Just over a year after its successful public listing, Roblox Corp has announced that its founder and CEO David Baszucki's base salary will be dropped to $0, with the executive instead poised to receive a "Long-Term Performance Award" worth up to $233 million, Reuters reports.

The CEO's total compensation for the previous year was just $6.8 million, making the $233 million compensation package a pretty major step up. It isn't directly comparable, however, with the new pay packet designed to take Baszucki through to 2027, and also being directly tied to the company's performance on the stock market.

"Mr. Baszucki was particularly receptive to receiving the Founder and CEO Long-Term Performance Award as he believes that he should be rewarded only if significant long-term outperformance is delivered," reads a regulatory filing announcing the new pay packet for the CEO. The document also adds that Baszucki intends to "donate the net proceeds [of the award] for philanthropic purposes."

This method of compensating executives has been used by a number of big companies, including Tesla, but has been criticized for allowing payouts worth billions to CEOs.

Despite ongoing stock shortages, the PlayStation 5 has just passed a new sales milestone in the UK, overtaking the classic Nintendo 64 in lifetime sales. The PS5 is also closing in on the Game Boy Advance, while the Xbox Series X|S is still behind its competitor, having surpassed the GameCube in sales.

The figures come from GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring, who posted the stats in a tweet--adding that we'd most likely be seeing more records broken if there was more stock available, and that it's likely to be a long console generation.

In terms of global sales, both the PS5 and the Xbox Series X|S are sitting behind the Gamecube, with the PS5 still just shy of 20 million units sold. In a comparison of the consoles' first year of sale, the PS5 is selling slower than the PS4, though not for lack of interest. While stock is still hard to come by, Sony has said that it's selling every console it makes, which won't come as a surprise to anyone who's tried to get their hands on one.

After users running both a Ryzen CPU and a Radeon GPU started reporting issues with their CPU BIOS settings being changed, AMD has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that a bug within its GPU drivers may be causing Ryzen CPUs to overclock without warning or permission.

"We are aware of an issue in the AMD software suite that is adjusting certain AMD processor settings for some users," an AMD representative said in a statement sent to Tom's Hardware. "We are investigating the issue and we'll share more information as soon as we're able."

This issue also seems to have been listed as a known issue in the Adrenalin 22.4.1 release notes, which says that "Ryzen CPU Overclock settings may be changed after resetting or importing a profile from Radeon Performance Tuning Options."

Affected users found that their Ryzen CPUs were being automatically overclocked--a setting that normally comes with a warning, requiring users to click to acknowledge that overclocking will void the CPU's warranty. The issue was tracked back to AMD's Adrenalin GPU drivers, which last year was updated to add a Ryzen Master module that would let users overclock their CPU from the same interface.

Overclocking can have a number of negative side effects on a system, especially when they have lower-end parts. As well as potential problems with overheating, overclocking can also lead to stability issues, including an increased risk of BSODs.

Today Nihon Falcom released the first trailer and a gallery of screenshots and artwork of its the upcoming JRPG by Nihon Falcom The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II – Crimson Sin.

The trailer gives a small glimpse at the story and alongside the screenshots provides a look at several returning and new characters (more details were provided on the latest issue of Famitsu).

Do keep in mind that if you have not played The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki (which most of us haven’t, since it hasn’t been released in English), some of the content below could be considered including spoilers.

We also see the return of fishing, which has been expanded, and the ability to use Arts on the action version of the battle system (which can be switched to turn-based like in the previous game).

You can take a look at all the assets below.

Unveiled late last year, Haunted Chocolatier is a brand new game from Eric Barone, AKA ConcernedApe, who’s well-known for developing and releasing Stardew Valley. This game also features a beautiful pixel art aesthetic similar to what we saw in Stardew Valley, and will task the player with running a chocolatier while dealing with various supernatural elements as well.

In a livestreamed interview with Reason Studios, Barone revealed a brand new track from the game, titled Bee Boss. You can check out the track down below, as well as the rest of the interview. Thanks, PC Gamer.

The track itself is a mesh of trumpets and really catchy synths, and perhaps the biggest reveal here is that there are probably going to be boss battles in the game, which were never a thing in Stardew Valley.

There’s still no set release date for Haunted Chocolatier, but we’ll keep you updated as more info comes our way.

Today Atlus released its new daily trailer of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showing another element included in the game.

This time around the trailer brings us back to one of the locations of the game, “Pizza Bon Appetite” and specifically talks about one of the dishes available there, Pizza Pescatore, which is a variety that focuses on seafood toppings.

As usual, we also get the daily horoscope and we go back to the ranking format, with Gemini at the bottom and Virgo at the top. This is honestly getting weird.

You can watch it below.

You can check out the original trailer, plenty of screenshots, a second gallery, more images, and a video explaining the gameplay.

Nintendo has announced that Mario Golf is the next Nintendo 64 title coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription, and it’ll be available for subscribers to play later this month on April 15.

Mario Golf for the N64 was the first installment of the Mario Golf series and originally was released in 1999. The latest in the series, Mario Golf Super Rush, was released on the Switch last year. If you want to experience the game that started the series, you’ll soon be able to when it comes to the NSO library.

As video games get more expensive to make, and publishers grow ever more adverse to taking risks with that expenditure, the last few years have seen a growing trend of old video games being made new once more.

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For those keen to get onto Arrakis and prove your worth, you won’t have much longer to wait. Developers Shiro Games and publisher Funcom have revealed that Dune: Spice Wars will enter Steam Early Access this coming April 26 on PC.

Based on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novels and universe, the 4X and real-time strategy hybrid will pit the four different factions of House Atreides, House Harkonnen, the Smugglers, and the newly revealed Fremen against each other in a bid to control spice, the most valuable resource out there.

An easily overlooked ability helped me clinch it The more I sink into Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the more...

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Sometimes, going back to one’s roots could be the way forward. At least, that appears to be the case with Remedy Entertainment. In a surprising announcement, Remedy has shared that the studio will be remaking both Max Payne and Max Payne 2 in an agreement with Rockstar Games.

Of course, these were the two same parties that gave us the Max Payne games in the first place. Now, the remakes will come under the new publishing agreement and will come to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. The games will also utilize the Northlight game engine, which powers the likes of Control and the upcoming Alan Wake sequel.

Did you know it has been ten years since a Deus Ex movie was announced? What once seemed a natural step, a big-screen adaptation of a triumphantly resurgent video game franchise, ended up being nothing of the sort as the series floundered through publisher mismanagement, and the film itself ended up barely making it…

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Video game movies have a relatively checkered history. The highs and lows have been well-documented, but the Sonic movie franchise has been a source of happiness for gamers looking to see their favorite titles on the big screen. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 continues that trend of good video game movies, and we're sitting down with the cast and crew to find out how they did it.

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Join Brian Shea as he sits down with Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, and director Jeff Fowler to discuss all the things fans should look forward to in Sonic The Hedgehog 2. To kick things off, Ben and James chat with Shea about what it was like to film the live-action scenes when the former basically had to imagine his furry companion being alongside him. Ben also discusses some of his favorite Sonic games of all time and what moments he'd want to see in a future film.

From there, we move to Colleen to discuss what it's like joining the stacked cast for the first time. She has been the voice of Tails for years through the games and TV series, but this is the first time she's getting to bring her character to life on the big screen. Finally, we sit down with Jeff Fowler to discuss bringing all those pieces together and delivering an experience Sonic fans are hoping for.

Confirmed While this is bound to slip by someone’s radar: there’s a fun little LEGO Skywalker Saga Xenoblade reference that...

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Life could be a dream The sequel to AI: The Somnium Files is fast approaching, and a new gameplayer trailer from Spike...

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Haunted Chocolatier is changing the game, literally After the massive success of his debut title, Stardew Valley, fans of Eric “ConcernedApe”...

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Film noir sad sack Max Payne is getting his due with a full remake of the first two games, developer Remedy Entertainment announced today. The new compilation will include both Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max and be exclusive to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

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The house of Payne Max Payne is back. Remedy Entertainment announced today that it’s partnering with Rockstar Games to develop...

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Remedy Entertainment is returning to the franchise that made the studio a noteworthy name in the game industry and will remake Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. The announcement comes with word that Remedy has struck an agreement with Rockstar Games to develop the remake.

The deal is for Remedy to make one big remake encompassing both classic Max Payne titles. The game will be targeting a release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC and will utilize its Northlight game engine. Rockstar will be fronting the bill for development, which will be budgeted to be "in line with a typical Remedy AAA-game production," according to a press release provided by Remedy. Remedy will collect royalties on the game after Rockstar has recouped its funding from development and publishing. No release window for the project was given. 

Remedy CEO Tero Virtala remarked on the agreement, saying, "We're hugely excited to be working with our partners at Rockstar Games once again for the chance to bring the story, action and atmosphere of the original Max Payne games back to players in new ways." 

Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar, owns the rights to the Max Payne IP, and Rockstar itself developed Max Payne 3, which was released in 2012. Remedy and Apogee Software sold the rights to the series for $10 million in cash and stock shares in 2002, a year prior to the release of Max Payne 2.  

We may be slowly turning a corner in the GPU market, as graphics cards are gently dipping in price and approaching their MSRP. Case in point is the star of today's deal post, the Gigabyte RX 6600 Eagle 8GB. This entry-level AMD GPU is designed for 1080p and 1440p gaming, and has been dropped $30 to reach $369.99 at Amazon today.

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Cards with friends (if you have them) There’s nothing I love more than giving out exclusives! The folks over at...

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Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti and 3090 Ti graphics cards aren only a bit faster than the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 that came before them, but they are proving much easier to get ahold of at their (admittedly high) recommended retail prices.

Today, Scan's selling both models at RRP, with the 3080 Ti costing £1049 and the 3090 Ti costing a cool £830 more than that. These are both high-end cards with a price tag to match, but the Founders Edition models are generally the cheapest you'll find - so we thought you should know about this unprecedented stock situation!

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You would think the importance of wearing the best battle-ready equipment you can find for the frenetic combat crucible of a Souls game is obvious. For the most part, it is. Whether running through the gothic world of Bloodborne or the high-fantasy setting of Dark Souls, many players try to ensure that they’re geared…

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Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Publisher: THQ Nordic
Developer: Purple Lamp
Release: TBA
Rating: Everyone 10+

With the cancellation of E3 2022 finalized last week, the summer of gaming press conferences and announcements that typically start in June is up in the air. THQ Nordic, however, is confident in its plans and has revealed the date and time for its second annual digital showcase.

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It’s a part of the Good Old Game section Robert Jordan’s fantasy novel series The Wheel of Time had a...

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When gameplay intersects with prequel memes Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is out this week, and players are discovering all...

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The Jedi Code says one must not “seek adventure and excitement” and to use the Force for “knowledge and defense, never for attack,” blah blah blah. Someone should’ve told Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga that, because fans have discovered that it lets you get some sick air by comboing Jedi younglings.

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Fight for spice and sand The latest video game adaptation of the Dune universe will be playable this month. Real-time...

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Today third-party developers had new assets and releases to share regarding add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

First of all, we get a development update from IndiaFoxtEcho, which revealed progress done on the Sukhoi Su-31 and M-346 Master, on top of announcing the TA-4J Skyhawk and revealing the first screenshot. We also hear a bit about the Eurofighter Typhoon.

SU-31 – RELEASE SOON! We have been trying to release the SU-31 in these days, but we were not happy with the quality of the Release Candidate builds. That being said, the latest build seems much better and we think that the package will be available before Easter.

M-346 – WIP We apologize for the lack of news on this project, but a couple of weeks ago one M-346 crashed in the real world and one of the pilot died. Therefore we refrained from posting anything on our recreational virtual rendition.The project is looking very good and it is moving forward at a steady pace – we hope it will be available for release before summer.T

A-4J – FIRST SCREENSHOT We have started doing some “serious” work on our Skyhawk family for MSFS. As for our other project, we do not want this to be a lazy conversion from our P3D assets: we have started reworking the external model to fix a number of inaccuracies, while the virtual cockpit will be redone from scratch. It looks promising but it will take a while before it will be ready.

One of Apple TV+’s newest hit television shows is set to get a second season, as the platform confirmed the renewal of the Adam Scott lead workplace thriller earlier today. The news comes just ahead of the season one finale, “The We We Are,” which will air this Friday, Apr. 8.

Severance follows Mark Scout as he heads a team of employees that have undergone a daring new procedure that divides each person’s memories between their work and personal lives. It isn’t long until Mark soon finds himself at the center of a mystery surrounding this unique experiment and the company, Lumon Industries, that is running it.

When speaking with Deadline about Severance, executive producer Ben Stiller and Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+, talked about just how excited they were about the promise of the series.

You’d think it’d take a while for the community of a game with 87 bazillion guns to determine the best one. But players of the loot-shooter Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (fact check: out for less than two weeks) have already crowned a reigning champ: a legendary-tiered pistol called Liquid Cooling.

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All Hands on (Steam) Deck While some lucky pre-order customers are already getting to grips with the powerful handheld hardware...

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Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch
Publisher: PlayStation Studios
Developer: Sony Interactive Entertainment San Diego Studio
Release: April 5, 2022
Rating: Everyone

The main focus of Diamond Dynasty in MLB The Show 22 is to assemble the ultimate roster, hopefully consisting of as many elite-ranked players as possible. This pursuit of power will also net you other items, including classic stadiums. You can get a Choice Stadium pack by playing horribly in one Mini Season game.

Last week we finally got the first episode of the long-awaited Marvel TV series, Moon Knight, starring one of the hottest actors in entertainment at the moment, Oscar Isaac. It’s a wild ride that casual and hardcore Marvel fans can both find something to keep them pulled into the world.

The story begins following protagonist Steven Grant, a mild-mannered Museum gift shop attendant that moonlights as the badass mercenary Marc Spector.While that may sound like a jarring side job, it makes sense once it’s revealed he’s a former Marine and CIA agent.

While working those jobs, Spector would always be the one who ended up with unsavory assignments, like assassinating people in Africa and South America. One mission in Egypt nearly killed him, though he was saved by the god Khonshu in exchange for becoming his avatar.

Acting as the vessel for a god gave him powers like unmatched martial arts abilities, superhuman strength, and even immortality but it also came with a harsh side-effect, causing him to suffer from dissociative identity disorder (DID).

It’s out in May The Reggie Fils-Aime audio book has a narrator: the Regginator. Yep, Reggie will be bringing his...

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If you’ve been bowling, there’s a good chance you’ve seen those corny 3D animations that unfold whenever you get a strike, spare, split, or miss the pins outright. These 90s relics are having a bit of a horny renaissance right now, thanks to an artist who recently posted a salacious bowling animation that has set the…

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Put up your dukes The annual summer run of publisher streams, Direct-lites, and digital shows is still some months out,...

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