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Why I Stopped Playing Competitive Multiplayer and Now Prefer Co-Op Instead
Summary Competitive multiplayer has become less enjoyable due to toxic communities causing anxiety and frustration. PvE and single-player games allow for exploration at one’s own pace without the pressure of rankings or toxic chats. Some games offer a middle ground with enjoyable limited co-operative multiplayer experiences that provide the best of both worlds. There used to be a time when…
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GOG’s preservation program lets you keep playing games after they’re delisted
GOG has announced that even if games in its recently launched preservation program are delisted from its store, it will maintain compatibility with those games and offer players “a seamless experience and tech support for those titles.” The first games covered are Warcraft I and II, scheduled for delisting on December 13th. That promise extends to Windows changes that affect…
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Does AI level the playing field for small businesses?
Despite the gradual integration of artificial intelligence into almost every facet of society, in the business world, algorithms and automation have traditionally been fancy expensive tools used mainly by the biggest enterprises. Today, however, the technology is more accessible and affordable than ever before. AI is available in many guises, across various platforms, and it is even baked into most…
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I’ve been playing Overwatch since Day 1 — here’s why Overwatch Classic isn’t working
I’ve been playing Overwatch on and off since its launch, and over the past eight years, it has provided some of the most exhilarating moments in my gaming career. Few experiences compare to the thrill of landing a quad kill with D.Va’s self-destruct, re-meching, and single-handedly securing a point. That rush remains just as potent now as it was in…
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Venom 3: Who Is Playing Knull in the Movie?
Venom 3 trailer has confirmed that Knull is going to make his first cinematic debut with Venom 3. As exciting as this revelation is there is still a lot of discussion regarding the actor who will be playing the titular villain in the movie. Venom: The Last Dance will be the last movie in the standalone Venom franchise but we…
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15 Games Every Horror Fan Should Be Playing This Halloween
Spooky season is upon us, and what better way to mark the occasion than by scaring yourself silly with some of the best horror titles around? Whether you’re looking to get stuck into a classic remake or want something new to sink your teeth into, there are plenty of scares to be had this Halloween. 1 Silent Hill 2 Remake…
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How Playing Four Games at Once Greatly Improves Android Gaming
Quick Links BlueStacks Lets You Play Multiple Android Games at Once on PC Multi-Instancing Cuts Downtime and Gives You a Fun Headstart The intended way to play most Android games is with a compatible phone or tablet, but it’s also easy to play those games in an optimal way on a PC using an emulator like BlueStacks. BlueStacks even has…
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The man who put Doom in a Lego brick is now playing it on a volumetric voxel display
In 2022, I introduced you to James Brown, the Weta Workshop graphics engineer whose hobby is building amazing displays. Now, he’s built a crystal ball filled with shimmering, spinning volumetric light — and of course he’s playing Doom on it. But not just any Doom. Voxel Doom, where every dot of the game’s graphics lives in 3D space, just like…
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If you’re playing PC games and not using supersampling, you’re gaming wrong
When we review the best gaming laptops here at Tom’s Guide, our testing guru Matthew Murray runs frame rate benchmarks at both a laptop’s native screen resolution and 1080p (1920 x 1080). It’s a key process in detecting the raw processing power of a portable PC’s GPU, and these figures absolutely do matter. Yet if you own either an Nvidia…
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How to Hide the Games You’re Playing on Steam
Key Takeaways To hide the game you’re playing on Steam, go to Profile > Edit Profile > Privacy Settings, and set your Game details to “Private.” To hide your activity on Steam Chat, click “Friends” and set your status to “Offline” or “Invisible.” To hide games from your Steam library, right-click the game, then select Manage > Mark as Private.…
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