PC Gaming
All machines break. Those of us who have owned enough hardware over the years will be familiar with the frustration that comes with a dead or malfunctioning system, and that’s before you get to the hassle of looking up part numbers, scouring YouTube tutorials, and digging that screwdriver set out from the back of your…
Itch.io, a website used to host a heap of games—primarily self-published indie projects—was taken down briefly this morning (or over the weekend, depending on time zones) thanks to, uh, Funko of Funko Pop infamy. I’m about as confused as you, and the site’s creator Leafo, are. As posted to both Bluesky and X, the site…
I originally said that Infinity Nikki was like a dress-up Genshin Impact, but after entirely too many hours of playtime over the weekend I’m becoming convinced it’s more like a dress-up Dark Souls. Nothing has solidified that theory for me more than discovering that players have been using the Snapshot function—essentially the only form of…
Cooling fans in servers don’t have an easy life. They’re jammed into a tiny space and typically run full-pelt all day long. Should one fail, it’s not a quick task to replace them either, so anything that can be done to keep them running longer is a must. Cooling experts Arctic reckons it has the…
I’ve never been that much of a Tolkien buff, but even I know a Lord of the Rings reference when I see one. Gundalf, Bilbao, and Legsolarse are much beloved characters for many of you (I’m told), so an exciting partnership between Palantir and Anduril should be right up your street. Okay, perhaps not quite…
Printers, webcams, routers—the usual things that have issues after a big operating system patch. For the Windows 11 24H2 update, games also joined in with the failure party, specifically five big releases from Ubisoft and the problems were so bad, that Microsoft prevented the update from being applied to any PC with those games installed….
Cracking the Father and Son safe code in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is one of the first really tricky puzzles that you encounter in the game, and that’s saying a lot when you find a new mystery to unravel every five minutes or so. This one appears in the Vatican after you save…
Whatever help you need to solve Monday’s Wordle, you’re sure to find it right here. There’s a hint for today’s puzzle ready to go if you’d like someone to point you in the right direction, as well as general tips and the answer to the December 9 (1269) all laid out in the open if…
If you’re still playing Skyrim Special Edition and you haven’t dived into the world of Community Shaders, now is the time. This is the toolkit you need for a vanilla-plus playthrough, with options that let you focus on the improvements you want while skipping the stuff that doesn’t matter to you (and maybe saving yourself…
Best of the best (Image credit: Larian Studios) 2024 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures 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…