First Human Patient to Receive a Neuralink Brain Implant Used it to Stay Up All Night Playing Civilization 6

First Human Patient to Receive a Neuralink Brain Implant Used it to Stay Up All Night Playing Civilization 6

The first human recipient of a Neuralink brain implant has shared new details on his recovery and experience of living with the experimental assistive tech, which has allowed him a greater level of freedom and autonomy, including the ability to pull an all-nighter playing Sid Meier’s Civilization 6. Neuralink co-founder…

Activision Threatens to Ban Call of Duty Warzone Players Using Boosting Services

Activision Threatens to Ban Call of Duty Warzone Players Using Boosting Services

Activision has threatened to ban any Call of Duty Warzone player who uses so-called ‘boosting services’ to inflate their Skill Rating (SR). Recent weeks have seen an uptick in reports of ‘bot lobbies’, or boosting lobbies. Boosting services, which have been a problem for competitive multiplayer games for years, create…

World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First

World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First

It’s easy to roll your eyes and say that MMORPGs are dead if you, ya know, don’t play MMORPGs. But 20-year-old World of Warcraft still seems to have plenty of spring in its step, according to Warcraft general manager John Hight. Its latest expansion, Dragonflight, has more subscribers now than…

Tetris Creator Reveals Sequel Prototype Called Tetris Reversed That Might Never See the Light of Day

Tetris Creator Reveals Sequel Prototype Called Tetris Reversed That Might Never See the Light of Day

In July of 2011, Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and Vedran Klanac, a developer and CEO of Ocean Media, teamed up on prototyping a new version of Tetris that Pajitnov had dreamed up – and outlined in a PowerPoint presentation. Klanac programmed the game and Pajitnov provided feedback: They called it…

Final Fantasy 16 Could Be Coming to Other Platforms After PC Port, Producer Yoshi-P Hints

Final Fantasy 16 Could Be Coming to Other Platforms After PC Port, Producer Yoshi-P Hints

Producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida has hinted that Final Fantasy XVI could be coming to other platforms after the PC version is released. The game was first released for PlayStation 5 back in June 2023 and is coming to PC at some point in the future. Yoshida and DLC director Takeo…

Baldur’s Gate 3 Director Reveals One Surprising Villain That Used to Be Playable

Baldur’s Gate 3 Director Reveals One Surprising Villain That Used to Be Playable

Baldur’s Gate 3 players have gotten really silly with mods since the game came out, including creating a number of mods that allow otherwise unplayable characters to join the party. But according to Larian Studios head Swen Vincke, a number of those characters may have been considered for inclusion as…

Save 32% Off the 4TB WD Black SN850X M.2 SSD — One of the Fastest PCI-e 4.0 SSDs Available

Save 32% Off the 4TB WD Black SN850X M.2 SSD — One of the Fastest PCI-e 4.0 SSDs Available

Ever since 2024 has rolled around, we have yet to see an outstanding deal on a WD Black solid state drive. Well, that streak is finally over. Amazon is currently offering Amazon Prime members a generously sized 4TB WD Black SN850X PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD for only $237.49. This…