Costco Makes PC Gamer A RAM Deal They Can't Refuse

Key Points:

• A Costco shopper found an iBuyPower gaming PC with high-end specs, including an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, priced at just $1,100, a deal considered exceptional especially for the included 32GB DDR5 RAM and 2TB NVMe SSD.
• Limited Run Games announced the Rugrats Retro Rewind Collection for PS5 and Switch, releasing May 15, featuring classic Rugrats games from various platforms with enhanced features like upscaled resolutions and CRT filters for $35.
• Resident Evil Requiem’s director revealed the existence of a cut “phantom Chapter 2,” similar to a removed segment in Resident Evil 7, highlighting the common practice of trimming and restructuring game content during development.
• Warren Spector’s immersive sim Thick as Thieves will offer its introductory campaign for $5 at launch to attract players, with additional content available for purchase, despite dropping its initial PvPvE multiplayer focus in favor of solo and co-op play.
• Koei Tecmo reported a 16% profit increase driven by recent hits like Nioh 3 and Pokémon Pokopia, and Netherrealm Studios is reportedly developing Injustice 3, continuing the popular DC Comics fighting game series.