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Microsoft Just Made Disabling Windows Defender Harder
Microsoft has made changes to the Windows Defender antivirus program that make it difficult to switch it off permanently on a computer with Windows 10.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
August 20, 2020
New Big Update for Bannerlord Adds Auto Blocking
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has received the update 1.4.3. The patch introduces a lot of fixes and changes to the game, including dialogues on the map without loading, automati blocking function and... celebrations.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 20, 2020
New Patch for Horizon Zero Dawn PC Improves Stability
The PC version of Horizon: Zero Dawn has received a new update, numbered 1.02. Among other things, it eliminates a number of issues that caused the game to crash to desktop. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of things left to fix.
video games
Milosz Szubert
August 20, 2020
Something Went Wrong With Tomorrow's PS4 Launch of Crysis Remastered
All indications are that Crysis Remastered was due to be released on PlayStation 4 tomorrow. At the last minute, however, it was decided to delay it. However, the work seems to be nearly complete.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 20, 2020
Sims Stopped Stealing From Washing Machine - New Patch for Sims 4
The fourth installment of The Sims just got rid of its most troublesome issues. No more stealing and compulsive knitting.
video games
Aleksandra Dziwinska
August 20, 2020
Stronghold: Warlords Delayed
Devs at Firefly has announced the postponement of the release of Stronghold: Warlords. The new installment of the strategy game series will be released much later than it was announced.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 20, 2020
Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is Official; Here's Teaser Trailer
Activision has published a teaser trailer of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War. It was also confirmed when we'll see the full announcement of the upcoming game.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 20, 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator Refund Problems on Steam [Updated]
Steam users have a big problem with Microsoft Flight Simulator. The website counts downloading files as gameplay, and it takes so much time that the two-hour limit for refunds is exceeded.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 20, 2020
Mafia Remake With Classic Difficulty Level
Hangar 13 revealed details of the classic difficulty level that will appear in Mafia: Definitive Edition. The remake will offer a gameplay experience at least partially similar to the original.
video games
Bart Woldanski
August 19, 2020
Lead Writer of Vampire Bloodlines 2 Laid Off
Brian Mitsoda, the lead writer of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, is no longer working on the sequel. Hardsuit Labs announced that he and Ka'ai Cluney were laid off, which was supposed have been to be a huge surprise for Mitsoda.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2020
FIFA 21 Without Cross-play
Electronic Arts has commented on the cross-play feature in FIFA 21. Unfortunately, the publisher does not intend to enable cross-play, even between PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 or Xbox One and Xbox Series X users.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 19, 2020
Mortal Shell - Players Report Serious Bugs
Mortal Shell players report two serious bugs in Cold Symmetry's game. The first one concerns the key Harden mechanics, while the second one resets the player's progress by overwriting the saved game data.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
Pathfinder Kingmaker Update With Turn-based Combat Goes Live
The latest update for Pathfinder: Kingmaker has introduced turn-based combat and a number of other improvements. In addition, the game has also been released on PS4 and XONE consoles.
video games
Damian Gacek
August 19, 2020
Streamer Becomes Popular by Losing in Fall Guys
Streamer TimTheTatman hasn't won any game in Fall Guys: UItimate Knockout yet, which makes his live Twitch broadcasts more and more popular. A few days ago there was also a situation where a player helped an inactive opponent advance to the next round.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 19, 2020
Oculus Rift Will Require Facebook Account
Facebook plans to integrate the Oculus Rift platform with its social network. From October this year, new VR goggle owners will have to log in to the system using their Facebook account. In January 2023 the Oculus Rift system will be shut down and the only option to log in will be an FB account.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
Riot Apologizes for a Tweet About Valorant
Riot Games admitted a communication error and apologized for last year's tweet, in which the company's CEO stated that in Valorant we will not eliminate our opponents using skills.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 19, 2020
Battlefield 6 Maps are Designed for 128 Players
There have been rumors on the web that Battlefield 6 maps are designed to accommodate as much as 128 players. However, the standard mode is to be 32v32. It's possible that the increased scale is to enable a battle royale option.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 19, 2020
Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Soon Leave Xbox Game Pass
Soon, the Xbox Game Pass library will be enriched with many new items. Among them we can mention Crusader Kings 3, Wasteland 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard or Darksiders: Genesis. Unfortunately, in the near future Red Dead Redemption 2 and NBA 2K20 will disappear from the offer.
special offers
Milosz Szubert
August 19, 2020
Microsoft is Slowly Ceasing Support for Internet Explorer
Microsoft plans to gradually phase-out support for Internet Explorer 11 as part of its own service ecosystem (Microsoft 365) - the process will end in August 2021. Next March, the company also intends to cease the release of security updates for older versions of the Microsoft Edge browser.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Disabling Data Link Boosts Performance
Tests conducted by editors of PC Gamer indicate that by disabling the „Data Link” function in Microsoft Flight Simulator, we can gain a few extra fps.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 19, 2020