Did you experience any unexpected activity on your Steam account last week? Well, it seems that there was a major security flaw in Valve’s password reset feature that allowed anyone to reset your password — even without access to your email. The accounts of numerous popular streamers were compromised for a short period, and Valve is left looking incredibly foolish. If you ...
For years, the ability to run Doom on various devices has been a hallmark of a system’s flexibility. We’ve seen the FPS pop up on everything from calculators to copiers, but with embedded devices becoming ever-more powerful, the ability to run code nearly 25 years old has become old hat. It’s time for a new standard (though the ability to run Doom within Doom is a fairly nifty recent achievement), Now, modder ...
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is considered one of the best Star Wars game ever built. Its sequel, Knights Of the Old Republic II, on the other hand, suffered from a rushed release, cut content, and a crippling number of bugs. Obsidian released several patches for the game, but stopped development in 2005. Four years later, a team of modders released The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod, ...
For most of the past decade, the idea of gaming under Linux was a contradiction in terms. Apart from a handful of dedicated titles or ports, the only option that gamers had was to either dual-boot into Windows or deal with the Wine emulator. Valve’s decision to pursue the Linux gaming market and develop its own Linux-based operating system has changed that, with a vast array ...
While Windows 10 isn’t officially available until the end of July, early adopters have been running the Insider Preview for months now. And as of a few days ago, those of us running the latest build can take advantage of the Xbox One game streaming functionality in the Windows 10 Xbox app. In a post on the Xbox Wire, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb walks us through the process of enabling this ...