PC Gaming
I don’t own an uncomfortably expensive gaming machine just so I can thoughtlessly crank almost every graphics setting in new games to ultra and then bask in the glow of their raytraced glory. I mean, I do do that, but I also can clog up my SSD with decades worth of incredible classics too, and…
PC gaming is, unfortunately, a relatively expensive hobby. But if there’s one component these days that draws the most ire in regards to cost, it’s the GPU, particularly if you’re looking to buy a high-end card. While many of us lust after the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 graphics cards of our dreams, the serious…
Steam Deck the halls, it’s festive season once again. Thankfully, dragging yourself into social situations for the holidays has gotten a little easier over 2023 with the release of so many great gaming handhelds. This year, we got an update from Valve in the form of the Steam Deck OLED, so now’s a great time…
I deliver chainsaw death to the demon horde, all the while dodging incessant gun fire, balls of fire and flying, shrieking, flaming skulls. Oh, and did I mention I’m doing this in hell, with lava and poison-filled pits left, right and centre? This is John Romero’s SIGIL II, the hard-as-nails unofficial sixth episode for Doom,…
“A delayed game is eventually good,” Nintendo legend Shigeru Miaymoto is falsely claimed to have said, “a bad game is bad forever.” What about a game that I really liked but had some serious issues on launch, so nobody else liked it, but it gradually improved over the course of three years and now everybody…
Thanks to its delightful sandbox traversal, Tchia became our favourite open world game of the year. For more awards, head to our Game of the Year 2023 hub. Chris Livingston, Senior Editor: I love open world games, but such a familiar formula has been established that so many of them wind up feeling predictable. Collection…
I had doubts about Atomic Heart when it was first revealed in 2018. I love me a good, janky Eastern European shooter—somebody really should remaster Cryostasis—but it looked a little too good, especially for a debut game from an unknown studio. I needn’t have worried though, because boy, it delivers: It’s a frantic, funny game,…
We’ve grumbled a few times about the engorgement of PC games—100GB is the new normal—but these days it’s not even the first install you have to worry about. This year, we saw 30GB and larger updates become commonplace. We lost the battle against file sizes years ago, and now we’re just being slapped around. I…
Looking for some weekend Wordle help? There’s a hint for today’s puzzle waiting just below, ready to offer a clear path through the grey letter fog. Need something a little more direct on the weekend? You’ve got it. The answer to the December 23 (917) Wordle is only a quick click away. A win in…
New Blood shooter Ultrakill has released an exciting holiday update. The high-flying Doom Eternal come character action riff launched the first part of its third and final act: Layer 7, Violence. Even as the boomer shooter renaissance presses ever onward, Ultrakill remains a singular FPS. For my money, it’s the combination of acrobatic action with…