Steam expert hails PC gaming "golden age" of rough-but-fun games that devs can make quickly and players love, from Peak to Megabonk: "Steam players want fun first"

For all the contraction and hardship in the games industry, Steam expert, indie dev, and marketing consultant Chris Zukowski reckons we've entered a new "golden age" of indie games and "most ...
Engadget

Halo: Campaign Evolved is a remake of the original story, coming to Xbox, PC and PS5 in 2026

Before there’s a new Halo game, Halo Studios is revisiting the past. Xbox has announced Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of the first game in the storied shooter series, Halo: Combat Evolved, ...
Yahoo

Don Jr. Tries to Dunk on Chelsea Clinton Over East Wing Teardown

Donald Trump Jr. didn’t have the bullets necessary to fire back at Chelsea Clinton’s criticism of President Donald Trump’s East Wing teardown, but gave it a shot anyway Friday morning. In response, ...
ZDNet

Microsoft said my PC was 'too old' to run Windows 11 - how I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 earlier this month. Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check. It's possible to bypass this and ...
The Escapist

Arknights PC Client appears to get thumbs up from Chinese government

Arknights, the strategy gacha game with a huge follow-up on the way, is finally coming to PC. Announced back in April, it’s been in the works for some time now. However, as the developers and ...
CNET

What Graphics Card Do I Have: How to Identify Your PC's GPU

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...
PC Magazine

Intel’s 'Raptor Lake' Bug Struck My PC a Year Later. Here’s How I Fixed It

Despite Intel’s best efforts via firmware patching, the voltage glitch that marred some of its 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs can still emerge from the shadows. My gaming rig was one of its latest ...
The Verge

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...
The New York Times

Down to Dunk

NBA and Oklahoma City Thunder podcast featuring Andrew Schlecht, Jay Smith, Luke Stephens, Taylor Dickerson, Michele Berra, and Alex Speers. Thunder BOLD Predictions LIVE Pod Andrew Schlecht, Jay ...
Bleeping Computer

Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks

An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The NBA’s Return to China Is No Slam Dunk

But no one walking through the raucous halls of Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s Venetian Macao, where the games took place, would discern the presence of any proverbial minefields surrounding the $5 billion ...
gematsu

Dementium: The Ward coming to PC

atooi will release horror first-person shooter Dementium: The Ward for PC via Steam, the developer announced. A release date was not announced. Dementium: The Ward first launched for DS on October 31, ...