News & Reviews:   Gaming

[UPDATE]: All services seems to be fully operational as of 2:18AM.

Based on reports from the website steamstat.us as well as their Twitter account, it seems that several features from Steam such as the Steam Store and Steam Community are currently down. While there is not much known in regards to the cause of the outage, games that require these services such as Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and more will not be functioning properly.

If you started your PC gaming during the mid-90s, chances are you may have at least heard of System Shock even if you've never played it. Well, the old sci-fi FPS game is being remade and is scheduled for launch in 2020. Recently, developer Nightdive Studios released an 87-minute gameplay demo for the new remake that revealed quite a few things.

As online content these days such as videos, 3D models, and special effects become more and more sophisticated, so are the equipment needed to produce these masterpieces. As a content creator, I would want to make sure that the laptop you are using is up to the task of creating complicated content without crashing.

Thankfully, MSI released a laptop called the P75 Creator, which as the name suggests, is focused more towards aspiring content creators such as myself, who are keen on creating content to amaze the masses. In terms of the price of the laptop, it can be bought from MSI’s official website from the price of RM7499 and it comes complete with a two-year warranty to boot. Let's take a closer look at our variant, which is the MSI P75 Creator 9SD.

Valve has recently made an announcement that all classic Half-Life games, will be available for free on Steam from now until around March of 2020. Based on what we know so far, the end the promo should be around the same day as the official launch of Half-Life: Alyx.

Based on a statement by Kan Liu, director of product management on Google, there is a high possibility that Chromebook users could install and play games from Steam in the future. This is due to the fact that Chrome OS is largely based on Linux, which is an operating system that’s supported by Steam since early 2013.

The developers of the Mass Effect series, Bioware, has recently posted a tweet on their Twitter account which includes a video as well as the hashtag #MassRelays. While not much is discussed in terms of what was in the video, there is a chance that we could see a remastered edition of the Mass Effects Trilogy.

Razer recently unveiled the Deathadder V2 and Basilisk V2 gaming mice in Irvine, USA at the price of USD69.99(~RM285) and USD79.99(~RM326). In terms of the new features that both these products bring to the table, the Deathadder V2 ergonomic gaming mouse introduces the Focus+ Optical Sensor, Optical Mouse Switch as well as the Razer Speedflex Cable.

During CES 2020, Alienware unveiled the Concept UFO which is a handheld gaming PC the size of a Nintendo Switch. In terms of the tech specs, AndroidAuthority mentioned that the aforementioned gaming device comes equipped with PC-class components like a 10th generation Intel processor.

During the CES 2020 which is currently held in Las Vegas Convention Center, Acer unveiled several new products such as laptops, projectors as well as gaming monitors. In terms of the availability of the products mentioned, most of them are expected to be available in Malaysia around this year.

Based on a statement by HipHopGamer, the upcoming Sony Playstation 5 console will most likely be backwards compatible with previous generation consoles. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of this feature as there were various rumours before, hinting the existence of this capability on previous consoles such as the PS4 Pro.