This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch

One developer who successfully activated the feature in Windows 11 (version 25H2) is X user PurePlayerPC, who claims it works "pretty good" on his computer. He ...
Android

Game emulation on Snapdragon 8 Elite phones is about to get much easier

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipsets are two of the most powerful mobile chipsets available for gaming, and phones running these chips are about to have an easier time ...
GamesRadar+

Don't expect Switch 2 emulation to hit as fast as it did for Switch 1, as fan devs are already warning "THIS PROJECT WILL NOT BE READY FOR A DECADE MINIMUM"

The original Switch had a piracy problem. Most gaming platforms do, but the Switch was pretty unique in that some robust emulators were available during the platform's life which allowed pirates to ...
gematsu

QUByte Emulation Engine adds PS1 support; three titles announced for modern platforms

QUByte Interactive‘s in-house QUbyte Emulation Engine has expanded to officially support the original PlayStation, and the company plans to release ‘many cult favorites’ from the platform across ...
Virtualization Review

VMware Workstation 25H2 -- A New Name and Era for VMware Workstation

I am a big fan of VMWare Workstation, and the release of VMware Workstation Pro 25H2 marks a significant moment for this underappreciated desktop hypervisor, as it not only includes a host of new ...
Android Authority

ARMSX2, the future of PS2 emulation on Android, gets first big release

The ARMSX2 emulator for Android has just received its V1.0 release on GitHub, with a Play Store release coming later this week. The app differs from NetherSX2 due to its open-source nature and its use ...
Game Rant

Rumor: Official Xbox Console Emulation for Windows Might Be in the Works

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
The Escapist

Switch 2 emulation being worked on – oh boy, Nintendo is not going to play nice with this one

It was always going to happen. Nintendo has come down hard on hackers and pirates, so those particular communities are going to always double down in their efforts to hit back. To what ultimate ...
GamesRadar+

The biggest unofficial Xbox 360 emulator "is by no means associated with, nor working alongside Microsoft in any capacity" despite rumors about Xbox's preservation efforts

Last week, rumors began to circulate that Microsoft was making plans to work alongside the devs of Xenia, an unofficial Xbox 360 emulator, to bring more classic Xbox games to more modern platforms. It ...
Ars Technica

VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom

Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Some customers have opted to continue using VMware ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between the Palladium Emulator and an FPGA for PCIe Debug?

PCI-SIG’s Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Gen5 (PCIe Gen5) is a system protocol used primarily for data transfers at high rates in systems. A transfer rate of 32 Gb/s can be achieved by PCIe ...