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Steam is about to start getting some of the best Japanese pixel art in gaming history
It only took about 35 years for these PC-98 games to start being released in English.
Nivalis Nights review
An avalanche of fascinating characters carrying an alright shop sim on their backs.
World of Warcraft: Forever drops the PvP grind so normal people can have fancy titles too
Even though I was way too new (and low level) to understand how PvP worked in World of Warcraft's early days, I knew by osmosis that it was made for tryhards. WoW PvP was not only a massive grind, but a competition against other grinders for a unique title that no normal person would even dare to go for.
Skate has been de-live serviced by ReSkate, a modding platform downloaded 350,000 times—devs say they will comply if EA’s lawyers come knocking
ReSkate makes Skate playable offline, and enables custom servers and maps. It's been an instant hit.
“You guys wanna see a dead body?”
On Tuesday I published PC Gamer's first murder investigation, about a dead body found on a golf course in Golden Tee '99. It includes at least one (1) twist and up to two (2) shocking reveals. But I know what you sickos are here for: you just wanna see the dead body. Here I am, golfing my way to it in MAME.
Help, I have been abducted by a tiny car and cannot escape
Also, where are the deer?
Forget DDR5 during Prime Day: Here’s a DDR4 PC build that doesn’t suck
DDR5 RAM costs an absolute fortune, so if you’re building a new PC, don’t forget about DDR4. Here’s a DDR4 PC build that makes the most of Prime Day sales.
For a moment it looked like Grand Theft Auto 6 might be playable on PC on launch day—then Xbox’s chief strategy officer crashed the party
A report that GTA 6 would be streamable on PC turned out to be a bit off the mark.
This Asus has stolen my heart once more this Prime Day, even though it’s got a teeny weeny little SSD
Hello, old friend.
4K webcams are such good value now, I’d pick them over a 1080p one any day
And this one can follow you around the room (if you want it to).
British voter Wordle
I could never get into any of those come-back-once-a-day-for-a-new-challenge games. You know, your Wordles and Wordle-likes. I figured it was because I'm too changeable; I can never stick to a routine for any length of time before it all gets upended.
This awesome new 4K Tandem OLED gaming monitor is already $200 cheaper for Prime Day
ROG Strix XG32UQWMS: was $899.99 now $699.99 I only reviewed this hot new Tandem OLED 32-inch 4K panel in July. It was $899 back then, and I liked it a fair bit at that price. But it's already been chopped back to $699 and, at that level, I'm very much tempted myself. Key specs: 32-inch | 4K | 240 Hz | 0.03 ms | LG Tandem WOLED
This $630 bundle (with 32 GB of RAM) is one of the best ways to spec out a new PC right now
If you're looking to build a PC but don't fancy a prebuild, or already have your GPU, case, PSU, and storage ready, this bundle is a super solid saving, especially when you consider the memory is close to $500 by itself. Just make sure to add the free MSI cooler, and use code FTTF7667 at checkout for the full discount. Key specs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Team Group T-Force Delta 32 GB DDR5 | Gigabyte B850M motherboard | MSI MAG Coreliquid coolerView Deal If you don't fancy hunting down every part of
Behold, six gaming laptops under $1,500 that are actually worth considering this Prime Day
Please enjoy the biblically accurate gaming laptop image I've created. No, I won't change it.
This Prime Day, you can score a teeny, tiny 2 TB SSD for $0.13 per GB
Good things, small packages—you know the score.
I had 3 hours with Arc Raiders Frozen Trails update and spent most of it playing with the new grapple hook
Frozen Trail is a big moment for Arc Raiders.
Critical Role’s latest D&D episode was so stressful, I discovered a new noise my mouth can make
Working names: A lell. A laull? I'll workshop it.
The Meta Quest 3S for under $300 is one of this year’s best Prime Day gaming deals
Quest 3S 128 GB: was $349.99 now $297.49 The Meta Quest 3S may be two years old, but it's still the best entry-level route into VR gaming. That's especially true thanks to this Prime Day deal that pushes its price back under the original 2024 MSRP. Key specs: 1,832 × 1,920 per eye | Fresnel lenses | 96 degree field of view | Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 SoC
This Razer mouse saved me from a guild kick, and it’s 21% off for Prime Day
Razer’s Naga V2 Pro MMO mouse saved my hide when I was struggling in WoW. This outstanding MMO mouse is now heavily discounted for Prime Day.
Quarterfinals: Vote for the best RTS unit of all time
The war is heating up.
The biggest % drops on PC hardware this Prime Day
All of these products have a 25% or greater discount right now.
The Lenovo Legion Go S is a Steam Deck beater at $730
There aren’t many options at this price point.
Please grab this air duster during Prime Day and finally clean your PC
Wolfbox's MegaFlow 50 compressed air duster is your one-stop shop to keeping a clean PC, keyboard, and just about anything else. It's speedy, highly adjustable, and long-lasting. Key specs: Speeds of up to 110,000 RPM | 3 adjustable speed settings | Weight: 0.45lbs | 4 nozzles | 3.5-hour fast chargingView Deal Be honest with me now. When was the last time you gave your PC a good, thorough clean? Can't remember? Months ago? Tsk tsk. Odds are that the thing could use some TLC, and there's nothing that makes a dusty PC, laptop, or keyboard hap
I'd buy this MSI Claw over a Steam Deck this Prime Day
The Steam Deck used to be the budget handheld champion, but no longer.
You can pick up this RTX 5070 Ti powerhouse for $550 off at Walmart
No blood sacrifices necessary.
The 15 most popular Prime Day PC gaming deals, as clicked on by you
Do you need gift inspiration for a PC gamer in your life but have no idea what to buy them? Here's what our readers liked most.
You can get a genuinely fast 1 TB SSD for under $200 for Prime day, an almost 50% price cut
If you gotta buy now, this Samsung drive is well worth a look.
I’ve built PCs for 20 years, and I’d never do it without these tools
Building a PC or dealing with your current one requires appropriate tools. Grab one of these PC building accessories, on sale during Prime Day.
I don’t fully understand how gaming monitors can be so cheap this Prime Day
A rare respite from the RAMpocalypse.
I’ve found a 2 TB SSD going for $0.12/GB this Prime Day
It's pretty quick at up to 7,100 MB/s, too.
2026 is a low-key revolutionary year for player movement in games
Big Walk, Cairn, Baby Steps and the new generation of games that make masterpieces from everyday actions.
PSA: Star Wars Galactic Racer pilots, put some points in resilience before you hit the acid planet
The multiplayer tour mode in Galactic Racer lets you upgrade a speeder over the course of six races while other players manically shunt you into the wall on every track. It's a best-of-both-worlds mode that adds a little of the campaign's run-based progression to a multiplayer tournament.
Wait, who’s writing Sebulba?
Wait, who's putting words in Sebulba's mouth? I was shocked to see a post today from Duncan Fyfe, author of the incredible "Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism," saying that he was lead writer on Star Wars Galactic Racer alongside Chris Remo, one of the hosts of the best gaming podcast ever (RIP Idle Thumbs). Fyfe also wrote the wonderfully funny history podcast Something True. Those are some smart guys. I wonder which typed "poodoo" in a Google Doc first?
My most-played album of 2026? Sorry, Mitski—it’s Final Fantasy 10: House Grooves, a real thing that exists
Final Fantasy music is presumably so profitable for Square Enix that there are always new ways to slice the pie, whether we're talking piano covers, guitar versions, or expensive anniversary vinyl releases of its classic RPG soundtracks.
‘One more chance’: A 2015 early access survival game just got its first update in 8 years
"I'm trying to bring it all back and fix it," says Novus Inceptio developer McMagic Productions.
The PC Gamer Mysteries, Case #1: “A Slice of Death”: Why is there a dead golfer hidden in Golden Tee ’99?
This murder's gone decades without being solved... until now.
At Fate’s End is delayed to 2027
At Fate's End, a narrative action-adventure game that got PC Gamer's Wes Fenlon so excited at GDC earlier this year, will not be out in 2026 as expected, but will instead land in 2027. "We've made so much progress on the game since its 2025 reveal but it needs a little more love and care to ensure its release is as smooth as possible," developer Thunder Lotus wrote. "We'll let y'all know a more precise date once we have all our ducks in a row."
Gears of War: E-Day review
Gears has never felt better to play, or more creatively stagnant.
Warhammer Survivors launches on November 10 and its demo is available now
Warhammer Survivors launches on November 10, 2026 and its Steam demo is available now, as revealed by a new release date trailer showing the expected dozens of playable Warhammer heroes slaughtering the expected thousands of enemy fodder with boltguns, enchanted hammers, and at least one Leman Russ battle tank. Our Fraser Brown has already spent 10 hours with the demo, and is entirely smitten with its prerequisite goblin slaying. And Tyranid slaying. And Skaven slaying.
I’ve added scams to GTA 5, but I might have scammed myself
At least I have a stylish new bag.
This Razer gaming chair keeps you comfy, and it’s a steal this Prime Day
The end of the year is packed with new games, but a long gaming session needs a suitable chair. Razer's Iskur V2 X is our candidate with Prime Day discounts.
An RX 9070 XT gaming PC with DDR5 memory for just under $1,750? Sign me up
Surprisingly, it’s not from Amazon either.
Warhorse co-founder believes ‘AI is not a get out of jail free card’ and that execs have a ‘simplified mental model’ of what it means for games
Wish for both quantity and quality.
Are you an MMO fiend? I’ve found the half-price gaming mouse for you this Prime Day
All of the buttons, all at once
I’ve been looking for graphics card deals all day and all I got was this RX 9070 GRE at MSRP
It's rough out there. The GRE is about as good as it gets.
The Razer Kraken Kitty V3 Pro gaming headset is now only $132
Kraken Kitty V3 Pro: was $179.99 now $132.02 A bold design flourish, the light up cat ears here may be a bit of a commitment to some. Beyond the fashion statement, this wireless gaming headset comes with Triforce 40 mm drivers, THX Spatial audio, and up to 70 hours of battery life. Key specs: 40 mm drivers | Up to 70-hour battery life with the RGB lights turned off, (30 hours with RGB on) | Retractable microphone
You can zip around WoW: Forever in this nifty map viewer
A new map-viewing tool of the WoW: Forever client has just dropped, and this thing is so gosh darn nifty. It's not perfect, and it can take a while for textures to stream in, but as long as you have the files on your computer, this map viewer lets you zip around Azeroth with your mouse wheel like an omniscient god. Please enjoy me marvelling at this fact.
These gaming desk Prime Day deals are going to save your back at a discount
It’s high time I got myself an adjustable gaming desk. My back hates me, and also, these Amazon Prime Day deals are pretty irresistible right now.
This $220 MSI is the cheapest 34-inch ultrawide gaming monitor from a big brand this Prime Day
If you're looking for the most immersive gaming experience around $200 will buy, I doubt you'll do better than the MSI MAG 346CQ. This 34-inch ultrawide hits 180 Hz and even though it's not the brightest, the inherent contrast of its VA panel should make for pretty vibrant visuals. Key specs: 34-inch | 3440 x 1440 | 180 Hz | 1 ms | VA
These Prime Day gaming chair deals will have your buns covered
Ascend thy throne!
Holy moly, I’ve found an RTX 5070 gaming laptop for $1,200 in the Prime Day sales
I've been searching for one of these for weeks. Months, even.
GameSir’s top-notch G7 Pro is down to $64 for Prime Day
Charging stand? Check. TMR sticks? Check. Great controller? Definitely a check.
Can I interest you in a NAS in these trying times? It's $146 off for Prime Day and I really like mine
I really, really like my NAS.
4K OLED gaming thrills kick off at under $550 this Prime Day
Take your pick from 32-inch and 27-inch.
We gave this titan of a gaming headset a 91% review score, and now it’s down to $120 for Prime Day
It's a monster.
Gundam Rogue Orbit gave me a sick whip sword, but held back the one thing I want most in a mech game
Let me put my own parts on my Gundam, dangit!
Deadlock isn’t a MOBA or a third-person shooter anymore—City Never Sleeps has turned it into a horror game
Can't a little guy find some peace in the tunnels?
The best headset I’ve owned in a decade finally has a price to match
I love the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro, and it's currently on sale during Amazon Prime Day, almost making me regret buying it when I did, at full price.
Exclusive – Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy will let you be a crooked cop, pinning crimes on the innocent, or follow in good boy Gregor Eisenhorn’s footsteps
Investigating the RPG's detective systems.
If you need a stick drift-resistant controller for less than $25, check out this GameSir pad
A new and improved version of the original Nova Lite, the Nova Lite 2 has Hall effect everything, 1000 Hz polling, and trigger locks. It even has a mechanical D-pad, which is absurd for the money, really. Key specs: Wireless (Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz) | Asymmetric | Hall effectView Deal There used to be a time not so long ago when you'd buy uber budget controllers, knowing they'd break in a year or two
Gaming headsets have some of the best deals this Prime Day—I’ve found 12 I’d buy right now
Treat yourself to some ear massagers.
Three great gaming keyboards with great big discounts for Prime Day
I kind of want them all, but how am I going to play games on three keebs at once?
Grab one of these Amazon Prime OLED gaming monitor deals starting at under $280
1440p all round
At only $0.13/GB this Prime Day, this is the most affordable 1 TB SSD I've seen in an age
Not the fastest, but still tough to beat.
I am shocked that the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro 8K is over $100 off right now
Less than $100 for such a great pad is a steal.
These three gaming controllers are the best you will find this Prime Day
From $24 up to $95, there's a pick for every budget.
Despite the tragic death of its lead writer, one of the scariest games I have ever played will finally come out later this month
Divine Frequency launches in early access on October 27 with "70%" of the final game ready to play.
Steam sale deep cut alert: this ARPG originally developed for Nokia N-Gage is brilliant on Deck
Xanadu Next is a Diablo-esque JRPG originally developed by Nihon Falcom for Nokia N-Gage. Those bullet points were enough for me to grab it when Steam's algorithm surfaced it for me last week as part of the ongoing Autumn sale. I wasn't expecting it to be good, but I was definitely curious.
Industry layoff watch: Supermassive, Ninja Theory, The Coalition, and a warning from Warhorse
No layoffs have been announced for The Coalition, but some Gears of War: E-Day developers are worried they'll be next, even if the game succeeds.
Despite calling Grand Theft Auto ‘a videogame franchise built around criminal activity,’ Miami-Dade sheriff isn’t mad about the NBA’s ‘Vice City’ transformation
Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz says her strong stance against the GTA 6 promotional collaboration was only about "publicly owned facilities and infrastructure."
Got myself a Pip-Boy... sorry, I mean a ‘Rad-Lad’
Got myself a Pip-Boy! Sorry, for legal reasons, it's actually a "Rad-Lad." I recently bought my first ever smartwatch (a Garmin Vivoactive) and now my evenings are spent being completely inactive as I sit on the couch downloading cool watch faces and trying them out. This is a really impressive one called the Rad-Lad by MarekSoso that turns your watch into a Pip-Boy, complete with different tabs for time and date, body metrics, weather, and even a world map. You can even complete quests! It's pretty rad. All that's missing is VATS.
I am cavorting with a gazelle’s grace in Grand Theft Auto 5
More than usual, I mean.
The final showdown: Motion blur vs chromatic aberration
Only one can be crowned the worst graphical effect in games. You decide.
Developer gets a little too silly, recommends deadly psychoactive ingredient in its bad boy-themed cocktail
Fun, thematic videogame recipes are not new. Suggesting dangerous and potentially lethal ingredients, however? Well, Love and Deepspace might just be the first game to make such a bold move.
Let’s try and save you some money on your next PC upgrade
Times are tough, every little helps. Here are the best deals we've found over at Amazon, Best Buy, Newegg, Walmart and more.
Jagex apologises after AI-generated six-fingered character: ‘That’s pretty hard to explain away’
RuneScape developer Jagex descended upon Birmingham (the British one, not the Alabama one) over the weekend with its annual RuneFest. As part of its RuneScape keynote, it showed off a trailer for its upcoming Dragon Slayer 2 quest which, er, featured a player character with six fingers and a bizarre sneaker-like sole on their very not-sneaker armoured shoes.
Arc Raiders is looking for ‘more ways to integrate real human performances’ starting with Celeste’s visual overhaul for Frozen Trail
Celeste's voice actor will now also be the face of the unofficial leader of Speranza.
Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft is already a slam dunk, but it’s how it captures the spirit of the MMO that makes it stand out
The tabletop adaptation of Blizzard's MMO drops next month.
This budget gaming headset is an absolute steal, going for less than $30 right before Prime Day
A breath of fresh air when prices elsewhere in hardware are on the rise.
This Corsair gaming mouse might be the lightest you’ve ever tried, and it’s $30 off
Despite being light, it's very sturdy too.
RTX 5060 gaming lappys aren’t as cheap as they used to be, but I’d still snap up this one for $1,350
With a monster CPU? Yep, it’s still a good deal.
Prime Day is tomorrow and yet I doubt any deals will beat this OLED gaming monitor
G27G41ZDF: was $499.99 now $299.99 The cheapest OLED gaming monitor I'd recommend right now: you're getting a fast response time, high refresh rate, and everything else you expect from a modern OLED panel. Key specs: 27-inch | 1440p | 240 Hz | 0.03 ms | QD-OLED
Shh, don’t tell HP about the RAM crisis while this 5080 PC is $2,200 off
$2,800 is a great price for such a genuinely high-end build.
The superb, magnetic-charging gaming headset I’m wearing right now has a pre-Prime Day discount
Kicking things off with a bang.
Sore wrists? For only $90, Razer’s vertical gaming mouse could alleviate what ails ya
The arm bone is connected to the wrist pain.
Capcom’s remake machine is ticking away, only problem is that means revisiting Resident Evil 5 and 6
Some things are better left alone, although I'm happy to be proven wrong.
These are my 12 PS2-pilled recommendations from the Steam Autumn Sale
Both the classics and the games they inspired.
Warhammer: Blood Bowl is Blood Bowl 3.5 rather than a whole new game, but based on the beta it’s definitely an upgrade
An exclusive early look at the upcoming playtest for Blood Bowl's next iteration.
It’s easy to forget, but the first Elder Scrolls game had a rough launch: ‘It was a disaster in a lot of ways’
Given the legacy it created, it's easy to forget The Elder Scrolls wasn't a big deal right out of the gate. The original game in the series, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, wasn't badly received—our reviewer, Andy Butcher, gave it an 87 in his review at the time—but it didn't set the world on fire immediately.
Garry Newman responds to s&box criticism in lengthy YouTube comment: ‘I don’t like giving up on things, I am stubborn’
Facepunch founder Garry Newman (Garry's Mod, Rust, s&box) gave an emphatic, extensive mea culpa to the s&box community in a YouTube comment. Newman was responding to the latest video from Eridium, "S&box's Free To Play Weekend Isn't Enough," a highly critical state-of-the-game from the s&box-focused creator.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder says a lot of RPGs are ‘still games for teenagers,’ and that he’s ‘tired of all the RPGs where you are this chosen one’
In a recent interview with PC Gamer's Joshua Wolens, Warhorse Studios co-founder Martin Klima traced the inspirations for Kingdom Come: Deliverance back to boredom with the typical RPG—kill the dark lord, romance a companion or two, and so on. Klima added that this formula is still a mite too widespread even now for his tastes, and wondered if gamers haven't outgrown it by now.
Brigador devs: ‘The ’90s PC classics often taught really special things, but not because the story said, Wow, violence is bad!’
Brigador was a great sleeper hit of mech and simmy gaming, and studio Stellar Jockeys recently released its ambitious follow-up, Brigador Killers, into early access. I spoke to lead developers, brother duo Hugh and Jack Monahan, over the summer. They told me about the challenges of adding on-foot gameplay, the importance of not trying to please everyone, as well as why they emulate the "show, don't tell" morality and storytelling of '90s PC classics.
Oh crap Dark Souls turned 15
I somehow missed that Dark Souls turned 15 two weeks ago. Honestly, what do you even say about it that hasn't been said already? I guess that's why I'm relegating this to a quick post on the PC Gamer Hyperfeed™ rather than a 3-hour YouTube video called something like "The Haunting Ambiguity of Dark Souls 1." The game is undeniably hauntingly ambiguous, though, no word of a lie.
What does your dream videogame concert look like?
It feels like the last few years have seen a huge upsurge in videogame concerts, at least over here on British soil anyway. Undertale, The Legend of Zelda, Stardew Valley, The Witcher 3, Sonic, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasy. The list goes on and on!
RuneScape is getting a new character type that promises a fresh start, but existing players are wary of splitting the community up
RuneScape Reignited is a new way to play RS3… kind of.
Tonda Ros, creator of Blue Prince, has played UFO 50 for almost 700 hours: ‘I think it’s easily my favourite game of the last 20 years’
The designer of 2025's celebrated puzzler guides us through the games on his PC.
Silent Hill: Townfall is the first horror game to make me feel bad for using a shotgun
I was perhaps too trigger-happy.
Yet another free fan level pack for Quake has arrived, and this one’s all about a feature rarely seen in id Software’s classic shooter
Quake Rooftops Jam takes a bird's eye view to level design.
Grand Theft Auto 6 features ‘detailed decapitation’ and ‘frequent and prominent’ drug use, according to hastily deleted PEGI rating
Jason and Lucia can also snort cocaine "directly from their hand at any time."
An OpenAI model was caught trying to cheat at StarCraft, and of course it did it by stealing a human’s work
GPT-6 Astra tried to get a leg-up in Blizzard's RTS by pilfering a human-created bot.
GTA 6 won’t be letting up on the satire: ‘sometimes you need to forego realism’
The promotional blitz for Grand Theft Auto 6 continues rolling out, with the latest example being a cover feature in Love, a fashion magazine that only publishes two issues a year. I guess you've got to reach the people who don't know what the Miami Heat is somehow.
Steam’s global top sellers are my Top of the Pops
Steam's global top sellers are my Top of the Pops A new entry for an older game, Cyberpunk 2077 is number 5 thanks to a 70% discount. Who let the dogs out? Wardogs continues its slow slide, dropping to number 4. Former number 1 EA Sports FC 27 slips as well, dropping back to number 3. Counter-Strike 2 is number 2 and will stay there until morale improves. Steam's new number 1, soaring over 30 places, is AION 2: a Korean MMO with the same art style they've all had since Lineage.
Popular Total War: Warhammer mod ‘deliberately corrupted’ by its creator to sabotage AI copies
Total War: Warhammer 3's Lords of the End Times expansion is huge, which is great for us but not so great for all the modders who need to update their work to be compatible with it. SFO Grimhammer 3, a popular total overhaul mod, isn't currently compatible with Total War: Warhammer 3 version 9.0, but its creators are working hard to get it there.
Crimson Desert DLC delayed by 2 weeks, please join me in wishing the devs a fond ‘take your time, please drink some water’
Crimson Desert dev Pearl Abyss has announced that its Charting the Unknown DLC will now release on October 29, two weeks on the dot after its original planned launch of October 15. After seven months of a blistering pace of updates for the singleplayer RPG, I feel like I speak for all (most?) of us when I say: Take a breather, champ. It's ok. Please don't rush. We understand. Its new release times are:
Valorant player claims to have inherited hardware ban through secondhand CPU, Riot anticheat boss disputes parts of story
Unlikely, but not impossible?
RuneScape 4 announced at RuneFest, full MMO sequel started as expansion to survival game Dragonwilds
As reported by MMORPG.com, developer Jagex has announced a new MMO follow-up to RuneScape with the working title "RuneScape 4." The announcement came as part of Jagex's yearly RuneFest convention being held this weekend.
The Witcher 3’s remaster just brought it to a new all-time concurrent player count peak
It's hard to believe it's been over a decade since The Witcher 3 first released, and even harder to believe they found a way to make Geralt's tub transformation even shinier. The seminal open world RPG's hotly anticipated remaster has finally arrived, and it's pulling people back into the Continent all these years later (now more than ever on Steam, according to SteamDB).
Forget what PC Gamer said: The Witcher 3 will always be my 2015 GOTY
And now it looks better than ever.
Deadlock is the king of MOBA character designs, and it’s all thanks to Valve’s embrace of New Yorkyness
I want to be a part of it
Has your life ever been changed by someone you met in an MMO?
Raise a glass to your digital ride-or-dies.
Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur’s Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down
These interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret.
Deadlock’s new hero Rat King has over 100 voice lines dedicated to throwing rats at you
Gaming's worst-kept secret Deadlock received a humongous update earlier this week, one that redecorated its entire town and added six new classes for players to sink their teeth into. On the subject of teeth, one of these classes is a tank called Rat King, a giant humanoid rodent who started out as a fan concept before becoming part of Deadlock's official roster.
2026 is the year big brands have finally pushed gaming mouse technology forwards
I'm not sure niche brands would be able to change the industry like this.
007 First Light gets free DLC that will finally let you drive James Bond’s Aston Martin properly
Extended Operations adds two TacSim missions, new game plus, and a photo mode.
Bored with roguelikes? You might still want to play Dicevaders, a game about perfecting dice rolls
Lead an alien invasion in this fun-but-fair game of colossal damage numbers.
Capcom announces plans to transform its RE Engine into an ‘AI-generation game engine’
But that isn't necessarily the same as a generative AI game engine.
Necks vs Milk experiment proves gamers like necks, hate milk
My experiment to see if gamers were as interested in milk as they are in necks has yielded conclusive proof that they are not. Those pageviews don't shown above don't lie. Gamers don't care about milk. Gamers only care about necks. I will focus more on neck-related content from now on. Please do not visit this website if you are looking for milk. Thank you.
Ace Combat director’s dreams made real
Well, I was mostly joking when I took credit for Ace Combat's director finally getting to fly in a real jet. Turns out our interview really was the catalyst. If anyone else has a dream waiting to be realized, give me a shout. Apparently I have the magic touch.
FPS tourney update
Just 1 day remains to VOTE in Round 1 of the FPS mode tournament. Four days in, here's where the polls stand in each bout. Many of them are still really close, so let your voice be heard! Team Deathmatch 75% // FFA 25% Battle Royale 52% // Extraction 48% Conquest 68% // Domination 32% Bomb Defusal 85% // Hostage 15% Payload 52% // Gun Game 48% Infection 61 % // Prop Hunt 39% Capture The Flag 91% // VIP 9% Attack & Defend 52% // King of the Hill 48%
GTA 6 marketing stunt reveals none of our UK editors have heard of the Miami Heat
I don't even know ball but I feel like I'm losing my mind.
Let’s catch you up on all the latest news from Steam’s 20 most-wishlisted games
Get up to speed on Steam's most anticipated games.
Valve’s patch note supremacy
The king of patch notes reclaims its throne.
For once, I’m happy to see expensive corporate lawyers forcing a fan project offline
Apart from blatantly using the Fallout name, Fallout: New York was also completely AI generated, and it looks awful.
The Rat King has arrived
The votes are in—the first of Deadlock's six new heroes just dropped. The Rat King is here, and one of his abilities lets you throw a bunch of rats at people, like that Eminem meme.
AI guys beefing with the pope: A brief recap
The pope took on 'AI art' this week, saying that "there is an ontological difference ... between art and what a machine can generate."
I’ve been skeptical about Bandai Namco’s upcoming Gundam game—but then I saw this model kit’s chainsaw macuahuitl
It's a compelling argument.
After 30 years they finally let Ace Combat’s director fly in a real jet, and I’m taking credit
This is what a man looks like after fulfilling a lifelong dream.
Arc Raiders is free to play next weekend
Want to play Arc Raiders but don't want to pay for it? Sorry to say, this is not your lucky day—but October 8 will be. From then until October 12, Arc Raiders will be free to play on all platforms to mark the launch of Frozen Trail, the biggest Arc update since the game's launch in 2025.
Destiny 2 might be back, but the Bungie Store is going away
Bungie is 'building a new home for our merchandise that's more aligned with our current goals and vision,' and for some reason that means the old home has to go away.
7 musical clips of this incredibly charming magical school life sim with its goofy classmates and delightful soundtrack
A scenic welcome to The Etchery School of Magic and MelodyMusical magic-assisted gardeningCrystal ball cell phones with Charlie Brown-style "wah wah wah"A flute rhythm game for mastering magic spellsThe fun and hectic potion brewing minigame
Dear former NFL head coach Mike Tomlin: Your 12-year Minecraft city is beautiful
It may or may not have contributed to the Steelers' years of postseason woes—but at least it's walkable.
I added October-appropriate zombies to Grand Theft Auto 5
Brains, and so on.
Silent Hill: Townfall’s monsters are terrible at hide-and-seek
Silent Hill: Townfall is a suffocating experience. Monsters around every corner, limited supplies, and a whole lot of puzzles. But that all changed when I got my hands on the shotgun. Now I am the danger and these monsters are really bad at hiding.
The upcoming sim about making games is so deep your in-game game can even get cyberleeked
Let's Build a Dungeon isn't just about making a game, but all the stuff you have to deal with while making a game.
A surprisingly in-depth dressmaking simulator has the cosy gamers in a chokehold
From original designs to surprisingly faithful recreations.
You should buy Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
I played 2024's Lorelei and the Laser Eyes earlier this year, and it was a revelation—scratching exactly the kind of post-Blue Prince itch I'd been looking for. You go to a big mansion full of weird stuff, and solve puzzles to uncover an eerie mystery. The vibes are on point, and the puzzles find the exact right balance of difficulty—just enough friction to make you stop and think without tipping over into frustrating moon logic. And it passes the classic puzzle game sniff-test of being worth breaking out the notebook over.
The 7 incredibly hyper-specific things I’m looking forward to when Destiny 2 brings back its deleted campaigns, raids and destinations
The little things I can't wait to see again.
I’m going to teach you to love hidden object games
Or at least to respect them. I'd settle for that. And if you feel like embarking on a journey of discovery, I can help with that, too.
The WoW: Forever beta’s nerf to dungeon XP isn’t nearly as bad as it seems
Best MMOs: Most massive Best strategy games: Number crunching Best open world games: Unlimited exploration Best survival games: Live craft love Best horror games: Fight or flight
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director on its ‘very extravagant’ final Sephiroth fight and whether anyone will ever pull something like this trilogy off again
Naoki Hamaguchi discusses the final chapter of Square Enix's elaborate remake project.
Monitors are still the best deal in gaming
Fancy a gaming monitor with a 200 Hz refresh rate for less than $200?
Star Wars: Galactic Racer review
F-Zero Company.
I’ve decided the perfect mouse doesn’t exist, so now I swap between two of them
The odd thing about computer mice—gaming, ergonomic, or otherwise—is how subjective they are. I guess we've all got different hand shapes, finger lengths, and technical needs. I've been hunting for the perfect mouse for my particular hands for years now, and I've refined my selection down to two.
Metal desks nearly destroyed a Valorant tournament
Wireless gaming mice are great and have only gotten better with time. They're so good, in fact, that I would not go for a wired model unless I was really looking for a budget option. And yet it turns out wired mice were the best choice for the Valorant Champions tournament in Shanghai, where custom desks were apparently interfering with the signal.
Riot’s absurd expectations of player counts ‘in the high hundreds of thousands, if not millions’ doomed 2XKO from the start
The cost is too dang high.
TIL: The Steam Frame can be used as a pair of night vision goggles
I've yet to get my sticky mitts on the Steam Frame, as our review sample is in high demand. But I've just learned it can be used as a makeshift pair of night vision goggles, as demonstrated by YouTube channel azadovski. And that's just freaking cool.
Micro Center reportedly asking RTX 5090 buyers to declare they won’t export the card
With price gouging and some buyers exporting graphics cards to China, Micro Center is reportedly making customers swear they won't do the same. And with a signed declaration, it's maybe a bit more airtight than a pinky promise.
Imagine being charged $1,700 for a poop you didn’t poop
There are few things that give me the heebie-jeebies more than overflowing toilets, burst pipes, and water damage. Ditto receiving a hefty, unexpected fee. So I wonder, how would it feel to be on the receiving end of both?
Deadlock’s got a scary troll
If you ask me, Deadlock's new update is going great, except for the small fact that last night I got jumpscared while running away from a Drifter because I accidentally slid into this here troll. Take a look at this scary guy. What is he doing here? Will we have to fight him in the future? Will he scare me again? The answer's: hell if I know, I hope not, and yes—yes he will.
The Steam Frame gets a battery bump in the latest SteamOS update
Valve has pushed yet another update for SteamOS on the Steam Frame. It includes power efficiency improvements, eye tracking accessibility, and improved streaming reliability. Also something about grabbing handles?
I hate scalpers but I’m not sure I love Sony’s brand loyalty test either
My kingdom for a reasonably priced and readily available bit of kit.
A tiny desktop gaming soundbar for AU$63 is a yes from me
Sound Blaster GS3: was $89.95 now $62.95 A gaming soundbar, you say? Well, it does have RGB. Aside from that, the form factor is purpose-built for a desktop arrangement (if you're a console or TV-centric gamer, you might as well go and look at a normal soundbar). This model fared decently in Ian Eveden's 76 / 100 review.
After a record-breaking September, ‘it’s safe to say Steam’s yearly revenue will blow past $20B for the first time’
The first six months of the year were Steam's biggest, thanks to continued growth in back-catalogue sales as well as blockbuster new releases like Forza Horizon 6 and Resident Evil Requiem. As industry analysts Alinea Analytics report, September was another record breaker based on their estimated figures.
9 new 2026 games on sale in the Steam Autumn Sale
Including three $70 games that are now under $50.
Houses I’d build in a survival game, part 2
Real houses that look like something I'd build in survival game, Part 2. My first house is always a square. But what happens when I acquire too many crafting benches to fit in my square? Time to build a loooooooong square. (Don't call it a rectangle: we're not fancy here.) It's blue because I crafted a buncha dye made from surplus blueberries and you know I'm gonna paint somethin' with it.
There’s something even scarier than Huggy Wuggy in the Playtime toy factory this weekend
It's been a while since I set foot nervously inside the Playtime Co. factory, but last time I was there I was hounded through the halls and air vents by a towering blue plush toy that wanted nothing more than to hug me to death.
There are so many games coming out in October you guys
We're all spoiled by choice this month.
Masters of Albion just got a huge update—and the old god game magic is back
And there's a tantalising, titan-sized teaser included, too
If Ace Combat’s too pricey, this excellent indie alternative is on sale for just $12.50
And it's got better out-of-the-box HOTAS and VR support, too.
Talos Principle 2 is $3
The Talos Principle 2, my favorite puzzle game, is $3 during the Steam Autumn Sale. Croteam's Talos Principle sequel went underappreciated in 2023, which is wild, because this series is like if Aperture Labs dumped its entire warehouse of esoteric gizmos into the player's lap to tackle increasingly weird spatial conundrums. The puzzles are smart, peaceful, approachable, and many. Speaking from experience, it might be the greatest "podcast game" in the world.
One story about my first 30 minutes in this post-apocalyptic robot game led multiple people to buy it
ABOVE: A brief gameplay clip from Radiosol. You can't spend too long in the sunlight. "A journey through a desolate world burned by a planetary cataclysm"I related this experience in PC Gamer's work chat and multiple of us bought Radiosol, called by its developers "a journey through a desolate world burned by a planetary cataclysm," on the spot. It helps that it's only $9 on Steam, and that its jaggy megastructures look exceptionally cool.
‘Open world fatigue’ is one reason indie RPG Entropy is borrowing from the classics: ‘PS1, PS2, GameCube games really never outstayed their welcome’
Indie RPG team Lovely Hellplace is undeniably retro-focused: 2024's Dread Delusion and the early access Entropy are crunchy and polygonal as hell. But that also extends to design. Dread Delusion was like a stripped-down Morrowind, while Entropy is a classico JRPG with some PC gaming DNA spliced in.
How to conquer Kuttenberg
Bypassing Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's main quest by taking Kuttenberg myself.
More than 450 Witcher 3 mods have already been updated to support the Remastered version
That's a lotta mods!
Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder hopes Grand Theft Auto 6 will ‘blaze a trail’ to higher game prices
Warhorse co-founder Martin Klima says games keep getting more expensive to make, and that money has to come from somewhere.
‘We needed a potentially infinite resource of party members so that we could then kill them:’ Entropy dev James Wragg explains how you fit permadeath in a party RPG
Entropy is a very cool, very funky RPG you can play in early access right now. It's a turn-based ode to the likes of Final Fantasy 10 or Lost Odyssey, but it's also got some PC flair—lead developer James Wragg cites Fallout 1 and Games Workshop's tabletop Mordheim as major inspirations as well. I asked Wragg about the game's mercenary hiring and ambitious permadeath system in a conversation this past summer.
At last: I can build a home out of raw Windows Vista-era nostalgia
Frutiger Home is a house builder for those who yearn for the glossiest time in tech.
Milk added to videogame
Rust's October update brings livestock and their various excretions to the survival game.
Reigns, Card Shark studio Nerial is closing
Nerial, which made a splash with Reigns in 2016 and landed another hit with Card Shark in 2022, has decided to close up shop after 13 years of operation.
Myhouse.wad remains very cool
It rules that we still don't know who made myhouse.wad. The surreal, unsettling Doom mod had a sort of ARG-lite element to it: The mod's original creator is said to have died, with Veddge, the uploader, either having expanded on something he left behind—or, more troublingly, having found the haunted map among the original creator's possessions.
You can now buy more than 2,000 games for $5 or less on Steam
That's right: The 2026 Steam Autumn Sale is live.
Grand Theft Auto 5 is a game about shapeshifting now. I don’t make the rules
I mean, I guess I sort of do.
I truly have no idea who’s going to make it out of Critical Role’s next episode
I am on the edge of my seat.
Resident Evil’s executive producer explains the deeper meaning behind Requiem, and I just can’t get on board
I'm gnawing at the bars of my enclosure.
Sound the ‘This week’s free Epic Games Store game is worth logging in for’ alarm
What's going on?System Shock 2 is an excellent videogame and all-timer immersive sim. Nightdive's 2025 remaster is exquisite. It's free on the Epic Games Store until October 8. You will have to remember your password and dig out a 2FA code probably. Sorry. Is this really worth logging in for? Do you know how long it takes to log in to a thing?2026 games: All the upcoming games
Turns out you can play the original Halo in a browser now
In an act that is both technically impressive and presumably legally dubious, a developer has got a build of the original Halo: Combat Evolved working in a web browser. And no, I didn't play the game instead of writing this article in a timely fashion; why do you ask?
Great news, cowards: The Witcher 3’s most yellow-bellied mod is ready for the remaster
What happenedThe Witcher 3's good (and available early) Griffin armour set is notorious for giving Geralt a 'dadbod' with the silhouette of a jaunty paunch. Some people, weak of heart and deficient of spirit, find that objectionable. The dadbod armour remains in The Witcher 3's recent remaster. Rejoice! A mod to fix it is already remaster-compatible. But you will be judged for using it. By me. Is it morally wrong to slim down Geralt?2026 games: All the upcoming games
I’m here to inform you the wrist rest included with the new Logitech G Pro X2 Rapid is very good and very wobbly
I'm here to inform you the wrist rest included with the new Logitech G Pro X2 Rapid is very good and very wobbly. Watch it wobble below. But more seriously, I enjoy this wrist rest so much that it's relegated my old HyperX one, which I previously swore by, to the floor. The giant and sturdy-but-slightly-wobbly silicon goodness that forms this one from Logitech is the best I've tried. It's hard, which is good ergonomically, but not quite as hard as wood. Perfect. Plus, wobble. Just a shame the keyboard that it comes with costs $230.
PSA: It’s time to update the BIOS on some older Asus motherboards
I'll be honest: BIOS updates give me the willies. Unfortunately, even as such a source of undue anxiety, they are still well worth staying on top of. Case in point, the latest BIOS update from Asus addresses a vulnerability found in motherboards for 8th and 9th Gen Intel chips.
Where to find the Nangan region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6
This week it's spring in Forza Horizon 6 and there's another challenge to complete. We've got the Nangan Treasure Hunt to track down, and doing it will grant you some season progress. The British Automotive Festival Series is currently underway and there are a couple of season reward cars to grab, namely the Lotus Esprit V8 and Lotus Emira. Finding and smashing this chest will get you a little closer to earning them.
This lovingly ludicrous keyboard is a sad reminder of when Google at large had a sense of humour
Is this a piss take? Okay, this is definitely a piss take. Google Japan has posted a YouTube video showcasing the new Gboard Conveyor Belt Version. What we are talking about here, people, is "a keyboard whose keys are delivered straight to your finger tips." Literally.
The biggest upgrade I’ve made in 2026 is this cushion for my arse, thanks to the memory crisis
In short, I've been sitting on it.
I am here to save us all time by determining which of our most-played videogames would be more efficiently completed if you had a gun
If there's one thing I know about the age of information, it's that none of us have time for anything anymore, nor the attention spans to see them through. If I'm not getting a constant jitterbug hit of dopamine every two seconds from my doomscrolling, am I really awake? Don't answer that. I don't want to think about the answer to that.
Chiptune Mozart is really good
As someone who follows the game music scene closely, I am constantly on the lookout for interesting takes on NES classics. One of the best I've found in the last year has been Chips 'N Cellos, an artist who arranges classical music in the iconic style of Mega Man. The NES sound palette's fuzzy percussion and squeaking melodies are a perfect match for Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Dvorak, it turns out.
AOC jumps on the 1,000 Hz IPS gaming monitor bandwagon but this time with 0.1 ms pixel response
I reviewed the world's first 1,000 Hz monitor just the other day, a refresh rate that would have seemed barely comprehensible a couple of years ago. Now here comes another, this time from AOC. Pretty soon, no doubt, serious esport types won't get out of bed for less than quad-digit refresh rates.
Can you tell which of these images has been injected with DLSS 5?
I swear, it gets harder as you scroll down.
Gears of War: E-Day review in progress — Good shooting, but the campaign’s a slog
Gears has never felt better to play, or more creatively stagnant.
Arc Raiders’ is taking no prisoners when it comes to cheaters with permanent bans becoming the new normal: ‘No warnings. No second chances’
Embark is really pulling out all the stops for Frozen Trail.
Meta’s Muse mascot makes my skin crawl
I hate the new mascot for Meta's Muse AI assistant. The company unveiled the fluffy creature, as well as the Tamagotchi-esque Muse Charm device it will call home, (plus a VR headset that isn't really a VR headset) during its yearly Meta Connect conference last week.
The greatest RTS unit of all time, determined by democracy
Make your vote count.
Motion blur vs film grain - which is worse?
It's time for round 2 of our worst graphical effects in games tournament.
Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG… oh, Final Fantasy 11, that’s new
Final Fantasy 14's free trial is massive—so massive, in fact, that it's become a bit of a copy/pasted meme over the years. The sentence "have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14" is burned into our brains.
I did every expedition in Arc Raiders and all I got was this t-shirt
I quite like it, though. The final expedition skin—at least for now, as Embark works out what it wants to do with the system—is pretty snazzy. It even has a cape. We won't see the new character prestige system until 2027, but even as someone who's taken part in every expedition, I'm glad it's getting some much-needed changes.
This new AMD APU is rumoured to be the chip that will power the long-awaited Steam Deck 2
As Final Fantasy 7 fans will know, it's 'Gainsborough' because 'Aerith Gainsborough'.
Micron CEO keeps repeating himself: memory supply will be worse in 27/28 than it is today
The head honcho of Micron, Sanjay Mehrotra, says that memory may be even harder to come by in the next two years than it is today. Now, a memory company's CEO is gonna say stuff like that during a historically momentous upturn in its business— anything to the contrary would be bad news for its share price—but it is a stark warning for all of us regular consumers still feeling the burn of the memory crisis.
I have driven myself mad with Amazon’s gaming mouse price-per-gram score
You know, I'm something of a rodent scientist myself.
You can get 4x MFG on an RTX 4070 Super, proving older cards have plenty of life left in ’em
Whatever it takes to stave off that pricey upgrade for a few more years.
Our Fallout fanatics share their most controversial opinions
We’re probably not getting a new Fallout game until well into the 2030s, but that’s no reason to stop talking about them.
Can someone pinch me, I think I just found a decent gaming laptop deal for under AU$1,900
LOQ 15IRX10: was $2599 now $1879 i7-13650HX | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | RTX 5060 This is a rare good deal on an RTX gaming lappy, especially when you look at the competition: it's AU$20 cheaper than what JB Hi-Fi is currently selling it for, but most other retailers don't get within spitting range (or at least, they do only with the 512GB model). This thing will play anything you throw at it, albeit not at high settings if it's very recent. It's a 15 incher with a 1080p panel
TIL what may or may not be the oldest board game in recorded history is also, perhaps inevitably, now a roguelike
Oh!Ware on Steam slaps a little Slay the Spire onto a 5000-year-old game.
$30 extra for early access?
$30 extra just for early access and some cosmetics? I was a little taken aback to notice that the Gears of War: E-Day Premium Edition is $100, and all it gets you on top of the $70 regular edition is five days of early access starting October 1 and some skins (a "Bravo Squad Signature Weapon Pack" and five seasonal "customization packs"). I suppose this isn't really unusual today, when some games sell $60 skins, but I've gotta wonder who's biting on this kind of thing. It's gonna be on Game Pass in a week!
Henry conquers Kuttenberg
Coming tomorrow, I write about summoning an army (using mods) to conquer Kuttenberg in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. For Wenceslaus!
Bryan from the Resident Evil movie has been modded into Resident Evil 2
Log this under "Mods that I'm glad exist but, just being honest here, I will probably never actually install it": Bryan, the dope from Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie (which is great, btw) has been modded into Resident Evil 2. This is the everyman more games need: not a cop with nerves of steel but a screaming dope who can't hit the broad side of a torso monster with a full clip. Grab it on Nexus Mods.
World of Warcraft: Forever survey pitches new classes to players, including Bard, Witch, and more
The blue elves might not be the only wholly original addition to World of Warcraft: Forever. Blizzard started surveying players about a list of new classes, some of which have been requested by fans for years.
I want to hang out in Deadlock’s New York so bad, man
Don't mind me: I'm just seething over not being able to actually hang out in Deadlock's occult New York for real. As Elie noted earlier today, Deadlock's latest update made its map even more arresting, fleshing out Valve's accursed big apple with new district stylings and reworked lanes.