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Arc Raiders’ upcoming Flashpoint update launches on March 31, less than a week from now. For this Embark has promised players a new map condition, arc threat, player project, and a Scrappy update. Despite being just days away we haven’t heard too much about the free update, with the latest detail drop teasing the migration…

The rumours were right, after all. But it doesn’t actually matter. Intel has finally launched the fabled Big Battlemage GPU, the one with 32 Xe cores codenamed G31. But it’s not the cut-price Nvidia RTX 5070 we’ve been hoping for. Instead, the new GPU has been branded the Intel Arc Pro B70, hooked up with…

After the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries on its Covered List earlier this week, effectively banning the sale of new models in the country without special permission, Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has been quick to respond. An official statement released by the company yesterday says the following: “Asus has…

President Trump has appointed members to a newly reestablished science and technology advisory council, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). And there are a fair few new faces in there—new kinds of faces, in fact, because the new board seems pretty business-heavy. In general, the members so far—which total just 13—seem…

This month PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to Star Wars Zero Company, the incredibly exciting new XCOM-style turn-based squad tactics game set in a galaxy far, far away. For our in-depth, all-access cover feature, PC Gamer travelled to its developer, Bit Reactor, interviewed a number of its key devs, and then played Zero Company for…

World of Warcraft is a big, dense, complicated game with a lot of little instances of utter nonsense—you get that sort of thing when you’re two decades old with over a dozen expansions. But this one has to be the funniest quirk I’ve seen out of the MMO in a while. Turns out, if you’re…

More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, but I’m gonna be real with you for a moment and admit I…

Horizon Chase Turbo and its mobile-only predecessor, Horizon Chase, will be delisted on June 1, according to the series’ official X account. That means neither will be available to purchase, but if you own them, they’ll still be downloadable. It’s a strange decision at face value. Horizon Chase Turbo is a pure arcade racer with…

In today’s episode of “innocent AI usage goes wrong,” a Stardew Valley player wastes a bunch of time and resources because a Google AI summary lied to their face. “Don’t listen to Google and mill your rice for vinegar,” warned user WonderfulScholar6171 on the Stardew subreddit this week. “If you want to avoid a mass…

Heavily systemic, decades-in-the-works roguelike RPG Caves of Qud belongs to a taxonomy of games that we, the experts at PC Gamer, professionally identify as “PC-ass PC games.” Other PC-ass PC games include Deus Ex, Dwarf Fortress, and EVE Online. Notably, none of those games can be played on the Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2…