One Redditor built their own Steam Deck rival

[ Raven0606 / Reddit It’s hard to imagine that anyone interested in portable gaming hasn’t heard of the Steam Deck, but one Redditor says they “didn’t know” it existed. And because of that, they decided to build their own. The 3D-printed contraption comes from Raven0606, who shared images of the completed handheld on the r/SBCGaming … Read more

How to increase FPS and smooth gameplay on your PC

[ Modern PC gaming is a true sky-is-the-limit world that never rests. New gaming hardware and accessories (and games!) are being released all the time, but one thing you definitely don’t want to ignore are your drivers and gameplay settings. Believe it or not, one adjustment to something as innocuous-sounding as “frame rate” could make … Read more

Horizon Forbidden West PC: best settings, VRAM, DLSS,

[ PlayStation Studios More than two years after its release on PS5, Horizon Forbidden West is now available on PC. The original game, Horizon Zero Dawn, has become a mainstay for performance testing on PC, and it’s one of the pillars of our GPU reviews. The sequel ups the ante in a big way with more graphics options … Read more

Nvidia’s AI game demo puts endless dialogue trees everywhere

[ Nvidia Nvidia did what we all knew was coming — it made an AI-driven game demo. In Convert Protocol, you play as a detective trying to track down a particular subject at a high-end hotel. The promise is sleuthing through conversations with non-playable characters (NPCs) to get what you need. Except in this demo, you … Read more

Cyberpunk 2077 cheat codes: money, weapons, and more

[ From Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to Skyrim, the longevity of open-world games usually relies on cheats, where players can input commands to unlock items, break the boundaries of the game, quickly travel across the map, and more. Cyberpunk 2077 is no different, but CD Projekt Red didn’t put a traditional cheat system in the game. Thankfully, the PC … Read more

Asus ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck: here’s how they compare

[ It’s been nearly six months since I originally wrote my Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme review, and the device has changed drastically in that time. It’s still a compelling device that easily beats the Steam Deck in raw performance, but a slew of strange updates has left the ROG Ally in a strange spot … Read more

My Steam Deck became the ultimate cross-platform gaming machine

[ Jacob Roach / Digital Trends I’ve been playing a lot of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which, as a self-proclaimed PC gaming snob, would have presented a problem for me in the past. After all, a console exclusive like Rebirth just doesn’t fit into my typical pattern of gaming, which oscillates between desktop at home and … Read more

Enshrouded server guide: how to play Enshrouded with friends

[ Enshrouded is a brand new fantasy survival adventure where players explore the world of Embervale, which has been invaded by a mysterious corrupting fog. You can certainly explore this world on your own, but it’s designed to be tackled co-op with other players. If you need help figuring out how to jump into the … Read more