor products, codenamed Arrow Lake, later this year".

The TT Show is back for another week of the latest happening in the world of tech, gaming, and science, with this week's episode kicking off with the launch of the AMD Ryzen 9000 Series of desktop CPUs. Specifically, Kosta's reviews of the Ryzen 5 9600X and the Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs and how the first batch of Zen 5 products perform across productivity and gaming workloads.

In recent weeks (and months), we've seen concerns raised over what data is strictly being used to train large language models. This week, a new explosive report citing leaked internal documentation said NVIDIA has been scraping YouTube for its AI model training - a 'human lifetime's' worth of YouTube videos every day.

Just when it looked like things couldn't get any worse for Intel, the company's stock (along with other big tech companies) took a dive. The company announced that it is laying off 15% of its massive workforce.

The first two DOOM games have been bundled together and re-released on every platform, but these classic titles come with a range of improvements, earning the description of "enhanced versions".

According to the blog post about the announcement found on the Steam website, this latest bundle of DOOM games is the developer's "biggest effort yet" as these enhanced versions come with online cross-platform Deathmatch and Co-op for up to 16 players, community-published single-player mod support for all those juicy community-created downloadable additions, optimized rendering, accessibility options, and support for 4K at 120Hz.

Additionally, the blog post states buyers will be able to select between the modern IDKFA soundtrack by Andrew Hulshult, which includes the brand-new DOOM II recordings, alongside the original MIDI soundtracks. As for people who already own the first DOOM games, they will receive a free upgrade to the combined game along with all of its new content and features.

Roblox has been officially banned by the Turkish government over concerns of "child exploitation" and inappropriate content.

The ban was issued by the Turkish Directorate of Communications, which states the decision was made after a concerning increase in the number of inappropriate sexual content on the platform, allegations it was used as a gathering place for pedophiles, and its in-game currency Robux being used to encourage children's involvement in inappropriate and predatory activities. Roblox has confirmed the ban, saying they have contacted the relevant authorities to attempt to get the game back online.

Officials also stated that Roblox's oversight for the user-generated content uploaded to the platform isn't substantial enough to respond to these growing issues. Notably, the Roblox ban comes only a few days after the Turkish government announced it was banning Instagram, which appears not to be related to the Roblox ban at this time.

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has now been banned for 10 days after being deemed dangerous to country residents.

The ban comes from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who announced an order to ban Elon Musk's X for 10 days, which would sever access to the social media platform from local residents. According to Maduro's speech, which CNBC translated, the Venezuelan President has signed a decree ordering the nation's telecommunications regulator to block X after it determined the social media platform "violated all of the rules of the very social network Twitter, today known as X - all of them."

Maduro said, "And he has violated [the rules], by inciting hatred, fascism, civil war, death and confrontations among Venezuelans, [he] has violated all of the laws of Venezuela. And in Venezuela there are laws ... and we will enforce the laws." The temporary ban will give X enough time to respond to the recent change. Reports indicate that X has already become unavailable for users of several internet providers across the country.

Authorities have arrested a Tennessean man for running a "laptop farm" that deceived US and UK companies into thinking they hired American residents for positions when really they were hiring North Koreans.

The US Justice Department took to its website to post a press release about the arrest, with the authority writing that Matthew Isaac Knoot, a 38-year-old from Nashville, Tennesse, was arrested today for his efforts to generate revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK or North Korea) weapons programs. According to the Justice Department, Knoot was running a "laptop farm" scheme that involved deceiving American and British companies with remote employment.

The press release states the American and British companies were deceived into hiring North Korean's that Knoot then assisted in using stolen identities to pose as US citizens. Knoot is accused of hosting company laptops at his place of residence, downloading and installing software without authorization to enable users to conduct deception, and conspiracy to launder payments for the remote work.

Only two days after Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, filed a lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), alongside video platform Rumble. Both platforms accused GARM of boycotting companies by withholding advertising revenue in order to pressure X into compliance and limit choices for consumers.

A new report from Business Insider revealed the advertising trade group The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) informed its members it was "discontinuing" activities with GARM, following the filing of the X lawsuit. According to the WFA's CEO Stephan Loerke, the decision was "not made lightly," but GARM is a non-profit organization that has limited resources at its disposal.

Initially, the WFA and GARM were intending to contest X's allegations, which alleged that GARM's members colluded to "collectively withhold billions of dollars in advertising revenue" from the social media platform. GARM members named in the suit were: Unilever, Mars, CVS, and Ørsted.

Intel has been in hot water lately, and it seems a fresh pan of boiling water has just been thrown on the company, as its CEO and CFO have now been wrapped up in a new class-action lawsuit.

The class-action lawsuit was filed in northern California Wednesday, with the Construction Laborer's Pension Trust of Greater St Louis alleging that Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and Intel CFO David Zinsner mislead of hoodwinked investors about the health of its foundry business, or Intel's fabrication labs that are being constructed in various locations around the world.

The company has poured billions of investors' money into developing these foundry labs in the following locations: Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, Ireland, Germany, and Israel. According to the plaintiffs, Intel's CEO and CFO made misleading statements to investors between January 25 and August 1, 2024. These statements allegedly misrepresented the overall health of these foundries, which artificially raised share prices.

A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has revealed more details about Apple's upcoming M4 Mac Mini, with the report stating Apple is about to make its biggest design change to its smallest computer offering.

According to the report, Apple's upcoming M4 Mac Mini will arrive in at least three different models, each sporting at least three USB-C's on the back, an HDMI port, and a power cable. In terms of design, Gurman was told the M4 Mac Mini is "essentially an iPad Pro in a small box," and the box will measure around 1.4 inches in height, making it the smallest desktop computer Apple has ever offered.

As for specifics about the M4 chip, reports indicate it will arrive with a powerful new CPU that has four performance cores and 6 efficiency cores. Additionally, the M4 is reportedly 50% faster than the M2. The new chip will also come with a 10-core GPU, Dynamic Caching, and hardware ray-tracing - all of which will be 4x faster than the M2 iPad Pro. As for the Neural Engine, reports indicate it will be a 16-core design that is capable of 38 trillion operations per second, which is 60x faster than Apple's first Neural Engine.

AMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Ridge" desktop CPUs are slowly finding their way out into the wild, and now we've got the first delidded Ryzen 9000 series CPU... which didn't go as expected.

ASUS China manager Tony Yu delidded the AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPU, which involves removing the IHS (integrated heat spreader) so you can use higher-end forms of thermal paste like liquid metal. Not just that, but you can reduce CPU temperatures when stressing out your CPU under stronger workloads, but how did it go?

Tony Yu shared his Ryzen 9000 series CPU delidding story on social media platform Bilibili, where he said he had the "world's first" Zen 5 delidded CPU that was a complete failure. The on-board I/O die was cracked, which means the processor was useless afterwards. Parts of the cracked die were found on the IHS as well as on the chip itself, showing just how big the mistake was for Tony.

AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APUs are floating out into the market inside of new laptops, but Mini-PCs based on Strix Point APUs won't be unleashed until October.

AOOSTAR has said that it will be as early as October until we see Mini-PC systems based on the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series "Strix Point" APUs. The manufacturer already has the motherboard ready to handle Strix Point, but they're still waiting for the APU itself for testing.

An AOOSTAR representative said: "Strix Point's mini computer will not be available until October at the earliest. Although the motherboard is ready, we have not yet provided the CPU for testing".

SK hynix has announced it has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The South Korean memory giant will receive up to $450 million in proposed direct funding and access to proposed loans of up to $500 million as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, which will go towards its investment to build a production base for semiconductor packaging in Indiana, USA.

Not only that, but SK hynix also plans to seek from the US Department of Treasury a tax benefit equivalent of up to 2% of the qualified capital expenditures through the Investment Tax Credit program. SK hynix has said that it "deeply appreciates" the US government's support, and that it will comply with the requirements for the remaining procedures until the proposed funding is finalized.

Elon Musk's X has filed a lawsuit against multiple major companies, alleging they conspired to boycott the social media network, having a negative impact on its revenue. Elon Musk said he tried peacefully to sort this out for two years, but "now, it is war".

X CEO Linda Yaccarino highlighted the negative effects of the advertising boycott on free speech, with the lawsuit filed in Texas, looking to address the financial and operational damages that X has gone through.

X filed a lawsuit against a global cabal of advertisers and many major companies, including the likes of Mars and CVS Health, with the social media network accusing the companies of unlawfully conspiring to boycott X, causing it to lose revenue. X filed the lawsuit in the federal court in Texas against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), Unilever, and Danish renewable energy company Orsted.

Intel is reportedly outsourcing more of its chips to TSMC on its new 3nm process node, with 3nm backend design outsourced and increased advanced packaging and testing by Taiwanese companies.

In a new report from UDN, we're hearing that Intel is outsourcing more of its chips to TSMC as well as Taiwanese companies including Egis, Shichixin, and KYEC. UDN reports that none of the Taiwanese companies commented on the rurmors, but Intel has been expanding its outsourcing to TSMC fo a while now.

Intel has been struggling with its own advanced processes and is still a year away from its Intel 18A node coming online, with its GPUs and new CPUs being outsourced to TSMC in the next 12-18 months. Intel's new Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake" CPUs are being outsourced to TSMC, with its next-generation Falcon Shores AI chip also being fabbed at TSMC and will be entering mass production on TSMC's 3nm process node in 2025.

Intel is reportedly gearing up to launch its next-generation Arc Battlemage "Xe2" GPUs for Q4 2024, with a promised 50% performance improvement over the current-gen Arc Alchemist.

The company recently held a conference in China in partnership with ASUS, talking about its next-generation products including upcoming CPUs and GPUs. The new products are designed for the DIY "client" segment, with Battlemage "Xe2" expected later this year.

In a post on Weibo, we're hearing that Intel will introduce its next-generation Arc Battlemage "Xe2" GPUs in Q4 2024. We already know that Intel's new Xe2 GPU architecture delivers 50% more performance, with big architectural changes like new Ray Tracing Units, VCC support, and more.

There are rumors, or speculation, that Rockstar's highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 could see its planned 2025 release delayed to the following year. 'Highly anticipated' is putting it lightly; Grand Theft Auto 6 is on track to become the most successful game launch ever. The good news is that it's still on track for 2025, with publisher Take-Two narrowing the release window.

During Take-Two Interactive's latest quarterly financial earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that Rockstar and Grand Theft Auto 6 "will deliver an unparalleled entertainment experience" when it launches for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in Fall 2025.

This puts the release sometime during September, October, and November next year. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold over 200 million copies to date, so undoubtedly, every other developer and publisher will be looking to avoid the exact launch date for GTA 6 when that's finally revealed.