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The current DDR5 RAM price rises are alarming. In just a handful of weeks, prices have more than tripled for PC RAM upgrades, raising the cost of 32GB DDR5 kits from under $100 to well over $300. It's scary stuff and is having big impacts across the industry, with graphics card prices, laptop prices, and more all expected to rise in the new year. This is causing many buyers to panic and either pay these inflated prices now, in case they rise more, or look at alternative solutions such as investing in an older DDR4-based PC. However, what most of us should instead do is exercise a bit of patience. Yes, it's only been a few weeks since I wrote about rising RAM prices and how some of the early Black Friday deals were a great opportunity to grab the best gaming RAM at what even then were already inflated prices. However, since then, prices have gone up further, and the only sensible way to react to price rise graphs like the one below is to wait for the inevitable price correction. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Expensive DDR5 RAM is driving PC gamers to make this major mistake, and you need to avoid it

The decade-long wait for Dead Island 2 was an arduous one, but it seems we won't have to endure similar pain when it comes to Dead Island 3. The previously teased sequel has just been mentioned in financial documents by Dambuster Studios, which says that all of the company's developers are now focused on the new game and that progress is "moving at pace." It also contains an expected Dead Island 3 release date window, which will land in 2028. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Dead Island 3 targets a 2028 release date, with early development "moving at pace" already