You know that big, snappy **cr-unch** when biting deep into a perfect, crisp apple? Take that moment of sensory satisfaction and extend it for hours, swap in demons for fruit, and you’ll know what it’s like to play Doom Eternal. Thy Flesh Consumed Id Software has created a shooter that will shake you to your…
This article was published in the September 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Demystifying Processor Power Consumption My recent column on AMD’s advanced voltage/frequency scaling confused some readers. It’s worth tackling this subject again, because power consumption is the most challenging problem for chip designers. It’s also…
First reported by Ars Technica, the “big cheese” of online search appears to have really curdled things, and in the heart of America’s dairyland, no less. An ad for Google’s Gemini AI that played in Wisconsin during the Super Bowl was first shown online last week with a “hallucination”—that is to say, a bald-faced lie—visible…
Tony Hawk! Donkey Kong Bananza! Patapon 1+2! After last month, we bet you thought July was cooling off a little, right? Well… a little, but not much. The Switch 2 has been here for a month now, and we’re swimming in games old and new on the new platform. And look, we all know what’s…
Studio Wildcard has yoinked PvP crossplay from the PC version of Ark: Survival Ascended, its recently released remaster of Ark: Survival Evolved. The reason is that a whole lot of PC gamers have been put on the naughty list for cheating, with hacks letting them do everything from move like The Flash to blowing away…
After Embark Studios’ “playtest battles” and slew of competing plans caused it to pivot Arc Raiders away from its PvE boss-killing roots, it decided to add PvP to spice things up. While the rest isn’t quite history (development was still far from simple), it would be a defining factor in how it became the PvPvE…
Download it today. Konami Suikoden I & II HD Remaster has been out since March now, and it’s overall it’s gone down pretty well. If you’re still making your way through the remasters of these epic JRPGs, or want an excuse to revisit them, Konami has now rolled out Version 1.0.3 of the game. This…
Well, it’s finally happened. The Future Games Show is officially large enough that it can’t be confined to one hemisphere, so tune in on Friday, May 2 for FGS Live from Gamescom LATAM. It’s a bit like the other Future Games Show productions but the weather’s a lot nicer. Festivities kick off at 2 pm…
So when are we getting a new game, then? Remember the TV commercial for Banjo-Kazooie? It was focused on a group of shady criminals being chased by the bear-and-bird duo and featured animatronic versions of the characters. It was an odd way to promote a cute-and-cuddly 3D platformer, but one which has clearly stuck in…
Here’s a challenge. Get rid of the screen door effect from VR headsets without resorting to uber high-res display panels. Solution? Use CRTs. Yes, really. At least, that’s one of the main benefits an enterprising YouTuber, dooglehead, discovered when he cooked up a homebrew VR headset using actual CRTs. Now, at this stage you’re probably…