For publishers, they're a way to tighten control and sell you stuff. For us they're a pain in the ass. Sports There was once a golden age of PC gaming where you could open up Steam (or even just ...

LibreOffice is free to download and install for Windows.

Over the last decade many of the biggest video game publishers (and some smaller ones too!) have decided that we can’t just launch our PC games straight from Steam or the desktop. Instead, we need to ...

For most people, opening apps with the Start menu and desktop icons works totally fine. But if you're someone who spends a lot of time on the computer and you want to do things as efficiently as ...

Steam is the most popular and well-regarded game launcher in the world, though we were all pretty skeptical when it first arrives. Up to that point, each game would have its own individual "launcher" ...

Windows Touch Remix is a program launcher for netbooks or laptops running Windows. It’s designed to look and work much like the ume-launcher that comes with Ubuntu Netbook Remix or the easy mode ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Microsoft PowerToys is a feature-packed app that frequently gets new capabilities. Finding the necessary tool in the ever-growing list of utilities might become a little tedious, so Microsoft is ...

Follow the procedure in this post to verify the integrity of the game files on Steam, Epic, GOG Galaxy, Ubisoft Connect, Origin, Battle.net, and Rockstar Games Launcher on your Windows PC. Game files ...

TL;DR: 2K Games has removed its launcher from all games on Epic and Steam, allowing direct play without additional software. This change affects titles like Bioshock and Civilization, with no impact ...

We assume that Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming to PC, although it's so far only been announced for consoles, and we've also recently seen signs that the 14-year-old Old West adventure Red Dead Redemption ...