Enough with the excuses.

If you haven't yet heard, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor came out today and wow is it ever a mess. The game suffers from a myriad of technical issues across all platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and especially PC.

Platforms have exhibited everything from textures and objects taking upwards of 15 seconds to load into a scene, to "Performance" modes on consoles struggling hard to hit 60FPS, dropped frames and inconsistent frame times...

A 60FPS performance mode is supposedly coming later.

Arkane Studios revealed some truly unfortunate news today that is leaving a real sour taste in those looking forward to playing Redfall on Xbox Series X|S. Through a new tweet, the official Redfall account revealed that the game will launch only with a 30FPS Quality mode.

The tweet says that the Xbox Series X will run at 4K resolution with a 30FPS cap. The Xbox Series S will run at 1440p and will also be 30FPS. The PC...

Fatshark also shares some tips on what settings to tweak.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide won't be out until November 30th. However, if you pre-order the game you will be able to play as early as November 17, which is just a short day away now. With the release of the game being this close, it was probably a good idea for developer Fatshark to reveal what sort of hardware you will need to run the game.

That is precisely what was shared today. Fatshark also took a little bit...

It all started when the next-gen consoles were released in 2020. Ever since the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and the PlayStation 5 were released, more and more game releases have been priced at $70 (USD). However, these prices seem to be limited to the next-gen experiences and the term "next-gen tax" was coined. For a while there, it seemed as though the "typical" $60 prices would stick around for older-generation consoles as well as PC. Unfortunately, with the recent release...

This is just one part of the fix however.

Earlier this month, it became apparent that there were some issues with AMD Ryzen performance when using Windows 11. In fact, these issues were present since some of the earliest betas for Windows 11 but they largely went ignored until the operating system's first public release. Some testing showed that system performance could decrease by roughly 15% compared to the same hardware running on Windows 10. At the time, AMD and Microsoft said...

Fixes are in the works, but are not out yet.

If you are using an AMD based CPU and you plan on upgrading to Windows 11, you may want to hold off on that for a little while longer. Hell, I still say that you avoid Windows 11 regardless of your CPU for a good year or more if you can help it as it's just not in a good state right now.

But if you're moving forward with Windows 11 despite this warning, you should be aware that you may experience reduced system performance by...

Gee, I wonder what it could be.

The PC release of Deathloop has a lot going for it, but uh, it seems like it also has some glaring issues that need to be addressed. Right now, the game is getting slammed in user reviews because of a very obvious "stutter" that shows up quite frequently.

This stutter, judder, frame pacing issue, or whatever it is exactly is manifesting itself across most every hardware configuration. It seems to be most prominent when using a...

But don't worry, it's only "temporary."

The latest PUBG Community Weekly Post from the developers says that the Xbox One X version of the still popular battle royale game will get a "temporary" visual downgrade. This is being done in order to smooth out performance issues that still plague the game on the Microsoft platform.
...

Improvements made to the Heroes & Generals render engine mean that players will get better performance with some better visuals. Reto-Moto has worked hard to make sure their MMMOFPS runs even better to the tune of a 20% average framerate boost.
...

Improvements made to the Heroes & Generals render engine mean that players will get better performance with some better visuals. Reto-Moto...

Anandtech has some of the first benchmarks out for DirectX 12 and how it compares not only to DirectX 11 performance but also AMD's Mantle. The results? Very promising.

...

Anandtech has some of the first benchmarks out for DirectX 12 and how it compares not only to DirectX 11 performance but also AMD's Mantle. The results?...

In an article written for Neowin, the CEO and Founder of Stardock, Brad Wardell, claims that when DirectX 12 finally ships in late 2015, it will result in a "doubling of performance" across identical hardware.
...

In an article written for Neowin, the CEO and Founder of Stardock, Brad Wardell, claims that when DirectX 12 finally ships in late 2015, it will...