Roughly twice per year, the internet at large confidently declares that PC gaming is dead.
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One would have us looking to Steam, which has changed the PC gaming industry completely.
The GeForce Experience was born 7 years ago as a project to simplify PC gaming.
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Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan has been dreaming about building a true PC gaming portable for years.
That changes today, with the introduction of Logitech G, the company's official brand for PC gaming peripherals.
Generally, Kickstarter has been the province of PC gaming, primarily because of the low walls to release.
But with the demise of retail PC gaming, the company shifted its focus to the free-to-play online space.
Killer Wireless-N adapters tackle these challenges with technology Bigfoot Networks perfected for the demanding and competitive PC gaming market.
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Now, even Starcraft, the grand old man of competitive PC gaming, is at least considering Free-to-play as an option.
And PC gaming is where you'll see that really cutting-edge high-end stuff happening.
There was also a Casemodding Workshop for those who wanted to learn how to build the ultimate PC gaming rig.
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These features make DisplayPort the best choice for high performance PC gaming, prompting increased demand for DisplayPort 1.2 certified products.
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Intended to showcase the creativity of the PC gaming scene, it also carried a clear message: anyone can make a game.
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As for console culture versus PC gaming, where streaming has been the norm for some time now, Hunstable's bullish on its reception.
Meanwhile, the spirit if not the brand lives on in splinter projects from the endlessly fascinating PC gaming scene to the East.
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A. is just the third-biggest fish in the PC gaming sea, behind category leader Cedant ( ce) and GT Interactive ( gtis) .
This may not make a huge difference to some folks, but to anyone used to console or PC gaming, it's an unacceptable situation.
Intel Graphics Planner Matt Ployhar, who also serves as the president of the PC Gaming Alliance, has seen more gamers gravitate toward mobile devices.
Whatever your thoughts are on the game itself or its developer, I think this is an undeniably good sign of life for the PC gaming market.
In essence, NVIDIA is trying to open the doors to an even larger PC gaming base as costs are decreasing and current generation consoles are stagnating.
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The theoretical Steam Box could be a terrific way to transform PC gaming, and I think the stars are aligning for just this sort of move.
Designed to look and feel like the headsets worn by attack helicopter pilots, the Razer-green accented BlackShark is your battle-ready solution for powerful, immersive PC gaming audio.
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We didn't really test PC gaming (beyond Medieval II and a bit of Supreme Commander 2) because this set-up has no couch-friendly controller to make that a sensible option.
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The company appears to be trying to bridge the gap between PC gaming and the living room in smaller ways before it tries to totally break down that barrier.
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It not only affirms the PC gaming market, it helps draw in new gamers further bolstering the ranks and ensuring that more and more games for PC are made.
Meanwhile, Mitsoda seems to be benefitting from the PC gaming revival, and its revelation that people still want to play the kinds of games for which he is best known.
And also to highlight some of the brightest points in the history of PC gaming, since we seem to be talking a lot about the Wii U at the moment.
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Part laptop, part tablet, part home console, and part portable console, the Razer Edge is the fruition of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan's dream to create a "true" portable PC gaming machine.
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The combination of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN graphics in MAINGEAR desktops offers a superior combination of power, performance, efficiency, control, and acoustics that PC gamers need for premium PC gaming.
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The software developer and proprietor of digital distribution store Steam has a plan to sell custom PC gaming machines to geared toward competing with next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft.
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