Borderlands 3 community scores a big win for science- ‘These players have helped trace the evolutionary relationships of more than a million different kinds of bacteria that live in the human gut’-

When Borderlands Science was announced back in 2020 I thought it all sounded a little silly. Science? In my Borderlands? It struck me as a lot less likely than Dr. Mayim Bialik seemed to think. But it turns out that I was the silly one all along, because McGill University, the institution leading the project, says the project was in fact a massive success that will “substantially advance our knowledge of the microbiome and improve on the AI programs that will be used to carry out this work in future.”

Science in Borderlands does not occur through the usual gameplay, but rather by way of the Borderlands Science minigame embedded in Borderlands 3. That’s what really drove my doubts about the whole thing. Borderlands is all about shooting endless truckloads of dudes—how many pl…

Where to buy an Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti today- early retailer listings from $840–$1,050-

Nvidia’s latest RTX 40-series graphics card launches today, January 5. Announced during CES 2023, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a $799 graphics card with some fairly lofty 1440p and 4K performance to offer. I just hope we’ll see prices actually sticking around that price tag for a decent amount of time today—early listings would suggest that $799 price tag will be hard to come by, however.

If you’ve been keeping up with the Nvidia 40-series launch, you’ll know that the RTX 4070 Ti is one and the same with the RTX 4080 12GB that was originally announced by Nvidia only to be pulled from the roster pre-launch. The RTX 4070 Ti is the exact same card, only now comes in at $100 cheaper.

We’ve already published our Gigabyte RTX 4070 Ti Gaming OC review, so take a look if you’re …

Watch a Baldur’s Gate 3 character break right through the fourth wall like the Kool-Aid Man-

There are a lot of easter eggs and oddities in Baldur’s Gate 3 and it seems like there’s plenty left to uncover yet. For instance, one dataminer has just managed to trigger a dialogue scene in which bestest barbarian Karlach becomes aware she’s a character in a game and looks right through the screen into your soul.

It begins with Karlach suggesting she try something she learned from a cleric of Zariel, a technique for looking into someone’s eyes and determining whether they’re telling the truth or not. Things go awry almost immediately when she stops looking at the character, and instead stares at the player.

If you play along with her questions, Karlach gets more than she bargained for, and has a glimpse of reality. “I see… a great web,” she says. “…

You can make one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s hardest fights easier on yourself—without sacrificing one of the game’s best cutscenes and an award-winning performance-

I’m getting close to wrapping up my Baldur’s Gate 3 honour mode playthrough—all I’ve got to do is not beef it on the last couple of deadly fights and I’m there. In the interest of survival, I’ve been skipping a couple of key story beats. 

I have a cosy setup that works, and I can’t be bothered to wrangle Larian’s fiddly inventory system to make carbon copies of my party members on other companion NPCs. But rounding out Act 3’s final few fights, I hesitated—I really wanted to see Astarion’s quest line through a second time. Spoilers for Act 3 and Astarion’s story quests to follow.

Cazador is a bastard. And I don’t just mean that in terms of how awful of a presence he is in Astarion’s life—his boss fight…

You can get $400 of Vampire- The Masquerade books for ridiculously cheap on Humble Bundle right now-

Tis the season of all things spooky: werewolves, ghouls, whatever that thing from Stranger Things is, etc. Oh, and vampires!

If you’re a fan of both tabletop role-playing games and blood-sucking immortal monsters, then Humble Bundle really has you covered this October. Its new book bundle, Month of Darkness, includes an absolute ton of books in PDF for the latest edition of long-running RPG Vampire: The Masquerade, including the core book, source books, adventures, and more. 

For those unfamiliar, the series is all about playing a group of, well, vampires, living secretly among humans. In theory it’s all about engaging in conspiratorial and often vicious politics with other vamps, wrestling with your own hunger and inner demons, and keeping your existence hidden from th…

World’s biggest mod site says no to Palworld Pokémon mods after taking one look at Nintendo’s record of ‘mercilessly submitting legal challenges’-

With tens of thousands of mods for games like Skyrim and Fallout, Nexus Mods must be the biggest mod site on Earth, but even it’s not keen to pick a fight over Palworld with Nintendo’s army of lawyers. After seemingly removing an Ash Ketchum mod for the game from its archives, Nexus community lead Mathew Elliot told PCGamesN that the site was “not comfortable hosting this content,” meaning anything that might at all touch the livewire that is Pokémon’s copyright.

“We do think that adding Pokémon content to Palworld is a very cool idea and we understand why people would want such a thing,” said Elliot, but Nexus is just “not comfortable hosting this content.” The reason, as you might guess, is Nintendo’s litigiousness. 

Referencing the corporation’…

Sachin Tendular backed Azad Engineering makes a strong debut on D-Street, Lists over 37% premium

Azad Engineering, endorsed by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, witnessed its shares open at ₹720 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), marking an impressive 37.40% premium over the issue price of ₹524. Simultaneously, on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the stock debuted at ₹710 during Thursday’s trading session.

Anticipating the debut, Azad Engineering’s stock commanded a grey market premium (GMP) of ₹205 in the unlisted market, suggesting a potential listing price of ₹729. The initial public offering (IPO) had been priced in the range of ₹499-524.

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Share Market Highlights- Sensex and Nifty ends higher, Nifty Settles above 21,700, Sensex near 72,000- IT and Auto stocks shine 

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: The benchmark equity indices ended Friday’s trading session in positive territory. The NSE Nifty 50 gained 52.20 points or 0.24% to settle at 21,710.80, while the BSE Sensex soared 178.58 points or 0.25% to 72,026.15. The broader indices ended in green, with gains led by Smallcap and Midcap stocks. Bank Nifty index ended lower by 36.85 points or 0.08% to settle at 48,159.00. IT and Auto stocks outperformed whereas Healthcare stocks shed. Adani Ports, Tata Consultancy, SBI Life Insurance, LTI Mindtree, and Infosys were the top gainers on the NSE Nifty 50, while the laggards include Nestle India, Britannia, UPL, JSW Steel, and Kotak Mahindra. The Indian Volatility Index (India VIX) closed down by 5.25…