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AMD Claims 45% GPU Market Share in Japan, Sets Sights on 70%
AMD recently held an event in Japan to celebrate the success of its Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards. During the event, which was open to the public and featured AMD’s partners such as Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI, PowerColor, and Sapphire, a company representative made a surprising comment. They shared (thanks…
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Limited Edition Thermal Paste Launches In Japan, With Apple Scent
In my years of building computers, I’ve never thought about licking the thermal paste, ok maybe once. The temptation to give it a quick lick is about to become harder if you decide to grab some limited edition apple-scented thermal paste from M1N1ing and Clock Work Tea Party in Japan.…
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Japanese Retailer Bundling Free ARC A750 With RTX 4090
A Japanese retailer has bizarrely decided to bundle ARC A750 GPUs with the purchase of an RTX 4090. Free ARC A750 With RTX 4090 As reported by Tom’s Hardware, a retailer by the name of NTT-X in Japan has begun a new promotion in which when purchasing an ASUS TUF…
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Intel Arc A750 GPUs Are Being Sold for Nearly Half-Price in Japan!
Despite the fact that recent driver updates have notably improved the performance of Intel’s Arc graphics card platform, I’d still honestly struggle to recommend any of them as a consumer purchase. Don’t get me wrong, they’re not bad by any stretch, but given the rather terse MSRP values Intel has…
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Sega Says Genesis Mini 2 Will Have Exceptionally Limited Stock (Outside Japan)
Originally teased earlier in the year, back in June Sega officially confirmed the upcoming launch of a brand new Genesis Mini 2. Well, either that or the Megadrive Mini 2 depending on your region I suppose. – Coming bundled with 50 games including a number of Sega-CD titles, the system…
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FromSoftware Recruiting for New Gaming Title (While Hinting Another Imminent Release)
Released earlier this year to critical acclaim from both fans and critics, FromSoftware is undoubtedly riding high on the wave of success from Elden Ring. – The fact that it has consistently remained at or around the top spot of the gaming sales charts for the last 4 months makes…
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Japan Enacts New Law With Up to 1 Year in Prison Now for Online Abuse!
Online abuse is clearly a pretty huge problem. And, unfortunately, one that doesn’t seem to have a magic bullet solution either. – I mean, you only have to spend around 20 minutes in Call of Duty lobbies to see just how hideous some people can to each other thanks to…
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Japan to Test 330-Tonne Ocean Turbine Offering Potentially Limitless Energy!
It seems pretty clear that if the human race is going to have any chance of surviving the next few hundred years, we’re simply going to have to find a way of producing energy in a more efficient and renewable manner. Our reliance on fossil fuels is, after all, one…
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Studio Ghibli Confirms Theme Park Opening Date!
I am a huge fan of Studio Ghibli and have been for many, many, years (I actually have a Totoro tattoo on my calf). When it came to my attention, however, that a theme park based on the works of the animation giant was opening in Japan, all this did…
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After Over 50 Years, SEGA Officially Withdraws From the Arcade Market!
The arcade business certainly isn’t what it was 30-40 years ago. In fact, many of the once major manufacturers of arcade games have long since abandoned the market due to its overall drop in popularity. One of the few to keep at it, however, was SEGA who, for the last…
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Man Arrested For Reselling 200 Consoles That Were Set For Delivery!
With games consoles in such short supply at the moment, it’s not surprising to see that they have quite a significant value above their supposed MSRP. With Christmas approaching fast, however, many consumers are absolutely desperate to find a PS5, Xbox Series X/S, a Nintendo Switch. Hell, anything! – It…
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Japanese Start-Up Launches Hoverbike for £495,000
It is the dream of many to be able to fly. Sadly though, the closest most of us ever get to do this is from within a commercial airliner. And, I should hope, as a passenger rather than an enthusiastic but unqualified pilot. – Following the official launch of the…
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MSI 3070 SUPRIM SE x GODZILLA GPU Leaks Online
In terms of MSI’s branding, they have nearly always opted for their ‘Lucky Dragon’ when it comes to gaming product releases. In taking that dragon a moderate step forward, however, following a report via Videocardz, a collaboration between MSI and Japanese film studio Toho has resulted in the GeForce 3070…
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Nvidia 1050 Ti is Relaunched at Nearly Double its Original MSRP
It’s not exactly a secret that graphics card stock is ridiculously short at the moment. It’s even resulting in many exceptionally dated 2nd-hand GPU models currently commanding ridiculously high prices on websites such as eBay. As such, when rumors emerged back in early February that Nvidia was planning to relaunch…
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Stores Attempt to Fairly Sell PS5’s Results in Chaos!
So, just in case you’ve been blissfully living under a rock for the last 6 months (and quite frankly, I wouldn’t blame you if you have been) getting hold of a PS5 at the moment (for a reasonable) price is challenging. Yes, the stock is going out to stores, but…
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