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Long gone are the days of speedrunning being confined to mere video games. You can gamify anything into speedrun territory these days: Wikipedia, Google Maps and even gamified language learning apps like Duolingo, as proven by one person who managed to blast through the entire Spanish course in 24 hours. Well, sort of. Reddit user…
The gaming laptop space is complex. It’s full of different specs and price points and brand names, and it can be tough to see where a new machine fits in all this. And when Lenovo first announced its LOQ range of affordable laptops I figured it would all be pretty straightforward. Where the Legion machines…
Blizzard recently introduced its 39th Hero to its multiplayer shooter Overwatch 2, in the form of Mauga, a tall, thick-set Samoan tank who, players have noted, looks rather like Pixar’s portrayal of the Polynesian demigod Maui in its animated film Moana. Well, it appears there’s more of a link between the two than just a…
Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the horniest games of all time and, you know what, that’s just how we like it here at PC Gamer (well, some of us). To play Larian’s fantasy RPG masterpiece and not bump uglies with at least something is probably this game’s true hero run, as there are quite…
Reinstall This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 387 in August 2023, as part of our Reinstall series. Every month we load up a beloved classic—and find out whether it holds up to our modern gaming sensibilities. As a strongly self-selecting PC gamer, there have been times in my life I’ve tried to…
It’s that time of year again. The leaves are turning, the clocks go back, and a subsection of PC gamers while away the autumnal evenings looking at spreadsheets of promising teenaged attacking midfielders. Football Manager 2024 is here, and would you believe it; there are some wonderkids in the database again this year. Wonderkids are…
Football Manager 2024 isn’t all penny pinching economics—there’s formations to tweak and shout at, heatmaps and data analysis to pretend to understand, and much more. But good footballers are the most expensive commodity in the world, and if you want to win games, you’re going to need some of them. Ideally, at least eleven. The…
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is not one to speak purely in PR friendly terms. With his engineering background, he has a deep understanding of Intel’s technologies, and isn’t afraid to voice his opinion on a variety of subjects—including Intel itself. Gelsinger was asked by Digit about what he considered to be Intel’s biggest misses. His…
Scroll on down for all the Wordle help you could ever need. We’ve got general tips designed to improve every guess every day, as well as a clue to make today’s game that little bit easier, and of course the answer to the November 6 (870) Wordle if you need to guarantee a win. Wordle…
Best of the best (Image credit: Bandai Namco) 2023 games: Upcoming releases Best PC games: All-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPSes: Finest gunplay On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up…