The Steam Machine is sold out, overpriced, can't quite do 4K – and now scalpers are asking $3,000 for it
Meanwhile, modding allows the Steam Controller to crawl to its charger on its own
Modder cools RTX 3060 with countertop ice machine, slashing gaming temps by up to 62%
Condensation remains the biggest problem with the build
A modder is finally bringing seamless co-op to Dark Souls II, over a decade later
TL;DR: More than a decade after its original release, Dark Souls II is set to receive a significant fan-made multiplayer update. A modder is currently working on a new "seamless" co-op mode that would theoretically allow the game to be played from start to finish in a single, soul-crushing session.
A developer ported Half-Life to a Nokia N95, and it runs at 30fps with Bluetooth keyboard support
Follow the Freeman... on an ancient Symbian-based smartphone
Redditor creates ungodly gaming PC with 13 internal screens and 15,000 looping GIFs
"I would not recommend this type of pc build project to anyone"
This gorgeous fanless RTX 5080 PC turns passive cooling into a thermal nightmare
A triple-radiator chimney was not enough to tame over 500W of hardware
WTF?! We've seen PC builds that prioritize performance, ones that focus on silence, and those that look like they belong in a cyberpunk art gallery. Billet Labs' latest project falls firmly into the latter – as usual. It's a custom passive water-cooled gaming PC with no fans, lots of copper, and enough heat to make its creator admit the internet might have had a point.
Modder creates a fully working 16GB RTX 3070 using VRAM from a dead AMD GPU
The graphics card can switch between 8GB and 16GB modes, and the extra VRAM doubled performance in Spider-Man 2
Open-source project wants to bring stereoscopic 3D gaming back from the dead
Still in early stages, wiz3D wants to re-enable defunct Nvidia 3D Vision, AMD HD3D, Tridef, and iZ3D without special drivers
The Metal Gear Solid 2 leak is massive and perfectly timed – modders are already dreaming big
"Jack, do you remember what day it is tomorrow?"
This $170 retro-style dock gives your Mac mini a tiny screen and upgradeable storage
A dock that doubles as a tiny second screen
A $7 Raspberry Pi can do something Sony refuses to: give the DualSense wireless haptics on PC
The wireless dongle Sony won't make
Security researcher just turned the PS5 into a Linux PC, and it can run GTA V at 60fps
A novel exploit lets certain PS5 units boot Ubuntu and run PC games at high frame rates, though the setup resets after every reboot
Portal 2: Community Edition enters open beta with enhanced graphics, larger maps, and new modding tools
Modders have rebuilt Valve's classic on a modernized Source engine
The big picture: Portal 2, which recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, continues to receive mods, but its implementation of Valve's Source engine is showing its age. To address that, modders have spent the past several years building a new version of the game, with Valve's blessing, that enables enhanced graphics, larger maps, and more complex fan-made campaigns.
This 3D-printed 15-fan side panel drops CPU temps by 20 degrees
The custom Superdome swaps tempered glass for 15 Noctua fans
This Android phone can run Windows games locally, no PC required
Powered by Snapdragon and x86 emulation, it pushes up to 40W to deliver playable PC performance
Developer rebuilds Doom using CSS and HTML, turning divs into a full 3D game engine
A Dutch programmer pushes modern styling features far beyond their intended use
Copper and liquid cooling mods double MacBook Neo performance while cutting temps by 20°C
Minimal disassembly required
The legendary 3dfx Voodoo is back in FPGA form
Voodoo cards are conceptually simple. The silicon implementation, not so much.
Prototype mod brings native 1080P output to the Super Nintendo
New SNES mod extracts video directly from digital bus
Modder packs a full Windows gaming PC inside Xbox Series X chassis
Core i7 NUC and RTX 5060 inside a build that mirrors Project Helix's hybrid vision
Fans are rebuilding Baldur's Gate 1 inside Baldur's Gate 3
A daunting development job
Gamer recycles VR roller coaster into fully motion-enabled Elite Dangerous cockpit
Taking immersion to the next level
Sony releases new PlayStation 3 update nearly 20 years after launch
Sony's update keeps Blu-ray playback working and likely targets jailbroken consoles
A 1TB MacBook Neo? A modder just made it happen
With no removable SSD, expanding capacity means desoldering and replacing chips at the board level
Nvidia GDC 2026 roundup: More path-traced games, DLSS 4.5 debut titles, and RTX mega foliage
Path tracing comes to 007 First Light, Control Resonant, Quake III... and Mirror's Edge