Elden Ring Nightreign’s latest patch has made it impossible for greedy teammates to farm extra runes after the second-day boss, which is music to my ears

Alongside Elden Ring Nightreign’s Dark of Night endless mode, the latest patch has also brought a slew of fixes and updates, including a much-needed change to the holy damage icon (finally!) and a change to how badly the Night’s Tide damage will hit players. The patch notes read: “Increased the Night’s Tide damage after defeating…

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Elden Ring Nightreign’s latest patch has made it impossible for greedy teammates to farm extra runes after the second-day boss, which is music to my ears

Alongside Elden Ring Nightreign’s Dark of Night endless mode, the latest patch has also brought a slew of fixes and updates, including a much-needed change to the holy damage icon (finally!) and a change to how badly the Night’s Tide damage will hit players. The patch notes read: “Increased the Night’s Tide damage after defeating…

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Oracle’s $300 billion deal with OpenAI briefly knocked Elon Musk off the world’s richest person spot, replaced instead by the company’s head honcho, Larry Ellison

OpenAI has signed a contract with Oracle to purchase $300 billion worth of computing power over the next five years, according to sources at The Wall Street Journal. News of the deal caused Oracle’s share price to surge by as much as 43% on Wednesday, increasing CEO Larry Ellison’s wealth by an estimated $100 billion—and…

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows adds a cat dressed like Ezio and its coolest weapon yet: A large stick

Six months on, and Assassin’s Creed Shadows has long since faded into the general live-service background susurrus that underlies all of videogames. It has its players, its haters, its curious onlookers—but the fires of capital-d Discourse have been burnt out for a while. Which is quite nice, honestly, but it doesn’t mean Ubisoft doesn’t have…

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Microsoft’s big Windows 11 25H2 update is now available to download but in terms of new features it’s a total nothing burger

Microsoft’s major annual update for Windows is out. Give it up for Windows 11 25H2, which is now available to download for members of the Windows Insider program “in advance of broader availability planned for the second half of 2025.” Unfortunately, while these kinds of major updates for Windows can often see the release of…

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Help! I’ve been transported back in time to the days of Flash, Miniclip, and Adventure Quest by this charming little ’90s-inspired RPG

There was a time when I wasn’t cynical (and bald), where I had hope (and also hair) and the world hadn’t worn me (or my scalp) down. See, young Harvey was an Adventure Quest player—though they also frequented all those little flash-made RPGs that’d do the rounds on sites like Miniclip and Newgrounds. I’m aware…

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I’m already in love with this eerie low poly delivery game that feels like Silent Hill meets Animal Crossing meets DoorDash

Easy Delivery Co. has just about everything I like: Animal Crossing-adjacent garbling creatures, winding snowy mountain roads to drive along while listening to ethereal drum and bass, low-poly vibes, and an eerie atmosphere that makes it the perfect cosy game to see in the colder months. It also has a whole heap of packages—something that…

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Why we don’t have a Borderlands 4 review yet

Borderlands 4 launches today, and reviews from critics have started appearing online. We look forward to playing and reviewing Gearbox’s latest co-op shooter ourselves, but for PC Gamer, that work will start after the game’s public launch. 2K Games provided early review copies of Borderlands 4 to a number of media outlets, but PC Gamer…

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LiberNovo Omni gaming chair review

I’d never heard of LiberNovo until I started seeing a flood of ads on my Instagram for its new chair blowing up on Kickstarter: over $7 million raised and counting. As a gamer, I’m used to seeing flashy chairs from the usual suspects, but this was something different enough to grab my attention. And honestly,…

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