One of the most enduring images from The Matrix is that shot of Neo dodging Agent Smith's bullets. After upgrading my PC recently, I think I know how Neo feels. I managed to dodge just about every bullet a PC upgrade has to throw at you despite having upgraded the most crucial parts of a desktop computer. A few weeks ago, my computer started to bluescreen at random. It was a bit...
GOG.com is throwing an annual Winter Sale with a lovely little twist, and that twist is free games! The decision clearly was made to lure in gamers to drop money on further good deals, and while I doubt follow-up free games will be as enticing, this first one is one you won't want to miss. DoubleFine's Full Throttle Remastered is currently 100 percent free for the next 24 hours. The...
When you spend a lot of time doing anything, it’s good to get the right equipment to make the most of your time there. You wouldn’t do your daily run in sandals. Professional athletes don’t get their gear from big-box stores. If you spend a lot of time in front of your computer, it shouldn’t be done with your feet up on the table and your back slumped on the couch. It shouldn’t be on...
Blizzard made a brilliant play to our nostalgia over the weekend at BlizzCon 2018. During the convention's opening ceremonies, Blizzard revealed that it is remaking its classic strategy game Warcraft III with a new release called Warcraft 3: Reforged. Blizzard referred to the game as a remake "in the truest sense," as its graphics will be completely overhauled and built from scratch...
If you own a PlayStation 4, there’s a pretty good chance you picked up Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man this fall. It’s one of the best games this year and one of the best games on the PlayStation 4. But many PlayStation owners and most PC gamers don’t own Xbox One consoles, and that means tons of people missed out on the previous game from Insomniac, Sunset Overdrive. It was an Xbox One...
The way you use your Xbox One is about to change for the better – again. Microsoft announced this week that keyboard and mouse support is coming to the system and it’s not just real, it’s coming soon. “We’re enabling mouse and keyboard support for select Xbox Insiders in the coming weeks,” Microsoft said in the announcement. While most wired or wireless USB keyboards and mice will...
Since the unveiling of Nvidia’s RTX 2070 and 2080 cards a couple weeks ago, I’ve started to hear a lot of chatter that’s pretty dismissive of the technology. While I’m not sure this first gen is going to be the thing that will convert people, or whether the pricing Nvidia has gone with makes sense for the market, I think people are underplaying just how big ray tracing is. This tech,...
Valve, the company once known for Half-Life and Portal, is preparing to launch a streaming service that seems poised to compete with Amazon's super-dominant Twitch.TV service. The company revealed the service this past Friday when it accidentally made it live for a few hours. While it streamed, it had a pretty limited lineup: Valve's own Dota 2 tournament, called "The International."...
If you walk into the trailer below totally cold, you’d be excused for thinking it’s a pretty boring trailer. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a game about descending into deep tombs, stalking soldiers, and uncovering hidden truths. So why is Lara just walking around a town square? This trailer is all about Nvidia’s RTX Ray-Tracing technology, and a chill evening in a small town is the...
Valkyria Chronicles 4, the latest in SEGA’s universally loved strategy RPG series, has secured a release date on Sept. 25 for the PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Naturally, those who pre-order or buy from the first wave of physical products will be receiving a free controller skin for the console of their choice. And it features an adorable puppy on it named Ragnarok...