PC Gaming
Sometimes you feel a bit spoilt in this job. While it’s no easy task sorting through the mountains of marketing fluff and specs sheets on the daily, you do end up getting your hands on some lovely equipment, some of it priced well beyond your own means. This isn’t to boast, merely to say that…
China’s new DeepSeek R1 language model has been shaking things up by reportedly matching or even beating the performance of established rivals including OpenAI while using far fewer GPUs. Nvidia’s response? R1 is “excellent” news that proves the need for even more of its AI-accelerating chips. If you’re thinking the math doesn’t immediately add up,…
It isn’t just mice and keyboards that have received the Elite treatment with NZXT’s latest run of peripherals, as the brand-new Capsule Elite microphone proves. This is another market sector that’s seen quite the explosion in terms of products in the last couple of years with the likes of the Logitech Yeti GX and the…
NZXT’s previous efforts in their Function line of keyboards has totalled some excellent all-round mechanical options with some solid enthusiast-level features. The older Function Mini TKL that Dave reviewed nearly three years ago impressed with its customisability and small form factor layout. This new version keeps some of the same features, although with the word…
If there’s one big trend in the world of PC peripherals that most folks can behind, it has to be the ultralight gaming mouse. For what’s been the last five or six years, we’ve seen options emerge from the likes of Logitech and Glorious as some of the best gaming mice out there. In addition,…
I was sitting at the airport waiting for my boarding group to be called when it dawned on me what a distinctly odd moment in time I was living through. I was flying to a preview event for an extraction shooter called Exoborne, all the while checking my phone to see if there were any…
Monster Hunter Wilds is launching in February, so now is the perfect time to get to grips with what to expect the next time you head out on a hunt. It’s been a long wait for those of us desperate to play ever since the game was announced in 2023, and even though we’ve seen…
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi left Square Enix in 2003 to found Mistwalker, since when he’s worked on an eclectic mix of games from lavish RPGs to mobile titles. Sakaguchi had previously indicated that after 2021’s Fantasian, which has just received a director’s cut on Steam, he’d be stepping back from the coalface and enjoying…
With Elon Musk supporting German far-right populist political party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Bill Gates, has weighed in on Musk’s ability to “destabilise the political situations in countries” referring to his intimation that “Nigel Farage is not right wing enough” and calling that posture “insane shit”. In an extended interview with The Times discussing the…
Deadlock’s latest set of changes is mostly hero buffs and nerfs, part of a change of schedule that’s seen the devs dish out bigger updates less frequently. The bulk of hero changes are focused on newer additions like Vyper, Holliday, Calico, and Sinclar. Calico’s Leaping Slash ability has been reworked a little, making the area…