Online backup is your protection against any physical disaster that might befall your computer or local storage devices. Mechanical failure, acts of malice, or natural disasters are serious threats to the data…
Linux users surge on Steam, doubling in a year
Slowly but surely, Linux is gaining a foothold in PC gaming. According to the March 2026 Steam hardware survey, 5.3 percent of users are on some flavor of Linux, compared to 92.3…
Windows updates aren’t always why your PC breaks after patching
Whenever Microsoft releases new updates for Windows, it’s pretty much expected now that users around the world will run into all kinds of error codes and messages. But one Microsoft veteran thinks…
Brian Raffel, Co-Founder of Call of Duty Developer Raven Software, Retires After 36 Years at Studio
Brian Raffel, who cofounded developer Raven Software in 1990 with his brother Steve and has been its co-studio head ever since, is retiring from the studio after 36 years, during which he…
‘AI’ is coming for your online gaming servers next
You can’t find RAM, you can’t find storage, you can’t find a GPU. But at least you can play the PC games you already own, right? Well, maybe not. Consumer PC parts…
‘It Killed Me That People Couldn’t Play It’ — Director of The Last of Us Online Only Found Out It Was Cancelled 24 Hours Before the Public, Says It Was 80% Complete
The director of The Last of Us multiplayer spinoff has spoken out on the “devastating” impact of its cancellation, which he only found out about 24 hours before Sony made it public….
PUBG Has Its Sights Set on Fortnite as It Aims to Become “A Global Cultural Icon”
PUBG is now so much more than the battle royale mode it once pioneered. As well as the classic 100-player battlegrounds, the Krafton-owned megahit has aspirations in the extraction shooter space with…
Songs of Glimmerwick Is a Stylish, Stardew Valley-ish RPG Set in a Harry Potter-esque World | IGN Preview
I didn’t expect to spend a full weekend arguing with a sentient bush, blowing my savings on spring seeds, and learning to chop trees by playing a melody on a flute —…
GTA 5 Among a Handful of Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Month
Microsoft has confirmed the batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass this month, and among them is Grand Theft Auto 5. As revealed on the Xbox PC app, Rockstar’s GTA 5 Enhanced…
How to make your PC feel new again, no upgrades required
There’s no denying that all of our next PC upgrades are likely to be more expensive than they’ve been in a long time. Memory shortages, SSD shortages, graphics card shortages—it’s all driving…