Jacob Fox, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week: I’ve been trying to make heads or tails of the million-and-one new and exciting products announced at CES, all while soldiering bravely on through a cold. A true martyr. CES had a lot to offer this year, but the main announcement for us PC gamers has…
You might’ve heard it said—probably on this website—that PC gaming won the console war, that we’ve got it so good that other bricks are obsolete. And while I still believe those things are true, being a writer here and having the requisite amount of pride, I’m not afraid to admit that this recent blow stings….
“We gave them an early version to get some feedback about it and they tore it apart”. When it comes to the topic of titles that push the Game Boy Advance hardware, one game that constantly comes up is Vicarious Vision’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, and it’s easy to see why. Released as a…
If you want to bring out your inner Snow White, learning how to feed pegasus in Disney Dreamlight Valley is a must. Alongside owls and baby dragons, pegasus were added to Disney Dreamlight Valley as part of the Storybook Vale, so you’ll only be able to find and feed them if you own the DLC….
Along with Flight Simulator. Known insider Nate the Hate has claimed in a new podcast that Microsoft will further its multiplatform ambitions in 2025 by bringing both Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Flight Simulator to the ‘Switch 2’ and the PS5. The insider – who previously correctly claimed that Indiana Jones and the Great…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is an engine that spits out chaos and regret, but don’t worry, I mean that as some of the highest praise I can offer a game. We’re talking all sorts of consequences for my horrible, horrible decisions and Stalker-with-swords levels of weird, systems-driven mayhem. I’ve rumbled with Cumans because I chose…
“Today marks a proud milestone”. Field-Programmable Gate Array chipset maker Altera has gone independent. The company remains owned by Intel, which purchased the company for $16.7 billion in 2015, but it will now be able to enjoy a new period of freedom. The move has been made in the hope that Altera will find commercial…
I will never fail to be staggered by the improvements that World of Warcraft has made in a few short years, especially given my miserly perspective on it circa 2020. I wouldn’t even say that perspective’s been unwarranted—quite the opposite. Shocking allegations of workplace culture issues slammed broadside into one of the most disappointing expansion…
Ryzen 9 9900X | 12 cores | 24 threads | 5.6 GHz boost | 64 MB L3 cache | 120 W TDP | AM5 socket | $499 $409.99 (save $89.01) In our Ryzen 9 9900X review, our main criticism was the price, with it not majorly outshining the much cheaper Ryzen 9 7900X but, at…
AMD is having some of its latest Ryzen 9000-series desktop CPUs made at TSMC’s new fab in Arizona. So claims Taipei, Taiwan-based journalist Tim Cuplan. It was reported last year that AMD was planning on having some high-performance CPUs made at TSMC’s Arizona facilities. Now those CPUs have been identified as the latest Ryzen 9000…