Gears of War: Reloaded PC performance: The updated graphics are easy work for any desktop GPU from the past six years but they’re still enough to give handhelds grief

If you were hoping that Gears of War: Reloaded was going to be like The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, then I have a bit of bad news for you. It’s essentially 2016’s Ultimate Edition of Gears of War, but with better lighting and textures—everything else, including meshes, animations, and the overall gameplay, is exactly…

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Intel warns its deal with the US government may be bad for business, while reports claim it won’t prevent the fabs being sold off and the whole thing might not be legal, anyway

From the bizarre to the arguably ridiculous, the US government’s “deal” to acquire a 10% stake in Intel is following the usual Trump administration timeline. The latest developments include a warning by Intel itself that the deal may be bad for business, claims that the wording of the deal is designed to allow Intel to…

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I got my hands on Nvidia GeForce Now’s new RTX 5080 upgrade and I couldn’t tell the games weren’t running locally, but 4K with frame gen was a little laggy

Nvidia recently announced its “biggest launch in GeForce Now RTX” history which includes an upgrade to RTX 5080 performance, and last week I got some hands-on time with the new and improved game streaming service. As a big proponent of local, discrete, good ol’ fashioned hardware, I wasn’t quite expecting how good it feels to…

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‘A succulent Silent Hill meal’: Silent Hill f devs admit ‘we’re going a little different’ but assure longtime fans that it stays true to the series they know and love

Silent Hill f has a lot to live up to. It’s not only following on from a well-received Silent Hill 2 remake, but it also has to wrestle with over 20 years of nostalgia. To make matters worse, the news of Silent Hill f indulging in more action and fight sequences was enough to have…

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Helldivers 2’s upcoming patch will see you diving deep into Terminid nests where your stratagems won’t save you—also, the bugs have dragons now

Everyone excited to dive deep into an insect nest early September? What do you mean, Silksong? I’m talking about Helldivers 2. What the heck is a ‘silkpost’. In an impressive case of parallel thinking, Arrowhead Games has announced it’ll be updating Helldivers 2 with the ability to dive deep into the heart of the Terminid’s…

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