Splinter Cell: Deathwatch review

Need to know What is it? An animated series about Sam Fisher coming out of retirement for one last jobRelease date: October 14, 2025Network: NetflixDirector: Guillaume DousseCast: Liam Schreiber, Kirby, Janet VarneyLink: Official site Stealth isn’t the easiest thing to adapt from a game to a TV series. Playing a Splinter Cell game as Sam…

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Intel attempts to clarify whether the new Xe3 iGPU in Panther Lake is next-gen Celestial technology but I’m left confused and fearing for the future of Intel Arc graphics

For we mere PC gamers, unquestionably the most interesting aspect of Intel’s new Panther Lake CPU is its Xe3 integrated graphics. It looks like it could be killer, especially for handheld gaming PCs. But is the Xe3 iGPU in Panther Lake based on its much-discussed next-gen Celestial graphics tech? A mild tweak of Battlemage? Or…

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Activision anti-cheat team goes on another victory lap after ‘the strongest beta results in Call of Duty history’, brags ‘99% of matches were cheater-free’ and warns that every day they get ‘faster’

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat; Black Ops 7 says it’s nailing cheaters, and that’s that. Fresh off a humblebrag earlier in the beta, Activision-Blizzard’s Team Ricochet has returned to provide some more stats on dirty rotten cheaters that, on the surface at least, make for some impressive reading. “We’ve crunched the numbers…

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Creative Pebble Pro review

Anyone old enough to remember when PCs would try to use their buzzer speaker—the one meant to give audio feedback on motherboard errors—for in-game audio will know the value of a basic pair of desktop computer speakers. Even though we no longer need to plug soundcards into our gaming machines, the ability to output music…

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One the the best parts of Phasmophobia’s success is the new wave of co-op horror games, ‘There was nothing, now there’s obviously quite a lot’

One of Phasmophobia’s greatest successes is its lasting effect on the horror genre. Multiplayer horror has always had a foothold amongst the subgenres’ finest, but after Phasmo’s release five years ago, the scene has totally exploded with more horror games, both intense single-player experiences and wacky multiplayer romps. Part of this was certainly thanks to…

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The story for Paradox’s original, canned Bloodlines 2 has gone the way of the dodo, and its fired narrative lead says no one’s spoken to him about it, but the good news is he’s working on 2 games at once right now

If there’s a recent game-dev story I’m ravenous to hear more about, it’s this: what the hell happened with Hardsuit Labs’ version of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2? If you can cast your mind back to the heady days of 2019, you might remember the game’s initial announcement, when Paradox got Brian Mitsoda—writer on…

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After 5 years Phasmophobia is closing in on its 1.0 release with immersive updates and more plans to come: ‘If players are still there, we’ll still be there’

It’s been a big year for Phasmophobia, not only did the ghost-hunting multiplayer horror game celebrate its fifth anniversary last month but the dev team are also gearing up for its highly anticipated 1.0 launch. “So we’re heading towards our 1.0 release, still in early access,” creator Daniel Knight tells me. “We’ve got quite a…

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Copilot can now help you find settings in the latest Windows Insider build, which is fine by me—as long as it doesn’t touch anything

When I first tested Copilot many moons ago, I wasn’t particularly impressed. Chief among my complaints was its lack of integration with common Windows features, but it looks like that’s about to get a boost—as the latest Windows Insider build allows users to request changes to their PC settings through Copilot, to which it will…

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Peak dev’s next co-op game—Crashout Crew—is like spinning a plate, except the plate has a bunch of dynamite on it, and also somebody put bees in the road

Aggro Crab, the developer of hit co-op game Peak and arbiter of “friendslop” (although we’re still undecided on that phrase here at PC Gamer), have released a demo for its new game for Steam Next Fest—and it’s already utter chaos. Though it’s of a different flavour. Crashout Crew sees you and up to three other…

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