PC Gaming
I’ve returned to Seattle for the first time since February. Not the real Seattle, of course. I’d probably get deported. But the ominous, permanently dark Seattle created by The Chinese Room for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Earlier in the year, I was drinking blood and getting up to mischief as a Tremere vampire,…
Rory Norris, Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: playing way too much of the Battlefield 6 open beta. This week I’ve been: slogging my way through the Road to Battlefield event in Battlefield 2042, remembering why it’s my least favourite game in the series. The most significant difference between most playtests I’ve…
Here’s a useful piece of advice right up top—don’t use a free VPN. Many will have serious caveats, as demonstrated by the security researchers at Koi, who say they’ve discovered a particularly popular Chrome-based variant taking unauthorised screenshots and spying on its users. The accused Chrome extension is called FreeVPN.One, and it’s currently sat at…
Are you ready for Hollow Knight: Silksong? Well, by my count, about 22,941 players are desperate for another fix of Team Cherry’s work, a number that’ll continue to rise over the intervening minutes of me sitting down and writing this article. Per SteamDB, Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date of September 4 has driven swarms of…
AMD made a bit of an oopsie yesterday, as it accidentally released the source code for FSR 4, before promptly hauling it back again. Despite the course correction, it seems possible that it’s too late to put the genie back in the highly technical bottle. What makes this specific mistake notable is the fact that…
You know what they say: The best laid plans of mice and men sometimes get abruptly derailed by a surprise launch announcement. Thanks to yesterday’s reveal that Silksong’s release date is only two weeks away, CloverPit developer Panik Arcade has decided to push back the launch of the slot machine roguelite to dodge the all-consuming…
Shader compilation woes are, to my mind at least, one of the scourges of modern gaming. Nothing brings you out of the experience quicker than unwanted hitches and stutters as a game struggles to compile shaders in the background before they’re needed. Microsoft thinks it might have the solution, however, by providing pre-compiled shaders, downloaded…
Nvidia’s H20, an AI and compute chip specifically modified for use in the Chinese market, has reportedly stopped production in the midst of security concerns from Chinese officials. As reported by the Information, and citing “two people with direct knowledge of the communications”, Nvidia has reportedly “told some of its component suppliers to suspend production…
Ah, I almost feel nostalgic. Remember ‘meltgate’, in which 16-pin 12VHPWR connectors were regularly in the headlines for, well, melting under heavy usage or incorrect installation? The problem appeared to be limited to certain Nvidia cards like the RTX 4090, as they were the ones making use of the connector standard at the time, before…
Legends tell of a videogame. A cursed videogame. One which, once it crosses paths with another, puts a year-long ticking timebomb on its victim. And the worst part? They never saw it coming. Sorry, it’s Persona 5, I get at least one Last Surprise joke. There’ve been a pretty wild number of collaborations announced across…