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Arc Raiders seems set for a meteor-impact-sized launch as its weekend playtest becomes Steam’s 89th most-popular game by concurrent players

It was the Arc Raiders Server Slam over the weekend, but you probably already know that. Why? Because a frankly alarming number of people poured in to slam those servers, so odds are decent you’re one of them. With the full version of Embark Studios’ extraction shooter due out on October 30, its server test…

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Confused about what’s what in Warhammer? Let me introduce you to the Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, and Warhammer Fantasy settings in one easy beginner’s guide

Warhammer is enjoying about as big a renaissance of popularity as it’s ever had, with a tabletop wargaming boom, popular videogames, and even a TV series or two on the way. But if you’re a newcomer to Games Workshop’s worlds, it’s still not the easiest thing to wrap your head around. With three different core…

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‘It really was Asus’ says Microsoft about the ROG Xbox Ally X’s eye-watering $1,000 price tag: ‘That is all of their insight into the market’

The ROG Xbox Ally X, despite having a very awkward name, is a very impressive machine. Our Dave likes it very much, but found the major sticking point to be the massively high $1,000 price tag—and it’s not like the non-X variant is particularly cheap either, at $600. Speaking to Variety, Xbox president Sarah Bond…

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The top 100 PC games

Welcome to the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best games you can play right now. For the last few months, the PC Gamer team has been busy whittling down the hundreds of thousands of games available on PC; campaigning, voting and arguing until we arrived at the 100 games you’ll find below….

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Critical Role won’t be rushing the adaption of its second D&D campaign The Mighty Nein, since the ‘pace suffered a little bit for it’ when it came to The Legend of Vox Machina

Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein is on the horizon—and I’m quite excited. Based on the company’s second livestreamed campaign, I always figured the deeper complexities and political landscape of Wildemount would make for better TV. Don’t get me wrong, I love Vox Machina as much as anybody—I was there, weeping my eyes out when Campaign…

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Now’s Your Chance To Play One Of This Year’s Most Exciting Shoot ‘Em Ups Ahead Of Its Launch

Polygon Bird’s ‘Birdcage’ launches this November on Steam. A Steam demo is now available for Polygon Bird’s upcoming Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga-esque shoot ’em up Birdcage, giving players a chance to try out the promising title ahead of its launch on November 18th, 2025. Originally announced back in November 2022, the game, which has been…

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