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  1. AlphaAtlas

    Notorious Steam Hacker DerpTroll is Facing Prison Time

    If your PSN, 2K or Windows Live account info got leaked in 2014, you may finally be getting justice. Notorious hacker Derptroll has just plead guilty to denial of service attack charges. Among other things, 23 year old Utah resident Austin Thompson was responsible for taking Steam, Origin and...
  2. C

    Hot: Annual Best Buy Logitech G Black Friday Sale

    Up to 50% off MSRP, there’s some outstanding deals in there especially gaming mice like G402, G403, G502 for $35 or less, G900 is $70. Looks like Razer and Corsair joined the fun as well. They usually update the category listing through the holiday season as the racing wheels will go on sale...
    • chizow
    • Thread
    • best buy gaming logitech g502
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: [H]ot|DEALS
  3. AlphaAtlas

    Battlefield V is Live a Day Early

    DICE seems to be following Bethesda's lead, as they've launched the Battlefield V for Origin Access Premier members a little earlier than planned. Earlier today, forum member spaceman noticed that the game seems to launch, while others are reporting general Origin weirdness. Twitch is filled...
  4. AlphaAtlas

    Sean Bean Killed Again in Hitman 2 Launch Trailer

    In case you missed it, IO interactive published a live action Hitman 2 launch trailer a few days ago. Sean Bean stars as the game's first "elusive target" that players will only have 10 days to kill, but more will presumably come after launch. Check out the trailer here. A true assassin knows...
  5. AlphaAtlas

    Fallout 76 is Locked at 63FPS and Has a Dynamic FOV

    PCGamer reports that Fallout 76 now has a hard 63 FPS framerate cap. Before the update on November 5th, the game would run at the monitor's refresh rate. Bethesda hasn't made any official note of it yet, but the cap will presumably mitigate the framerate-related speedhacks that plagued earlier...
  6. AlphaAtlas

    PUBG Temporarily Free on Xbox and Coming to PS4

    Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is temporarily free on the Microsoft Store, assuming you have an Xbox One and an Xbox Live Gold subscription. PubG normally costs $30, so if you've held off on playing the game, now might be a good time to jump in. Meanwhile, Eurogamer thinks that the game is coming...
  7. AlphaAtlas

    Fallout 76 is Allegedly Easy to Hack

    According to a thread on Reddit, Fallout 76 largely resembles Fallout 4 internally, which makes it relatively easy to hack. The game reportedly does no file integrity checking before launching, critical features like collision detection run client side, and client/server communication is largely...
  8. AlphaAtlas

    Trusted Reviews Donates 1 Million Pounds in Settlement Over Red Dead Redemption 2 Leak

    In February 2018, Trusted Reviews published an article detailing "a number of alleged development notes on Red Dead Redemption 2." Leaks in the gaming industry happen all the time, but Take-Two apparently wasn't happy with that particular leak. Trusted Reviews has since pulled the article, with...
  9. cageymaru

    EA Discusses the Battlefield V Progress and Economy Systems

    EA has created a blog post about the upcoming Battlefield V progression system and economy. They explain how unlocks through game play and real world currency will work. They emphasize that neither Battlefield Currency or real-world money will give a player an unfair advantage over another...
  10. AlphaAtlas

    Spectre and Meltdown Patches Responsible for Some Nvidia Driver Slowdown Claims

    Some users have accused Nvidia of slowing down old graphics cards with recent driver updates. Tech YES City's viewers asked about that issue, and in a separate video, the YouTuber put it to the test. While he didn't find any evidence to corroborate those claims, he did find a discrepancy between...
  11. cageymaru

    A New Brutal Doom Beta Build Is Available for Download

    A new beta build of Brutal Doom is available for download according to DSO Gaming. The patch notes have various fixes for texture error messages as well as a bug in Revenant Mode. Aim down sights is no longer a toggle to make the game feel more modern. These were in response to the release of...
    • cageymaru
    • Thread
    • beta brutal doom doom freedoom gaming old school pc master race pcmr v21 video game
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  12. AlphaAtlas

    Titanfall Devs Have More Than One Game in the Works

    After poor Titanfall 2 sales, the future of Respawn and the Titanfall series seemed grim. But in their Q2 2019 Earnings Call, EA confirmed that Titanfall developers Respawn will release more than one game next year. We already know that Respawn is working on a Star Wars Game, but EA's CEO said...
  13. AlphaAtlas

    Fallout 76 Beta Extended Following Launch Issues

    Fallout 4's B.E.T.A. launched on PC yesterday, and as anyone who's played Bethesda's previous Fallout titles would expect, there were some issues. For starters, the beta launched 2 hours earlier than scheduled. Many players found that Bethesda launcher force them to redownload the 50GB game, an...
  14. cageymaru

    AMD Radeon Vega Mobile Is Coming to High Performance Premium Notebooks

    AMD has announced a new product lineup of AMD Radeon Vega Mobile graphics as options for high performance premium notebooks like the 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro starting in late November. AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and Radeon Pro Vega 16 graphics will feature the 14nm FinFET process and HBM2. These...
    • cageymaru
    • Thread
    • amd editting gaming high performance macbook pro notebook radeon radeon pro vega 16 radeon pro vega 20 rendering
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  15. AlphaAtlas

    Red Dead Redemption 2's HDR Isn't Really HDR

    While Red Dead Redemption 2 is a technical achievement by many measures, Eurogamer found that the game's "HDR support" appears to be little more than an upscaled SDR image. That might not sound so bad, but SDR streams lack the information needed to properly display HDR content. For example...
  16. AlphaAtlas

    EA Announces Project Atlas Cloud Gaming Initiative

    Hot on the heels of Microsoft's xCloud announcement, EA formally announced their own cloud gaming project. According to EA, "Project Atlas" is more than just a streaming initiative, and already involves over 1000 EA employees. In addition to streaming to multiple devices, EA wants to use the...
  17. AlphaAtlas

    Ace Combat 7 Gets New Gameplay Trailers

    While we've already seen a preview of Ace Combat 7's VR Mode, the devs started publishing new trailers of the game's campaign mode. Over the weekend, Bandai Namco published a trailer showing off the aircraft tree and a new customization system. Meanwhile they also posted the first half of a...
  18. AlphaAtlas

    No Man Sky Goes Underwater with Abyss Update

    In spite of a rocky launch, No Man's Sky is still alive and kicking. Following a big update earlier this year, Hello Games are launching the "Abyss" update today. As the name suggests, the update adds underwater ruins, a variety of new creatures, new vehicle upgrades and updated visuals. The...
  19. AlphaAtlas

    Anthem Gameplay Shown Off at Paris Games Week

    Bioware has a lot riding on their next big game, Anthem, and more details are coming out as we approach the early 2019 release date. Over the weekend, the studio streamed some more gameplay. Unlike the previous demos, this stream shows what the game looks like at lower graphics settings, but...
  20. cageymaru

    Alienware Co-Founder Frank Azor Discusses How Gaming Has Changed

    Alienware vice president and GM Frank Azor agreed to an interview with Sameer Mitha of Digit.in where he discussed what got him into gaming at an early age (Prince of Persia), the first game he played on his own PC (Links 386), and why all gaming platforms are steps to the ultimate gaming...
    • cageymaru
    • Thread
    • alienware cloud gaming co-founder consoles dell frank azor future gaming gm history pc gaming pc master race pcmr video games
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  21. AlphaAtlas

    Chinese Game Ban is Fueling Steam Growth

    According to a report by gamesindustry.biz, Steam gained about 23 million active monthly users in just over a year, bringing their active user count to 90 million. The research firm Niko Partners claims that at least some of that growth can be attributed to the Chinese market, which grew from 15...
  22. AlphaAtlas

    Intellivision Unveils Amico Console

    Following a teaser earlier this year, Intellivision is jumping on the retro console bandwagon with their Amico console. A ton of classic games will be "reimagined and remade exclusively for the Intellivision Amico," and all those games will be downloadable from their store for prices ranging...
  23. AlphaAtlas

    Nike Signs Deal With Esports Athlete

    Nike signed on professional League of Legends player Jian 'Uzi' Zihao as part of a sportsware endorsement deal. This is the first time Nike signed a deal with an esports athlete, and he's being signed on in a big way. Zihao will appear alongside NBA star LeBron James to promote the "Shut Up and...
  24. AlphaAtlas

    Warframe's Fortuna Expansion Coming to PC in November

    Warframe got a big, open world expansion last year as part of the Plains of Eidolon update. But developers Digital Extremes didn't stop there, and are tacking even more features onto their F2P space ninja shooter. The Fortuna expansion will add space combat, hoverboards, and an open world, Blade...
  25. AlphaAtlas

    Atomic Heart Gets Another Bizarre Teaser

    Last week, Mundfish uploaded a strange trailer for their Soviet adventure shooter Atomic heart. They put out a new teaser this week, featuring a little old lady and some water tubes floating in the air. Weirdness aside, Atomic Heart is one of the first games that will support Nvidia's RTX...
  26. AlphaAtlas

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Launch Trailer Released

    Ahead of a console launch later this month, Rockstar uploaded a launch trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. While recent reports suggest that the game isn't coming to PC, PCGamer seems to think a PC port is just a matter of time. GTA V sold well on the PC, so it's hard to believe Rockstar would...
  27. AlphaAtlas

    Amazon Posts Environmental Footage from Their MMO

    Tech giant Amazon has their fingers in a lot of pies, and now they want to make their own games. The company bought Double Helix back in 2014, and after posting some screenshots earlier this year, Amazon Games Studios uploaded some environmental footage of an MMO called "New Worlds". According...
  28. AlphaAtlas

    Sean Bean is a Hitman 2 Target

    Sean Bean has a reputation for dying in films and series he's in, and IO Interactive decided to capitalize on it. The actor will appear as Hitman 2's first Elusive Target. Check it out in the trailer here. Sean Bean stars as Mark Faba in HITMAN 2’s first Elusive Target mission, The Undying...
  29. AlphaAtlas

    The Discord Store is Open

    Discord launched a beta version of a gaming storefront back in August, but it was limited to 50,000 people in Canada. Now, the Discord Store Beta is open to everyone. While they don't mention competitors by name, Discord seems to be pitching a more organized approach to shopping than Steam...
  30. AlphaAtlas

    Battlefield 5 Gets a Singleplayer Campaign Trailer

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 may have ditched the campaign mode for more multiplayer content, but Battlefield 5 still has a singleplayer campaign. Check out the new trailer for it here. Discover the untold stories of World War 2 with Battlefield V's single player War Stories. In Nordlys, resist...
  31. AlphaAtlas

    Grand Theft Auto V Documentary is in the Works

    Grand Theft Auto V is one of the highest grossing games of all time, and it was also one of the most expensive to produce. According to Screendaily, Salon Pictures are producing a documentary about GTA V's production called The Billion Dollar Game. If the rumor is true, filming is already...
  32. dvsman

    Assassin's Creed Odyssey via Google Streaming

    I don't see a thread for this but I got an email saying I was accepted into the beta test for this. I just wanted to see if anyone else has tried this yet? I've got the full game on my home machine (bought copy) but it seems to run on my office 4790 rig via stream (With I think Nvidia 760...
  33. Z

    EVGA Supernova 850 T2 or Seasonic Prime 850 Titanium???

    Hi Guys, Im trying to decide between these 2 great PSU's, (both Titanium) and just thought I would hear some feedback from you. I had already seen a lot of comparisons between the 2, but since im not in a rush figured I would start a thread about it. Seasonic Prime 850 Titanium - $209...
    • Zer0Cool
    • Thread
    • best gaming high performance psu stable titanium
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Power Supplies
  34. cageymaru

    HP OMEN X Mindframe Gaming Headset Review: Peltiers Keep Your Ears Cool

    Windows Central has reviewed the all new HP OMEN X Mindframe Advanced Gaming Headset that features FrostCap Technology. The thermoelectric cooling device in each ear cup is actually a peltier that keeps each ear cup cool. The peltier moves the heat from the inner ear cup to the outer ear cup...
    • cageymaru
    • Thread
    • audio comfort cooling gaming gaming headset hp omen x mindframe microphone peltier review sound quality
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  35. AlphaAtlas

    Sony Confirms PlayStation 4 Successor

    Plenty of Playstation 5 rumors have been swirling around, but they're all just rumors. However, Sony's CEO Kenichiro Yoshida recently told the Financial Times that "At this point, what I can say is it’s necessary to have a next-generation hardware." While the next gen console wasn't named, the...
  36. AlphaAtlas

    Vivendi to Sell Off All Ubisoft Shares

    After taking over Gameloft, French media conglomerate Vivendi was determined to take over Ubisoft, whether Ubisoft wanted it nor not. After fighting tooth and nail for some time, Ubisoft forced Vivendi to back down in March of this year, announcing their intention to sell any remaining Ubisoft...
  37. G

    First PC Build :)

    Like the title says, first PC build ever. Super excited and very scared haha. A friend of mine recommended this site so here I am. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tsHDmq My parts list for comments and suggestions. Been watching YouTube videos on building a computer. Have the motherboard, GPU...
  38. cageymaru

    Australian Research Finds That Opening Loot Boxes Is Equivalent to Gambling

    The Australian Environment and Communications Reference Committee (ECRC) has released the results of a survey conducted on 7,000 gamers to see if there is a connection between gambling and loot boxes. The researchers found that loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling, although they are...
    • cageymaru
    • Thread
    • australia gambling gaming legal gambling age loot boxes research restrictions video game
    • Replies: 51
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  39. cageymaru

    AMD to Showcase SMACH Z Handheld Gaming Console at the Tokyo Game Show

    The SMACH Z console has had a rough time being completed after its successful Kickstarter campaign finished in October 2016. The developers have had to contend with setbacks such as a breached manufacturing contract, but the company has rebounded to announce that they will be shipping units...
    • cageymaru
    • Thread
    • amd amd ryzen v1000 battle.net gaming gog handheld kickstarter linux origin pc gaming pc master race shipping smach z soc steam uplay windows
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  40. AlphaAtlas

    15 Countries and 1 State Pledge to Regulate Lootboxes

    At the 2018 Gambling Regulators European Forum, 15 European countries, along with Washington State, signed an agreement to "work together to address the risks created by the blurring of lines between gaming and gambling." The focus of the agreement is to crack down on illegal 3rd party gambling...
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