Tag Archives: gaming

Facebook’s dedicated Gaming app is now available to download on the Play Store. The company had announced the new app over the weekend in a New York Times story. And while you can use the platform to play some casual games with your friends, the focus of Facebook Gaming is on watching and hosting streams. You can use the software’s Go Live feature ... Read More »

The Strix GTX 960 is a new performance-mainstream graphics card, with a 1,291MHz factory-overclocked GPU and 1,317MHz GPU boost clock in OC mode, giving it a 12% faster than reference boost. The Strix cooler still features the critically acclaimed 0dB design in low temperature (and power) modes, with dual fans keeping cool under heavy gaming loads. In addition there’s 5-phase Super Alloy ... Read More »

Stunning graphics. A deep well of great titles. And almost limitless flexibility. PC gaming is already a great experience. It’s about to get better. At an event at its Redmond, Washington headquarters Wednesday, Microsoft outlined how it’s putting gaming at the core of the next version of its Windows operating system – Windows 10. It’s a move that’s sure to ... Read More »

Nearly 60 gaming and technology editors from around the world gathered in Montreal to feast on French bread, fromage, 4K, and a plethora of new gaming technologies that developers are using to create next-generation games like “Batman: Arkham Origins,” “Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag” and “Watch Dogs.” NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said, “We’re focused on improving open game platforms: PC, ... Read More »

At last – NVIDIA introduces an advanced game capture tool that lets you capture and stream your greatest gaming moments, with little performance hit to frame rates. That’s the promise of ShadowPlay, launching with the upcoming release of GeForce Experience 1.7 on Monday, Oct. 21. ShadowPlay is build to solve a common problem. Gamers love to record their games and ... Read More »

Montreal, to me, has always meant hockey masks, maple syrup and Mounties. I never thought it was the doorway to gaming heaven. But when NVIDIA launched NVIDIA G-SYNC, I could see my life as a gamer getting better. Actually, I could see the rest of my life getting better, too, because we’ve been working flat out to get this out ... Read More »

When SHIELD launched back in July, the ability to stream PC games from your GeForce GTX PC to SHIELD was lauded by critics, even though the feature was still in BETA. Today, at our The Way It’s Meant to be Played press event in Montreal, our CEO Jen-Hsun Huang outlined the company’s vision for a connected gaming ecosystem. At the ... Read More »

A fully customizable peripheral you already own Nearly everyone owns a smartphone these days, and if you’re rocking an Android or iOS handset, you can turn your device into a handy gaming peripheral simply by downloading and installing Roccat’s new Power-Grid app. The free app is currently in beta, and when used with accompanying host software, which runs on Windows, Power-Grid effectively ... Read More »

Valve has announced has announced a unique gamepad that would be a good fit for your living-room gaming needs, the Steam Controller. “Steam gamers, who are used to the input associated with PCs, will appreciate that the Steam Controller’s resolution approaches that of a desktop mouse. Whole genres of games that were previously only playable with a keyboard and mouse are now accessible from ... Read More »