HARDWARE
PS5 Pro Hardware: 16GB GDDR6, 2TB SSD and $699
A PlayStation 5 Pro model was released on November 7, 2024, featuring a faster GPU, improved ray tracing, and AI-driven upscaling technology.
Sony Interactive Entertainment Impact: 8/10
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HARDWARE
Intel Arrow Lake: Core Ultra Series 2, No SMT, LGA 1851
Arrow Lake is the codename for Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors, released on October 24, 2024, using a disaggregated MCM design fabricated on TSMC nodes.
Intel Impact: 8/10
HARDWARE
AMD Zen 6: 12 Cores per CCD and July 23, 2026
Zen 6 (codenamed 'Morpheus') is AMD's upcoming CPU microarchitecture succeeding Zen 5.
AMD Impact: 8/10
MMO
Once Human's Wipe Cycle and Eternaland Transfer Rules
Once Human is a free-to-play post-apocalyptic third-person open world multiplayer survival game developed and published by Starry Studio, a NetEase subsidiary.
Starry Studio Impact: 8/10
RTS
Manor Lords: Gridless Towns, Six Taxes and Five Modes
How Manor Lords blends gridless medieval city-building with real-time battles, and why depleting soil and six tax types make it a scarcity sim.
Slavic Magic Impact: 8/10
RPG
Dragon's Dogma 2 Pawn System and Vocation Combat
Action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom, released for PS5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on March 22, 2024
Capcom Impact: 8/10
RTS
Stronghold 2001: Rat, Snake, Pig and Wolf Castle Sieges
Why Stronghold's economy-under-siege design outlasted its RTS peers: the castle-sim loop, the Rat, Snake, Pig and Wolf, and the 2023 Definitive Edition.
Firefly Studios Impact: 8/10
RPG
Baldur's Gate 3: D&D 5e Rules and the Level Cap
Role-playing video game adapted from Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, set in the Forgotten Realms
Larian Studios Impact: 8/10
RTS
Company of Heroes 3: Tactical Pause and Console RTS
How Company of Heroes 3's Tactical Pause decouples planning from reflexes — and why that let the Italian and North African campaigns work on console.
Relic Entertainment Impact: 8/10
RTS
Warhammer III in 2022: Immortal Empires Megamap
Turn-based strategy and real-time tactics game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega
Creative Assembly Impact: 8/10
RTS
Men of War II: Three Campaigns Without Base Building
Direct sequel to Men of War, developed by Ukrainian studio Best Way and published by Fulqrum Publishing
Best Way Impact: 8/10