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Despite Dwindling GPU Shipments, NVIDIA Gains Discrete GPU Market Share Big Time While AMD Falls Below Single-Digit Figures During Q3 2022, total PC GPU shipments declined by -25.1% (Y/Y) out of which desktop graphics saw a -15.43% decline and notebook graphics saw a -30% decline. This was termed as ’the biggest drop since the 2009’ recision by Jon Peddie himself. More on the overall GPU market share here. So coming to the discrete GPU market share numbers, the report tells us that the dGPU shipments decline to 14 million units versus 24 million units in the previous year....

Ray-tracing in graphics technology has allowed for an evolutionary leap in gaming, especially with how the game titles are rendered. However, the performance and the developers’ ability to adopt the process correctly have been minor compared to the complexity. The problem lies in the hardware and computational requirements of the ray tracing technology and the necessity for specific hardware that limits most users from the core technology. Recently, AMD FSR 2....

Following the release of the story teaser, TeamKill Media answered many questions on Twitter regarding game length, launch date, and much more. Here’s the official Quantum Error overview, courtesy of TeamKill Media. Your mission is simple: save as many lives from the burning complex as possible and get out. However, what starts as a rescue mission quickly plummets into darkness, when you arrive and find that things are not as they appear....

Apple-1 Computer Prototype Selling at Auction, Expected to Fetch More Than $500,000 The auctioned Apple-1 computer is hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak in 1976. In addition, the printed circuit board was used by Apple’s late CEO to demonstrate the capabilities of the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell. Terrell was the owner of The Byte Shop which became the first retailer to sell Apple-1 computers. Terrell ordered fully assembled 50 machines and sold each unit at a price of $666....

Razer (RAZFF), a retailer of gaming peripherals, just took a major step toward delisting its shares from the Hong Kong stock exchange, paving the way for the company to become a private entity. As a refresher, Razer had announced a privatization deal back in December 2021 that would value the company at $3.17 billion, based on the offer of HKD 2.82 ($0.36) per share and corresponding to a premium of just 5....

This bear market is about to enact yet another rendition of the ongoing Sisyphean play: extreme positioning sparks a technical rally, allowing retail investors to come out of hibernation, only to see the Federal Reserve hammer the budding risk-on sentiment so as to keep financial conditions tight, thereby curtailing aggregate demand in the economy in the hopes of slowing down the current inflationary impulse. As this now-familiar playbook acts out the script with admirable gusto, GameStop (NYSE:GME) bulls are focusing on an interesting meetup between two bigwigs....

Samsung Believes Foldable Smartphones Have Become a Mainstream Roh stated in a new blog post that almost 10 million foldable smartphones were shipped in 2021. The figure is significantly more than the year before and he predicts that the “fast-paced growth will continue.” “We are reaching the moment where these foldable devices are becoming widespread and staking a bigger claim in the overall smartphone market,” Roh said. Samsung shipped a total of 272 million smartphones in 2021....

The Galaxy Z Flip 4 Features a Slimmer Hinge, Freeing up Space to Place in a Bigger Battery To recap, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 features a 3,300mAh battery, which is not a lot by today’s standards, meaning you will likely not experience that ‘all day’ endurance from the foldable smartphone. The Galaxy Z Flip 4, could be another story, thanks to the latest leak shared by someone with the Twitter handle @SamsungRydah....

Discounting the 2020 iPhone to $199 Would Mean No Other Android Smartphone Can Compete With It in Terms of Value Whether or not you believe that customers have to pay that notorious ‘Apple Tax’ to obtain a gateway to its products, no one can deny the value the 2020 iPhone SE brings to the table. Sure, there are more than a few compromises, ranging from its outdated design compact size to abysmal battery life, lack of multiple cameras to provide a versatile experience, and others....

Well, according to reliable Silent Hill insider Dusk Golem, Silent Hill f is not Silent Hill Sakura/The Short Message, although they are connected in some way. Dusk Golem doesn’t really elaborate on how they might be related. Could Silent Hill Sakura/The Short Message be a teaser for Silent Hill f? It seems like a strong possibility, but at this point, we just don’t know. As always, take these reports with a grain of salt until we get confirmation from Konami....

This was announced on Twitter on both the official Konami and Silent Hill accounts. You can see both tweets below: The latest updates for the SILENT HILL series, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM. PDThttps://t.co/8Knoq9xYsa — Silent Hill Official (@SilentHill) October 16, 2022 The latest updates for the SILENT HILL series, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM....

On the subject of Sonic Frontiers’ new sandbox, Sonic Team is calling it “open zone” rather than open world, and it sounds like it won’t be entirely seamless. IGN hints the game will be split across multiple islands and that you’ll need to solve certain puzzles to unlock additional areas of the map. That said, the game’s wide open spaces will be put to good use as players will be able to take part in various races....

The video is mainly focused on explaining the lore and functionality of the so-called D.U.M.A. machine. In the far reaches of space, after its destruction by a Pangalactic Federation battleship, the Ydas jettisons an escape pod carrying D.U.M.A. as its cargo. D.U.M.A. is an unusual creation imbued with superior intelligence and self-cognizance. Though it appears to be a robotic machine, it refers to itself as a life form. D.U.M.A. joins Raymond and company on their journey despite its less than clear intentions....

Intriguing! Definitely looking darker and more dramatic than the original. Need to know more? Here’s a quick official description for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will once again be directed by Respawn’s Stig Asmussen, who had the following to say about the new project… Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is coming to PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 in 2023.

We have a structure in place, we just call them summits, where we get subject matter experts together for one or two days. We’ve had animation summits, UI summits, Unreal Engine summits, physics summits, etc. I think we did in the last year close to 25 of these. That’s our main mechanism for teams to share technology back and forth. You mentioned Undead Labs, they’re working with The Coalition up in Vancouver, our Gears of War studio, using some of the technology around Unreal Engine 5 and some of the stuff that’s been in Gears of War before to bring that into State of Decay 3....

In a new post shared on Steam, the company confirmed that the Docking Station has been delated due to part shortages and manufacturing facilities closing down due to the current pandemic. A new release window has yet to be confirmed. Additionally, Valve confirmed that the Steam Deck Docking Station delay won’t have any impact on the production schedule and reservation windows for the console, as it uses different parts and is manufactured at different factories....

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin just got a new demo on consoles. Can you be more specific as to what will be carried in the full game? Also, since this is not the first demo you’ve released, what kind of user feedback did you incorporate from previous demos? In terms of the demo, elements can be carried over from that. You mentioned the job level and also your progress in the story, of course these are carried over, but you’ll be able to carry your whole save file over....

Stranger Things VR, which is being developed by Tender Claws, will see players take on the role of Vecna, invade minds, and conjure nightmares in a quest for revenge against Eleven and the town of Hawkins. The game is scheduled to release sometime during Winter 2023 for major Virtual Reality platforms. Play as Vecna in this new Stranger Things adventure in virtual reality. Become an explorer of unknown realities as you form the hive mind and tame the void....

Apple’s New 35W Power Adapter With Dual USB-C Ports Receives a Teardown Treatment Apple’s 35W power adapter teardown is conducted by ChargerLAB, known for dissecting Apple products and accessories. According to the teardown, the power adapter features a unique design that enables easy replacement of the prongs for different regions. Moreover, it features two similar circuits with symmetrical components on the front and back of the power adapter. Apple is offering two variants of the 35W power adapter - a standard and a compact version....

Elon Musk had sent Twitter shares in a downward spiral over the past couple of days as he publicly wrestled with the social media giant’s board on the proportion of bots and fake accounts invariably included in the platform’s Daily Active Users (DAUs) metric. Now, however, contrary to Musk’s public proclamations, the deal appears to be moving ahead quite swiftly. As a refresher, Musk had originally arranged $46.5 billion in financing for his Twitter takeover deal, consisting of $21 billion that the CEO of Tesla was required to arrange from his own resources and the residual $22 billion expected to materialize in the form of loans and bank financing, including a $12....