New Rust update makes gunfights much riskier, so watch that trigger finger

New Rust patch notes for the Maintenance update deliver big September changes to the survival game, including longer-range weapon sounds.
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Randy Pitchford calls Borderlands 4 "pretty damn optimal" amidst PC performance complaints

"Every PC gamer must accept the reality of the relationship between their hardware and what the software they are running is doing," the CEO says ...
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Powerful Gaming Mini-PC Beelink SER8 with Ryzen 7 8845HS

Test Mini pc Beelink SER8 (Ryzen 7 8845HS + Radeon 780M) l 1080p Without recording, performance is ~1-2% higher! Mini-PC Beelink SER8 - 0:00 Mini pc Power Consumption - 0:46 Test in Games: Assassin's ...

5 Biggest Steam Games That Still Need to Be Steam Deck Verified

Also similar to Siege, Rust ‘s version of anti-cheat keeps it from being Steam Deck verified. Unfortunately, SteamOS doesn’t ...

Battlefield 6 development on Xbox Series S made the "whole game better and more stable" — DICE focuses on optimization

After reviewing the code and optimizing specific aspects of Battlefield 6 and the Frostbite engine, Buhl stated that the ...

Bigger guns are louder and therefore riskier as of Rust's latest update, with other players able to hear you from 'much further away'

In short, the change lends greater tactical emphasis to your choice of weapon, with larger guns now acting as a louder dinner ...

Researchers argue that 'at least 40%' of the bloated x86 ISA could be removed and emulated to improve CPU efficiency

The researchers "conclude that at least 40% of the x86 ISA, even after excluding multimedia extensions, could be emulated ...
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Even in a year packed with great RPGs, you don't want to miss Disco Elysium-style time loop noir Rue Valley, which has a new trailer and a release date in November

Even in a year with two main course Obsidian joints in Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, as well as the Oblivion Remaster, one of the RPGs we're most excited about is Rue ...

KDE Linux and FreeBSD hit alpha and – surprise – fan fave Pop_OS nearly at beta

The version number isn't a typo: Pop!_OS is a third-party Ubuntu remix, and this is the Noble Numbat-based version – the ...

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