5 best sandbox games that aren't Minecraft

If you're tired of the boxy aesthetic of Minecraft but want another game to explore, check out the five best sandbox games ...
TechPowerUp

New Tools Let Users Edit and Load Modified VBIOS on GeForce RTX GPUs Without Flashing

A developer who goes by Panchovix has released three tools that let NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50, RTX 40, and RTX 30-series owners ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

"Some people like it, some people are annoyed by it": Substructure may look like Factorio, but it changes the automation game in some fundamental ways

In many respects, as someone who has played a lot of automation games, Substructure is very familiar. It begins with you ...

What Was Tokyo Being Watched For Under the Rainbow and Spaceship Clouds? —Thinking Through Sci-Fi About Why Japan Is Easily Recognized by Extraterrestrials…

Yesterday's Tokyo Sky すごく珍しくて取りました。都内で虹がはっきり見えました。 pic.twitter.com/hFqUUI6hRJ— Aki Matsubara (@Aki_Matsubara) October 13, ...

Popular Total War Warhammer mod deliberately corrupted by its creator to sabotage AI copies

SFO Grimhammer 3 has since been restored to its original version, but the point's been made.
IGN

Modder Deliberately Corrupts Their Own Hugely Popular Total War: Warhammer III Mod as Row Over AI Escalates

The creator of one of the most popular Total War: Warhammer III mods ever has deliberately corrupted it so that it will no longer work with “unauthorized reuploads,” amid a row over the rights and ...
TechPowerUp

Modders Transform Android Handhelds into Mini Steam Decks

Valve's SteamOS port for the Arm (ARM64) architecture has inspired creativity in the modding community, as they are now actively transforming their Android-based gaming handhelds into miniature ...
USA Today

Could alien tech be left on the moon? Researchers want to find out

A new study proposes searching the moon for remnants of ancient extraterrestrial technology. Researchers suggest the moon's surface could preserve microscopic "technosignatures" left by alien ...