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DLSS 5 isn't the first time the future of videogame graphics looked like total balls
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (462+ words) Tracing the brief history of ellipsoid graphics. Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday feature where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick…...
Nvidia wants to 'reinvent the PC' with agentic AI, but I'm not sure the rest of us are on board
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (817+ words) Your agentic AI PC is coming. This month I've been: Covering all the biggest Computex 2026 releases in our liveblog. Also listening to far too much metal on the Audeze Maxwell 2 while I write. Mmm, planar magnetic drivers. One concept was…...
These indie devs are so over algorithms they spent 1, 500 hours listening to music on Bandcamp to compile the soundtrack
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (195+ words) Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. With over ten years experience covering the games industry, his work has appeared on Games Radar+, Tech Radar, The Guardian, PLAY Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and more. Specific interests include…...
GOG apologizes for emailing Nazi runes to its followers
18+ hour, 31+ min ago (232+ words) The digital game retailer has not clearly explained how the hate symbols made it into an email, but apologized for the "unfortunate visual association." GOG has apologized for a "Slavic adventure" newsletter sent out today that featured a number of…...
Thermal Grizzly testing diamonds on a direct-die CPU block: '3-4 times better' than most
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (649+ words) It's just a pet project, I'm told. Thermal Grizzly has some products in the works that will make any custom loop aficionado salivate. Though there's one that stood out to me while visiting its Computex 2026 booth: an experimental direct-die block…...
It's hard to get excited about all the excess at Computex 2026 when the consumer tech industry is on its knees
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (892+ words) It's all about the money. Computex is, to a degree, always about excess. It's a tech show, after all. All the big names are fighting for coverage of their latest products, and as a result, we always see outrageous graphics…...
Summer Game Fest is here, so get ready for a lot of, 'Ugh, that game with the cool trailer used AI"
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (223+ words) A pile of new game announcements are coming over the next several days, and we can expect a pile of AI disclosures, too. "AI-assisted tools were used during development to support some early exploration and temporary development content," it says....
868-Back makes hacking as cool as '90s Hollywood thought it was
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (524+ words) I just had to hack my own brain to get Back. Talking about 868-Back, the latest puzzler roguelike from Michael Brough, makes me feel like a parody of what Hollywood used to think hackers are. It's a game defined by…...
'This is one of the best. This changed everything,' says Jensen Huang about the GTX 1080 Ti
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (390+ words) And we'll probably never see its like again. We live in some odd times when the CEO of a tech company can be seen working crowds, signing autographs, and generally giving off film star vibes, but that seems to be…...
'Useful AI has arrived': Jensen Huang insists industry will fuel economic growth
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (341+ words) I'm not sure I agree, guv. Nvidia's second GTC of the year took place in Taipei, Taiwan this week, with CEO Jensen Huang repeatedly assuring that "useful AI" (read: AI that makes a return on investment) has arrived. As for…...