May 2025

Audeze’s Maxwell series of headsets are one of our favourite pieces of audio equipment here at PC Gamer. These cans regularly feature in our best of lists, delivering audiophile quality sound thanks to those excellent planar magnetic drivers. As an extra special treat, once a year the brand partners with Xbox to release a special…

Click your way down to our hint for today’s Wordle if you’d like a bit of inspiration, the chance to give your brain a bit of a nudge, or just want to see a second opinion without spoiling all your fun. It’ll help, promise. And if you’re looking for something a little stronger, the answer…

Most PC users can agree that as Windows progresses, Microsoft forces more integration with its other products and services onto the user. One of the worst culprits for this has to be OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage service, which Windows basically tricks people into using on install. While normally just frustrating for consumers, this could become…

I’m not usually susceptible to sudden flashes of feeling ancient, but counting the number of years since id rebooted Doom did the job. 2016 was a long time ago, so long that it predates me owning a gaming PC. Back then, I was still shackled to consoles for anything more demanding than Team Fortress 2,…

When Blizzard said Diablo 4’s latest season was all about “becoming the boss,” I don’t think it meant they would become so powerful that they would control the stability of its servers. But here we are with yet another build that is so over-the-top the game can’t keep up with it. This time it doesn’t…

Capcom just released its consolidated financial results for the 2024 fiscal year, and the results look good. In fact, they look better than they ever have: In an accompanying press release, Capcom said it achieved its highest ever annual profits for the eighth year in a row, reporting a net income of ¥48.45 billion/$328 million….

Battle passes have a lot of problems when it comes to FOMO, but one of the worst ones is that they disappear after a season is over, locking you out of all the rewards you missed. It should be more common for games to let you keep them after they expire, or, better yet: not…