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INTEL’S AMBITION GROWS • Intel is planning an avalanche of new nodes and chips over the next couple of years. Richard Swinburne takes a look at the latest information
WAR GAMES • Tracy King considers the role and impact of games that simulate war in light of current events
RAZER MINI KEYBOARD GETS ANALOGUE SWITCHES
NEW AMD CPUS INCOMING
Rumour control • OUR ROUNDUP OF THE LATEST UNCONFIRMED TECH GOSSIP. TAKE THESE STORIES WITH THE APPROPRIATE PINCH OF SALT
Nvidia gets hacked • Following a security breach at Nvidia, Richard Swinburne takes a look at the implications of some of the findings
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Mini but mighty • Antony Leather Puts seven of the latest mini-ITX cases head to head, so you can find the perfect home for a mini PC system
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GEEEK G1 SE/£124 inc VAT
KOLINK ROCKET COMPLEX/£149 inc VAT
LIAN LI Q58/£150 inc VAT
NZXT H1 V2/£339 inc VAT
PHANTEKS EVOLV SHIFT XT/£135 inc VAT
SSUPD MESHLICIOUS/£100 inc VAT
MINI-ITX CASE LABS TEMPERATURE AND NOISE RESULTS
Button moon • Do you need a mouse with more than just a handful of buttons? Edward Chester puts seven multi-button gaming mice to the test
CORSAIR NIGHTSWORD RGB/£70 inc VAT
CORSAIR SCIMITAR RGB ELITE/£45 inc VAT
LOGITECH G502 HERO/£38 inc VAT
RAZER BASILISK V3/£70 inc VAT
RAZER NAGA X/£71 inc VAT
ROCCAT KONE XP/£80 inc VAT
STEEL SERIES RIVAL 600/£82 inc VAT
Elite • Our choice of the best hardware available
PASS AND FUTURE • Rick Lane asks if the success of Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service will change the types of games we play
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Elden Ring/£49.99 inc VAT
Dying Light 2/£54.99 inc VAT
SIFU/£31.99 inc VAT
STRANGE HORTICULTURE/£ 12.99 inc VAT • DEVELOPER Bad Viking / PUBLISHER Iceberg Interactive
REALITY CHECK • Rick Lane becomes a virtual assassin in Hitman VR, and casts a cynical eye on HTC’s Viverse vision
HITMAN TRILOGY VR/£49.99 inc VAT
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