What just happened? News recently circulated indicating that details of around two-thirds of Steam accounts have been leaked onto the dark web. No passwords, payment information, or other personal data were compromised, but users should probably begin using Steam’s mobile […]
Valve confirms Steam 2FA leak affecting 89 million users; no passwords compromised Read More »
In brief: With F1 25 set to launch in two weeks, EA has revealed new gameplay modes and technical features. The most significant addition for players with high-end PCs is path tracing. Despite its steep performance cost, EA has released
F1 25’s path tracing demands an RTX 5080 just to hit 1080p with upscaling Read More »
Why it matters: Efforts to reverse-engineer source code from retro console games to create native PC ports have intensified in recent years. Most completed projects have brought high resolutions, modding capabilities, and other enhancements to titles from the Nintendo 64
Forward-looking: Gaming monitors have been locked in a high refresh rate arms race for many years. First with IPS, TN, and VA panel tech, and now that race has shifted to OLED. Samsung is the first to reach a new
Samsung’s Odyssey OLED G6 is the world’s first 500Hz OLED gaming monitor Read More »
Editor’s take: AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT is expected to launch in about a week, but pricing remains unclear. An early Amazon listing suggests it won’t undercut Nvidia’s competing RTX 5060 Ti, though the leak likely doesn’t reflect AMD’s intended
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Cutting corners: Gamers who purchase physical copies of Doom: The Dark Ages should probably slide the disc into their consoles as soon as possible, as the game requires downloading dozens of gigabytes. Although the Nintendo Switch 2’s game-key cards have
Doom: The Dark Ages discs contain almost no data, require full game downloads Read More »
Something to look forward to: Official versions of Minecraft have looked largely the same throughout its 15-year history. However, an upcoming update aims to deliver the iconic sandbox game’s first significant graphical upgrade – while still preserving its retro aesthetic.
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Something to look forward to: Funcom’s ambitious Dune MMO launches in two months. The studio recently posted videos and blog posts outlining the game’s technical specifications, PC features, and release roadmap to prepare players. Dune: Awakening will abandon some trends
Rumor mill: As prospective customers wait for Nvidia and AMD to replenish stocks of their newly released graphics cards, rumors suggest that Team Green has delayed its upcoming mainstream models. Furthermore, the reported specs indicate performance similar to that of
Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti could launch mid-April with 2,572 MHz boost clock Read More »
Forward-looking: Recent big game releases appear to confirm that ray tracing and path tracing are the future of graphics rendering. However, these techniques remain prohibitively computationally expensive. The next major update to Microsoft’s DirectX API aims to address this and
Microsoft DirectX Raytracing 1.2 update promises to boost game performance significantly Read More »
