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How to get into Hernand Castle in Crimson Desert

Early in Crimson Desert you'll reach the gates of Hernand Castle and the guards will refuse to let you pass unless you're wearing something fancy. Later, as part of the "Mystical Key" quest in Chapter 1, "The First Encounter," you'll

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I tested DeleteMe to scrub leaked personal data

Whether you realize it or not, your personal information is likely somewhere online. My information has been leaked multiple times; Have I Been Pwned showed I was a victim of eight data breaches, including the Under Armour leak from November 2025 and the ParkMobile hack from March 2021. DeleteMe scans

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Robert Garriott warned there were too many PC games 37 years ago

At the 1989 Computer Game Developers Conference, Robert Garriott, the business brain at Origin Systems, warned that there were simply too many computer games on the market. He also flagged another problem: some of the games sucked. "The consumer is being very confused," Garriott went on to say.

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Uber's new deals aim to catch up in self-driving car tech

Uber launched a driverless car project in early 2015 under Travis Kalanick and competed with Waymo and Tesla. After a test vehicle in Arizona struck and killed a pedestrian in 2018, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi cancelled the program and sold off parts as the company prepared for an IPO in 2019.

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Seven Deadly Sins: Origin codes for extra draw tickets, cube keys

Netmarble’s Genshin-inspired gacha RPG Seven Deadly Sins: Origin has active redeemable codes that grant items such as extra hero draw tickets, enhancement stones, cube keys and gold. Codes can expire, and several in the list show their expiry as TBD, so redeem them promptly. Active codes and rewards: ORIGINSTEAM

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Why your biggest tech upgrade this year is a splash of color

Look at recent phone, headphone and wearable launches and a clear pattern appears: vibrant color, especially pink. Examples include the Sony WH-1000XM6 in Sand Pink, the Nothing Phone 4a and Headphone (a) in bubblegummy pink, the Oura Ring 4 Ceramic in Petal pink, and Apple’s iPhone 17e in soft

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Best data removal services of 2026

It is nearly impossible to stop all of your data from being harvested, traded and sold by third parties given how much time we spend online and the many services that collect information by default. Manual removals are time-consuming and only go so far, so specialist data removal services can

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Death Stranding 2 leaks on Steam and is being pirated

Death Stranding 2 is already being pirated on PC after Steam mistakenly made unencrypted game files available ahead of launch. The title doesn’t use Denuvo, which helps performance but left it more vulnerable to copying. Out March 19, Hideo Kojima’s open-world walking-sim shooter will get updated features and

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Play Crimson Desert with a controller

Crimson Desert is vast and ambitious, but its default keyboard controls feel cumbersome and awkward. You notice it early on when the game asks you to perform Blinding Flash during the intro, and it only becomes more apparent as dozens of inputs and combos pile up. That doesn't

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Best Steam Spring Sale deals of 2026

The 2026 Steam Spring Sale runs through March 26 and offers hundreds of discounts across indie and AAA titles, from award-winning newcomers to long-running classics and niche RPGs. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is on sale for 20% off, dropping to $39.99 and including Sandfall's free DLC with

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Turn an old iPhone or Android into a security camera in 4 steps

Old phones can make low-cost home security cameras: they have a decent camera, Wi‑Fi, storage and a battery, though they may stop receiving security updates over time. For a free or cheap solution, repurposing an unused iPhone or Android can provide live view, motion alerts and two-way audio without

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Caves of Qud co-creator wants games to use untapped CPU and network power

Caves of Qud simulates a surreal science-future where characters can sprout new limbs, apes and crabs have shifting reputational dynamics, and a concrete wall can gain personhood through items that grant sentience. Its systems-heavy procedural generation and simulations produce situations that can’t be pre-baked. Bucklew says even that level

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CD Projekt Red's mysterious new IP Hadar enters early pre-production

CD Projekt Red confirmed during its 2025 earnings conference that its shadowy project Hadar has entered preliminary pre-production stages. The studio first revealed Hadar in 2022 with few details, saying it would be made "entirely from scratch" and that it was still in the "earliest stages of

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Counter-Strike 2 changes weapon reloads, sparking player backlash

Valve has made a major change to Counter-Strike 2, altering how guns reload. Previously, leftover ammo in your magazine was dumped back into an essentially endless reserve, so the decision to reload carried little cost—you might top off after a single bullet, half a mag, or when empty and

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Indie dev discovers game grossed $245,000

Tangy TD, a frantic tower defense indie, brought an unguarded moment of joy when developer Cakez opened his Steam report and saw a gross revenue figure of $245,000. A clip of him and his partner celebrating an earlier milestone — about $32,000 in the first 30 hours on sale

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Save on gaming laptops, Switch 2 bundles and PS5 SSDs at Best Buy

Best Buy is running a Tech Fest sale through Sunday with steep discounts across consoles, gaming laptops, monitors and accessories. The event includes new and refurbished consoles, high-end OLED monitors, and a range of PCs and peripherals at marked-down prices. One standout offer is the WD Black SN850P 2TB SSD,

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The Switch 2's era of dominance is finally here

Nintendo's Switch 2 is starting to hit its stride after a recent software update that bundles several welcome quality‑of‑life improvements — color‑coded storage breakdowns and new menu animations among them — and a new "boost mode" that runs original Switch games as if in TV

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Sony updates 3-year-old blog to announce Firewall Ultra shutdown

Sony quietly updated a blog post from August 22, 2023 celebrating the release of PSVR2 shooter Firewall Ultra, adding a notice that online features will be terminated on September 17, 2026 at 10:00am PDT (GMT -7). As you must be online to play this title, the update says the

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Counter-Strike 2 update discards leftover magazine ammo on reload

Counter-Strike 2 has a major update that changes reloading: when you reload, any ammo remaining in your current magazine is lost. Valve says reloading previously returned leftover rounds to an essentially endless reserve, removing meaningful trade-offs. A new HUD element — a small bar beneath the bullet count — now shows roughly

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Fortnite creator update will change Star Wars video games forever

Starting today, the Fortnite Unreal Editor (UEFN) receives a large suite of Star Wars assets that let creators build fully fledged games set in the franchise. Epic Games and Lucasfilm have packaged characters such as Luke Skywalker and Din Djarin alongside iconic vehicles like X-Wings and TIE Fighters, not merely

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Everything You Need to Know About Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss’s open-world RPG, launches on March 19 for Windows, MacOS, the Epic Games Store, Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. The game is priced at $69.99/£54.99. Physical discs are time-locked and cannot be played until the official release times of 6

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8TB WD Black SN850P SSD 67% off at Best Buy

SSD prices have risen, but Best Buy's Tech Fest sale is discounting the WD Black SN850P, with the 8TB option showing a 67% reduction and savings of nearly $2,800. Offered in capacities from 1TB to 8TB, the SN850P delivers read and write speeds up to 7,300

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The Corsair 3200D is affordable and cool

The Corsair 3200D redefines budget case greatness: it doesn't look cheap and it doesn't feel cheap, yet it costs just $80. It ships with three RS120 fans (or three RS120 ARGB for $10 more) and a front Type-C port (USB 3.2 Gen 2), giving it

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Marathon's ranked mode homework explains holotags, score targets, and penalties

Bungie published a "Ranked Calculation Worksheet" to explain Marathon’s new ranked mode ahead of its launch on March 21 at 1 p.m. EDT. The one‑page worksheet looks like homework and makes clear you can’t just loot, shoot, and exfil — players must reach a points

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If you buy one water gun for the sunny weather, I beg you to try this

The return of sunny weather has me reaching for water guns, and my top pick is the SpyraGo. It's one of the best I've used, packed with tech that makes it more accurate, satisfying and hard-wearing than typical water pistols. Although the pricier SpyraThree offers greater