March is here, which means the British Academy of Film and Television Arts--better known as BAFTA--has announced the nominees for its 2024 Games Awards. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II leads the pack with 11 nominations, with Astro Bot and indie thriller Still Wakes the deep coming up in second with eight and Thank Goodness You're Here grabbing the third spot with seven. Other games with multiple nominations include Black Myth: Wukong, Helldivers II, Animal Well, Balatro, and more. We've run down the categories below, including Best Game, Debut Game, Performer in a Leading Role, and more.The BAFTA's awards are voted on by its members, who experienced games industry staff with a range of backgrounds in development and production. The winners will be announced at the 21st BAFTA Game Awards and will stream live on April 8 at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT. Best Game Astro BotBalatroBlack Myth: WukongHelldivers 2The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomThank Goodness Youre Here! Animation Astro BotCall of Duty: Black Ops 6Lego Horizon AdventuresSenuas Saga: Hellblade 2Thank Goodness Youre Here!Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Artistic Achievement Astro BotBlack Myth: WukongHarold HalibutNevaSenuas Saga: Hellblade 2Still Wakes the Deep Audio Achievement Animal WellAstro BotHelldivers 2Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2Star Wars OutlawsStill Wakes the Deep British Game A Highland SongLego Horizon AdventuresPaper TrailSenuas Saga: Hellblade 2Still Wakes the DeepThank Goodness Youre Here! Debut Game Animal WellBalatroPacific DriveThe Plucky SquireTales of Kenzera: ZauThank Goodness Youre Here! Evolving Game Diablo 4Final Fantasy 14 OnlineNo Mans SkySea of ThievesVampire SurvivorsWorld of Warcraft Family Astro BotCat Quest 3Lego Horizon AdventuresLittle Kitty, Big CityThe Plucky SquireSuper Mario Party Jamboree Game Beyond Entertainment Botany ManorKind Words 2 (lofi city pop)Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2Tales of Kenzera: ZauTetris ForeverVampire Therapist Game Design Animal WellAstro BotBalatroHelldivers 2The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomTactical Breach Wizards Multiplayer Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Helldivers 2Lego Horizon AdventuresSuper Mario Party JamboreeTekken 8Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Music Astro BotBlack Myth: WukongFinal Fantasy 7 RebirthHelldivers 2Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2Star Wars Outlaws Narrative Black Myth: WukongDragon Age: The VeilguardFinal Fantasy 7 RebirthMetaphor: RefantazioSenuas Saga: Hellblade 2Still Wakes the Deep New Intellectual Property Animal WellBalatroBlack Myth: WukongMetaphor: RefantazioStill Wakes the DeepThank Goodness Youre Here! Performer in a Leading Role Alec Newman, Still Wakes the DeepHumberly Gonzlez, Star Wars OutlawsIsabella Inchbald, IndikaLuke Roberts, Silent Hill 2Melina Juergens, Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2Ylan Noel, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Performer in a Supporting Role Abbi Greenland & Helen Goalen, Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2Alds Amah Hamilton, Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2Jon Blyth, Thank Goodness Youre Here!Karen Dunbar, Still Wakes the DeepMatt Berry, Thank Goodness Youre Here!Michael Abubakar, Still Wakes the Deep Technical Achievement Astro BotBlack Myth: WukongCall of Duty: Black Ops 6Senuas Saga: Hellblade 2Tiny GladeWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 launched in February to critical acclaim and more than 2 million in sales, but the game debuted with no ability to give your character, Henry, a look of your own choosing. That's set to change soon, as developer Warhorse has announced that Barber Mode is coming to the RPG in mid-March, and it'll allow players to change their hair and beard style. This mode was first announced in January when Warhorse revealed the game's post-launch content roadmap.This was announced as part of a Twitch livestream, during which Warhorse showed off the new beard and hair styles. Reddit user Valmont_DE captured some images from the stream, which show off how players will be able to customize Henry's look when the update arrives.[KCD2] Beardstyles from the new barber update byu/Valmont_DE inkingdomcome Continue Reading at GameSpot

There are plenty of valuable rods in Roblox's Fisch, and the devs keep adding more with unique passive abilities and stats to improve Fischers' experience. The Mariana's Veil exclusive, the Ethereal Prism Rod, is unlike anything else in the game.

In Galawain's Tusks Avowed's fourth main region you will find a wide range of Unique Armor and clothing pieces for the Envoy to collect. After completing the game's three previous regions, you'll likely already have a good collection of Unique items, but many of Avowed's best armor pieces can be found in this region. It is always worth collecting these Unique Armor and Clothing pieces, as they all have two key perks - known as Enchantments - that will often be specifically designed to help tackle the region in which they are found. In this guide, we'll show you where to find every Unique Armor and Clothing piece in Galawain's Tusks.

More than a month after their reveal at CES 2025, I think it's fair to say NVIDIA's 50 series RTX GPUs are a disappointment. Between manufacturing issues, the company's misleading marketing around the 5070 and minimal performance gains over the 40 series, this might be one of NVIDIA's worst releases in recent memory. But the worst part of it all has been watching history repeat itself.Looking back at the last few weeks, I'm reminded of an article I wrote in 2022. The short of it was I bought an RTX 3070 in August of that year, or little more than two years before NVIDIA announced the GeForce 40 series. Plenty of readers rightfully pointed out that I was wrong about the effect the crypto market would have on future pricing, but I think my underlying reasoning was sound. I bought the 3070 when I did because I had a feeling NVIDIA's new GPUs would cost more than their 30 series counterparts and that finding a new card at release for a reasonable price would be nearly impossible. And I was right: 40 series cards were difficult to find at launch.Here we are two years later at the start of a new GPU generation, and we're doing this all over again. If you're just a regular person looking to upgrade your gaming PC, not only is it impossible to find a 50 series GPU in stock anywhere, but nearly every single model is priced far above NVIDIA's suggested price. There's no pandemic to blame this time, so what gives?Devindra Hardawar for EngadgetThe problem is that trends during COVID set a precedent. Since 2020, some people have been willing to pay whatever it costs to buy new NVIDIA cards at launch. The difference now is that rather than give scalpers the chance to profit on that behavior, NVIDIA's partners have decided to take that money for themselves. The end result is that the company's GPUs are now marked up as high as the market will tolerate, and they will continue to carry outrageous prices as long as supply is limited.It's time we admit the business model at the heart of the GPU industry is broken. For the uninitiated, AIBs (or add-in board partners) like ASUS, Gigabyte, XFX and Zotac produce the majority of GPUs you can buy from NVIDIA and AMD. In the past, this model led to differentiation between cards in the same tier. For instance, there was a time in the mid-aughts where you could spend extra to buy a GeForce 8800 GT with 1GB of VRAM instead of the 512GB specified by NVIDIA. However, those days are long gone.Modern AIB GPUs can feature slight overclocks or an extra fan but fundamentally they're all the same product. Whether you buy a 5070 directly from NVIDIA or one of its partners, it will still be a 5070. At best, you might see a few percentage point difference in performance if you pick a model with an overclock or additional cooling, and yet pricing can vary dramatically between different AIBs and even within one company's lineup.Digital Foundry's Alex Battaglia said it best in one of the outlet's recent DF Direct episodes. "The AIB model seems, for a lot of cards, like some weird middle man that purely exists to extract more value from the consumer, and doesn't offer valid differentiation for the price increase."Just look at the 5070 Ti. According to NVIDIA's website, pricing starts at $749. However, retailer websites tell a different story. If you visit Newegg, for instance, there's not a single 5070 Ti listed for $749. The most affordable one comes in at $799, with every other option priced above $830. There's even one listed at $920. Needless to say, the 5070 Ti is a very different (and worse) value proposition at $900 than it is at $750.Newegg briefly blamed the Trump administration's recent tariffs on Chinese imports for the inflated price of NVIDIA's new 50 series GPU, and that would have been a plausible explanation if the cost of those cards went up by only 10 percent.NVIDIA seems uninterested in tackling the problem in a meaningful way. So far, the best solution it has offered is a program that gives an unspecified number of US customers the chance to buy a 5090 or 5080 directly from the company. Provided they deliver the performance the company is promising, AMD's new $549 Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT cards will put pressure on NVIDIA to price the 5070 and 5070 Ti more aggressively, but it remains to be seen if AMD will manage to keep the cards in stock and at their suggested retail price.Pricing for this generation's GPUs will normalize eventually, but unless there's a fundamental change to how the industry does business, you can bet all of this will happen again. Just because the industry has always done things this way doesn't mean we should settle for business as usual especially as the status quo gets worse every launch cycle.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/the-gpu-market-is-built-on-a-broken-foundation-143100986.html?src=rss

Apple has been steadily updating its product lineup over the last year or so to make sure as many devices work with Apple Intelligence as possible. But shockingly enough, the new base iPad now has an A16 chip rather than the A14 in the previous model. That'll certainly provide better performance, but it's not enough for Apple Intelligence. It's an obvious way to differentiate this iPad from the just-updated iPad Air, which now has an M3 chip. The two most recent Air models also work with Apple Intelligence. One nice thing here is that Apple doubled the storage and kept prices the same the 128GB model costs $349, and you can also get it with 256GB or 512GB of storage. It comes in blue, pink, silver and yellow. Besides the A16, much remains the same here, though. The iPad still has a 10.9-inch screen (that they're just calling 11 inches at this point) that lacks some of the niceties you'll find on the iPad Air display like full lamination to the front glass and an antireflective coating. It has basically the same camera array as other non-Pro iPads at this point, a 12-megapixel shooter on both the front and back. There's no Face ID, unsurprisingly you'll need to authenticate with Touch ID on the power button. As with the iPad Air, the new base iPad is open for pre-orders now and will be available on March 12. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/apple-updates-the-base-ipad-with-an-a16-chip-and-more-storage-141208654.html?src=rss

The Circular Ring 2 is now available for pre-order.

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It has taken some time for Apple to release its first modem and it did so with the launch of the iPhone 16e last month. The cellular modem is called the C1.