Games

The games industy is vast, spreading over PC, browser, and mobile platforms with various ways to download or play them. This section covers news from the top gaming developers and publishers, as well as some tips on how to install and configure them.

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Quantum Break on Steam is cheaper than on Windows Store

Quantum Break, Remedy Entertainment's latest blockbuster title for PC and Xbox is now also available on Steam. Microsoft released the game exclusively for Xbox One and Windows Store when it first came […]

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Here is why I'm getting a Playstation 4 Slim, not Pro

Sony announced two new versions of its popular gaming console Playstation 4 last week that will be out later this year. The Playstation 4 Slim is a slimmed down model of the […]

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GeForce Experience 3 ships with mandatory registration

GeForce Experience 3 is the latest version of Nvidia's gaming application for PCs powered by Nvidia video cards. The software ships with Nvidia display drivers but is also available as a standalone […]

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Is Console games coming to PC a good thing, or bad?

Back in the good old days of console gaming, say the 16-bit era, there was a clear distinction between what was available on consoles and what elsewhere. Sure, there were multi-platform titles […]

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Play thousands of classic Amiga games in a browser

The Amiga computer was a powerful machine back in its heyday that beat IBM PC's back then when it came to gaming, and quite a few other things such as creating music. […]

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Should you buy a Playstation or Xbox right now?

Microsoft and Sony plan to release new consoles, the Xbox One S and Project Scorpio by Microsoft , and the Playstation Neo by Sony. Microsoft plans to release the Xbox One S, […]

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Block game clients from starting with Windows

Many game clients, be it Steam, Battle.net or Origin, support that they are loaded automatically on Windows start, and some even ship with the preference enabled by default. While that is comfortable […]

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Valve makes Steam reviews more useful

Valve introduced reviews on Steam in 2014 in an effort to add user opinion and ratings to games listed in the Steam store. The main idea behind the introduction of reviews was […]

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Gamers love Windows 10

Windows 10 replaced the long-standing champion OS for gamers Windows 7 in Valve's Hardware and Software Survey for March 2016 as the most popular operating system. Steam's Hardware and Software Survey, as […]

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Beat Idle Games with Auto Clicker

Auto Clicker is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that provides you with the means to beat idle games by simulating left mouse clicks. I'm not sure why Idle […]

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Test if your gaming PC is ready for SteamVR

Valve Software released the SteamVR Performance Test on Steam which will test the computer's performance and compatibility with SteamVR. If you believe the hype, Virtual Reality (VR) is the next big thing […]

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Quantum Break will be a Windows 10 exclusive game

Microsoft revealed yesterday that the company's much anticipated game Quantum Break will come to the new operating system Windows 10 the same time it is released for Xbox One. The game, developed […]

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Steam uses insecure, out-of-date Chromium browser

Valve has integrated a custom version of the Chromium web browser in its Steam client that displays web content to Steam users. If the past couple of weeks have shown anything, it […]

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Steam Winter Sale 2015 is on

The annual Steam Winter Sale is in full swing since yesterday. The event, which has been one of the most anticipated sales on Steam this year, offers big discounts on almost 10,000 […]

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Install Windows 7 Games on Windows 10

Games that Microsoft shipped with Windows 7 are fundamentally different from those that it included in Windows 8 or 10. Windows 7 games were the last that were shipped as programs for […]

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You can delete games from your Steam library now (but should not)

Most Steam users I know have accumulated an impressive number of games over their account's lifespan which can be attributed more often than not to frequent sales and binge buying of games […]

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Steam's Exploration Sale is rather uneventful

Whenever there is a sale on Steam, and the number of sales per year increased sharply in recent years, you can be sure that things get quite hectic in the beginning. It […]

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Future Nvidia Game-Ready drivers will require registration

Nvidia revealed a massive list of changes coming to its GeForce Experience service that it ships as a standalone program and as part of the Nvidia driver package offered on the company […]

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YouTube Gaming? Not in Germany (and maybe other countries)

Google launched YouTube Gaming yesterday on the Web and as dedicated applications for Android and iOS. The applications are limited to the US and UK at the moment while the web version […]

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Valve fixed a Steam exploit that allowed anyone to take over accounts

Steam is a popular gaming platform that you use to buy and play games, use community features or a plethora of other features such as a virtual item marketplace or a workshop […]

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Idle Master for Steam gets you card drops for games you have not installed

Idle Master is a free program for Microsoft Windows operating systems that gets you trading card drops for games that you own but don't play or have not installed on Steam. Valve […]

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Steam Summer Sale 2015 tips and information

The Steam Summer Sale 2015 has started giving PC gamers from around the world opportunities to purchase games and software at discounts. While there has been an increase in sales in recent […]

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Here are the first Steam machine specs

Valve updated the company's store yesterday with Steam Machine information and pre-order options. The information displayed depend on the region you are in. If you are connecting from Germany for instance, you […]

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Steam Refunds: get refunds for games purchased on Steam

Steam is without doubt the most popular gaming service for desktop systems. It is used by millions of gamers at any time of the day and while things could be better in […]

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Do "Game Boosters" improve PC gaming performance?

So called Game Boosters are designed to improve PC gaming performance by limiting background operations when PC games are played on a computer running Windows. The core idea is to kill services, […]

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Steam introduces Limited User Accounts: what you need to know

It is easy enough to create a Steam account. Just visit the official website to create an account, verify your email address and you are in. What's left then is to download […]

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NewRetroArcade brings a virtual reality arcade system to Windows

As a kid, I spend most of my money playing arcade games such as Galaga, Space Invaders or Asteroids. Even though I was a bit late to the party, I enjoyed those […]

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How to hide games in your Steam library

If you are active on Steam and partake in sales regularly on the platform, you may have a huge library of games already. While that is great, you may have games in […]

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Change which version of Java Minecraft uses

I installed Minecraft recently on a computer so that my eleven year old nephew could play the game on it (offline only of course). Since I never installed or played the game […]

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Game Downloader 4.0 released

Game Downloader is a free program for the Windows operating system that you can use to discover, browse and download more than 350 different PC games in various categories. PC gamers have […]

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Internet Archive releases 2386 DOS games for online play

The Internet Archive may have started as a website preservation service but it has since then expanded into many different areas. It is now offering access to movie, audio, software and image […]

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Dimmdrive: Steam optimized RAM Drive launches

Dimmdrive is a new application available on the gaming platform Steam. It is a RAM drive that has been created specifically for Steam games. Games benefit a lot from better hardware. Solid […]

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All you need to know about Steam's Broadcast mode

Steam is growing and Valve seems to add new features to the gaming client in regular intervals. The latest addition to Steam is the broadcast mode which enables users to stream and […]

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How to play Unity Games offline

When you play games in your web browser, one of the following four technologies is being used usually: Adobe Flash, Java, Unity or HMTL5. There are exceptions to the rule but the […]

Good Old Games Fall Sale until November 25

I like what Good Old Games has to offer. It started out as a service to bring classic video games to modern systems and has evolved since then to include some modern […]

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Play classic games at Archive.org's Console Living Room and Internet Arcade

If you want to play classic console games you have two major options. You can buy old systems on flee markets, garage sales or online on eBay or Craigslist, or use emulation. […]

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Firefox best browser to run Unity WebGL content according to Unity

If you are serious about browser games you may have the Unity plugin installed in your browser of choice. This plugin is currently required to play games that use Unity, a cross-platform […]

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How to connect a Playstation controller to your Windows PC

Playstation game controllers can be connected to Windows PCs directly as they use USB connectors which you can use for that purpose. A system like Windows 7 will recognize the controller and […]

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Adobe launches PlayPanel, a Flash game launcher

Adobe has just launched a new program called PlayPanel. Some reports on Hacker News indicate that it is being advertised with Flash updates, but I cannot verify that claim after having updated […]

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How to validate all Steam games in one go

If you are using the Steam gaming platform you may have encountered situations where games would not run properly anymore. This can be after you moved Steam to a new computer or […]


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