2025

In a new trailer at the Gamescom edition of the Future Games Show, Heart Machine simultaneously revealed and launched the latest early access update to Hyper Light Breaker, which includes new systems, a playable character, a fresh boss, and floating islands in the open world. I got a chance to see the new additions in…

We got some big news on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 yesterday: After years of waiting through a very troubled development, the game is finally set to release on October 21. But even with that long-awaited day finally in sight, Bloodlines 2 just can’t avoid stepping on rakes: Eager Bloodlines fans were also informed…

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting when queueing up to get my greasy mitts on the upcoming Asus-Microsoft handheld collab, the ROG Xbox Ally. But it certainly wasn’t the sheer amount of comfort I ended up feeling when I held it. Asus had it on show at Gamescom earlier, and so I took a…

Next month we’re gathering a group of streamers for a one-of-a-kind competitive tournament. The PC Gamer Streamer Showdown will air September 9th, 10th, and 12th, gathering eight popular streamers as competitors in a triathlon of multiplayer games. A collaboration with OMEN, the grand prize for the event will be an OMEN MAX 16 laptop, which…

The MSI MPG CoreLiquid P13 360, first and foremost, aims to please in the looks department. It has all the makings of a premium liquid cooler in 2025: a screen, hidden cables, and RGB lighting. It’s doing everything it can to distract from the fact that performance is middling at best, and that you could…

We’ve seen CPU coolers with screens before. We’ve seen CPU coolers with OLED screens before. We’ve seen CPU coolers with curved OLED screens before. We’ve even seen CPU coolers with curved, motorised OLED screens before. But have we seen a CPU cooler with a curved, movable 3D-effect OLED screen before? No, sir, we have not….

The best Hall effect keyboards offer the speediest switches money can buy. They turn your real-world actions into lightning fast reactions in-game, but there’s more to them than just that. Faster response times are only one feature on what are highly customisable, often analog, switches, and deliver special abilities to gamers not possible on mechanical…

Checking over deals every week, I’m used to seeing the US get most of the best hardware prices—yet, with Amazon Gaming Week happening in the UK right now, I’ve finally been given the chance to sound off on some of the best deals for us Brits. UK prices mean you can actually buy a graphics…