I can’t get excited about AMD’s next version of FSR anymore
Square Enix AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 is available after nearly a year of waiting. The company announced the feature around November of last year, in a swift response to…
This ‘Swiss Army Knife’ app transformed how I play PC games
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Most PC games aren’t perfect. I’d go as far to say that most of them have problems — especially considering the disastrous PC launches we’ve…
Is a game poorly optimized, or just demanding? They’re not the same thing
Bethesda Game Studios “The game is poorly optimized on PC,” is a phrase I’ve heard probably 100 times this year alone. It holds some weight. This has been a terrible…
The success of AMD’s frame generation tech hinges on this one feature
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends AMD finally shared more details on its FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) this week, and it’s exactly what everyone was asking for. It supports…
What the Mirror of Loss is and how to use it in Baldur’s Gate 3
In The Forgotten Realms, you can never be sure what to expect from even the most normal character or object. Baldur’s Gate 3 loves to subvert your expectations, but also…
How to respec your character in Baldur’s Gate 3
Despite your best intentions when starting out in Baldur’s Gate 3, even if you’re following a guide, you might realize early on that the class or race you picked just…
It’s time to stop trying to play games without an SSD
PlayStation Everyone owes Sony an apology. When the PS5 was announced and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart was shown off as exclusive for the platform, there was a barrage of finger-pointing at…
I tried to relive the forgotten legacy of Halo as a Mac franchise — and it was a disaster
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends There’s something so viscerally wrong about seeing Halo on a Mac. Apple’s computers aren’t known for gaming, sure, but Halo, in particular, looks out of…
I asked developers to explain why PC ports in 2023 run like garbage
When looking at the state of PC releases in 2023, it’s easy to start pointing fingers. The game isn’t optimized (whatever that means), or the publisher rushed it out too…
The worst PC ports of all time — and why they were so bad
It’s been a bad year for PC ports so far, but it’s easy to forget that PCs have never been the premier platform for game releases. There’s a storied history…