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Hypixel Studios releases the PC system requirements for its Minecraft-lookalike Hytale, and it's the most comprehensive breakdown I've seen in a long time
By Nick Evanson published
News And the entry bar to the blocky sandbox world is very much a voxel-shaped potato.

Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 prove that great performance and low system requirements are king for multiplayer PC games in 2025
By Andy Edser published
Lean and mean People power.

The fastest RTX 5080 gaming laptop we've ever tested has over $1,000 knocked off the price
By Andy Edser published
Deal It's still not cheap, but seriously impressive nonetheless.

Battlefield 6: This is what a well-optimised game looks like in 2025
By Andy Edser published
Organised chaos It's pretty stunning in motion, too.

I fixed Borderlands 4's stuttering issue by upping my shader cache size to 100 GB, which feels like something I shouldn't have to do in a well-optimised game
By Andy Edser published
News Still, a fix is a fix. Mostly.

'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'
By Andy Edser published
News I'm not entirely sure this helps.

'Even with a 9800X3D and a 5090 it runs like absolute buttcheeks': 2K Games posts Nvidia's Borderlands 4 optimised settings guide, but the community is already in open revolt
By Andy Edser published
News 4x MFG and DLSS Balanced for 60 fps+ on an RTX 5080 at 1440p? Ouch.

I've been testing Nvidia GeForce Now's RTX 5080 upgrade against an actual RTX 5080 and the two feel eerily close—although 4K streaming invokes the occasional wobble
By Andy Edser published
Slayer Streaming Even with the odd glitch, I'll admit I've been seriously impressed.
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