PC Gaming
Serious-looking multiplayer shooter Striden grabbed my attention last year for one simple reason: moose artillery. It’s simple, really, you say “moose artillery” and I say, “tell me more.” And if you then say, “Oh yeah, you can become a radioactive bear,” at that point I don’t say anything because, you know, just sign me up….
It’s fair to say that the PC port of The Last of Us Part 1 wasn’t a huge success to begin with. Original developers Naughty Dog and porting team Iron Galaxy produced a conversion that performed rather poorly and was blighted by excessive shader compilation, bugs, and memory leaks. It took a good while but…
If you were around for the release of The Last of Us, you’ll remember that it felt like a watershed moment for the medium. There had been plenty of good videogame stories before, but few with such good performance capture as to draw comparisons to film and prestige television. The Last of Us Part 2…
Den of Wolves is an upcoming multiplayer FPS game from 10 Chambers, the studio made up of devs known for Payday: The Heist, Payday 2, and the co-op horror game GTFO. But despite not strictly being a horror game, 10 Chambers is still planning to use the expertise they gained from perfecting GTFO in Den…
With three different platform options—Xbox, PC, and PlayStation—the Turtle Beach Stealth 500 caters to all kinds of gamers looking for a budget wireless headset. I’ve been checking out the PC version for the past couple of weeks, aimed at PC Gamers who put freedom of movement at the top of their priorities list, and don’t…
The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 2024 has been our pick for the best gaming laptop ever since we got our hands on the RTX 4070, Ryzen AI 9 HX 370-equipped version in the middle of last year. Our previous pick, the Razer Blade 16, floundered a little in 2024. Razer had lost its edge and…
Most quests in Schedule 1 are pretty self-explanatory. Just follow the prompts and you’ll get there soon enough. The Mixing Mania quest is the first one that really puts your street smarts to the test, requiring some brainstorming and maths to create a strain worth at least $60, which is easier said than done. You’ll…
Modding is often held up as one of the best things about PC gaming. Mods keep games like Skyrim and Minecraft perpetually vital, and plenty of developers, from Bethesda to Paradox, hire modders from their respective communities to become full-time game designers. Yet modders sometimes live in fear of having all their hard work taken…
Every year, Overwatch 2 gets a wacky game mode for April Fools, giving each character new abilities that have usually been asked for by the community. It’s a lot of fun to take part in every year, but this time there’s something particularly special: Reinhardt’s infinite Charge. Reinhardt’s Charge ability has had its cooldown reduced…
Alongside two new assault rifles, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 3 also adds a new sniper, the powerful HDR. As with all snipers, the HDR is incredibly slow and clunky right out of the box. It’ll take the best BO6 HDR loadout to make this sniper competitive. A sniper that can’t quickscope is…