At a Glance (+) Carmen Miranda: Good 1080p performance; beefy cooling; runs quiet. (-) Hokey Pokey: Aging architecture; less efficient than Maxwell; needs lower quality settings on some recent releases. Doing the Tonga Tango AMD’s Tonga architecture has always been a bit of an odd man out. It’s essentially a refined version of the old…
Microsoft’s Mandy Tidwell took to the company’s blog this week to ensure governments that Windows 10 has the best security to thwart hackers. Tidwell says that security was a prime focus as Microsoft developed Windows 10, which was released last summer. The platform promises to protect governments from the growing rise of attacks better than…
Subscribe via iTunes or RSS, or download here Join the Blogcast gang as we enjoy a quieter, more intimate show (read: Sid couldn’t make it this week) and continue our discussion about gaming masterpieces. Inspired by this week’s release of Firewatch, we recall games that nail the feeling of loneliness and isolation, veering dangerously close…
Following recent news that Windows 95 can be run in a browser without any plugins, the Internet Archive announced on Thursday that it has added hundreds of Windows 3.1 programs to its collection. Now you can relive the days of the early 1990s when consumers played games and carried out simple tasks in Microsoft’s popular-but-now-ancient-looking…
Being prepared As you probably know already, Hitman is getting a reboot. A beta version will available to PlayStation 4 gamers tomorrow, followed by a beta release to Windows PCs on February 19, 2016 (a week from Friday). Can your PC handle it? That would have been tough to answer prior to today, but thanks…
4K on a budget Going 4K doesn’t have to be expensive, not anymore. AOC made sure of that with its new U2879VF monitor featuring a 28-inch display with a 3840×2160 resolution (@60Hz). The asking price? About $400 when it comes out next month. At that size and price combination, you wouldn’t expect an In-Plane Switching…
Useful software or bloat? If you’re not the type to install a custom ROM on your Android phone, then the first thing you’re likely to do when buying a new handset or tablet is see which bits of pre-installed software can be removed. The rest can be tossed in a custom ‘junk’ folder (out of…
Hi everyone, I’m Ryan Juckett and I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that Inversus will be launching on PS4 this spring! Let’s start this off right with a trailer and get everyone up to speed. Turn up that volume and hit play! The Premise Inversus is this unique mix of an action-packed arcade shooter and a…
Hi everyone! My name’s Alex Nichiporchik and I’m the CEO of tinyBuild. We’re an indie game developer and publisher. I’ve been working really hard as a producer on many of our titles, and you’re going to be hearing a lot about us this year as we have around half a dozen games being prepared for…
Today feels like we are cycling downhill on an out-of-control bike, with a pocket full of water-balloons and a grin from ear-to-ear. Why? Because Knights and Bikes is coming to PS4! It’s exciting for us because we’re the biggest fans of PlayStation and its games — we’ve even been lucky enough to work on some…