Gaming

You can now play GTA Vice City directly from your browser, and it runs smoothly

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City now runs in a web browser thanks to DOS Zone, with full game access available if you can prove ownership.

Steam says I spent half my play time this year in these two games

It seems that I was well occupied by Destiny 2 and World of Tanks this year, as they accounted for more than 50% of my play time.

The best strategy games of all time, from an RTS veteran

25 years ago, I stumbled on the RTS genre and it changed my life. Here are my favorite strategy titles of all time, from Red Alert 3 to Age of Empires II.

Act quickly, here’s how to play Call of Duty Black Ops 7 up to 13 hours earlier

Switch regions and play Call of Duty Black Ops 7 half a day earlier on Xbox, PlayStation, and even PC if have Game Pass.

Arc Raiders Roadmap shows promise of wonderful things to come

Embark Studios is preparing some nice additions for Arc Raiders, spread through December, with more to come next year.

The Outlast Trials is loads of fun when played with friends

This is a game that I would probably have never tried if not for a friend who used the game’s free weekend on Xbox.

Battlefield 6 anti-cheat isn’t playing nice with core parking on AMD Ryzen CPUs

The extent to which EA Javelin is impeding performance on Ryzen CPUs is unknowable but this issue deserves a fix.

Projections estimate CS2 knife and glove prices will stabilise at half their previous value

CS2 knife and glove skins may not recuperate from the recent market crash, as estimates expect a continued drop for the foreseeable future.

CS2 market cap loses $2 billion in value just 10 hours after controversial game update

Counter-Strike 2 skins market cap plunges by 30% in a matter of hours following an update that allows trading weapon skins for knives and gloves.

Arc Raiders is a surprisingly fun game, but I can’t play it alone

Arc Raiders may be the game that brings casual players to the extraction genre thanks to its less punishing rules and fun gameplay.

Steam Deck users warned to check their battery as pictures of scorched handheld posted online

Steam Deck users are warned of 'spicy pillows' potentially causing a fire hazard as pictures of burned units circulate online.