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Phasmophobia is one of those games that shows early access at its best. It first released in September 2020 and had the core ghost-hunting experience nailed from the start, but it also felt a little like a proof-of-concept: There weren’t too many maps, the environments leaned heavily on asset packs and soon felt a little…
Polish up that forklift certification, wolf down one of Tom’s hot dogs, and prepare to ask your neighbours about sailors: Shenmue is back. Again. Specifically, Shenmue 3 is getting an enhanced re-release six years after it first came out (via Gematsu) with whizzier graphics and various quality-of-life tweaks. Publisher Inin Games didn’t deign to furnish…
Look, I wouldn’t blame you if you looked at the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhabab Edition and thought, hmm, I’m not sure it’s worth remortgaging the house for. The Middle East-only card was briefly available for around $7,000, although prices have fluctuated since then and I’ve seen the odd second-hand model float around for…
The legendary rapper turned actor Ice Cube is amazing at inhabiting the image he’s cultivated over many decades, and is comfortable playing around and sending himself up. And somehow, this is how we’ve ended up with Ice Cube as a Minecraft claims adjuster. Last year Mr Cube starred in a new take on The War…
Good news, cats and kittens! If you’re the proud owner of a furry cat-themed keyboard, a cat-themed GPU, and a cat-themed Colorful B650 Colorfire motherboard, you can now complete your kitty-based setup by updating the BIOS to feature, you guessed it, a little cat at the bottom of the screen. Also, your family worries about…
After two incredibly successful beta weekends, Battlefield 6 is hot on the horizon. While the BF6 beta challenges already gave us plenty of exclusive rewards to grind for that carry over into the full game, EA has just launched the Road to Battlefield 6 event, which hands out even more goodies. The catch is that…
More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. One should never overlook the humble NPC. Sure, they’re not the ones leading the way in the war against the…
Mondays—who needs ’em. I’m not having a particularly great one, myself. But I’m enjoying it far more now, as I’ve just found out that a bunch of Riot’s big bosses had to get up on stage at a leadership meeting and figure out what “gooning” meant. That’s per gameplay director on LoL spinoff Teamfight Tactics,…
Need to know What is it? An atmospheric surfing game from the creators of The PathlessRelease date August 19, 2025Expect to pay TBADeveloper Giant SquidPublisher Giant SquidReviewed on RX 6800 XT, i5 12400F, 32GB RAMMultiplayer NoSteam Deck UnknownLink: Steam The first time I played The Pathless, when it released on Apple Arcade back in 2020,…
The Chinese government has reportedly mandated that its domestic data center operators nationwide should source more than 50 per cent of their chips from domestic producers. The mandate is said to have originated in guidelines proposed last March for the Shanghai municipality, which stipulated that “adoption of domestic computing and storage chips at the city’s…