Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. isn’t just a PC port of a 19-year-old game: it’s the reason a diehard fighting game community can ‘finally reach out and play with each other across the world’

What is a legacy? I’ve struggled with that question as I’ve tried to write about Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O., the latest entry in the series that invented 3D fighting games before eventually fading from the public consciousness. R.E.V.O., a new version that just hit Steam last week, is a chance to reset that, for one…

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After The Sims 1 + 2 rereleases stumbled out to mixed reviews, EA issues a patch that boldly declares they ‘should now launch in most situations’

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…

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Microsoft nixes details of its Windows 11 TPM 2.0 security bypass though there are still other ways of getting the latest OS on ‘unsupported’ hardware

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….

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