PC Gaming
You don’t need to spend a fortune on your next liquid cooler. The Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 ARGB is all you need for a modern processor and it costs just $94/£80. That’s for the 360 mm version with ARGB lighting. You could spend as little as $71/£62 on the 240 mm option without…
We’ve got all sorts of Wordle help waiting below, ranging from the sweet and simple to the more thoughtful. Use our tips to make the most out of every letter you uncover, and turn every new puzzle into a winner. There’s a clue for the July 22 (1494) game around here as well, something to…
In the latest episode of Nightdive Studios’ podcast series, legendary FPS developer John Romero came on to talk about the industry, past and present. He ended with a surreal anecdote about the inception of the Deer Hunter series, and thus hunting sims as we know them. “Back in the ’90s, Wal-Mart had a ton of…
Descenders Next is a sequel of sorts to Descenders, but it’s pretty different. It’s still about going down hills really fast, but it’s no longer about doing so on pushbikes: instead we have snowboards and mountainboards. I played a little bit last year and loved it, so I’m pretty happy to see it’s just shadowdropped…
EA has done what I was starting to worry was impossible: Make a rational, popular design decision around Battlefield 6 classes. Earlier this year, the studio caught heat for a series of dev blogs detailing how Battlefield 6’s class system would carry over an unpopular Battlefield 2042 change that allowed all classes to use all…
I wouldn’t blame you for feeling like the games industry is in a dire state. Microsoft’s recent layoffs and studio closures are just the latest in a years-long, industry-wide bloodletting where successful game releases don’t provide any protection against corporate downsizing. Things aren’t great at the moment, but legendary shooter designer John Romero says that…
As reported by Game Developer, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has bought its own independence from former owner Sumo Digital, but laid off an undisclosed number of employees in the process, bringing its total headcount to 55. The management buyout was done with the help of venture capital funding, and…
The co-founder of Valve Corporation, Gabe Newell, recently gave an interview to YouTuber Zalkar Saliev. The ocean-going billionaire shares his thoughts on everything from his daily routine to startup culture, but one of the largest themes is AI: and the “funny situation” Newell foresees whereby people who can’t code become “more effective developers of value”…
The Abiotic Factor 1.0 update is almost here, finally bringing the Half-Life-inspired survival crafting adventure to its first version complete milestone. As far as early access games go, it’s been a brief and fairly consistent journey—the rare, smooth roadmap rollout since Abiotic Factor’s early release in May 2024. Over the last year, developer Deep Field…
Some people want to watch the world burn. Others, however, will take the simplest of instructions and deliberately subvert them in the most creative manner possible in order to cause maximum irritation—and I love those people. Case in point, IT manager Mike Coats, who has submitted his entry for Hackaday’s One Hertz Challenge, the Metronalmost….