The days when it was easy to just purchase a separate RAM kit are over, as the memory shortage means customers will adopt austerity measures to keep their PC hardware alive and kicking for as long as possible. A 16GB Patriot DDR4 RAM owner started experiencing errors with one of his sticks, prompting him to take advantage of the “lifetime warranty.” Unfortunately, that meant he’d have to ship over the RAM, which is more than 80 percent of the cost of DDR4 memory. Due to the customer’s location, it becomes a necessity to ship the DDR4 RAM to Patriot’s RMA […]

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Riot Games has now confirmed that active development on its fighting game 2XKO will conclude in December 2026, less than a year after the title's full launch. We already had an inkling this might happen when the developer laid off half the team that worked on the game because its momentum was slowing. Servers will stay online, and the game remains playable for free on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X, but no further champions, seasons, or major content updates are planned beyond a final bug-fix patch. It's a familiar story for a studio that has struggled to turn […]

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SanDisk has introduced its new Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSDs for Sony PS5 consoles, offering up to 8 TB capacities, but they come at a massive price tag. Paying For SanDisk's New 8 TB SSD Feels Like Buying Three Sony PS5 Pro Consoles Today, SanDisk introduced its new SSD lineup, which is officially licensed for the Sony PS5 series consoles. These are the Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSDs, and come in up to 8 TB capacities. These SSDs are PCIe Gen 4.0 compliant and feature up to 7200 MB/s Read and 6600 MB/s Write speeds with 1.2 Million […]

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The story behind the MMORPG Ashes of Creation, its development team (Intrepid Studios), its founder and CEO Steven Sharif, and its major investors (Robert Dawson, Jason Caramanis) continues to get messier. As you might remember, Jason Caramanis publicly accused Steven Sharif of fraud, embezzlement, and other illegal acts, and mentioned that Sharif would be the target of several lawsuits, including one already filed by TFE Games Holdings against Steven Sharif and his husband, John Moore, on February 9, 2026, in the Nevada District Court, Clark County. However, a few days ago, Sharif himself filed a counter-lawsuit in the United States […]

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