Nine years after its closed alpha launched, military FPS Escape from Tarkov’s full release is here, but players are struggling to get a game. It’s not that there aren’t enough people to play it, far ...

The Picochess chess program already has a long and storied history behind it—something you should be aware of if you’re ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...

Nintendo has issued another system update for the Switch just days ahead of the launch of the Switch 2. According to the brief patch notes, Nintendo Switch System Update Ver. 20.1.0 only makes a few ...

Microsoft's secret new Start menu replacement is impressive — and might even be a sneak preview of what's on the way with Windows 12. The Windows Start menu isn’t the best search tool when it comes to ...

For many, MIDI means SoundBlaster cards, chiptunes, and WAD files played to the sound of a killer synth score. But Microsoft Windows has begun previewing MIDI 2.0, the first update to the MIDI ...

System selection: Choose a system (console, arcade, etc.) and BatRun will directly launch a game from that system. Random mode (optional): Enable the option to have a game randomly selected from the ...

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