Hacker News with Generative AI: PC Gaming

GTA 6 fans gutted after learning it will be unplayable for PC Players at launch (gamingbible.com)
It feels like old news now, but for many PC players, they will be unable to join in the revelries of the GTA VI launch, unless they have a console they can boot up on launch day.

Video Games, Gaming, GTA, PC Gaming

7 points by turtlegrids 25 days ago | 6 comments

The guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing 8k hours (pcgamer.com)

Gaming, Reviews, Nostalgia, PC Gaming

273 points by isaacfrond 153 days ago | 130 comments

Game dev shows how to do a PC port right, outlines 106 to 314 FPS improvement (tomshardware.com)

Game Development, PC Gaming, Performance Optimization

34 points by doener 170 days ago | 3 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Xemag Xelok (blogspot.com)
This is part 5 of a series of articles investigating various floppy copy-protection schemes seen on the IBM PC platform.

PC Gaming, Retro Computing, History, Software

10 points by GloriousCow 179 days ago | 5 comments

Civilization VII recommends 16 cores and 32GB RAM for 4K gameplay (tomshardware.com)

Civilization VII, Gaming, Hardware, PC Gaming, Performance

64 points by doener 181 days ago | 76 comments

PC modder removes annoying PSN account requirement for God of War Ragnarök (arstechnica.com)
Sony's decision to require a PlayStation Network sign-in for the PC port of the single-player God of War Ragnarök is drawing expected levels of ire from frustrated PC gamers.

Gaming, PC Gaming, Sony, PlayStation

13 points by LinuxBender 191 days ago | 11 comments

PC Floppy Copy Protection: Electronic Arts Interlock (blogspot.com)
Before Electronic Arts (EA) was the publishing juggernaut that it is today, it was just one of dozens of software publishers putting out titles for various home computers, including the IBM PC.

Gaming, History, Software, PC Gaming

5 points by ingve 198 days ago | 0 comments

Playstation VR2 players can access games on PC with adapter starting on August 7 (playstation.com)

Virtual Reality, Gaming, PlayStation, PC Gaming, Hardware

13 points by gmemstr 304 days ago | 1 comments

Zelda: Majora's Mask is now a native PC game, and every N64 title could follow (theverge.com)

Video Games, Nintendo, Emulation, PC Gaming

27 points by latexr 319 days ago | 29 comments

Sony Is Forcing All Helldivers 2 Steam Players to Connect to a PSN Account (ign.com)

Sony, Gaming, Online Gaming, PC Gaming

12 points by bun_terminator 335 days ago | 6 comments

PCIe 5.0 is nearly 4 years old and it's still virtually worthless in gaming PCs (pcgamer.com)

PC Gaming, Hardware, PCIe, Technology

27 points by speckx 338 days ago | 22 comments