Gaming

It’s coming roughly a week after launch, but you now have a way to try Google Stadia without paying… provided you have the right connections. Google is rolling out its promised (but delayed) Buddy Passes to Stadia Founder’s Edition buyers, giving them free access to Stadia Pro for three months. If you’re a Stadia subscriber, you’ll see an envelope icon in the…

NVIDIA is still committed to sprucing up Quake II RTX‘s graphics after the novelty has worn off. The GPU maker has released a 1.2 update that adds significant realism to the ray tracing effects — insofar as you can have realism in a sci-fi game, anyway. Water is now considerably more realistic, with “god rays” that are visible even in reflections and refractions. Many…

Destiny 2 is relatively new on Steam, but the PC version of the online shooter is doing great on its new home. Valve revealed its list of the top 20 best-performing new game releases on its digital store front along with the top five free releases of the month, and Destiny 2 is on both lists. Valve creates this list by taking data from each game’s performance after its first two weeks of…

You don’t have to be fully committed to Microsoft’s vision of gaming to play State of Decay 2. The zombie-filled survival game is now slated to come to Steam in early 2020. You won’t have to be worried about finding friends to play, either. The title will support four-person Xbox Live cross-play, so friends who bought the game through the Microsoft Store or on Xbox One can…