PC Gaming
Some might argue launching is the absolute minimum you should expect from a videogame, a fundamental prerequisite to enjoying the included experience. But I like a little frisson in my basic boot functionality. The nervous excitement of clicking the shortcut, the tense wait as the screen cuts to black. Will the game boot? Will it…
Lest there be any doubt, the medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a hit, selling more than one million copies in its first day of release. “Over a million of you have stepped into our world,” developer Warhorse Studios posted on X. “We’re beyond grateful for your support—thank you for making KCD2 a triumph!”…
Sticking the latest version of Windows onto an old PC is a great way of making it feel up to date. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t quite see it that way. It turns out a workaround that allowed Windows 11 to be installed on older machines lacking the latest security hardware has been removed from Microsoft’s website….
Working out how to use a torch in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is pretty vital, especially in a game as dark as this one where you’ll frequently find yourself exploring gloomy caves or wandering through woods at nighttime. If you want to avoid strolling off a cliff, or straight into a wolf den, grab a…
Our relationship with digital media is becoming increasingly ephemeral. If it isn’t the fact many of us are working in the cloud these days, it’s streaming giants like Netflix unceremoniously nixing shows from its library or Steam gently reminding you that you don’t own your digital games. When it comes to anything faintly resembling preservation,…
Gaijin Entertainment’s War Thunder is usually in the news for one repeated reason: The people who play this military simulator take it incredibly seriously, and have a habit of leaking classified information onto the game’s forums in an effort to win Internet arguments. But when they’re not targeting each other, the favourite target of the…
Being the guy that all my friends (and relatives) come to for tech advice, I’ve had my eye out for a truly great budget wireless gaming headset for some time. Coming in well under $100, the OXS Storm G2 nails it in both look and price but I was cautious if those full-range 50 mm…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is rife with sim-y, medieval stuff. You can whet your blades, forge horseshoes, throw some dice, do your laundry, wash yourself in every trough in Czechia, and, of course, do alchemy. If you’re anything like me, that last one is a problem. In my 75 hours in KCD2, I never once…
Well lather me up and call me a belated Christmas turkey, there might—might—be some hope left for reasonably priced gaming PC in this RTX 50-series generation. Assuming, that is, some of the first prices for RTX 50-series laptops are anything to go by. Asus has just revealed prices for a bunch of its new RTX…
I never cease to be amazed by portals in video games. Even though the tech is nearly two decades old (and older still, if you include the use of portal rendering for hidden environment transitions in Thief and other early 3D games), Portal’s seamless, real-time transitions through holes in space still feel like magic to…