Items tagged with PC gaming
DoomPaint is the latest in the series of unusual Doom ports, from Mark Russinovich, the CTO of Microsoft Azure. Russinovich whipped DoomPaint up in his spare time with the help of Claude Opus 4.8, based on information in his LinkedIn posts and the code itself.
DoomPaint is about what you'd...
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Following an extensive, six-month optimization run on the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3, developer Whatcookie is showing off the Arm branch's massive improvements on the previous-gen Ayn Odin 2 handheld, and the results are impressive. The...
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An internal Microsoft roadmap leaked to The Verge bodes well for the future of game preservation, but a few questions and concerns remain. The good news is that, as we suspected, due to the existing Xbox-to-PC emulator already featuring...
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Comments made on a recent podcast by Windows Central executive editor Jez Corden prompted various outlets to post rumors suggesting that Microsoft is planning to stop publishing games on Steam, and the rumor mill got in such a fervor over it, that Corden himself stepped in refuted the claims...
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The launch trailer for Arc System Works' highly anticipated Marvel tag fighter Marvel Tokon: Fighting Soul has dropped, and people are really talking about Deadpool's brief appearance. Deadpool's reputation as a fourth wall breaker isn't...
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The open source community always seems to be hard at work on AMD CPU and GPU drivers on Linux, and this translates to huge gains for AMD and SteamOS-based devices like the Steam Deck. The latest big improvement we've seen is an update to...
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A year after Nexus Mods' ownership was passed from founder Dark0ne to Foledinho, the new owner has finally posted to site news. In an extended post, Foledinho highlights numerous improvements made to Nexus Mods since he took over, but also...
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While Steam's anti-malware efforts have improved over the years, malware still winds up on Steam servers on occasion, usually due to it being snuck into Steam Workshop mods. Last time we discussed the problem, it was related...
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While dual GPU gaming setups have mostly faded into obscurity since NVIDIA's SLI and AMD's CrossFire technologies became ineffective in modern games, some enthusiasts have found a way to reap the benefits of a secondary GPU without...
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It's an interesting time for emulation and game preservation, and Microsoft's official Xbox-for-PC emulation efforts have added fuel to the fire. Officially, the Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC program only supports a tailored selection...
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It's not often that a mainstream publication not focused on gaming or PC hardware highlights the cultural significance of Doom, but The Washington Post has done exactly that, The WP named Doom the only video game in its list of "The 25...
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Amidst the discussion around game preservation for Xbox and PlayStation gamers in the digital era, one Redditor has created a unique game cartridge system for Steam. The game cartridges are each individual SATA 2.5-inch 128GB SSD drives...
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This console generation has gone well for Sony. The PlayStation 5’s install base has far surpassed that of is its chief rival Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S. Lately, though, there have been significant headwinds as the chip and memory...
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The Steam Machine may be a newer release, but the AMD Ryzen AI Halo remains a high-power alternative for SFF enthusiasts. But how much gaming performance over the Valve's Steam Machine can the Ryzen AI Halo potentially deliver?
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Rumors of an Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death-like defect for Valve's Steam Machine have been spreading for the past week, but follow-up comments from both Valve and the original poster have assuaged these worries.
The original photo posted to Reddit by u/me_hill
Specifically, user u/me_hill on...
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The launch of Doom: The Dark Ages has unfortunately coincided with not only news of PlayStation killing discs, but also mass layoffs at developer id Software.
This is thanks to the wider layoffs happening across developers and...
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Valve has uploaded a set of four drivers for the Steam Machine (GPU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and SD card reader) to its official support site, for users that may want to install Windows on their systems. But there are many pros and cons to consider.
For select games that are unsupported by...
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Amid the chaos of a new product launch, Valve has remained hard at work on SteamOS. Not only has SteamOS received a long-promised update to support standard PCs, but tailored SteamOS support for the Steam Deck and other handhelds has...
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Best Buy's Independence Day sale is chock full of discounted Alienware gaming PC. First up is the Alienware Aurora 16X, decked out in Alienware's Interstellar Indigo color scheme. Packing a mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB for just...
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The first report of a "Red Line of Death" error appearing on a Steam Machine has hit the web. Fortunately, there's just one report to speak of so far, so it's probably not an Xbox 360-scale disaster. It's still a bad look for the Steam...
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Those who have been looking out for Steam hardware-related activity have been closely monitoring SteamDB. It paid off late last night as X user @SadlyItsBradley discovered that Valve's Portal 2 (2011) is the first game to be listed as...
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Along with the Steam Machine, Valve has also publicly released SteamOS 3.x, which debuted with Steam Deck. With version 3.8, SteamOS can be installed on any modern desktop, laptop, or handheld PC so long as its using an AMD GPU. NVIDIA GPU...
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