According to one PC peripheral YouTuber, some of the best gaming mice on the market that use the latest sensors aren’t sticking at the DPI they’re set to (via MouseCast). At least, not when moved at a very slow speed. An X user noted the problem a couple of years ago, pointing out the problematic…
At its State of Unreal event in Chicago, Epic Games officially unveiled Unreal Engine 5.8, and one of its key new features is Lumen Lite: a scalability setting that targets the use of ray-traced global illumination for the Nintendo Switch 2, with the goal of 60 fps. As the feature also works for PCs, I…
After a standard spell in beta, the latest iteration of SteamOS—Valve’s Arch-based Linux distro for use on Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame—has hit the big three-eight. Or, well, three-point-eight. SteamOS 3.8 is out, is what I’m saying, and if you turn your face to the wind and inhale, you can detect the first…
There is something quietly vertiginous about walking through an exhibition and finding yourself already inside it. Not a self you remember putting there, but a self distributed across objects, images, words; a self that arrived in the museum before you did, and which now looks back at you from behind glass. This happened to me…
Anyone who has ripped open a fresh booster pack knows the feeling. There’s the slight resistance of the foil, the quick fan of the cards, and that little jolt of suspense before the rare one either shows up or doesn’t. Video game trading cards — whether it’s a holo Charizard from the classic Pokémon TCG,…
There was a time when handheld gaming meant lugging around a chunky slab of plastic, a fistful of AA batteries, and a cartridge or two rattling in a jacket pocket. The Atari Lynx was the heavyweight champion of that era — a backlit color screen when rivals were stuck in grayscale, capable of being flipped…
Get to the drop ship. System Era Softworks’ Astroneer launched nearly 10 years ago, and its charming galactic sandbox remains a gem of the survival genre. With its accessible, cartoony spin on freeform adventure, Astroneer invited you to explore colourful worlds, uncover secrets, and hoover up resources while reshaping the environment around you. Starseeker: Astroneer…
Category: Games June 18, 2026 Free Play Days – PGA Tour 2K25, Two Point Museum, Assetto Corsa and Dead by Daylight Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, XBOX Stay inside and keep cool this weekend with Free Play Days! PGA Tour 2K25 Standard Edition, Two Point Museum and Assetto Corsa are available this weekend for XBOX Game Pass…
In the UK, the Online Safety Act now requires that websites verify the age of its users through checks often carried out by third-party vendors. Personally, I’m trying to avoid handing over either scans of my government ID or face as long as possible and, so far that’s resulted in me being locked out of…
That we’re in something of a crisis when it comes to PC storage and memory prices isn’t news. But the pricing and specifications of SanDisk’s new gamer-focused SSDs for PC and console are still pretty shocking. The dubious fun kicks off with the SanDisk Optimus GX 7100X. It’s a PCIe Gen 4 M.2 drive rated…