PC Gaming
In the ongoing struggle to play Bloodborne on PC, PlayStation 4 emulator ShadPS4 is cleaving a path in the right direction as its most recent update (version 0.12.6) significantly boosts its performance and is more accessible for those with weaker hardware. Granted, setting up the emulation in the first place is not a simple task…
Open world online racer The Crew was recently resurrected by a team of enthusiast developers after its original developer Ubisoft wrote it off last year. But it turns out The Crew Unlimited was on course to return to the scrapyard relatively soon, had its new pit crew not nixed a peculiar bug that recalls the…
Is there a single games company that cultivates the kind of hushed, awed whispers that Valve does? As a private company, Gabe Newell’s baby doesn’t have to concern itself with putting out all the information that companies with masses of shareholders have to. And yet, it pretty much props up all of PC gaming with…
Arc Raiders players are generally a friendly bunch, especially for an extraction shooter. It’s odd, really, that over half of the game’s population on Steam has barely engaged in PvP, and 18% have never even knocked out a raider. Just think of all the loot they could be carrying. Maybe they’ve even got one of…
Dan Houser, Rockstar games co-founder and one of the chief creative forces that transformed Grand Theft Auto into an unstoppable financial juggernaut, reckons that there’s “always that danger” that the games industry will become “overly focussed on making money.” Speaking on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch to promote his recently released novel (via GamesRadar), Houser was…
Rory Norris, Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: teaming up with players in Arc Raiders, and blasting the mean ones. This week I’ve been: clearing out my stash and filling it up just as quickly by engaging in more PvP. I’ve praised Arc Raiders a lot since launch, perhaps above all else…
Tower of Fantasy is an interesting one: a mashup of gacha and MMO, all of the random monetisation bullshit, plus expecting you to *shudder* work together with strangers. Despite being a sicko for both genres, I’d never dare put them together in a single experience—like the two friend groups you very carefully plan individual events…
After 13 years hacking through the development wilderness, TimeSplitters Rewind is out. Its creators revealed last month that the CryEngine-powered mod would finally be released in November. True to their word, Rewind is available to download now. Rewind is a somewhat unusual fan project, a mixture of remake, compilation and spiritual successor to the first…
A couple of months ago, I reported that you can install the Xbox full screen experience (FSE) on other handhelds than just the new Microsoft Xbox/Asus ROG ones. And now, Microsoft is opening up FSE for more than just handhelds, saying it’s “now available in preview for more Windows 11 PC form factors, such as…
Dying in Arc Raiders sucks—it’s the low of extraction shooters. But what’s worse than losing all the stuff you came in and found during your run is losing it all because you did something truly stupid. I’ve been there before, crossing the creek in Dam Battlegrounds ahead of my group, I failed to look both…