2025

Riot’s gone and embarrassed itself, again. As spotted by both AroushTheKween on X, and later immortalised on the Wild Rift subreddit, the Weibo account for Wild Rift’s Chinese release (which took some time to arrive after it was released elsewhere) posted a horrible AI-generated pile of slop to ‘celebrate’ the game’s third anniversary. The video’s…

If there’s one thing Battlefield Studios is trying to do with Battlefield 6, it’s win over the hearts of old-school fans like myself who have (rightfully) felt underwhelmed by recent games in the series. I’m looking at you, 2042. One sure-fire way to do this is by remaking old maps, which begins with Operation Firestorm,…

Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor, Hardware (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: building a new gaming PC for the next issue of PC Gamer magazine. It’s a beauty, too, using the new Asus ProArt PA401 chassis and golden RAM… yes, golden! Last week I was: researching age verification measures that respect user privacy, and chatting…

These days, it seems like there’s a new tech startup company appearing every day, promising to revolutionise whatever market it’s targeting. Oxmiq Labs Incorporated is a name that few will have heard of right now, but its founder is practically a household name in the world of processors, and Raja Koduri’s latest venture is making…

The humble pop-off has marked many a victory, clutch combo, and pixel-health comeback in the fighting game community. Some players might run off stage, jump around, fly into the arms of friends, or throw a chair and turn their $565 prize money into a $3,000 light repair bill. Very rarely, though, we get to see…