Assassin's Creed Valhalla Review: More Meat, Less Fat

In this Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review we’ll be telling you what we think about the latest installment of the Ubisoft franchise that has spanned over a decade. IsAssassin’s Creed Valhallabetter than Odyssey? Does it return to Assassin’s Creed’s roots? What changes have they made to the formula? In this review, we’ll answer all these questions and more. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review: More Meat, Less Fat Developed by: Ubisoft Montreal Published by: Ubisoft Release date: November 10th...

July 7, 2025 · 10 min · 2040 words · Arthur Delgado

Asus ROG Claymore II review: Master of modular

The Asus ROG Claymore II is a modular keyboard, meaning you can use it at full-size or slide the Numpad off for a smaller footptint that many gamers will prefer. Asus has taken the original Claymore - which was already pretty awesome - and made it even better. But even so is it worth its rather hefty price tag? Here’s how it all stacks up. Our quick take The Asus ROG Claymore II is certainly a premium keyboard that’s feature-packed, comfortable to use, and accurate for gaming....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 1001 words · Andre Turner

Audi RS4 review: Return of the fast estate king

Audi owns the fast estate car genre. Mercedes might make some enticing AMG-models which allow you to bring the dog and kids along, but no car defines that genre better than the Audi RS4. Our quick take The RS4 successfully continues the bloodline of the fast Audi estate. Despite a smaller capacity engine with fewer cylinders, the RS4 hasn’t gone soft. It’s actually faster than ever, and more usable with it....

July 7, 2025 · 12 min · 2409 words · David Pitts

Avoid international roaming charges with Textr’s travel eSIM

International roaming might be the two scariest words when it comes to mobile data. Roaming charges conjure up images of outrageous phone bills and long, frustrating calls to your mobile phone provider. But when you’re travelling, turning off your data full stop isn’t really an option. Whether you’re travelling for work and need to be in constant contact with your office or you’re on vacation and will be navigating new cities or posting updates to social media, chances are you’ll need frequent connection to the internet....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 852 words · Mrs. Theresa Hahn

Benchmarks put iPad Pro’s A9X chip roughly on par with Intel’s 2013 Core i5

The powerful Apple-designed ‘A9X’ system-on-a-chip—the engine that drives the iPad Pro—outperforms its predecessor inside the iPad Air 2 by a large margin while offering approximately the same performance as Intel’s Core i5 processor for notebooks from 2013. In terms of graphics, the iPad Pro still manages to outperform the fluidness of the iPad Air 2 despite having more pixels on a bigger screen. That’s the gist of a series of synthetic benchmarks that ArsTechnicaranas part of its massive review of the iPad Pro in order to determine just how speedy Apple’s new tablet is....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 585 words · Michael Booth

Best Positive Traits in Project Zomboid Build 41

In Project Zomboid, players must select positive traits from a vast list of traits. However, the current list is vast and somewhat vague regarding what each trait does. Because of this, it may seem daunting which one you should and which one is arguably the best in the game. Luckily, we will go over some of the best positive traits we recommend for players to choose when starting the game....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Nicholas Bush

Carving Out a Western Home on the Frontier of Above Snakes

The undead get into everything given half a chance. Shopping malls, space stations, fantasy kingdoms and even the wild west all have their share of shambling reanimated human corpses infesting the place, making life difficult for anyone looking for a nice spot to settle down. In Above Snakes the prophetically-named town of Corpse Creek got bombarded with glowing green meteors and nothing good can come from that. Now the town is a ruin and its survivors scattered, and the real issue is the lost souls roaming the wilderness....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 962 words · Samantha Friedman

Dauntless Official Launch Overview: Free to Play Monster Hunting

Dauntless Official Launch Preview If you haven’t heard ofDauntlessbefore, it is anaction-RPGwhere players hunt and slay monsters in order to gain loot, experience and upgrade their equipment, much like Capcom’sMonster Hunter World. However, there is a marked difference in the game’s art style, which is a mix of something more akin to the cell shading ofZeldaand your typical game. But that is not the only difference. Dauntless features a persistent online city calledRamsgate, where players can gather to pick up quests, upgrade their equipment, change their appearance, and of course party up to go on Hunts....

July 7, 2025 · 9 min · 1809 words · Wesley Taylor

Devil May Cry Retrospective

Member the games you used to play? We member. The basement at the Hardcore Gamer office has a section known as the Crust Room, with an old grey couch and a big old CRT TV. All the classic systems are down there collecting dust, so in an effort to improve the cleanliness of our work space, we dust off these old consoles every so often and put an old game through its paces, just to make sure everything stays in working order....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1218 words · Angela Hood

Difficulty Options in Final Fantasy 16 and Elden Ring are Not the Same

The latest gaming difficulty discourse has caused my brain to start hollowing. Gamers, content creators, and writers alike have been discussing whether Final Fantasy 16 is too easy. For those who think the game was too easy on the first playthrough, there is a question of why the Final Fantasy Mode-type difficulty before a second run. Of course, this idea has been turned into “People will say Elden Ring shouldn’t have an easy mode, but then complain about no hard mode in Final Fantasy 16....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 779 words · Rodney Gonzalez

DockRemover hides the application Dock from your Home screen

Most people use theDockon their Home screen for fast access to their favorite apps, but that isn’t the case for everyone; some jailbreakers, for example, run custom Home screen setups and may prefer to hide the Dock altogether. If you fall into the latter group above, then you may take an interest in a new freejailbreak tweakdubbedDockRemoverby iOS developerBlake Boxberger. As you’ve probably inferred from the name already, DockRemover hides the Dock from your iOS device’s Home screen, offering a cleaner overall aesthetic....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Patricia Daniel

Dr Disrespect building his own game? Streamer wants to create “billion-dollar IP”

Dr Disrespect building his own game? Streamer wants to create “billion-dollar IP” Superstar YouTube streamer Dr Disrespect wants to return to his game design roots, as the former Call of Duty map designer revealed on stream that it may be time to produce a new, mature, “billion-dollar IP.” Dr Disrespect is no stranger to game design and, more recently, definitely no stranger to criticizing the gaming industry’s current state of affairs....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Angela Moore

EA’s Founder Sees Apple’s Reign Coming to an End Soon

Apple is on an unbelievable run right now. It seems like the company has been on a hot streak ever since they unveiled the original iPod back in 2001. This can’t possibly last forever, can it? What is it they say, all good things must come to an end? But with $75 billion in the bank, and anticipation for the next Apple product stronger than ever, you’d think Apple’s inevitable decline was still years away....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Bonnie Branch