Gaming

PS4 Pro vs. Xbox One S: What’s the Best Console This Holiday Season?

PS4 Pro vs. Xbox One S: which new console wins this battle? Here is the full breakdown so you can decide which console is right for you!

The Best VR Games Available Right Now

Is VR worth it? Finding the best VR games will help us answer that question for you. VR may be powerful now, but ultimately, it’s all about the games.

PlayStation Now on PC – Here’s What You Need to Know

PlayStation Now launched on the PC, letting Windows users play hundreds of PS games on their rigs. Here we have the answers to some of the biggest questions about it.

Are Game Emulators Legal? Everything you Need to Know

The promise of game emulators is so seductive that it’s easy to bury your head in the sand regarding their legality. Here’s everything you need to know.

Gamers, Here Are the Games to Look Out for In 2016

In this article Christopher Harper covers his most-anticipated game titles for 2016 and lets you know why you too should be looking out for these games.

The Future of Wii U, PS3 and 3DS Emulation Is Coming Soon

Emulation is making leaps and bounds recently. Let’s take a look at the progress made by the various emulators and why you should get excited.

Common PC Gaming Misconceptions You Should Be Aware Of

As part of the console wars, console gamers have started to spread some misconceptions around PC gaming. This article is here to let you know the truth behind PC gaming’s common misconceptions.

5 of the Best MOBA Games to Keep You Glued to Your PC

MOBA games are becoming quite popular. They allow two teams with multiple players to go against each other on a dedicated map. If you’re looking for the best MOBA games for PC, check out these 5.

6 Cool Sandbox Games Similar to Minecraft

If Minecraft is not your cup of tea, here are 6 cool sandbox games like Minecraft that will surely give you many days of entertainment.

The Best Mobile Games That Were Ported from PC and Console

In this article, we go over some of the best game titles found on mobile devices (iOS and Android) that were originally developed for the PC or console.

Why Some Games Need 64-Bit Support

In the world of gaming, there has been a recent move by major publishers to release their games with 64-bit support. Why is this so? Let check it out.

Read This Before You Buy a Gamepad for Your PC

Are you looking to get a gamepad for your PC? You will want to read this guide first before you go shopping for the gamepad.

Pixel Piracy Review – A Great Pirate Game in the Making

Pixel Piracy is one great pirate game and had gotten good rating despite it is still in beta. Let’s check it out!

Top Raspberry Pi Games from the Pi Store

The Raspberry Pi isn’t a gaming powerhouse, but playing games on it is still possible and can be fun. Here are some of the top Raspberry Pi Games.

Win the Game of Your Choice! Participate and Stand to Win the PC game You Want!

We were glad to be able to team up with AllKeyShop to bring you this giveaway contest where you can stand to win the game of your choice, for free!

Is Mobile Gaming Just as Much Fun or Just Not the Same? [Poll]

With gaming systems now entering the mobile market, is mobile gaming just as much fun or just not the same?

3 Inconvenient Truths About Gaming Computers

While building a gaming computer, many people have the wrong perception of the importance of PC gaming hardware choices. Let’s explore a few of these problems.

The Best Game Center Games on Mac

Now that Apple has finally brought Game Center to the desktop Mac, users can now play against iOS users and vice versa, but just what are the best games to play? Today we present you with a list of the best Game Center games on Mac.

How to Play Atari 2600 Games on Ubuntu

If you happened to be an Atari brat while you were growing up, you can now relieve your 8-bit glory days on your Linux machine. Stella is an Atari 2600 emulator that works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and even more obscure systems like IRIX. It provides a very accurate emulation of the classic gaming system, and plays nearly every game ever released for it.

Game For Linux: 0A.D Review

Real Time Strategy (RTS) game lovers may remember a game called Age Of Empires (AOE). The much awarded and loved game has inspired many other historical RTS games such as Rise Of Nations, Age Of Mythology etc. However, these games were Windows specific and Linux users always felt a void in the field of historical, […]

Humble Bundle For Android Is BACK Again!

Humble Bundle For Android is BACK again! If you are not aware, Humble Bundle is a game bundle where you can pay the amount you want to download the games for your OS. All the collected proceeding will be donated to charity of your choice (either the EFF of Child’s Play Charity). This time round, […]

Angry Birds Makes Its Way to Facebook, Just In Time For Valentine

Angry Birds is a worldwide gaming phenomenon that has swept the competition under the rug. Rovio announced that Angry Birds is now the most popular downloaded game in history, with over 700 million downloads worldwide! I’d say making Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio all available on major smartphone platforms, as well […]

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution Review

Once in a while, an indie game comes out that reminds us that great games need not come from huge companies with large development budgets. Steel Storm was one such game, as my previous review of Steel Storm: Episode I highlighted. The developers of Steel Storm, Kot-in-Action Creative Artel are back again with the next installment, […]

Avadon: The Black Fortress – Highly Addictive RPG Game

I admit…I am a die hard RPG fans. I grew up on RPG games: Diablo, Final Fantasy, Baldur Gate, you name it and I had played them all. However, it has also been a long time that I last get addicted to a RPG game. Most of them are just not that good anymore. When […]

A Review of Red Eclipse, Free and Open Source FPS

The number of truly free and open source games available for download is small in general, but in terms of genre, first-person shooters (FPS) have plenty of representation. This is largely due to the 3D engines that have been released into the free software community, which lend themselves well to FPS games. The Cube Engine 2 is […]

M.A.R.S. – A Ridiculous Shooter, Indie Game Showcase

At MakeTechEasier, we have reviewed quite a handful of cross-platform indie games. The latest to catch our attention is M.A.R.S. – a ridiculous shooter (their words, not mine). Like some of the other favorites we have highlighted, M.A.R.S. is a 2D retro-style arcade game with some modern features like online multiplayer matches. The weird thing about […]

Legend of Fae Game Review: Bejeweled + RPG = Addictive

I am sure you have played Bejeweled or other similar kind of gem swapping game before. I am sure you have played RPG game too where you walk around to kill monsters. What if you combine these two style of gameplay together? You get the indie game: Legend of Fae. At first glance, bejeweled-style combined […]

Steel Storm Indie Game Review

As the indie game market continues to grow, we thought it would be timely to kick off 2011 with another game review. Steel Storm, a game produced by a small company called Kot in Action Creative Artel, is a top-down arcade shooter that puts you in control of a small futuristic aircraft. Like the addictive space […]

Humble Indie Bundle 2 Is Back

Remember the Humble Indie Bundle where you can play any price you want for 5 great indie games? Well, it have returned again, with more exciting games. Humble Indie Bundle 2 now comes with Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos and Revenge of the Titan. For those who have not heard of the Humble Indie Bundle, […]

How to Play The Sims 3 in Linux

Wine has come a long way in the last few years, making it fairly simple to install many popular Windows games on Linux. Cedega and PlayOnLinux have made it even easier by providing GUI assistance and management of your games. One game series, however, has proven to be consistently difficult to get working, and that’s […]

Linux Game Review: Sun Blast

Remember those insane arcade games that kept you up all night, blasting away at ship after ship, leading up to a showdown with a massive star destroyer that relentlessly hurled various dangerous objects at you? More than likely, the game you remember offered a 2D top-down or side-scrolling view of space. But now take a […]

How to Set Up Your Own (Free) Dark Age of Camelot Server

Before World of Warcraft, there was Dark Age of Camelot (DAoC). Learn how you can set up a server and run on your Windows desktop.

How to Boost Your Game Performance With Game Booster v2

When it comes to gaming, the hardware may be the most important factor that decide the game’s performance. Give a system more RAM, higher CPU and GPU power and it should tackle effortlessly most of the high-end games in the market. On the other hand, if you are not prepared to shell out the money […]

Free Mega Games Pack For Linux

Remember a time when the most complex aspect of a game was unwrapping the packaging? It was a time when a first-person shooter truly was just about one person doing a whole lot of shooting and not much else. It was a time when RAM was still counted by the megabyte and 1024×768 resolution was […]

How To Play Multiplayer Games Over Garena

Multiplayer games over local area networks (LAN) took off once the “cybercafé” became ubiquitous. The ability to play games with friends opened up a whole new realm of possibilities for the casual and determined gamer. I personally, started playing computer games at cybercafés since 1999. At the time playing at home over the internet was […]

Qjoypad: Keyboard to Gamepad Mapping for Linux

Gaming on Linux can be a wonderful, irritating, or anything in between. Sometimes you get things exactly the way you want them, and other times, you have to improvise. Ideally, every game would support the devices you want to use with it, but there are a few instances where games do not yet support joysticks […]

How to Set Up “Legend of the Green Dragon” Server

Those who weren’t fortunate enough to have been a nerd in the 80s or early 90s likely missed out on one of the precursors to today’s Word Wide Web, the Bulletin Board System. Many BBS users will remember Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD), an extremely popular text based RPG game. It was the “killer […]

An Introduction to KDE Games

For a long time KDE has come with an assortment of games. Collectively, this suite of games is simply called “KDE Games“. With the advent of KDE 4, all of the KDE games were given face lifts and a standard set of features that make moving from game to game a seamless exercise. The games […]

How to Run Fullscreen Games In Linux With Dual Monitors

As with all operating systems, the way a Linux game behaves on a computer is largely dependent on the design of the game, the graphics hardware and drivers the user has, and the settings one chooses. Native Linux games are typically better at supporting the computer’s default resolution without much tweaking, but the way it […]

Linux Gaming With Sabayon Gaming Edition DVD

One of the most common complaints I hear about Linux is that it’s just no good for gaming. Some complain about hardware support, others the lack of titles, others that it’s just too complicated. It’s true that Linux probably isn’t the first platform that comes to mind when I think about PC gaming, but some […]

Friday Mobile Game Review: Tehra Dark Warrior – 3D Hack and Slasher Game

If you have played Hero of Sparta and you love it, chances are, you will like Tehra Dark Warrior as well. Tehra Dark Warrior is developed by StormBasic and features almost the same style as the Hero of Sparta. There is one difference though, the main character is now a half-naked heroine endowed with big […]

Friday Mobile Game Review: Trundle, A Simple Yet Addictive Physics Based Game

Trundle is one of the latest release in the App store and it is really a free and fun game that received little attention. Developed by the Mobile Bros, this physics based game is easy to play and addicting at the same time. The objective of the game is to move a small black ball […]

Friday Mobile Game Review: OMG Pirates!

Judging from the name, you might think that OMG Pirates! is a pirates game where you become the baddies and rob people of their treasure. Unfortunately you are only half correct. OMG Pirates! actually played off the silly and absurd Ninja vs Pirates meme and you become the lone ninja that fights off the waves […]

Friday Mobile Game Review: Defender Chronicles – A RPG Style Tower Defense Game

The Tower Defense style of game has always been very popular among gamers. What if you add in Role Playing Game (RPG) element and give it a new twist? Defender Chronicles: Legend of The Desert King is one such game that is going to make you stare at your iPhone hours after hours. Defender Chronicles: […]

Having a boring day? Try Playing Tetris On Your Mac Terminal

After a long boring day at work, what about taking a short break and play some cool tetris game on your Mac terminal? Yes, you hear me right, I am referring to the black, ugly, unglamorous terminal app that you never want to open, and you can play tetris on it. Here’s how:

Console Gaming For iPhone

[Game console lover] If you need a reason to convince yourself to buy the expensive iPhone, here is it: You can now play all your favorite console games in your iPhone, via the emulators. Be it Playstation, Nintendo or even Sega Genesis, their emulators are easily available in the installer app. Simply click and install […]

Gaming Version of ‘YouTube’? Check Out Kongregate…

Tired of your desktop games? Or just want to take a break from work? Just point your browser to Kongregate.com and enjoy highly addictive online flash games, and if you like, challenge other gamers to a game too. Kongregate is a social gaming site that allows users to upload and share flash-based games. Aiming to […]

City Simulation Game For Linux

For sure, not everyone love gaming in Linux, and there are even fewer people who love city simulation games in Linux. But if you are like me, a lover of city simulation game (and also using Linux), here are some great choices for you: 1. Lincity-NG I have been finding an alternative to the popular […]

Why Windows Vista Is Suitable For Gaming?

I have many people asking me whether Windows Vista is suitable for gaming. I suppose to use that as the title for this post, but I decided to change it. The reason being, whether you like it or not, Windows Vista is here to stay and will eventually replace Windows XP. Rather than discussing whether […]

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