Monthly Archives: October 2022

Framework is selling refurbished versions of its modular laptops

Framework, which make modular, easy-to-repair laptops with the idea of reducing e-waste, is now selling refurbished models. They come from “the small number of returns we get from our 30-day return guarantee,” and promise a like-new laptop with decent specs, a full guarantee and a discount from all-new models. The company is also selling refurbished…

What is DirectStorage and is your PC next-gen ready?

DirectStorage is a Microsoft technology that’s designed to help your games load faster.  When the Xbox Series X launched it boasted Xbox Velocity Architecture which offered vastly reduced load times for gamers. At the time, Microsoft promised that it would be bringing that same technology to PC in the form of DirectStorage. It’s now starting to become available but what is…

Will Microsoft’s $68bn Activision Blizzard buyout be blocked?

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we’re back discussing Microsoft’s big Activision Blizzard deal and the latest developments in the ongoing saga of the $68bn buyout being finalised. Yesterday, Microsoft leapt upon the latest concerned update from the UK’s deal regulator and repeatedly tried to minimise its own importance in the video games market. Microsoft…

What we’ve been playing

Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: Doomlikes, classic raids, and Kevin Costner. If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our archive. Ripping…

Overwatch 2 review – a brilliant teamplay experience in the grip of an existential crisis

Overwatch is a superhero story, and if there’s one thing superheroes adore doing in their marketing materials, it’s staring dramatically outward at something you can’t see. Overwatch 2’s launch menu art is a classic example of this – and also, a convenient cross-section for the game’s wonderfully varied, albeit mostly returning characters. There’s Tracer, original…