Yearly Archives: 2021

Overclocking AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

AMD RX 6000 SeriesAugust 23, 2021

Introduction In our AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT video card review we evaluated performance in many games at 1440p, 4K, with Ray Tracing and FSR. ...

Quake II RTX Now Available on GOG

GamingAugust 22, 2021

Bethesda and id Software celebrated the 25th anniversary of Quake this week by releasing an enhanced version of the legendary dark fantasy FPS that's free for PC players who already own it on Steam and Bethesda.net.

ASUS Relaunches GeForce GT 730 with 384 CUDA Cores and 2 GB of GDDR5 Memory

NewsAugust 22, 2021

ASUS has relaunched an older graphics card for enthusiasts who are willing to buy something—anything—to quench their GPU thirst amid an ongoing graphics card shortage that doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon.

Mastercard Will Be the First to Remove Magnetic Stripes from Its Credit Cards

NewsAugust 22, 2021

Mastercard announced this week that it will be the first payments network to swipe left on magnetic stripes.

Intel Core i9-12900K Sample Compares Well against AMD Ryzen 9 5950X in New Benchmarks

NewsAugust 22, 2021

Intel's next flagship processor is the Core i9-12900K, an "Alder Lake-S" CPU that leverages a novel design comprising small and big cores.

James McAvoy Reveals He Was an Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Junkie Who Had to Burn His Game Disc to Stop Addiction

CultureAugust 22, 2021

James McAvoy is an actor who's best known for playing the younger version of Charles Xavier (Professor X) in the X-Men movies.

WWE 2K22 Gets 30-Second Teaser Trailer and Release Date

GamingAugust 22, 2021

A new teaser trailer for WWE 2K22 aired during WWE SummerSlam, revealing a March 2022 release.

Unsealed Documents Show That Google Used Financial Incentive Agreements to Control App Developers and OEMs

GamingAugust 22, 2021

Newly unsealed documents have shown that Google used financial incentive agreements titled "Project Hug" and the "Premier Device Program" to control app developers and OEMs.

Hideo Kojima Considers Returning to Adventure Games after Playing Annapurna’s Latest Title, Twelve Minutes

GamingAugust 21, 2021

Hideo Kojima rose to fame as a game designer with blockbusters such as Metal Gear Solid, but his earliest fans know him for a variety of lesser-known but equally acclaimed projects such as Policenauts and Snatcher.

DuckStation Lets Xbox Series X|S Owners Play Classic PlayStation Games at 4K

GamingAugust 21, 2021

Despite having a curious name, the DuckStation is a new PlayStation emulator that has managed to attract many users since its introduction late last year thanks to its speed and compatibility, even on lower-end devices.

Hasbro Celebrates Aliens 35th Anniversary with Nerf Limited Edition M41A Pulse Rifle

CultureAugust 21, 2021

James Cameron fans have always wondered what it'd be like to fire a few rounds from the iconic M41A pulse rifle that the director introduced in his critically acclaimed Alien sequel.