PC Gaming
Samsung has launched its second generation Odyssey Ark monitor, boasting 55 inches of 4K 165Hz real estate. That’s a whole lot of screen but it comes with a whole lot of price tag, unfortunately. At $3000, you’d want this to be something very special. At first glance, there’s nothing that immediately stands out, especially when…
Need to Know What is it? A narrative-led first-person adventure based on Stanislaw Lem’s 1960s sci-fi novel. Release date November 6, 2023 Expect to pay TBA Developer Starward Industries Publisher 11 bit studios Reviewed on RTX 2070, i7-10750H, 16GB RAM Steam Deck TBA Link Official site Adaptations of novels are still rare among games, and…
It’s been the better part of a year since the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Edrtree expansion was announced, and we’ve heard nothing of note about it since. The most recent financial report out of FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa brings both good news and bad on that front, which can be summed up in a…
Need to Know What is it? Portal-esque spatial puzzling wrapped in a grand philosophical sci-fi narrative Release date November 2, 2023 Expect to pay $30/£25 Developer Croteam Publisher Devolver Digital Reviewed on Windows 11, Nvidia RTX 4090, Intel i9 13900K, 64GB RAM Steam Deck Playable Link Official site A good puzzle game is a compelling…
Need to know What is it? The latest in SI’s long-running, spreadsheet-heavy sports management sim series. Release date November 6, 2023 Expect to pay $60/£45 Developer Sports Interactive Publisher Sega Reviewed on i7 9700K, RTX 2080 TI, 16GB RAM Steam Deck TBA Link Official site The very best thing about Football Manager is how much…
Silent Hill: Ascension is many things. It’s an episodic drama. It lets you vote on outcomes, but only if you have a season pass. It is, technically, a new Silent Hill entry. In summary, it’s Twitch plays Bandersnatch, but make it videogames. It’s already not doing great. When I first heard about this… thing, back…
I’ve personally been waiting for this moment since the full release of Baldur’s Gate 3—FSR 2.2 is now sitting pretty in the graphics options, ready to give you higher frame rates and a way better visual experience than the sparkling aliased nightmare of the first gen FSR it launched with. Say what you want about…
When Intel returned to the discrete graphics card market last year, it promised that the Arc GPU drivers would improve over time. And true to its word, that’s exactly what’s happened, with regular updates appearing to massively improve frame rates in older games. But I don’t think anything will top the one of the claims…
Having already leveraged the smaller, optimised Zen 4c cores in its EYPC server CPUs, AMD is bringing its latest technology to the world of budget laptops with two new Ryzen APUs, sporting up to four Zen 4c cores next to two Zen 4 cores. The compact cores aren’t AMD’s version of Intel’s Efficient-cores introduced in…
Baldur’s Gate 3 just received its fourth major patch. Once more, the thing’s big enough to break the Steam notes. While there aren’t any new major features—like the third patch’s appearance-changing mirror or, equally as important, letting small characters kiss Karlach—it’s still packed with changes. A huge quality of life improvement comes in the form…