Hypixel Studios releases the PC system requirements for its Minecraft-lookalike Hytale, and it’s the most comprehensive breakdown I’ve seen in a long time

The vast majority of new games released for the humble PC are published with a list of what hardware is required to run it and another list of ‘recommended’ specs. However, the breadth and depth of this information vary enormously, but not so in the case of the forthcoming voxel-based sandbox Hytale. Its system requirements…

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Google’s toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don’t blame me for clickbait like ‘BG3 players exploit children’

Pop quiz, hotshot: what was the headline on this article when you clicked on it? Was it classic PC Gamer style—witty, insightful, with the rare power of capturing the essence of a story with neither artifice nor evasion, and unintentionally but unmistakably implying the incredible mental powers and physical beauty of the writer? Or did…

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The father of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, says the reason why Windows has a rep for bugs and blue screens isn’t down to bad code but bad memory

OK, brace yourself for this one, peeps. Linus Torvalds, the software developer who created the Linux operating system and one of the most iconic figures in the indy computing scene, says the bad rep of the Windows operating system for crashes and bugs is not down to bad code. It’s down to bad hardware. “I’m…

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As if Disney Dreamlight Valley could get any more magical, the Wishblossom Ranch expansion adding horses has improved the entire experience more than I thought it would

As much as I love Disney Dreamlight Valley, getting around by foot can be tedious. You don’t really think about it when you’ve only got the valley to explore, as each of the biomes feel so close you don’t need to make a massive journey to get where you need to go. However, the sheer…

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Latest viral Game Awards tease could be teasing any videogame with hellish imagery from the last 70 years of the medium, but it’s probably Elder Scrolls Online

Game Awards host Geoff Keighley posted a cryptic image on X on Monday, showing a hellish monument in a desert locale, accompanied by the text regal.inspiring.thickness. If you plug those three words into a website called What3Words, a map appears showing a location somewhere near Joshua Tree in California. If you visit that location, you’ll…

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It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it

When EA announced in October that it will go private via a $55 billion leveraged buyout, a consortium of three investment firms were listed as buyers: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, and Silver Lake. A breakdown of the ownership between these parties wasn’t given at the time, but as it turns…

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