Gaming

System requirements revealed for inZoi, a life-like The Sims competitor

Diablo can be played on any web browser, again

Holy Satan: First released by Blizzard North in 1997, Diablo kicked off a video game series that continues to be popular today. Activision Blizzard released Diablo IV in 2023, but dedicated fans of the saga can now play the original game on almost any internet-connected device.

Activision promises to finally get Call of Duty file sizes under control

A rumored TDP boost for Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X may not be enough to increase lagging sales

Recap: The newly released AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X have garnered attention for their power efficiency and effective thermal management, debuting with a modest 65W TDP. However, the minimal performance gains over previous generations have drawn criticism, especially given their higher launch prices compared to the Ryzen 7000-series. Rumors now suggest that AMD might increase the TDP for these processors. If true, this change could enhance their performance, but will that be enough to boost their lagging sales?

New AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D could offer gamers a budget boost on AM4 platform

Why it matters: Just when you thought AMD was ready to move on from the trusty old AM4 socket, Team Red seems to have one more trick up its sleeve. According to recent entries at the Eurasian Economic Commission, it looks like the company is prepping a new budget-friendly X3D processor with 3D V-cache for the long-running platform.

Finding free games and demos on Steam just became a lot easier

Collector earns Guinness World Record for simultaneously connecting 444 consoles to a single TV

Doom 2 gets ray tracing support, try it here

Nintendo Switch 2 may not launch until mid 2025 or even later

Modders remaster Modern Warfare 2 maps from 2009, rocketing Call of Duty 4 up Steam's charts

Valve banned The Verge from its secret Deadlock playtest for leaking information on the game

Two games based on Halloween are in development, one with John Carpenter's involvement

PUBG publisher Krafton acquires Tango Gameworks following Microsoft shutdown plans

SteamOS could see a general distribution release, work with other handheld gaming PCs soon

Thanks to Apple's new policies on emulators you can play Virtual Boy games on the Vision Pro

Let's go retro: Lately, we've seen a lot of emulators popping up in Apple's App Store. Thanks to overseas antitrust pressure, Cupertino has loosened its stance on hardware emulation, resulting in everything from NES to PlayStation emulators flooding the marketplace. Now, an app for the Vision Pro brings Nintendo's Virtual Boy back from the dead.

Borderlands movie lands on Rotten Tomatoes with 0% rating

GTA VI is still set to launch in fall 2025, but no word on a PC version yet

Classic Doom games receive a new official episode and a major update for Quakecon

God of War Ragnarok PC system requirements released, will require 190GB SSD space

A Japanese Street Fighter tournament will penalize players who don't get enough sleep

Sony PlayStation 5 lifetime sales reach 61 million, closing in on NES but slowing down fast

Crytek's Hunt: Showdown 1896 gets DLSS with latest GeForce drivers

AMD is bringing RDNA 3 to the entry level market; leaks hint at Radeon RX 7400 and RX 7300 GPUs

You can run modern arcade games natively on gaming PCs

Cutting corners: Arcade games traditionally ran on specialized hardware, but many modern machines are essentially Windows PCs housed in arcade shells. Leaked titles developed for these machines can run on home Windows PCs without the need for emulation, allowing users to play unique games without waiting for an official console or PC release.