Steam has been a fairly decent service in terms of providing modern compatibility for older games. But there’s one curious exception to this trend- the classic game SimCity 2000. While SimCity 2000 is available on Steam, it’s only available as the DOS version. Though far from unplayable, the DOS version of SimCity 2000 is…
Remember the RTX 3080? Of course you do. While it’s easy to get caught up in the latest 40-series GPU releases, the RTX 3080 still makes for a great gaming card. It wasn’t particularly heat-prone, yet some of the third-party cards came with very large coolers to push it to the maximum. None, however, is…
Last week, both Asus and Acer were blocked from directly selling gaming PCs in Germany due to a lawsuit from phone manufacturer Nokia. This not only leaves potential customers with fewer choices when it comes to their next rig, but now that the websites are down, they are left without updates too. Or at least…
The US has made many steps to try and put itself at the forefront of whatever developments are to come in the AI space, and a raft of newly announced deals with both Japan and South Korea look to further those goals. As spotted by TechCrunch, the White House website boasts of its new “technology…
Perhaps the most surprising part of Yakuza Kiwami 3’s announcement had nothing to do with Yakuza Kiwami 3. It was when Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced that, in addition to an up-rezzed redo of the third Yakuza, it was going to release an entire bonus Gaiden game as well: Dark Ties, starring Y3 bad guy…
Hitman developer IO Interactive has announced that it has stopped working with MMA fighter Conor McGregor, who was added to the game as an Elusive Target in June, following a civil trial ruling that found him liable for assault against a woman who accused him of raping her in 2018. All content featuring his character…
Whose ship will sync? Looking for something to ponder over the weekend? Try this on for size: With Intel vowing support for the VESA-backed Adaptive-Sync standard, which is what AMD’s FreeSync technology utilizes, where does that leave Nvidia’s competing (and proprietary) G-Sync technology? Before you answer that question, let’s back up a moment. Intel Fellow…
Gunzilla, the game studio behind extraction shooter Off The Grid and the revival of magazine Game Informer, recently faced allegations that it has failed to pay contractors on time. Speaking under the condition of anonymity, new sources with knowledge of the company’s dealings have told PC Gamer that its problems with paying are widespread, and…
Honestly, I’d kind of been assuming I was the only person left who actually remembered Grasshopper’s surreal 2016 roguelike Let It Die, let alone its incredibly short-lived 2022 multiplayer spin-off Deathverse. But apparently somewhere along the way someone with money to burn decided it’s a franchise, and publisher GungHo has just announced we’re getting a…
Grim outlook Things aren’t looking so hot for Microsoft in the smartphone space. That isn’t new, but with Windows 10 Mobile slowly inching its way to more devices, Microsoft is probably hoping for a greater share of the pie. Market research firm IDC isn’t as optimistic. To start with, IDC predicts that 2015 is likely…