PC games might get console-style quick resume
Starting and closing a game on a PC is often something of a big to-do — it takes me a solid three minutes to get into Fortnite’s main menu, and the game […]
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Xbox Studios games now appearing on GeForce Now
Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of Activision-Blizzard continues to ripple across the industry. While the company suffered a massive setback when the United Kingdom refused to allow the purchase, the European Union gave it […]
Get Metroid-inspired beat-em-up Guacamelee free on Epic Games
Indie gaming is absolutely in love with Metroidvanias, games that feature sprawling maps, exploration enhanced by weapon and power upgrades, and a spooky atmosphere. The developers of Guacamelee said, “What if we […]
Stadia lives: YouTube working on browser games
While long-time tech observers were basically waiting for Google’s Stadia game streaming to die the minute it was announced, there’s no denying that the low-latency tech was cool. And, according to a […]
Why this once-legendary health icon is forbidden in video games
In the early days of video games, it was easy to spot an item that could heal your character again. Whether in Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, or Battlefield 1942, if you picked […]
I got this crazy keypad to improve at PC games. I still suck
I’m not great at games. At least, not on PC. I have no aptitude for using a mouse and keyboard. That’s right—I play everything with a controller. At least, I play all […]
Blizzard games are coming to Steam
For years, if you wanted to play a Blizzard game on the PC, you had no choice but to load up the Battle.net installer application. Battle.net was even expanded to include some […]
Ubisoft says it won’t delete your digital games
Over the last few days, frantic reports about Ubisoft’s digital account policies began to appear — namely, that the company would begin deleting customer accounts if you don’t log in often enough. […]
Can you play PS5 games directly from an external USB drive?
Sony’s PlayStation 5 is now thrilling more than 40 million gamers worldwide, because the game console’s powerful hardware, based on AMD’s fast Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures, is almost on a […]
Intel Arc GPUs get a huge performance boost in DX11 games
Intel’s debut consumer graphics cards, the Arc A770 and Arc A750, launched as a mixed bag last summer. On one hand, Arc GPUs delivered exceptional performance in modern DirectX 12 games and […]
