GameStop confirms $56 billion eBay acquisition bid, promises $2 billion in cuts at the company if the takeover is successful

GameStop has now confirmed its intent to acquire ecommerce behemoth eBay, first reported over the weekend, saying in a May 3 announcement that it’s making a half-cash, half-stock offer worth approximately $55.5 billion for 100% of the company. It also suggested that, should the deal go through, it intends to slash and burn eBay to…

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I got to play Dead as Disco early, and it’s a vivid, unrestrained romp that lets you brawl through music videos like a kung-fu Baby Driver

Dead as Disco is already proving to be a delightful grab-bag—I had the pleasure of toying with the game’s demo back in June of last year, but nothing could’ve prepared me for the musical smorgasbord that awaited me while playing this early access romp. This thing isn’t just a very solid rhythm action game, it’s…

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2017’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is a gloriously chaotic shooter that’s more than the sum of its parts

Reinstall (Image credit: Future) This Reinstall feature was originally published in issue 421 of the PC Gamer magazine. To get the rest of our exclusive mag content, you can purchase or subscribe to PC Gamer via Magazines Direct. Though I have clocked up several dozen hours in Ghost Recon Wildlands, 2017’s open-world military shooter, it’s…

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