5 quick ways to measure your frame rate in PC games
If you’re an avid gamer, the best way to assess your PC’s gaming performance is to use an FPS counter. An FPS counter allows you to see the number of frames per second your computer…
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It’s begun! Epic is giving away 16 free PC games this holiday season
Epic Games Store has officially started its annual winter sale — and as in previous years, Epic will also be giving away several PC games for free during this winter sale. While Epic hasn’t revealed…
Ubisoft games are crashing on PCs with the Windows 11 24H2 update
Microsoft has discovered that certain Ubisoft games are crashing after users install the Windows 11 24H2 update. Affected games include well-known titles like Assassin’s Creed, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. After the…
The original Unreal is free online, Epic Games says it’s fine
Game preservation, or lack thereof, is a hot topic among gamers and developers at the moment. So it’s good to hear that the owners of an important bit of gaming history are both aware that…
GOG commits to ‘preserving’ 100 classic PC games, forever
Good Old Games (GOG.com) has launched what it calls the GOG Preservation Program, allowing you to keep playing “up to date” PC games even when the developers have stopped supporting them. GOG has placed 100…
Steam will show when games use kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages
Kernel-level anti-cheat software is a contentious issue among gamers. It’s a solution for rampant cheating in online games, but some players see the powerful software as a huge overstep on the PCs they own. Steam…
I’m sick of hyper-realistic PC games
PC games started out with humble graphics and simple mechanics. Even if you weren’t born in the era of games with as basic graphics as Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, you’d still be aware of how…
Apple is working on a new App Store just for games, report claims
iOS is one of the largest gaming platforms in the world, and Apple makes a lot of revenue from third-party games sold through the App Store. But it doesn’t always do a great job of…
Steam now explicitly states you don’t own the digital games you’re buying
Have you ever bought an app or game from a digital storefront, only for it to suddenly disappear and become inaccessible without warning? It’s both confusing and frustrating, which is why some governments are stepping…
How to set up any controller for your Steam games
I can’t say I prefer using a controller for my PC gaming. In fact, 98 percent of my gaming is still done with a keyboard and mouse — there’s really nothing that remotely compares to…