The most recent PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds patch made a significant change to the way sound works. The PUBG patch, released a little over a week ago, does not appear to be massive at first glance.

When you’re chatting in-game in PUBG, the position of other players doesn’t matter. Everyone sounds like they’re coming through a headset (they usually are), but in Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, ...

I remember in 2003, or so, when EAX was touted to reduce the load on the CPU in demanding gaming. The sound cards would have a DSP to take care of all that sound stuff. The Xbox and Soundstorm ...

Ars Senior Gaming Editor Kyle Orland was the first member of the Ars staff to try out Oculus’ updated Crescent Bay head-mounted display back in September, and since then the Facebook-owned VR ...

At CES 2017, I poked at the first-ever AMD Ryzen systems, played Witcher 3 on a MacBook, and witnessed bombastic tricked-out PCs by the dozen. But nothing impressed me as much as trying Ossic’s ...

A next-gen console needs a next-gen headset. Designed to complement the PlayStation 5 and its Tempest positional audio system, the Pulse 3D wireless headset does incredible things with PS5 games made ...

Razer has announced the launch of its Razer THX spatial audio app to all. Try out THX’s technology for yourself through your current headphones by playing the video below. THX Spatial Audio technology ...

Can FiiO’s $69 FG3 gaming headset deliver Hi-Fi dual-driver sound, virtual 7.1 surround, and browser EQ for budget gamers?