Gamer shows how to set up two DLSS 5 passes in The Witcher 3 so characters don't look older
Reddit user Kromatico posted a side-by-side video of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with DLSS 5 on and off, running in dual-pass mode. The test ran in the most demanding part of the game for...
GTA 6 leaker from CYBERLEEKS stops leaking, his website goes offline
The CYBERLEEKS website, where GTA 6 leaks and polls were posted, has gone offline. The person behind the leaked materials said the leaks are stopping, though with a "for now" caveat. The leaker previously threatened...
300 euros for a Collector's Edition – Metro 2039 pre-orders are now open
As insiders predicted, 4A Games has opened preorders for the shooter Metro 2039. The game is set to launch on February 4, 2027, and there are no signs of a delay so far. The launch...
Shogun 2 remaster gets 81% negative reviews on Steam over AI art and removal of the original
Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition launched on October 14. The remaster of one of the most beloved entries in the strategy series was supposed to give the 2011 original a second life. Instead,...
Gamers release first fan film based on Morrowind about young Caius Cosades
Some games don't age, they become religions. There's no other way to explain why, almost 25 years later, people are still crossing the globe with cameras, costumes, and makeup to tell a story about ashstorms...
Modder finally adds full seamless planetary landing to Starfield in the spirit of No Man's Sky
A Starfield fan has released a long-awaited update to a mod that removes one of the most annoying features of the Bethesda game. Players can now enter and leave the atmosphere of any planet without...
Skyrim fans, 15 years after release, still can't stop admiring the game's atmosphere and art design
Nostalgia is the best retoucher there is. Old games look far better in memory than they ever did, and the brain happily fills in details that were never there. The reverse happens too: a game...
Blizzard believes many gamers became interested in World of Warcraft Forever primarily because of the game's unhurried pace
Blizzard associate production director Clay Stone told journalists why World of Warcraft: Forever is resonating with players tired of the rush. According to him, the beta shows a clear desire to play slower and not...
Two-seater rover in Starfield turned rescue missions into a comedy
The bigger the game, the more small details slip through the cracks. And when the question of where to seat a rescued survivor goes unanswered across a galaxy of a thousand planets, a minor oversight...
Student dedicates master's thesis to a system that identifies cheaters' additional accounts in Counter-Strike 2 by mouse and keyboard movements
Norwegian University of Science and Technology student Christopher B. Didriksen dedicated his Master's thesis to a biometric system that recognizes Counter-Strike 2 players by how they control their games. The method could help catch banned...
Gamer ran Morrowind on a CRT monitor and called this approach the "optimal gaming configuration" for the game
Nostalgia has a way of rewriting spec sheets after the fact. A hulking monitor the weight of a small dog, one that hummed, flickered, and ate half the desk, somehow becomes the "optimal gaming setup"...
A Crusader Kings 3 player complained that the Aral Sea is too big – and got a lecture on the USSR and the Mongols in response
Historical strategy games are used to complaints about inaccuracies: wrong coat of arms, wrong dynasty, wrong border. But accusing a game of showing reality better than a modern atlas is a different level entirely. Especially...
Father of PlayStation Ken Kutaragi believes that in 2-3 years AI will replace video games and generate content in real time
Ken Kutaragi is best known as the father of the PlayStation. He led development of the PS1, PS2, and PS3, then left Sony in 2007. Now he runs an AI firm and believes video games...
Wardogs developers decided to strengthen the blue "loser team" – in season two its members will get more money and experience
Bulkhead used the Season 2 patch notes for Wardogs to take on faction balance. The blue team, Lonestar, remains the least popular side, so the studio added targeted bonuses to lure players in. The developers...
Fallout 4 fan shows sunny screenshot with modern graphics that took several hundred mods and an RTX 5090
The Commonwealth in Fallout 4 was never known for good weather. Leaden skies, a greenish haze, and radiation storms have long been the calling card of postnuclear Boston. Getting a normal, clear day over the...
Serana from Skyrim still delights gamers with her habit of resurrecting goats and chickens in battle instead of experienced warriors
A good RPG companion watches your back, carries your loot, and stays out of the way of your sword. Serana from Skyrim watches your back too, just in her own way: mid-fight, with half a...
Scene with Edward Kenway hinting at an expansion or new installment cut from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
A user named Sliderv2 has uploaded a YouTube video that appears to show recovered cut content from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. The short post-credits scene runs a little over a minute and shows Edward...
Retro gamer puts together a collection of almost 130 classic games that are must-plays
Gamer SAPianoman490 showed off the result of a year of work: two retro PCs built from scratch, each tuned for its own era. Shortcuts for almost 130 games released between 1996 and 2008 fit across...
No Man's Sky player shows off a cozy island where the game generated a settlement and several points of interest
Procedural generation is basically an endless dice roll. Most of the time it lands on another barren rock with a few bushes and a lonely terminal somewhere past the horizon. Every so often, though, the...
A Stellaris player discovered a planet with a stone age population and robots right in the starting star system
Procedural generation loves throwing out surprises that no scriptwriter would come up with. Sometimes it's a rare anomaly or a lucky neighbor, and sometimes it's pure chaos, like a planet of savages with stone axes...
