A new Steam update has released the in-game performance monitor that was previously in beta, essentially a jazzed-up version of the platform’s old frame counter with more features and granularity. The performance monitor can be switched on in Steam settings, and renders over your game, providing information on how your rig’s performing and the impact…
An update to Nvidia’s official “Unix graphics feature deprecation schedule” has been spotted on Reddit. Long story short, the next 580 series of Unix GPU drivers will be the last to fully support Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures. So, what does this actually mean for gamers? For instance, does it imply that the days are…
Over the course of the weekend just gone, a new bill was signed by the Governor of Texas. Hardly newsworthy, of course, but the legislation passed into law was that of the right to repair electronics—something that only six other states have done. And perhaps even more importantly, the decision was entirely unanimous, with not…
Backyard Baseball ’01 drops July 8th. Playground Productions and Mega Cat Studios’ announced yesterday that they will bringing Humungous Entertainment’s classic sports title Backyard Baseball ’01 to Steam and mobile devices (iOS and Android) on July 8th. Backyard Baseball ’01 was the fourth installment in the Backyard Sports series and the first to feature Major…
It’s impossible to deny the simple pleasures of a mech battler, suiting up and blasting other players in either a hulking tank or a nimble fighter jet. Amazing Seasun Games’ Mecha Break is no exception, though you’ll have to figure out its global release times before you can hop into the pilot’s seat yourself. Below,…
Play to unlock. Nintendo has added two new batches of Switch Online icons from the Metroid series – specifically Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. You’ll need to boot up and play both games in order to unlock the icons. Super Metroid is part of the SNES app on Switch, and Metroid Fusion is part of…
Make sure it’s “Ultra High Speed”. The Switch 2 has been out for almost a month now and during this time some users have been experiencing issues with their Joy-Con 2 and other Switch 2 controllers repeatedly disconnecting when using the system in docked mode. If this has come up on your end, it might…
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Heikki Repo, creative director and co-founder of Cornfox & Brothers and the creator behind Oceanhorn to find out what makes this new dungeon explorer a special one. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Heikki Repo: Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon was born from the idea to have a…
Brain Computer Interfaces have to be one of my favourite pieces of futuristic tech around today. These are wonderfully named pieces of kit that allow a brain to interface with a computer directly. BCIs work wonders in the medical community giving patients with even very limited mobility like locked-in syndrome the tools to communicate with…
A heads up for readers in the U.S. if you haven’t changed your passwords since last November, you might just want to get on that. One of the most common ways hackers can gain access to your accounts is by data breaches, where a website’s private data including usernames and passwords become public. Once out,…