You don't have to be an audiophile to appreciate the enhanced surround sound effects from Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio found on most Blu-ray Disc movie discs over the standard Dolby Digital or DTS formats found on standard DVD movie discs. The lossless audio compression formats and/or the two extra channels of sound output really adds a significant amount of realism to the whole movie watching experience. The problem is most HTPC owners don't have the ability to experience these enhanced formats due to a lack of sound cards on the market that can support these formats. Benchmarkreviews has the ASUS Xonar HDAV 1.3 Slim sound card that does just that. Benchmark Reviews have put it through a series of tests and have determined whether HTPC owners can rejoice or not.
"The Limassol-based (Cyprus) indie games publisher ESDigital Games and the Rome-based (Italy) award-winning indie games studio Storm in a Teacup, are today very proud and happy to announce that their sci-fi stealth-action adventure "Steel Seed", is now available for PC (via Steam and EGS) and consoles (the PS5 and Xbox Series X) via digital stores." - Jonas Ek, TGG-
"The wait is over—"Beholder: Conductor" is officially available on Steam starting today! Alawar’s gripping new spin-off in the acclaimed Beholder series invites players into the role of a senior conductor on the Ministry’s prized train, the Determinati n Bringer. With every passenger, every ticket, and every decision, the stakes rise." - Alawar’s´
"The Chongqing-based (China) indie games developer and publisher BluSped Studio, today announced with great joy and thrill that their pixel-style RPG/sim “Wind Story“, is now available for PC via Steam Early Access." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
