Articles by Bill Thomas

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Articles by: Bill Thomas

We don't need the 12-inch MacBook anymore

By Bill Thomas published 9 August 21

Apple recently sent out a survey to 12-inch MacBook users asking for feedback, leading some to think a new model may be on the way, but do we really need one?

Back 4 Blood early impressions: our thoughts on the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead 2

By Vic Hood, Adam Vjestica, Bill Thomas, John Loeffler published 5 August 21

In Depth The TechRadar team took part in a pre-beta for Back 4 Blood but, while one of us loved the upcoming squad-based shooter, not all of us were sold.

Asus Radeon RX 6600 XT on a pink background next to the graphics card's retail packaging.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is here to take the RTX 3060 on

By Bill Thomas published 30 July 21

AMD has announced the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, its direct competitor to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 to target 1080p PC gamers.

Woman using a Dell XPS 13. She's sitting in front of a window, and looks pretty happy with the laptop.

Is the Dell XPS 13 OLED upgrade actually worth it?

By Bill Thomas published 24 July 21

The Dell XPS 13 has an optional OLED upgrade, but is it actually worth it?

Discord's "Welcome to threads" message within Discord.

Exclusive: Discord is getting threads – this is what it looks like

By Bill Thomas published 21 July 21

Discord just seeded an update for Threads to its bot developers, and it is one of the most exciting features to come to the chat service in years.

Steam Deck doesn’t have Ubisoft’s support yet – and it doesn’t matter

By Bill Thomas published 20 July 21

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillermot said that Ubisoft would put its games on the Steam Deck if it's successful - but its games will be on the Steam Deck either way.

Steam Deck emerging from the flames of a laptop

Nintendo needs a better virtual console now that the Steam Deck is here

By Bill Thomas published 17 July 21

The Steam Deck is coming and Nintendo needs to beef up its support for classic games before the portable gaming PC comes out.

Don't buy the base model Steam Deck

By Bill Thomas published 16 July 21

The base model of the Steam Deck only has 64GB of eMMC storage. It's a joke. Don't buy it.

Steam Deck is real – portable PC to rival Nintendo Switch from Valve is on the way

By Bill Thomas published 15 July 21

Valve just uploaded a Steam store page for the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming PC running on SteamOS.

RTX 2080 next to the RTX 2080 Super on a yellow background.

There may be an RTX 3080 Super coming... but why?

By Bill Thomas published 14 July 21

A rumor has popped up suggesting that Nvidia will launch the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in early 2022.

FFXIV characters lined up on a field, looking like they're ready to take on some dastardly enemy.

Final Fantasy XIV is so popular now that it completely sold out of digital copies

By Bill Thomas last updated 12 July 21

Final Fantasy XIV is experiencing a huge boom in new sign ups right now, so much so that you can't even buy the game on PC.

Sony might be bringing more PS5 games over to PC with its latest acquisition

By Bill Thomas published 1 July 21

Sony just bought one of the best developers for porting console games over to PC.

Bad news upgraders: you might need a new CPU cooler for Intel Alder Lake

By Bill Thomas published 28 June 21

The socket design for Intel Alder Lake just leaked, and it suggests that users may have to pick up a new CPU cooler to use the new processors.

This has been the worst Amazon Prime Day for PC gaming in years

By Bill Thomas published 23 June 21

It's tough out there for anyone that wants to build a gaming PC or even just an upgrade on Amazon Prime Day.