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The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu / This week's major release / Wednesday 15 July In up to four player co-op, form a group of explorers searching for treasure. In this cursed jungle, danger is everywhere and monstrous creatures alter reality. Stay clear-headed and tame the jungle before it devours you. Steam link Welcome to the middle of July and we're right back to the slower pace of new game releases. This week's major release brings some Lovecraftian co-op action set in a time of gunpowder and muskets.

Following the recent confirmation that layoffs related to Asha Sharma's Xbox reset have resulted in significant layoffs at ZeniMax-run studios—amounting to 50% of Id Software's workers and 25% of Bethesda's—OneBGS, the CWA-affiliated Bethesda Game Studios Union, has announced that its workers has organized marches outside Bethesda's studios in Montreal, Canada; Austin and Dallas, Texas; and Rockville, Maryland.

Following the recent launch of the Keychron K4 Ultra and K10 Ultra, the accessory maker has officially launched the new K5 Ultra 8K, a low-profile wireless mechanical keyboard with a full 100% layout and sleek cherry wood accents. The K5 Ultra is the latest version of the low-profile K Ultra-series, which means it uses the same ZMK firmware and has the same 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless connectivity as the previously announced K3 Ultra had.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has seemingly managed to turn things around following a wave of negative reviews on launch day. Not only has its Steam review rating swung from "Mixed" to "Mostly Positive"—with 77% of the game's 3,555 English reviews now positive—Ubisoft has also announced that Black Flag Resynced has sold over 2 million copies in just over 24 hours since its launch.

Thermaltake CAPO X is one of the more unusual cases we've seen at Computex this year, and now it has been officially launched. CAPO X is a full tower designed to house two completely independent microATX systems in a single enclosure. The interior of the case is split into two separate motherboard compartments. Both offer support for standard microATX boards as well as rear-connector designs such as ASUS BTF, MSI Project Zero, and Gigabyte Project Stealth.

It's unclear whether Jsaux will release all three versions of the display, but judging by the response on Discord, both versions of the e-ink faceplate were popular, although the full-size monochrome e-ink display ended up winning the popular vote with 49% of the votes preferring that version.

Introduction It's quite obvious that most motherboard manufacturers bet on Intel being top dog when it launched its Arrow Lake CPUs back in 2024. As a result, we've often seen lavishly-equipped Z890 motherboards compared to their X870E counterparts and in many instances, no AMD equivalent at all. The ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming Wi-Fi is certainly a beast of a motherboard and easily matches or even surpasses the visual prowess of the latest ASUS refresh models on Socket AM5.

As promised previously, Palworld 1.0 has officially launched on Steam, bringing with it an absolutely gargantuan list of updates, features, and fixes. The update officially launches the game out of Early Access and adds 72 new pals to the game, bringing the total to 287—over 50 more than in the latest Pokémon Legends Z-A game.

The reception of PlayStation's recent decision to stop producing physical games media in early 2028 has been heard far and wide across the internet, with fans even going as far as to start the "Don't Kill the Disc" petition on Change.org.

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we develop software, analyze data, and create new products. At the same time, an increasing number of professionals, businesses, and enthusiasts are choosing to run AI models directly on their own machines, keeping full control over their data, reducing reliance on cloud services, and taking full advantage of the power of modern hardware.