PC Gaming
“What the heck is a Dire Lord?” I asked myself, staring at Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen‘s character creation screen. This was my first inkling that I was about to start playing an MMO that would rarely tell me anything I needed to know. From the absence of practical information about classes and races, to…
You know what word I don’t often have a reason to use in this job? “Depraved.” God bless Sultan’s Game for giving me a chance to dust it off. In this strange and fascinating roguelike, depravity is survival. Chosen by the cruel and decadent Sultan to be his proxy in a mystical card game, you…
Back in 2022, the Tennis Australia’s forward-thinking management released 6,776 images of tennis balls as digital NFTs. Each one sold for 0.067 in the ethereum cryptocurrency, about $278 AUD at the time. Those same NFTs are now reportedly trading for as little as 0.003ETH or $15 AUD on OpenSea, the self-described “world’s first and largest…
I think, with the appropriate amount of hindsight, we can all agree that Starfield didn’t take off as the multi-year industry titan that Bethesda was hoping it would be. While I, and plenty of other players, got a reasonable amount of enjoyment out of it, it wasn’t quite in line with the studio’s other heavy-hitters….
This year’s CES saw the announcement of the first third-party device “Powered by Steam OS”, the Legion Go S, and if Valve has its way it certainly won’t be the last. The Linux-based operating system has been in development at Valve since 2012, though what really catapulted it into peoples’ hands was the success of…
Path of Exile 2’s first major patch of the year will arrive later this week, with developer Grinding Gear Games saying it will address several common complaints about the game, with more improvements to come. One of the big sticking points for players has been endgame maps, which director Jonathan Rogers says it aims to…
While Palworld’s player count has calmed down in the time since its release, it’s still carved a cosy little niche for itself on Steam. SteamDB has it hovering between 20,000 and 50,000 players over the past few months, with a big bump to around 200,000 in December 2024 due to the release of a major…
AMD’s new Strix Halo uber APU for laptops was already pretty interesting, what with its 256-bit memory bus and monster sized iGPU. Now it turns out that its gestation was a little unusual, with AMD needing four goes at it to get it right and adding some trick tech to its CPU dies in the…
Remember when you were young, your responsibilities were far fewer, and you were still at least a little hopeful about the future potential of tech? Anyway! In our present moment, nothing appears to be safe from the sticky fingers of so-called AI—and that includes nostalgic hardware of yesteryear. Exo Labs, an outfit with the mission…
Whether you’re a new player or have a win streak that goes back months, we’ve got something that’ll help improve your daily Wordle game. Take a look at our tips if you want to refresh your approach to puzzle solving, or use today’s hint to guide your way. Don’t worry if you’re running out of…