PC Gaming
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 was a no show at this year’s CES, fuelling concerns it may never fully surface. However, at least one motherboard manufacturer briefly acted like the dual 3D V-Cache CPU had already enjoyed a grand reveal. A since deleted press release from ASRock detailed that the manufacturer’s AM5 motherboards would support…
After about 200 hours in The Witcher 3 and its DLCs, I can’t say I was left thinking “There should have been more”, but as it turns out we did all play a somewhat slimmed down version of Geralt’s adventures. In addition to an enormous number of bug fixes, the Brothers in Arms mod by…
If you’re not a fan of random violence and sadism—you know, a nerd—the words “Astarion disapproves” were probably burnt into your retinas like the afterimage of a nuclear blast when you finally rolled credits on Baldur’s Gate 3. Your party members in that game always have a goddamn opinion on your decisions, and Larian communicated…
When you see three turnstile mechanisms and an elaborate mural in the Trembling Woods puzzle in Crimson Desert, it’s easy to panic. It’s a rather clunky trial and a bit confusing to figure out what you need to do, but once you’ve got the hang of things, it’s actually really simple. You’ll find the Trembling…
Not so long ago, I was primarily a console gamer. One thing I definitely don’t miss about those bad old days is that, unlike with a gaming PC, when things went wrong, cracking the console open myself was rarely a real option. Well, thanks to the EU’s right to repair bill, some significant repairability hoops…
Puzzling out each riddle in Crimson Desert‘s Spire of Insight is key if you want to reach the top and access yet another Abyss Gate, leading to a different part of the skylocked region. Once you’ve worked out how to get inside, which I can help with below, you’ll have three riddles to solve, each…
The Duskwood Hill Ruins puzzle might just be the most cumbersome Mysterious Energy trial I’ve come across so far in Crimson Desert. Found in the hills in northern Witchwoods, this puzzle is far from intuitive, and you’ll be wrestling with the controls while trying to get all the pillars in the perfect position. Frankly, it’s…
There is a specific audience who’ll be over the moon about this keyboard, and happy to pay the $260/£240 Corsair’s asking for it. The thing is, it really is a specific audience. While some of its best assets can be universally enjoyed, like the creamy-smooth key actuation and Corsair’s trademark construction quality, a lot of…
Minecraft‘s second drop of 2026 has been revealed, and if you’re the type of player to spend most of your time underground, it’s certainly an update you should be keeping an eye on. The Chaos Cubed update will focus on bringing more depth to the cave systems we already know and love, including new blocks,…
First, the good news: Peter Molyneux has learnt (one of) his lesson(s). Masters of Albion will not try to flog you NFTs, no one said the words “play to earn” in the entirety of its hands-off demo, and I didn’t see a single unfathomable cube in the 40ish minutes I watched Molyneux walk me and…