GPU Upgrade – Size Matters!
Four and a half years ago, I upgraded my graphics card from an AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB to a Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB, which you can read about in this article: I Just Upgraded To The ROG Strix RX-5700 XT GPU. Four years […]
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Is Tomb Raider Dead And Buried?
In September 2018, Shadow of the Tomb Raider was released – that’s nearly seven years ago – and in 2022, it was announced that a new Tomb Raider game would be developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Amazon Games using the Unreal 5 engine.
Will GTA VI Be The Game We Hope For?
In May 2025, Rockstar Games confirmed that the much-anticipated GTA VI will be released on May 26, 2026. But there was no mention of which platforms it would be released on. One has to assume that consoles will be first, followed by PCs a year
Stop Killing Games’ EU Petition Reaches 1.4M Signatures
As outlined in You Don’t Own Your Video Games! and Ubisoft EULA Tells Gamers To Destroy Copies Of Games, a campaign to prevent games from disappearing was started by Ross Scott, aka Accursed Farms, spurred on by Ubisoft’s decision to shut down the servers for
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Ubisoft EULA Tells Gamers To Destroy Copies Of Games
Not content with being lambasted by the gaming community for completely shutting down The Crew, which sparked the movement Stop Killing Games, Ubisoft has sneakily amended its EULA (End User License Agreement) with the following lines: 8. TERMINATION. …this EULA will terminate automatically if You
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Forza Motorsport Hits The End Of The Road
Following Microsoft laying off more than 9000 employees recently, it’s emerged that Turn 10, the Microsoft-owned studio that produces Forza Motorsport (FM), has suffered badly from the hatchet with over 50% layoffs. The Forza Motorsport franchise was first launched in May 2005, with the latest
ROG Xbox Ally Handheld Is A Game Changer
I’ve never used a game console, a handheld, or a controller, but the recent Microsoft reveal of the ROG Xbox Ally really piqued my interest. Neither am I an expert on handheld gaming devices, being a PC gamer, but we can’t ignore this new handheld
Even Some Games Now Require Secure Boot!
Reminded by Jim Hillier’s recent article Microsoft Says TPM Is Worth The Upgrade – But Is It?, it’s only just come to my attention that some games require Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 – Fortnite (for tournaments), Valorant, The Finals and Vanguard (Call of Duty)
Tomb Raider IV- VI Remastered Is Now Available
(Ed note: This article was written a while ago but we feel it is still relevant.) In October 2024, I wrote Tomb Raider Remastered IV- VI Announced and true to form, these new remasters will be released on the 14th February. Yesterday I pre-ordered on
Half-Life 2 Changed Gaming Forever
Launched on 16 November 2004, Half-Life 2 is now 20 years old and not only turned the gaming landscape on its head but also changed how we buy games. When I bought the DVD in December 2004, I had no idea I would have to
Tomb Raider Remastered IV- VI Announced
Following the success of Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, it was announced over the weekend that three more remastered games will be released in February 2025. The games include Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999), Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000), and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
Where Are My Saved Games?
I’ve written about PC-saved games several times on DCT, more recently in How To Move Save Games From Game Pass To Steam and 10 years ago in Let’s migrate: Moving from one PC to another. Not surprisingly, the unfathomable logic of saved game locations continues
How To Move Save Games From Game Pass To Steam
I subscribe to Xbox Game Pass with Microsoft and up until now I’ve been very happy with the ‘games as a service’ subscription model, for which I pay $10 per month. However, over the years one’s tastes change, not to mention the amount of time
The Uncertain Future Of Tomb Raider
As readers will know, I’m a big fan of the Tomb Raider franchise and, like many followers of the intrepid Lara Croft, we find that news of her next adventures is either thin on the ground or veering off in predictable and woke directions. The