Gaming

Former Bethesda developer says studio could squash more bugs before release

Double Dragon and Atari Classics land in the palm of your hand with new Super Pocket models

Analogue 3D is a modern N64 remake that plays original carts in 4K

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 system requirements and pre-load time revealed

This modder-turned-developer shows how you can triple FPS when properly porting a PC game from consoles

Dragon Age: The Veilguard PC requirements revealed, no third-party DRM on PC

Discord creator says Final Fantasy XI inspired him to develop the popular chat service

In brief: Since Discord's 2015 debut, the chat service has grown to serve various communities for work, hobbies, and other purposes. Still, its developers primarily focus on gaming functionality, and the app's origins as a tool to facilitate in-game voice chat are widely known. Discord's co-founder provided more details on that history at the recent Tokyo Game Show.

After Cities: Skylines II fiasco, developer realizes gamers are "less accepting" of flawed launches

In brief: It is becoming increasingly common for high-budget video games to launch with mild or serious issues, often causing players to decide whether to purchase them on day one or wait. Cities: Skylines II was one of last year's most notorious cases. As the game's first anniversary approaches, publisher Paradox Interactive reflects on what it would have done differently.

Flight Simulator 2024 trades huge install size for high bandwidth usage – up to 81GB per hour

Nintendo, famed for hating emulation, likely using Windows PCs to emulate SNES games at its museum

Experiment shows iconic CS:GO map running within a neural network on RTX GPU

Asahi Linux distro can now run AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 or The Witcher 3 on Apple Silicon chips

Highly anticipated: A few years after introducing Linux support for Apple's custom-designed Arm chips, Asahi developers are now shifting their focus to gaming. Getting modern Windows games to run on Apple Silicon isn't exactly a straightforward task, but the devs are clearly enjoying the challenge.

Steam greenlights Deck plugin for installing games from Epic and GOG

Study finds 20% revenue drop when Denuvo DRM is cracked soon after game launch

A hot potato: PC gamers often label digital rights management systems like Denuvo as "consumer unfriendly" because they can lead to performance issues, punishing those who legitimately purchase the games. But a new study shows that for all its downsides, Denuvo actually does help shield game revenues from the scourge of piracy, at least initially.

Leaker disputes $2,500 RTX 5090 pricing, says increase over RTX 4090 likely minimal

Rumor mill: We've heard several rumors regarding Nvidia's RTX 5000 Blackwell series of graphics cards, but one element that is light on details is the pricing. A recent claim about the RTX 5090 stated that it would cost close to $2,500, but a more reliable leaker says this is untrue. According to their prediction, the flagship's price increase over the RTX 4090 won't be significant.

Intel unlocks APO optimizations for new Arrow Lake CPUs, expands game support

Xbox Cloud Gaming will soon let you stream any game from your library

Call of Duty's new chat moderation AI sees major success: 43% drop in toxicity

NES expansion port receives its first peripheral after 39 years, a Bluetooth hub

Steam now explicitly states you're not buying the game, just a license

Editor's take: Steam has become one of the first companies to admit that you do not own the games you buy. This acknowledgment comes as new regulations take effect. We've long known that digital game purchases are nothing more than long-term rentals, and there's little we can do to change that. However, more transparency around this arrangement is welcome nonetheless.

Ryzen 7 9800X3D could be the first 3D V-Cache CPU to outpace the standard model's frequency

Ex-Rockstar dev says GTA 6 won't launch until "100% perfect" – it's got no competition

Amazon Prime Gaming's October giveaways include Doom Eternal, BioShock Remastered, and A Plague Tale: Innocence

Raspberry Pi 5 runs Doom 3 at 4K using an external GPU

WTF?! The Raspberry Pi 5's expanded PCIe functionality is one of its most enticing upgrades over its predecessors. Most owners likely use it to install fast storage, AI chips, or network cards, but modders have successfully connected it to dedicated graphics cards. Although the Pi isn't a gaming PC, installing a GPU on one could unlock interesting possibilities.