Richard Devine
Richard Devine is a Managing Editor at Windows Central with over a decade of experience. A former Project Manager and long-term tech addict, he joined Mobile Nations in 2011 and has been found on Android Central and iMore as well as Windows Central. Currently, you'll find him steering the site's coverage of all manner of PC hardware and reviews. Find him on Mastodon at mstdn.social/@richdevine
Latest articles by Richard Devine

An $800 Copilot+ PC is the perfect antidote to the MacBook Air
By Richard Devine published
Deals Why spend more on a MacBook when this deal can net you a Snapdragon X Elite Copilot+ PC for $200 less?

Upgrade your Steam Deck storage for less with this stellar SSD deal
By Richard Devine published
Deals Crucial's P310 SSD is a great upgrade for a Steam Deck or an ROG Ally, and it's now got a hefty discount to make it even easier to recommend.

Warzone's Buy Stations are getting an overhaul with Verdansk
By Richard Devine published
Gaming One of the finer changes to Warzone from Season 3 and the return of Verdansk, it seems, is a better Buy Station UI with a redeploy all option.

How to install Qualcomm beta graphics drivers on your Snapdragon X PC
By Richard Devine published
Software Qualcomm's beta drivers for Snapdragon X PCs will unlock a significant performance gain, so here's how to get it.

Plex is getting more expensive for the first time in a decade
By Richard Devine published
Software Plex has managed to avoid raising its prices for 10 years, but it can't hold out any longer. From April, Plex Pass will cost you more.

NVIDIA RTX 50 Series FE GPUs are slightly cheaper in Europe
By Richard Devine published
Hardware The recommended retail price cuts aren't massive, but the Founders Edition cards are now cheaper in the UK and EU.

NVIDIA drivers add support for RTX 5070 Ti and DLSS 4 in Half-Life 2 RTX
By Richard Devine published
Software GeForce "Game Ready" driver 572.83 targets inZOI Assassin's Creed Shadows with support for new RTX 50 Series laptops.

Xbox Play Anywhere leads to 20% more game time, so there's no reason not to have it
By Richard Devine published
Gaming At GDC, Xbox has detailed how much more success Play Anywhere titles have over those without, and drop a casual nod to Hollow Knight: Silksong.

How good would the Xbox Copilot have been with Kinect?
By Richard Devine published
Gaming Xbox's new Copilot for Gaming would be a much better idea in a world where we still had a Kinect we could talk to it with.

SteamOS is getting ready for non-Steam Deck handhelds
By Richard Devine published
Handhelds We know SteamOS is coming to non-Steam Deck handhelds, and the latest preview release has the first work on making that happen.

How to speedrun the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Clover Craze event
By Richard Devine published
Gaming If you want to avoid a long grind and complete the newest Black Ops 6 event quickly, here's how.

Epic Games and Qualcomm are bringing Fortnite to Snapdragon X PCs
By Richard Devine published
Gaming Epic Games is working with Qualcomm to enable Easy Anti Cheat on Snapdragon X PCs, and that means you can play Fortnite on them later this year.

Here's when you can play WWE 2K25 on PC and console
By Richard Devine last updated
Gaming WWE 2K25 is about to launch, but when you can play depends on where you are, and whether you're on console or PC.

This amazing mechanical keyboard is a nod to the past
By Richard Devine published
Keyboards The 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard is all kinds of brown, bringing an old-school feel to the modern generation.

Game Assist for Xbox Game Bar now supports Black Ops 6 and adblockers
By Richard Devine published
Gaming The handy mini-browser to pin when you're playing games now has support for a slate of new games and will respect your Edge extensions, such as adblockers.

Jack Black has already been modded into Minecraft because of course
By Richard Devine published
Gaming It was inevitable, but the first mod adding Jack Black's voice into Minecraft has already been built.

Rockstar trolls everyone by sharing a trailer that ISN'T GTA 6
By Richard Devine published
Gaming Someone at Rockstar Games is enjoying making us suffer, and posting a trailer that ISN'T GTA 6 is living proof.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will eat less of your Steam Deck storage now
By Richard Devine published
Handhelds The newest update to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth comes with a Steam Deck specific feature to reduce the size of the game when installed on the handheld.

Save big on WWE 2K25 before launch AND play it 7 days early
By Richard Devine published
Gaming This deal on WWE 2K25 hits as hard as a Tombstone Piledriver, and it also includes 7 days early access to the new game.

Here are WWE 2K25's PC system requirements
By Alexander Cope, Richard Devine published
Gaming WWE 2K25, the latest 2K wrestling game, is coming out soon. So we have rounded up its system requirements to help you determine if your PC rig can play it.

iRacing's Adaptive AI could finally fix CPU opponents
By Richard Devine published
Gaming iRacing's new AI opponents are supposed to change as your own skills grow, fixing computer-controlled racers for good.

I wasn't prepared for how small the NVIDIA RTX 5080 is
By Richard Devine published
Hardware NVIDIA's new RTX 5080 has massive performance within, but I was surprised by just how small it is compared to other graphics cards.

Xbox and other Microsoft services are down in the UK
By Richard Devine published
Microsoft What a way to start the week, with multiple Microsoft services, notably Xbox, experiencing an outage in the UK.
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