Sony's once-console exclusive God of War Ragnarok is coming to PC, but it'll apparently have a controversial twist.

Today, Sony announced that God of War Ragnarok would drop September 19 on PC. The game's store page on Steam confirms that it'll require a PlayStation Network account in order to play--a move that caused quite significant controversy during the Helldivers II fiasco.

"PlayStation Network Account required, subject to the PlayStation Terms of Services and User Agreement," the page reads.

Microsoft has clarified how Call of Duty Black Ops 6 will release onto Game Pass, confirming that there won't be a special new Game Pass tier specifically for the mainline sequel.

Call of Duty is releasing onto a subscription for the first time ever. Black Ops 6 is slated as a day and date release on Xbox Game Pass, and contrary to our predictions, Microsoft won't be making a special new Game Pass membership option for the Call of Duty series.

"Upon launch, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be playable on Xbox and PC for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Xbox Game Pass for Console members," Microsoft told Eurogamer.

NVIDIA pranked the world back in 2017 with its GeForce GTX 1080-shaped "G-Assist" USB flash drive, saying it had technology inside to power deep learning algorithms and bring AI to gaming... well... fast-forward to today, and that's actually the reality on GeForce RTX series graphics cards with ray tracing and AI-powered upscaling through DLSS.

NVIDIA now has multiple versions of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) powered by AI algorithms, plenty of beautiful ray-traced games supported by GeForce RTX series GPUs, and even NPCs that are powered by large language models for a totally new world of gaming in the near future.

Sony has finally confirmed a release date for the highly anticipated PC release of God of War Ragnarok, the critically acclaimed sequel to the PlayStation classic that made its way to PC in 2022. God of War Ragnarok will be coming to PC on September 19, 2024, with developer Jetpack Interactive handling port duties alongside Sony's Santa Monica Studio.

God of War Ragnarok on PC is the full version of the game, with all post-launch updates, including the New Game+ mode and the Valhalla DLC. The trailer for the PC version showcases how the game will look on a high-end rig, delivering visuals that look even better than the game's PlayStation 5 version. It's impressive stuff, with crisp textures and environmental detail everywhere you look.

God of War Ragnarok on PC will support the latest upscaling technologies, including NVIDIA DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.1, and Intel XeSS 3.1. This is excellent news for PC gamers; everyone can access performance-enhancing upscaling tech and frame generation.

Samsung Foundry is expected to unveil plans for its cutting-edge 1nm process node in July, with mass production expected to kick off in 2026.

The South Korean giant has plans to unveil its next-gen 1nm process node schedule at the Foundry Forum & SAFE Forum 2024, which will be held in the US between June 12-13, according to Korean media. It wasn't too long ago that Samsung bumped up its 1nm production timeline from 2027 to 2026, with the 2nm "SF2" process debuting in 2025, we still don't know much about it... for now.

Samsung looks to be ahead of its semiconductor competitors, with Intel planning to mass produce its new Intel 10A (1nm) process in 2028, while TSMC plans its next-gen 1nm process node for 2030. If Samsung can nail this, then the company would be many years ahead of its competitors. But now, we need to see performance, quality, great yields, and most of all... customers flocking to the new node (AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Apple, etc).

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang is in Taiwan once again, meeting with TSMC founder Morris Chang, as well as Quanta and MediaTek executives for dinner ahead of Computex 2024 next week.

The NVIDIA and TSMC founders enjoyed their dinner, leaving the restaurant and talking to the media, with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang responding to fans' requests for autographs, with media outlet CNA reporting he showed his "usual friendly attitude".

Jensen hanging out with TSMC founder Morris Chang is a big deal, but we know the relationship between NVIDIA and TSMC is strong. NVIDIA has its current-gen GeForce RTX 40 series, its upcoming Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 series cards made at TSMC, and its entire fleet of H100, H200, B100, B200 AI GPUs (and everything in between) fabbed at TSMC.

Fallout 76 has amassed tons of new players on the heels of April's wildly successful Fallout TV show.

More than a month after the Fallout show's release, Fallout mania is still going strong. The games are racking up impressive player counts thanks to the marketing activations from the TV show push, and Fallout 76 in particular recently broke the 20 million lifetime players milestone.

That new figure is up substantially from 2022's previous number of 13.5 million lifetime players. Fallout 76 managed to tack-on 6.5 million more players from 2023 - May 2024, and a good portion of that was likely driven by the TV show an the fact that all Amazon Prime subscribers got a free copy of the game from Prime Gaming.

As the month of May draws to a close, Windows 11 has just got its latest preview update, and this optional effort might be picked up by more users than normal, seeing as it brings in a couple of keenly awaited pieces of work.

Patch KB5037853, for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2, introduces a bunch of features and fixes, but something that a lot of folks have been waiting for is drag and drop functionality in the File Explorer address bar.

This means you can now drag a file out of a folder, and into another folder on the address bar at the top of the window (where the file path is displayed). It's a convenient shortcut for moving files sometimes, and one that Windows 11 users missed, or at least some certainly did. So, it's good to see this basic piece of functionality now present in File Explorer.

NVIDIA's next-generation flagship GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is back into the rumor mill, with updated specs through new rumors.

We're now expecting to see 28GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory on an (interesting) 448-bit memory bus, with 1.5TB/sec of memory bandwidth on the GeForce RTX 5090. There were previous rumors of a monster 512-bit memory bus for the RTX 5090, with other rumors suggesting a 384-bit memory bus, but new rumors are right in between: a 448-bit memory bus.

This means that NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card might not be using all of the 16 available GDDR7 memory modules, and only 14 of the memory modules instead. The 28GB of GDDR7 memory on a 448-bit memory bus will be spitting out an impressive 1568GB/sec (1.56TB/sec) which is a huge 50% upgrade in memory bandwidth over the RTX 4090, which should make for some really impressive upgrades in 4K gaming.

MSI announced the new MSI GeForce RTX 4090 24G SUPRIM FUZION Graphics Card in an email confirming that it and other products have won Computex 2024 awards ahead of the show. It's a 4.5-slot beast because it includes an "innovative all-in-one hybrid liquid-cooled" solution with a pump, radiator, and short pipe waterway in a single block.

Ahead of its Computex reveal, German outlet Allround-PC (via Videocardz) has gotten some exclusive pictures of the new MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM FUZION GPU and its unique design, which includes a compact cooling block with pump. You can see the copper heat sinks around the block and the pump in these new shots.

Integrating the radiator with the GPU is definitely going to turn a few heads, and we'll be doing our best to go hands-on with it at Computex and potentially review it in the near future, so stay tuned. According to the Computex Best Choice Awards, the design can deliver a "15% increase in performance compared to traditional air cooling technology."