Getting to try snippets of new games without having to spend extra money at your local rental store was awesome, and it was ...

The Polymega Remix lets you play your own retro games on a Windows 11 PC, with built-in optical drive and cartridge support ...

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Russell Kay is the head of GameMaker (and was a programmer on Lemmings long ago). For years, indie developers have faced a familiar choice to build for PC first, or target consoles from day one. For ...

Google has been tinkering with porting its Play Games platform to Windows for several years, but it started getting serious about it last year. Now, with the 2026 Game Developer Conference underway, ...

"Xbox mode" (formerly Xbox Full Screen Experience) is here to replace your console. Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team ...

Building your own PC used to be the best alternative to buying a prebuilt one. Instead of settling for whatever a manufacturer chose to bundle together, you could hand-pick every single component. If ...

PC gamers who had hopes of playing Ghost of Yotei sometime in the future will have to keep hoping. Sony is reportedly ending its plans to bring more PlayStation exclusives to PC, although it hasn't ...

One of the best things you can get these days as a daily driver is a mini PC. This Acemagic K1 is affordable, powerful, and just the thing your home office needs. Instead of paying $580, as you’d ...

According to a new report, Sony is rolling back its strategy of releasing big, exclusive, single-player PlayStation games — the likes of Marvel’s Spider-Man, The Last of Us, and God of War — on ...

The AI data center boom is squeezing PC and smartphone sales, with a decrease of more than 10% in the offing this year. Global PC and smartphone sales are expected to fall by more than 10% this year, ...

Discover the best PC speakers of 2026 for gaming, music, and movies featuring top sound quality, smart connectivity, and unbeatable value for every budget. Pixabay, Bru-nO PC audio has come a long way ...