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AppWizard

June 5, 2025

A Minecraft speedrunner nearly smashed a world record by one whole minute, but then an Enderman ruined everything: “This is the most depressing thing I’ve ever seen in my life”

Skycrab1, a speedrunner in Minecraft, was close to achieving a world record by completing a random seed run in under seven minutes. They spawned near a ruined portal and village, quickly gathered necessary items, and defeated the Ender Dragon using a strategy involving exploding beds. However, just before reaching the finish line, an Enderman teleported behind them and delivered a fatal blow, resulting in a near-victory. Observers noted that skycrab1 had looked at the Enderman for only 15 frames (0.25 seconds) before the incident. Despite their impressive performance, the world record remains unachieved.

TrendTechie

May 4, 2025

Understanding Torrents: A Beginner’s Guide

Torrents enable efficient digital file sharing through a peer-to-peer (P2P) system, allowing users to download content from multiple sources simultaneously rather than a single server. This collaborative method enhances download speeds as users share file segments with one another. uTorrent is a tool that facilitates this process by connecting to trackers for peer discovery and managing the downloading and uploading of file pieces. Key terms in the torrenting community include seeding, which is sharing a complete file after downloading, and leeching, which is downloading without sharing. The decentralized nature of torrenting improves file availability and speeds, as all users contribute bandwidth. To optimize uTorrent usage, users should select torrents with a good ratio of seeders to leechers, manage speed settings, and practice seeding etiquette.

AppWizard

May 2, 2025

The PC game releases we’re most excited about in May

In May, several notable games are set to release, including Among Us 3D, Revenge of the Savage Planet, and Elden Ring Nightreign. Events include Gamescom Latam in São Paulo until May 4, PAX East in Boston from May 8 to May 11, EVO Japan in Tokyo from May 9 to May 11, and the Six One Indie Showcase on May 22. Steam Fest sales will feature themed events: Wargames Fest (April 28 - May 5), Creature Collector Fest (May 12 - May 19), and Zombies vs. Vampires Fest (May 26 – June 2). Upcoming game releases include: - May 5: Drop Dutchy - May 8: Captain Blood, Creature Keeper, Empyreal, The Midnight Walk, Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall - May 9: Anoxia Station - May 15: Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - May 21: JDM: Japanese Drift Master, Fantasy Life: The Girl Who Steals Time, Gundam Seed Battle Destiny, Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution - May 22: Deliver At All Costs, TMNT: Tactical Takedown - May 23: Onimusha 2 - May 28: To a T, As We Descend - May 29: A Nice Day for Fishing - May 30: F1 25

AppWizard

April 22, 2025

Cyberpunk Stealth-Action Game ‘Steel Seed’ Now Available on PC, Consoles [Trailer]

The full launch of RailGods of Hysterra has been postponed to May 7 due to the developer Troglobytes Games and publisher Digital Vortex Entertainment taking additional time to refine the game based on feedback from internal playtests. A new story trailer has been released, showcasing the cooperative base-building survival action experience. The game is set in a world influenced by H.P. Lovecraft's tales, where players can embark on a journey solo or with a group of up to five, connecting with a powerful RailGod. Players will combat madness, unlock abilities, and create protective sigils to banish horrors from the Dark World. A demo is currently available for players to experience.

AppWizard

April 20, 2025

Weekend PC Game Deals: Cooperative free events, Metroidvania bundles, and more

The Epic Games Store is giving away the game Botanicula, a point-and-click adventure by Amanita Design, until Thursday, April 24. Humble has launched the Return to Metroidvania bundle, which includes titles like Monster Sanctuary and Gato Roboto, with various pricing tiers, available for two weeks. This weekend features free-to-play promotions for Ubisoft's Skull and Bones, No More Room in Hell 2, and Barotrauma. Significant discounts are available on franchises like Metro and Dying Light, and the GOG store has DRM-free offers including action titles and publisher specials. Availability and pricing may vary by region.

BetaBeacon

April 18, 2025

This week’s free Epic Android games come with a special bonus

The Epic Games Store offers free games for Android and iOS mobile users every week. This week, the free games are Botanicula and Firestone: Online Idle RPG. Players who log into Firestone from the Epic Games Store will receive exclusive bonus content for the game.

AppWizard

April 17, 2025

Epic Games Store Makes PC Game Free 13 Years Later

The Epic Games Store is offering the game Botanicula for free until April 24. Originally developed by Amanita Design in 2012, Botanicula has an 88 rating on Metacritic and a 95% approval rating on Steam. The game is a point-and-click adventure featuring five tree creatures on a quest to save their home tree from evil parasites. Players can keep the game permanently once downloaded. Additionally, players logging into the Epic Games Store between now and April 24 can receive an exclusive skin and in-game currency for the free-to-play game Firestone Online Idle RPG.

AppWizard

April 17, 2025

Epic Games Store PC Weekly Free Game 17/04/2025

The Epic Games Store is offering free games from April 17th at 4 PM GMT to April 24th at 4 PM GMT. The games available are Botanicula, developed and published by Amanita Design, and Firestone: Online Idle RPG, developed and published by Holyday Studio. Botanicula features five tree creatures on a mission to rescue the last seed from their home tree, while Firestone: Online Idle RPG combines multiplayer fantasy with idle RPG mechanics, allowing players to collect heroes and engage in battles. The special offer for Firestone includes an exclusive skin, avatars, various chests with gear and jewels, strange dust, scrolls, game tokens, prestige tokens, and gems.

Tech Optimizer

April 13, 2025

Springtail: $2.5 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Scale PostgreSQL Performance

Springtail has secured a million pre-seed funding round led by Gradient, Google's early-stage AI fund, with contributions from Octave and various angel investors. The company offers a cloud-based distributed database solution that integrates with Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, addressing scalability challenges by offloading and scaling read execution without requiring extensive application changes or data migrations. Springtail's architecture allows for horizontal scaling of read-heavy workloads through on-demand read replicas that share a common storage layer, enabling independent scaling of compute resources. The co-founders, Craig Soules and Garth Goodson, have backgrounds in distributed systems and previous experience in successful software enterprises. Springtail claims to potentially save developers up to 58% on PostgreSQL read replication costs compared to Amazon RDS.

Tech Optimizer

April 9, 2025

Springtail announces $2.5M pre-seed funding to scale Postgres

Developers facing Postgres scalability limitations can either migrate to a different database or create a custom backend, both of which can be time-consuming. Springtail is a solution that enhances Postgres performance by offloading and scaling read execution while keeping the existing Postgres instance as the primary data store. It allows for horizontal scaling of read-heavy workloads without extensive application changes or data migrations. Springtail's architecture distributes queries across multiple nodes to improve query throughput. The initial offering includes scalable, on-demand read replicas for Postgres on AWS, which share a storage layer and can independently scale compute resources, allowing users to activate or deactivate replicas as needed. This approach can lead to savings of up to 58% on Postgres read replication compared to Amazon RDS. Springtail was founded in 2023 and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, supported by Gradient.