Another upcoming CES 2025 announcement is the insane Asus gaming tablet, capable of running all AAA games. It will be powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max 395 Plus, a Zen 5 processor with Radeon 8060S graphics.

This beast has a 40 Compute Units RDNA 3.5 GPU (2.5 times more than the modern flagship). No surprise that it will have a TDP of up to 80 watts for GPU alone. It will be comparable with modern discrete graphics (possibly reaching levels of 4060 before frame generation).

The biggest limitations will be in its memory stack: 4-channel LPDDR5X is still many times slower than GDDR6. But despite relatively slow speeds, the chip can allocate up to 96GB for the GPU needs.

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Folks, I can't believe that there are almost 3000 of us here and only 37 people dropped a like on YouTube: support free tools and assets, go leave a like (and comment)! 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JYL-KEEoc

Scent UI for the unnamed cat game (VIA)

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Xbox is looking for Creative Director for HALO (and also some other game designers and artists).

LINK (Washington)

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Black Body Radiation in Godot Engine:
https://github.com/Mohammad9760/BlackBodyGodot

Whoa, that was an interesting year, no doubt! Show your Steam Replay in the comments!

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Windows 24H2 update caused dozens of models of laptops and handheld devices to get bricked: some require SSD replacement, some just re-installation of the OS. Do not upgrade to 24H2.

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💀 Yeah...

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A nice essay on Anime Art Direction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZDb3OSBylg
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Well...

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Honestly, I do

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Based on real events
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In this era of uncertainty, I wanna share some Indie Games I played over the last year and can recommend. Share yours in the comments!

Little Misfortune — a narrative horror with simple puzzles and exceptional voice acting.

The Hong Kong Massacre (80% off) — extremely hard shooter with slow motion. One bullet kills you and there are dozens of enemies on each map.

A Short Hike — you are a bird, climbing up. Will you reach the top?

Blacktail — on a magical forest a young witch is looking for her sister. But the evil spreads its roots and even stones are going for a war.

En Garde! — action-platformer with a bit of souls-like in it. Humor and rare swashbuckler era make it memorable.

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The Godot Shaders Bible (from the creator of the same Unity book) is gonna be released soon. You can get a free sample now! (Available in English and Spanish)

Get it here (the subscription is optional): https://jettelly.com/store/the-godot-shaders-bible

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After a decade of research, a new Nintendo Wii build of Star Wars Battlefront III has been FOUND by the Free Radical Archive!

Made in the final week of development, the build is full of content never seen before by fans.

🔗 Lost Media Busters

🔥 Hurry up: Vampire Survivors is free on Epic Store! (only for 24 hours)

https://epic.gm/free-2

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Steam Winter Sale has begun, good luck with accessing the store when other 40m people are doing the same!

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Tencent removes directors from Epic Games after Justice Dept. inspection. The Justice Department voiced concerns that Tencent was being anti-competitive by appointing its own directors to Epic, which it only has a minority stake in.

VIA

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