PCGamesN Friday, November 22, 2024 5:58 AM  Long gone are the days when a high performance PC required a massive beige case to sit on your desk. This Geekom AX8 Pro shows that the future is small, or in this case, tiny – this mini PC is one of the smallest you can buy right now, small enough to fit in your hand at just 4.3-inches wide. While this top-end Geekom mini PC is small, it's mighty in performance, with the AX8 Pro offering components that make it a great option for daily use. It's an all AMD affair – the eight-core AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS that powers it is formidable, and while the integrated AMD Radeon 780M GPU won't be competing with the best gaming PCs out there, it can still handle some modern games at 1080p, as long you choose them carefully. Everything about the AX8 Pro feels high end, from the box it shipped in to the all metal chassis to the impressive performance. I could genuinely see myself using it on a day-to-day basis as a full replacement for my desktop PC, but it's important to recognize its limitations: this is a daily driver, all-use mini PC, and not one that's built specifically for gaming. With that in mind, I tested the Geekom AX8 Pro out for a few days, seeing how well it performed in general use as both a work and gaming PC. Continue reading Geekom AX8 Pro Review: an incredibly compact yet capable mini PC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Friday, November 22, 2024 5:44 AM  November 22, 2024: The FF14 server status has been checked and updated. Maintenance has been announced. Is FF14 down? It might be due to ongoing maintenance or server issues if you can't log on to FF14 or access your character. Before worrying about any problems with your game, you'll want to check the FF14 server status and currently scheduled maintenance times below to see if the MMO is offline. If you can't log into FF14, it's typically because of planned maintenance. The critically acclaimed MMORPG occasionally schedules downtime to implement patches, updates, and other hotfixes or to perform maintenance on the game's servers. Developer Square Enix usually announces these well beforehand, so read on and see when future maintenance times are planned. Continue reading FF14 server status and maintenance times - is FFXIV down? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best MMOs, FF14 Dawntrail release date, FF14 Island Sanctuary guide |
PCGamesN Friday, November 22, 2024 5:31 AM  In the pantheon of 'games we would all like but we might never get,' Bully 2 is up there now with Half-Life 3, Sleeping Dogs 2, and a new Titanfall. Originally released back in 2006, Bully takes the fundamental GTA formula and ages it down. Instead of a hardened career criminal, you're tearaway schoolboy Jimmy Hopkins. Rather than robbing banks, you're dropping cherry bombs in the faculty toilet. Funny, feisty, and with a great soundtrack by Shawn Lee, with Rockstar now focused on Grand Theft Auto 6, Bully's return seems less likely than ever. But it hasn't been forgotten completely. An updated version of GTA 5 is coming to PC, and it seems Rockstar may be preparing something Bully related at the same time. Continue reading Ahead of the GTA 5 PC update, Rockstar is quietly working on Bully MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best open-world games, Best sandbox games, Best RPGs |
PCGamesN Friday, November 22, 2024 5:22 AM  What is the next Monopoly Go event? With so many limited-time events in Monopoly Go, it can be hard to keep track of the rewards you can get your hands on. Monopoly Go events can last anywhere from a few hours to a week, so bookmark this page as we'll keep it regularly updated with the next events and their start and end dates. Monopoly Go is the latest online board game sweeping the globe, but completing all of these events won't be easy without some free Monopoly Go dice links, so check out our daily updated guide for some freebies and rewards before you get started on the next Monopoly Go tournament. Continue reading All Monopoly Go events, tournaments, dates, and rewards MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Friday, November 22, 2024 5:23 AM  It appears that Netflix has chosen to use AI art tools to expand out Arcane's core imagery to fit television resolution better, prompting severe backlash from fans online. In response, the brand lead for Riot Games Music, Alex 'Astryx' Shahmiri has branded the move "disrespectful," confirming that the expanded art has been removed from the League of Legends spinoff show's loading screen. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, League of Legends tier list |
PCGamesN Friday, November 22, 2024 5:19 AM  The Path of Exile 2 launch is coming up fast, but there's one big question mark hanging over the game for handheld gamers. That's because, at this point, Path of Exile 2 Steam Deck compatibility is still classed as Unknown. That's despite, the game's developers confirming that they were working on ensuring the game can be played on the Steam Deck with no issues whatsoever during the Summer. With the Path of Exile 2 release date coming in December, we were expecting to find out the game's status on the best handheld gaming PC by now, as the team at Grinding Gear Games tried to make the game playable on Valve's portable from day one. However, even now, Steam Deck compatibility is still classed as Unknown. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, November 22, 2024 5:30 AM  The Hobbit movies are a mixed Baggins indeed - at once thunderous and thin, like butter scraped over too much bread - but one sequence I love from The Desolation of Smaug is Bilbo searching Khazad-dûm for the Arkenstone, while trying not to rouse the titular dragon from his slumber. Don't Wake The Beast is sort of that sequence plus Spelunkified procgen levels and Thief-esque stealth mechanics. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Friday, November 22, 2024 4:44 AM  If the surprising number of you brought scurrying out of the woodwork by the announcement of Redwall-style survival game Hawthorn is anything to go by, the medieval rodent fanatic to RPS reader pipeline is a sturdy one, despite being constantly nibbled at. Here's some more delicious bait for you, then. Mossflower TW is a campaign mod for Medieval II: Total War expansion Kingdoms that lets ranks of mace-wielding mice, helmeted hedgehogs, and ornery otters skitter wildly all over the venerable strategy game. It's been about since Summer, and the team have been working on patching since. It seems very playable, if the footage of people playing it is anything to go by. Here's a video by YouTuber Tharshey so you can see it in action: |
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