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Newegg is one of many retailers jumping the gun on Black Friday deals as it's offering a couple of our favorite AMD CPUs packed in lucrative discounts featuring 32GB RAM sticks and compatible motherboards fit for entry-level or premium-l…
And RTX 5090s weren't cheap before.
Playing music too loud on the subway? Believe it or not, straight to jail.
Droid Deck's latest update introduces experimental support for Xbox Game Pass PC games on Android devices, allowing users to play supported titles locally rather than relying on cloud streaming. With promising early performance and suppo…
Are the "challenges in the market" in the room with us right now?
Wendy’s is releasing a free Final Fantasy-style RPG where players battle fast-food-inspired monsters to save the world.
Never underestimate the unbridled love for yelling hoorah before gunning down the same generic bad guy every year.
The father of the god game weighs in on AI use in the gaming industry
Pre-loads are live for Phantom Blade Zero, the debut action game from Chinese developer S-Game. Alongside news of the pre-load, the studio revealed the final set of PC requirements, including how much space the game is going to take up o…
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has a new update out, 2.1, which builds on the excellent 2.0 patch by upgrading that most beloved and contentious of STALKER series features: the A-Life system that governs simulated NPC behavior. With the 2…
Microsoft is adding Microsoft 365 billing controls to Windows 11 Settings, a feature some users will view as another built-in ad.
Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo, a French game workers union, have released a statement detailing the current status of Don't Nod, the studio behind Life is Strange and Lost Records: Bloom and Rage. The studio's fate has be…
The Community Edition was created by fans and modders, with support from Ubisoft and Valve.
"This is a serious incident for Warhorse Studios and for everyone affected."
Even wearing a VR headset couldn't get anyone to talk to the bassist.
Microsoft is replacing Windows 11's Bing speed test shortcut with a built-in tool that displays download speed, upload speed, and ping.
The Surface Laptop Ultra and the ASUS ProArt P16 are among the two initial NVIDIA RTX Spark laptops we've thoroughly tested. Wondering which one is right for you? This in-depth comparison I put together can help.
Just took launching a VR headset with eye tracking for Valve to add it.
Even with the importance of physical media ownership in the current era of digital product ephemera, it's often unlikely your PC will actually be able to play the CDs, DVDs or Blu-Rays you have around the house. Internal disc drives aren…
This premium Xbox and PC controller absolutely demands your attention. If you're in the market for something as powerful as it is versatile, look no further.
The gradual drip of details about and glimpses at what BioWare were looking to cook up with the cancelled Mass Effect 5 continues, this time thanks to a composer who was in talks to come aboard to put together the RPG's soundtrack. Said…
Not long after releasing boomer shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II and right before Warhammer Survivors launches in November, developers Auroch Digital have unfortunately given a public statement confirming that roughly a quarter of it…
Ten years ago, this list would have shocked most PC gamers.
Blizzard dropped a final balance pass for each playable race's unique abilities.
The best PC gaming controller under $100.
A real Family Computer
Don't blame this one on GTA 6: The developers say incorporating feedback on Emberville's demo is taking longer than they expected.
Playable Archive is free, and it's very good.
It's a hard one to beat.
We're so back / It's so over / We were so robbed.
Forbidden Solitaire's The Discarded DLC is here and those cards aren't going to play themselves.
Koenig gained fame as the Russian navigator of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek television series, films, and games.
My favorite part of this farm sim so far is actually how un-farming it really is.
If you can make it in New York, well, baby you can make it anywhere.
It is Xbox Play Anywhere supported.Active Matter has now officially sold more than half a million copies across PC, PS5, and Xbox platforms, according to publisher Gaijin Entertainment.In a recent press release, it was shared that the ha…
The Witcher was developed on BioWare's Aurora engine, but the Dragon Age studio did more than just share its tech.
Welcome to PC Gamer's hub of Halloween horror.
The creator of Prince of Persia on why every generation has its defining prince.
Here's some upbeat news to end the day on (unless one of the other awful people working here posts something diabolical, once I'm done) - you'll soon be able to publish games created using the latest GameMaker tools for free on PC alongs…
"We’ve seen games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt".Over the past few months (and particularly the past few weeks), it's become harder and harder to avoid hearing about "recomp" games from the history of Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and oth…
An employee buyout offer is reportedly being extended to roughly 60,000 Microsoft employees in the US, UK, India, and Canada.
Update: According to Vertical Slice and The Verge, an unspecified number of Xbox staff are among those who've been offered voluntary buyouts by Microsoft. Original story follows: Staff at Microsoft continue to recieve emails they'd proba…
A small change, but a handy one.
A wild new Super Smash Bros Melee mod has completely transformed Nintendo’s iconic GameCube fighter into a fully 3D arena brawler.
How could someone do this to you, fruit, meat, and other foods on the shelves of this shop? You've been forced, in a horrific crime against the companies responsible for you, to reveal some details about how you were produced. No, this i…
I'm buying on Xbox what I'd usually pick up on Steam and other consoles.Since Xbox announced that physical disc-based games could be converted into digital licenses playable on both console and PC, I've been all-in on physical purchases.…
I never thought I'd see the day.
The word "BioWare" does not appear in a recent Change.org petition asking EA to "save Mass Effect", which has gained around 220,000 signatories as of writing. The nearest the petition gets is an allusion to "recent revelations" that have…
Dell is offering several monitors for avid PC users looking for smoother refresh rates and sharper images for tackling mountains of digital paperwork or beating rival players in online competitive games.
Steam's Personal Calendar, a feature Valve has been testing for nearly a year, has finally left beta and is now available for everyone.
One of the days last week was October 23rd. It's the date in the Fallout universe when the bombs dropped and has morphed into a time for yearly community happenings plus, in Bethesda's case, usually some marketing. Sometimes, modders beh…
Microsoft is turning a controversial Bing shortcut into a proper Windows 11 feature. The updated speed test tool works directly from Quick Settings rather than opening your browser.
Sony’s rumored portable console could be the only handheld with a dedicated AMD RDNA 5 chip, potentially leaving Asus, Lenovo, and Valve playing catch-up.
I don't much go for PowerWash Simulator-likes, but there is something appealingly unwholesome about a game in which you have to wipe the dust off an entire moon. Using a toothbrush. True, you can upgrade to beefier hoovering equipment in…
I've been tricked. Deep within the fine print of the Health and Safety and Wild Eldritch Creature Control License Edwin convinced me to apply for is a stipulation that I alternate shifts of Maw care with him. I've unwittingly signed up t…
On this week's episode: Windows and Xbox teams clash over the future of Xbox's console OS
One of my favourite hobbies is digging up older pieces of gaming tech or software know-how and asking myself: "man, what would the world have been like, if every GPU were made out of Gorgonzola?" Or less silly words to that effect. Nosta…
In case you missed it, an internal trailer for the new Mass Effect game which BioWare were working on prior to EA shutting them down hit the net late last week. It offered a peek at what the studio were cooking with this new entry, dubbe…
A reported dispute inside Microsoft raises questions about whether Windows 11 is suitable for the company's next-generation XBOX plans.
The October update KB5127648 for Windows 11 fixes six problems you might have overlooked, including Bluetooth issues, gaming mouse stuttering, fingerprint sign-in, printing, and VPN errors.
Discover five PowerToys 0.102 features that make Windows 11 easier to use, from easier mouse controls and quick commands to screenshot dictation.
Sundays are, again, for running taxi duty for relatives visiting from overseas. If I had a nickel for every time I had an early morning Gatwick run in tandem with a Sunday Papers post, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s wei…
I have no particular thoughts on what the afterlife may look like, namely because if there is one, and I'm allowed to hang out in it, I don't want to be disappointed. What if I have the expectation that it's a hedonistic paradise and am…
You know, I think at this point in my life there is a non-zero chance I will die before anyone is able to settle comfortably on what defines an immersive sim. I'm not going to even try to! The idea is too annoying and I'm sure someone wi…
Yes, I'm doing it, I'm writing about a megastructure game for the second time this week because come on, HELENA : Cloud District just looks stunning, don't it? Admittedly there's a chance you've not heard of it, that be the way of things…
Since launch back in May of this year, life sim Paralives appears to have been trucking along nicely, with the dev team offering up fairly regular updates with all sorts of tweaks big and small. Certainly confidence-inspiring for an earl…
I'll be honest folks: I didn't know that Steam's Personal Calendar feature was still technically in testing. I've been using it here and there to keep track of what's come out recently or what's coming out imminently, and have generally…
The ASUS ProArt P16 combines NVIDIA's powerful RTX Spark platform with up to 128GB of unified memory, outstanding OLED displays, superb thermals, and a remarkably thin 3.9-pound chassis. It's an extraordinary Windows workstation, but mos…
Ah, come on, it was fine. Better than fine. We can argue for another fourteen years about whether BioWare should have redone the ending or not, but Mass Effect 3 was really a compendium of endings, a ludicrously ambitious wrapping-up of…
Whenever I sit down to play Xbox, I now reach for the Ultimate 3E controller.8BitDo is one of those brands that has built a name for itself by shipping solid and reliable third-party peripherals for PC and console. In fact, I'm typing th…
After months of umming ahhing over paint colours, covering our living room wall in little swatches of testers, we've finally got exasperated with the entire process selected Cherry Caramel. I would be clearing out the living room to star…
In one of the happier endings to occur in games this week, impossibly enormous resource management sim Factorio has just released its last-ever major update – version 2.1 – on its stable branch. As previously heads-upped by developers Wu…
Open world ecosatire Future? No Thanks! has been updated to remove some AI-generated voices, after lead developer Paolo "Molleindustria" Pedercini belatedly disclosed his usage of the technology earlier this week. He's also offering to r…
Even including PC requests now!At various times throughout this year, we've had a look at the top 10 Xbox backwards compatibility requests (after 350,000 and 750,000 votes) based on the unofficial Xbox Game Preservation website, which is…
Hope. It's in short supply at the moment. Regardless, I hope that something a Canadian politician's proposed in a post scoring easy likeability points at the expense of EA's recently installed owners comes to pass, no matter how unlikely…
Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (re…
Steam is abuzz this week with a couple of long-anticipated launches, but in Forza Horizon 6’s case, at least, the game isn’t even out for what will be most of its players. The anticipated sequel in the open-world driving game series does…
HoYoverse just wrapped up a pretty exciting Zenless Zone Zero Special Program that not only delivered all the details on the next big update, it also came with the unexpected announcement that the action RPG is on its way to Steam.
The Sims 4 players on PlayStation and Xbox have now caught up to their friends on PC, at least when it comes to the game’s Marketplace. This new feature is essentially a hub for paid mods and other user-created content.
Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG off-shoot from Korean MMO Black Desert Online, has officially launched, nearly six years after it was initially revealed. The game has been building up a lot of momentum over the years, which rec…
A lot of folks got into the SaGa series a long time ago through its many releases on prior console …
When I first wrote about boomer shooters last year on Steam Deck and also on Switch, aside from New Blood …
For a lot of folks who have been following Capcom’s fighting games over the years, the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting …
Later this month on September 27th, NIS America will release FuRyu’s action RPG Reynatis for Switch, Steam, PS5, and PS4 …
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Steam Deck Weekly. If you missed my Warhammer 40000: Space Marine 2 Steam …
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