Items tagged with PC gaming
In the lead up to Grand Theft Auto 6's release, any statement from former Rockstar Games developers become veritable wildfires in the press. The latest example is from former Rockstar Games audio engineer Rob Carr. An interview with Carr...
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Most days around here at HotHardware are frantic, but everyone needs a good work-life balance. As a team populated by mostly PC gamers, we have varying opinions on the best gaming mice currently available. Below are 11 of the top gaming mice to help you dominate the competition, which includes...
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Epic Games' recent lay offs of over 1,000 employees has been decried by gamers and industry professionals alike, most prominently by Chet Faliszek, former Valve writer best known for his work on the Portal, Half-Life, and Left 4...
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Ayaneo's Next 2 (also stylized Next II) was teased as far back as January 2023, but was formally reintroduced late last year. There was much enthusiasm for the device, which sports a 9-inch OLED and an AMD Strix Halo APU. But the harsh...
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Fortnite has been declining in popularity, to the point that not only are several game modes going offline this year, but over 1000 employees are being laid off from Epic Games. Fortnite's past success, constant tie-in promotions with a...
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Valve continues to inch toward the inevitable Steam Machine release confirmed for this year, now by adding "initial support" for the hardware in the latest SteamOS preview update. That's the most newsworthy part right there, but the rest...
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AI has seen both fervent praise and vicious criticism across the gaming industry as of late, and Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, has come out swinging against the technology stating that "The notion that AI can make GTA is...
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It now appears that the gaming industry is entering a structural recalibration of sorts. According to Newzoo’s 2026 PC & Console Gaming Report, the post-pandemic plateau has finally broken, giving way to a projected $103.7 billion market by 2028. However, the forces driving this growth have...
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In an unexpected move, Google announced it will be bringing some of its mobile catalog to PC. There's now a PC section in the Play Store Games tab, which will serve as "your dedicated home for (Android) games optimized to play on Windows...
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Roblox isn't just a game, it's a game development platform in every sense of the term. A recent Bloomberg story helped expose just how profitable that platform can be for its contributors, with developers like Nate Colley, developer of the...
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Glasses-free 3D has a long, surprisingly storied history across PC hardware and gaming, and Samsung is looking to be the latest torchbearer. At GDC 2026, it announced that over 120 games will support its glasses-free 3D games by the end of...
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A modder has successfully shown off Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced Edition running smoothly on the PlayStation 5 under Ubuntu Linux, with the CPU and GPU clocked up to 3.2GHz and 2GHz, respectively. Compared to the default CPU and GPU boost...
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Some signs are pointing toward an imminent release date and pricing reveal for the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller. Not only did Valve recently release a blog post reaffirming its commitment to "shipping all three products...
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In recent comments made on The Full Nerd Network, Lenovo confirmed that its Lenovo Legion Go will be supported through October 2029, debunking claims that the OEM had essentially dropped support for its handheld. This will include...
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Amidst credible speculation that PlayStation may be stepping back from porting its single-player catalog to PC, former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra has attributed the move to Valve's explosive Steam Machine announcement. With Valve formally...
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Call of Duty: Warzone is introducing a new Black Ops Royale mode with some very familiar elements reminiscent of both Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and last year's Black Ops 7. From Black Ops 7, we have a port of the large-scale Endgame mode...
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Amidst drastic shifts from Xbox and the wider (PC) hardware market, Sony is reportedly considering a pivot away from its more recent strategy of eventually porting its single-player catalog to PC.
As-is, Sony first-party exclusives...
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GOG (formerly known as Good Old Games) has been fighting an uphill battle for some time, despite being generally well-received, in a battle to stay relevant amid Steam's unapologetic market dominance. Despite gamers' widespread hatred of...
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You already know how it is: you load into a match, your buddy's having an off day, you get annoyed, he feels bad, it sucks for everyone. Why not play some games where you cooperate to destroy computerized bad guys? These still give you a lot of room for skill expression, and in some cases...
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Arc Raiders, one of the biggest hits of 2026, has been fighting cheats and exploits since day one. Recently, however, a particular item duplication exploit was popularized by streamer TheBurntPeanut, whose videos on the matter received...
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Nerds of a certain vintage get real wistful about Unreal Tournament '99, and rightfully so, but many will argue that it's the later Unreal Engine 2-based games that truly defined Unreal Tournament's identity. Unreal Tournament 2003 and the...
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Over on X/Twitter, the developers of the cross-platform PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have touted a key compatibility milestone, with 98% of PS3 titles playable on the emulator in some form and an impressive 73% playable to completion. Of...
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