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The Game Awards have been and gone, turning the PC Gamer homepage into something like the deranged Instagram feed of someone obsessed with Sam Lake and Swen Vincke, but it’s left plenty to discuss—and criticise—in its wake. In particular, the show has come under fire for the short time allotted to acceptance speeches and celebrations…
You could say that Cyberpunk 2077 hasn’t had the easiest of rides. Perhaps after the years of hyperbole that was deserved, but what can’t be denied is that CD Projekt Red re-trenched after the initial reception, stuck by the game, and has delivered consistent improvements that all led up to this year’s major 2.0 update….
Windows 11’s 23H2 update has been out for a little while now, but some users have reported a noticeable drop in gaming performance since installation, which seems somewhat fitting for an update released on Halloween. If you’ve yet to install it, the good news is that Microsoft has currently placed the update on compatibility hold…
Alas, The Game Awards has come to an end—and while there’ve been plenty of exciting trailers and glitzy celeb appearances, it’s easy to get numb to the star factor. One returning guest, however, was far more welcome than any Hollywood name-drop: the man, the myth, the legend: Flute Guy. Arriving to the stage as part…
The Genshin Impact 4.3 livestream runs through what to expect in the next chapter of the Traveler’s journey through the watery region of Fontaine. As an added bonus, those who tune in can grab livestream codes that they can redeem for Primogems, to use when wishing for new characters and reruns of older ones. This…
AMD’s launch event for its new MI300X AI platform was backed by some of the biggest names in the industry, including Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI and many more. Those big three all said they planned to use the chip. AMD’s CEO Lisa Su bigged up MI300X, describing it as the most complex chip the company has…
It’s no secret that The Game Awards plays host to more world premiere trailers than it does awards, and 2023’s edition was a pretty packed evening. Surprising no one, Geoff Keighley scored the reveal for another Kojima game that looks even more surreal than usual, and we also saw new projects from Hello Games, Arkane,…
Baldur’s Gate 3 racked up six awards at The Game Awards today, including Game of the Year, a win Larian founder Swen Vincke tells PC Gamer he didn’t expect, even after leaving the recent Golden Joystick Awards with too many awards to carry. Kicking off the love early in the show was Neil Newbon, who…
Every winner for The Game Awards 2023 has been announced. This year, over 100 “global media and influencer outlets” (including PC Gamer) cast their votes for 31 award categories. And the winners were announced live on The Game Awards stream in between an avalanche of new game trailers and reveals. Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan…
Well, it’s finally happened: Skull and Bones has a release date. Yes, another one. Revealed tonight at The Game Awards, Ubisoft’s repeatedly-delayed game of piracy on the high seas is now set to launch on February 16, 2024, following a closed beta test set to run December 15-18. Skull and Bones has been delayed so…