PC Gaming
There once was a time in which, if you were a fan of a videogame, you might get asked which of said games in the series you had played. Now, I’m not saying we need to bring this era back—it was an obnoxious period full of gatekeepers—but Sega president and COO Shuji Utsumi’s recent words…
In news that will surprise very few, manufacturers are reportedly planning to raise their GPU prices in China again later this month. This could have a knock-on effect on global pricing for both Nvidia and AMD cards. Asus looks set to raise the price of its RTX 5070 cards by between 150 and 300 RMB…
Marvel Rivals‘ massive hero roster and regular character additions are some of its defining features. So it comes as a huge surprise that NetEase has decided to forgo tradition for the sake of focusing on improving its foundations. For the first time in eight seasons—that’s 17 months—Marvel Rivals will just be getting one hero, Gorr…
Valheim 1.0 is here, so that sound you hear in the distance is scores of eager Vikings stringing their bows, sharpening their axes, and piling onto their longboats to explore the open world survival game’s final biome: the Deep North. But before you set sail for some chilly thrills in the frosty new biome, you…
Viking survival crafting has changed quite a bit since the days of early access, and though Valheim’s biome order remains mostly the same in 1.0, there’s plenty of new details to keep track of for lapsed players. If you want to make it to the new biome as soon as possible, I’ve got a handy…
Valheim 1.0 changed a ton about viking survival, but some things remain the same—like my tendency to repeatedly die to fall damage in the Mistlands. A new item helps traverse all those foggy marble mountains and steep drop-offs, but I didn’t find it until I was ready to leave the biome. I’ll save you from…
As a mighty Viking warrior you’ve fought your way to the Deep North in Valheim 1.0—but now you’re facing an enormous door that requires an Intricate Key to unlock. But what is an Intricate Key in Valheim, and how can you get one? Truth is, you’ll eventually need more than one Intricate Key to triumph…
I imagine a lot of people never really bother with Windows Recovery options. But for people like me who test different systems and mess around with different software pretty often, a quick and easy reset can be incredibly useful. That is, assuming it is actually quick and easy, which in my experience hasn’t always been…
Both reporting on and reading about the raging memory supply crisis has meant a procession of bad news. So when someone actually has a win to share, I’ll gladly take it. Case in point, purveyor of modular laptops Framework is actually lowering the price of some of its memory products. “We have a positive update…
Double Fine has ducked out of the way of Microsoft’s falling axe, going independent after the new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced layoffs totalling 3,200 people earlier this year. The studio itself has had a bit of a troubled discography after the win of Psychonauts 2, with neither 2025’s Keeper or 2026’s Kiln doing much…