Epic Games Store and GOG launch winter sales with deep discounts and plenty of freebies
Deals for days... weeks, even
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John Carmack steps out of Meta's VR mess
Facebook's parent company is in self-sabotaging mode
TechnicalSides PC Buying Guide: New-Gen vs. Old-Gen
The PC market has changed tremendously in the past few months. New Ryzen, Intel Core CPUs and high-end GPUs, so should you buy the latest and greatest, or settle for more affordable parts? In this PC Buying Guide update we've included four recommended component lists, meant for different budgets and purposes...
Microsoft fixes Windows 11 22H2 gaming performance issues, restarts rollout
The update should reappear in Windows Update over the next few days
Opera GX: A browser for gamers and enthusiasts
Set limits on CPU, RAM, and Network usage, use Discord & Twitch from the sidebar, and connect mobile and desktop browsers.
Death Stranding is coming to the big screen
Kojima Productions and Hammerstone Studios are working on a Death Stranding film
Corsair's bendable Xeneon OLED monitor debuts, check out the first reviews
The Corsair Xeneon Flex 45WQHD240 is a bendable, 45" OLED gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate. The OLED display looks amazing, all for an eye-watering price of $2,000.
Valve sheds light on future hardware plans, including a Steam Deck revision
Valve also wants to revisit the Steam Controller
Rockstar adds ray tracing to GTA 5, but it's almost too much
Say goodbye to the vampire effect
Amazon teams with Crystal Dynamics to publish the next Tomb Raider game
Made with Unreal Engine 5
Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing, Explained
#TBT Every few years it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games look ever more realistic. We've had shaders, tessellation, shadow mapping, ray tracing -- and now there's a new kid on the block: path tracing.
Epic is shutting down servers for Unreal Tournament, Rock Band, and several others
A free version of Unreal Tournament 3 with crossplay support has been teased
Netflix goes gaming: Kentucky Route Zero, Twelve Minutes and TMNT: Shredder's Revenge are heading to the service
Netflix saved its biggest gaming announcements for the end of the year
Tesla is rolling out Steam integration to its Model S and Model X vehicles
Play Cyberpunk 2077 on your EV's infotainment system
Amazon is giving away 10 more PC games to Prime subscribers
Pick up Dishonored 2 and several classic SNK games
Unciv is a free-to-play remake of Civilization V built by volunteers
Available for Windows, Linux and Android, Unciv is a free and open-source remake of Sid Meier's Civilization V, all developed by volunteers who have been hard at work for the past three years -- the project is now also becoming available on Steam.
The Witcher 3 next-gen update includes PC-exclusive Ultra+ graphics setting
Get ready for the Witcher 3 to take over your life, again
AMD's Radeon RX 7900 AV1 encoder is almost on par with Intel Arc and Nvidia's RTX 40 series
AMD's encoder even has some features Nvidia locks behind its workstation GPUs
Why it matters: AMD's new AV1 encoder and fully unlocked encode sessions will allow Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs to compete directly against Nvidia RTX GPUs and Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs in the streaming space. Allowing gamers and content creators to game, record, and stream high quality video all at the same time on a single graphics card.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator is Steam's latest viral hit
Is this the next Goat Simulator-esque success story?
Final Fantasy pixel remasters show up in ESRB database for PS4 and Switch
FF pixel remasters are likely heading to consoles soon
Sabrent's latest PCIe 4.0 SSD is perfect for the Steam Deck
And all manner of other small form factor devices
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Review: RDNA 3 Flagship is Fast
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a pretty good GPU, at least relative to its GeForce competitor, but whether or not it's worth $1,000 will depend on how much stock you place in ray tracing performance.
Blizzard employees say "mismanagement" is leading to Diablo IV delays and crunch time
Blizzard says, game is right on schedule and overtime is completely voluntary
Hideo Kojima teases Death Stranding 2 at The Game Awards
Kojima's next game is a sequel to Death Stranding