Hi everyone! This weekend, we’re discounting a collection of science fiction themed games and videos, as part of our Sci-Fi Deals Flash Sale. Head over to PlayStation Store through the weekend for up to 80 percent off titles like Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved and Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth1, as well as…
The Verge reports that Shenmue 3 has become the most funded video game on Kickstarter to date, surpassing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which raised $5,545,991 as of June 11. As of this article, the Shenmue 3 project has just 7 hours to go and has gathered $5,779,046 from 63,856 backers. Yup, we have a…
Top Deal: If you’re still rocking a bulky CRT monitor, you’re doing it wrong. Yes, we know, color accuracy and all that jazz. But you can also get a flat screen display with good color accuracy, along with more pixel real estate than you shake a stick at. To wit, check out today’s top deal…
A quieter R9 Fury Asus on Friday announced the Strix R9 Fury, and as with other Strix-branded graphics card, this one comes with a custom cooling solution sporting the new DirecutCU III air cooler. According to Asus, its Strix cooler keeps things 30 percent chillier than reference while being up to three times quieter. The…
A decade of support As close as we are to the release of Windows 10, there are still some questions that remain. Microsoft seems to have answered one of the biggest ones by today officially committing to support Windows 10 for the next 10 years. The Redmond software giant updated its support lifecycle page to…
A little graphics card with big performance Size doesn’t matter when it comes to graphics cards, hence why we’ve seen some powerful options for mini ITX form factor systems. And come August, AMD will release its Radeon R9 Nano, yet another option in the mini ITX sector. AMD confirmed the August launch during an earnings…
Spam Spam Spam Humbug First of all, award yourself 1,000 geek cred points if you got the “spam spam spam humbug” reference without Googling (or Binging or DuckDuckGoing or whatever). However, that’s not the story here. The real point of focus is that spam is now at its lowest level over a decade, according to…
Back in March 2015, Epic Games announced that it was dropping the $19 per month subscription fee for Unreal Engine 4 and making the software free for anyone to use. The catch is that when customers ship a game or application, Epic will receive a small 5 percent royalty on gross revenue after the first…
Microsoft’s way or the highway If you’re planning to install Windows 10, be aware that you must first agree to receive automatic updates from the mothership. Or at least that’s a requirement that’s currently laid out in the end user license agreement (EULA) as currently constructed, which was released with the Windows 10 Technical Preview…
This article was published in the February 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. So, an eight-core Intel CPU, three video cards, and a new Samsung SSD walk into a bar… Length of Time 2-4 Hours | Difficulty: Medium The Mission Over the course of a year, hardware…