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A wheeled mech faces orange crystals, ruined towers and a waterfall in the Sandswept Highlands.
Building beyond the old fields

A home in Lightyear Frontier's new wilderness

Lay out holograms before adding materials, then furnish a home as deliveries help the Colonies grow.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 24 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Faceless Void casts a glowing purple Chronosphere in an official Dota 2 gameplay screenshot
Renderer choice

Dota 2 Vulkan vs DX11: which should you use?

Keep the renderer that runs reliably on your Windows PC, then compare Vulkan and DX11 one at a time if problems persist. Linux needs a separate driver check.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 23 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Three armed operators fight beside a wall marked Woods in the Kill Block training facility
Gunfight / A turn from each end

Modern Warfare 4 rebuilds Kill Block every two rounds

Three modular map sections, matching weapons and a two-round rhythm give Gunfight a fresh arrangement to read.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 23 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Red-robed mages and soldiers fight a force of beasts in Fool King.
A realm with a familiar ruler

Fight your friends for the crown in Fool King

A share code brings a group into its own realm, with separate decrees and scores for taking the throne or holding it.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 22 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
A Volkswagen Golf in official Rocket League Season 24 promotional artwork
Network settings

Rocket League input buffer: STS or CSTS?

Compare the strength of time scaling, then use the queue and loss readings to decide what to keep.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
A blue-armoured Space Marine surrounded by Orks and red dice on a sandy battlefield
Synapse, Skaven tricks and the Waaagh!

Warhammer Survivors' swarms have weak links

Killing a Synapse creature interrupts the nearby swarm; Skaven spells protect rats and gunners restrict your route through the fight.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 21 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
A white-haired character fights hooded enemies among market stalls in Emberville
Weapon growth and borrowed abilities

Emberville's classes have skills worth keeping

Weapon and armour development unlocks classes, and skills learnt in one class can become part of another active build.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 20 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Two F-117 aircraft above a landscape in official War Thunder Firebirds artwork
Graphics API choice

War Thunder DirectX 12 or 11? Check your GPU

Choose a renderer around stability, ray tracing and the specific behaviour of your Intel or Radeon graphics card.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Characters gather around an elaborate tea table in CRYMELIGHT's garden-like hub
A hand to build, a hall to return to

Lose the cards, keep growing in CRYMELIGHT

Choose between dodge damage, a cooldown chance and a drone, then turn collected sins into materials for lasting equipment upgrades.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 19 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
A small trawler crosses dark water beneath an orange sunset in DREADMOOR
Fuel, repairs and a harbour to return to

DREADMOOR makes room for the voyage home

A canister rack holds spare fuel, hull upgrades add protection and a fish-storage upgrade supports longer trips between settlements.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 18 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

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