PC Gaming
Gamers have been reporting various black screen issues on Nvidia’s latest RTX 50-series graphics cards since release, leaving some staring at their sad selves in the inky darkness of an IPS panel. We were not immune to this issue at PC Gamer, either. One of our RTX 5090 cards for review wouldn’t run unless capped…
Roguelike deckbuilders rampage across Steam. They grow and replicate without impediment, swallowing up every other genre they encounter to spawn new hybrid mutants. We are doomed and all is lost. Or to put it another way: Duchy Drop is a roguelike deckbuilder-meets-city builder-meets-Tetris. Each run consists of a series of battles against… rival duchies, I…
Looks can be deceiving in hardware. The notion that mediocre gear is sometimes propelled forward by pretty RGB or flashy marketing isn’t exactly revelatory so, when I first got a look at the 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard, I felt equal measures of curiosity and scepticism. Though it has some quirks, I can happily say that…
You ever have those games that it feels like everyone else is kinda lukewarm on but that hits you, specifically, in just the right way to consume a huge part of your life? That’s Elite Dangerous for me. I’ve never felt like there was really much I was interested in doing in the game, but…
Modular laptop maker Framework recently unveiled its new mini PC, the Framework Desktop. This cutesy computer is powered by AMD’s Strix Halo line-up, including the beefy Ryzen AI Max+ 395, which is a chip I’ve longed to see inside a mini PC since at least last week. Now, Framework has ripped one apart (gently) to…
When your data is just too precious for this world, look to the moon for a safe space to store it. Yep, that big rock with very little atmosphere, pock-holed by craters, and a perpetual ‘bad side’. This is where Lonestar, a data center company, is eyeing up for hosting its next super-safe storage service….
When I pitched PC Gamer a list of the top five deckbuilder demos of Steam Next Fest, I probably should have checked that there weren’t 4 billion of the bloody things. Still, it’s a fantastic problem to have. Developers keep finding clever twists on deckbuilding, so much so that my top two don’t even contain…
I don’t know why I expect anything different from Nvidia’s quarterly earnings calls. Every time, I get hopeful for some attention on the gaming division, and every time, I am reminded that Nvidia is an AI company now, not a gaming one. Still, amidst the talk of “AI factories” and astronomical data center compute numbers,…
If you’re at all familiar with my WoW coverage for this site, dear reader, you might know that I’m overall a fan of the MMO’s new shift towards evergreen systems such as skyriding, warbands, delves, and the like—all things that could be used in future expansions to great effect and, in the case of skyriding,…
The best Great Sword build in Monster Hunter Wilds will see you dishing out the most damage in the game. These beefy blades have always been Monster Hunter’s heavy hitters, but their high damage potential is usually offset by their sluggishness, requiring a long wind-up to unleash their most potent attacks. Things are looking a…