Tag: news
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Weekend PC Game Pass Suggestions #2: Fighting, Running and Swimming!
Welcome to the PC Game Pass Suggestions series. Every two weeks, we look through the huge Game Pass library to find the most interesting hidden gems and big new games that are truly worth your time. If you are new here, what is Game Pass? Think of it as “Netflix for video games.” It is…
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qBittorrent is a Simple yet Capable Torrent Client
While tools like Deluge, BiglyBT, and Transmission are solid options, qBittorrent is well worth considering if you want something different. It stands out as one of the few clients designed purely for the user. The app is completely free, contains zero ads, and is entirely free of malware or unwanted bundled software, offering a fast…
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Serious Sam: Shatterverse Review — Same Chaos, New Sams
We’re old. We played the first Serious Sam when it came out in 2001. We’re also big fans of the series and deeply nostalgic. There are certain things we expect from a Serious Sam game: lots of enemies, lots of guns, lots of explosions, and, at some point, probably a very large creature trying to…
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Zhai brings a strange origin story to an open-world adventure
In our time playing games, we’ve come across plenty of unusual titles, and a good chunk of them focus on a warrior who has lost their memory. Zhai fits that mold, but its origins make it twice as unique. The upcoming open-world action-adventure from The Orange Giant started with an experience one of the studio’s…
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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition: Fellowship Worth Joining
In 2011, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North was a game we loved dearly. Soon after watching the trilogy and reading the first book, this game fell into our laps completely by accident. We remember approaching it with a lot of skepticism, thinking it was just another quick cash grab, but boy…
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Interview with Mark Mocherad about Rebuilding POLYSTRIKE: From Mod to UE5 Shooter
POLYSTRIKE began as a simple experiment: what would a tactical first-person shooter look like from an overhead perspective? That question turned into a viral Dota 2 mod played by over 200,000 people. Today, the project is being rebuilt from scratch as a standalone 5v5 competitive title in Unreal Engine 5. The founder of Robin Entertainment…
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How Long Will We Have to Use Passwords?
Quick heads-up: our cover photo was generated using AI. Nobody likes memorizing long, complex passwords. Yet doing so remains essential if you want to protect your privacy and maintain a strong security posture. It is especially frustrating when the clever passwords you’ve used for years are exposed in a leak and misused by bad actors.…
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1666: Amsterdam Review — A Witch Worth Following?
The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice, is one of our favorite books. We love what Rice did with witchcraft—particularly the way she mixed folklore, history, and the lives of the people caught up in it. So when 1666: Amsterdam appeared, saying we were intrigued was quite the understatement. A game about witches in 17th-century Amsterdam,…
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Transmission: A Simple but Powerful Torrent Client
If you frequently download legal torrents, you need a simple but capable app. We used to consider Deluge the absolute king, but with every update, Transmission edges closer to the top spot. The latest version is exactly what you want in a torrent client—it features a clean, unobtrusive design that is completely ad-free. It works…
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Free Sci-Fi Game ‘State of Mind’ Available Now
PC gamers can grab the 2018 sci-fi thriller State of Mind for free on GOG.com. The story is set in Berlin in the year 2048. In this grim future, humans live in fear of being replaced by robots, and a strict government stops people from speaking out. You play as Richard Nolan, a man who…
