PC Gaming
Today’s mice have little eyeballs that stare unblinkingly at the textures of our grubby mousepads—a tragic life—but the first computer mice were delightfully simple mechanical contraptions. A little ball stuck out from a cage on the underside, and when you rolled it around, it spun two wheels, one to register forward and backward movement and…
Capcom is facing accusations from fans that it’s quietly adding new DRM to its older games on PC, in what appears to be an attempt to crack down on the use of mods. But the process went from “quiet” to “very noisy” after a recent update to Resident Evil Revelations caused slowdown and crashes, and…
The VESA organisation is a huge group of electronics and semiconductor manufacturers that work together to create various standards for the industry to follow. DisplayPort is perhaps its most well-known technology these days and VESA has just updated the specification to v2.1a with the main change replacing the DP40 cable spec with DP54, which allows…
Sony’s CES 2024 presentation might not have delivered in the way some might have hoped, with no news of the much-rumoured PS5 Pro, but that didn’t mean it didn’t have its moments of excitement. Enter, Sony Honda Mobility president and COO Izumi Kawanishi, who livened up proceedings by driving a car onstage with a Sony…
Earlier this week, a new special from stand-up comedian George Carlin was posted to YouTube—which is concerning, seeing as he died in 2008. Titled “I’m Glad I’m Dead“, the special was allegedly created, edited, and posted to the Dudesy YouTube channel by an AI. At least that’s what the core conceit of the Dudesy podcast…
Space travel in Starfield is pretty easy. Remarkably easy, actually. You just bring up the map, click a dot and go. Sure, some things might be out of immediate jump range, but if all the yawning void of the cosmos has to threaten me with is “mild inconvenience,” then I’m gonna complain that documentaries like…
Prepare to be smote. Smited. Smitten. Look, they’re making another Smite—Titan Forge’s godly and enduringly popular MOBA that first released in 2014—and it’s gearing up for an alpha test, should you wish to rage against the heavens as soon as possible. Revealed at the Smite world championships, Titan Forge is pitching Smite 2 as “everything…
Jacob Ridley, senior hardware editor (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been at CES 2024: Stomping around Vegas for a week has left my feet sore, but it was worth it to get a first look at so many new products. This year, there were an overwhelming number of products brandishing AI abilities, and I’m…
It’s been a year since the public launch of the original Frore AirJet, a compact cooling solution that makes use of an innovative membrane-based method for moving hot air away from internal components. At CES 2024 Frore was keen to show off its latest model, the AirJet Mini Slim, with the promise that it delivers…
Sony’s masterpiece of design, the Dualsense controller, is packed to the hilt with features: An awesome haptic feedback system, a touch-sensitive panel, and a sweet mini-speaker for added immersion in games. Naturally, one needs a PlayStation 5 to make the most of these but one thing that’s a bit of a pain on both PC…