Despite limping on Steam charts with a 24-hour peak of less than 200, FBC: Firebreak hits 1 million players milestone—and, let’s face it, it’s probably Game Pass

Remedy’s latest multiplayer shooter has… uh, not done particularly well for itself, if the Steam numbers are anything to go by. At the time of writing, the game has a 24-hour peak player count of 169 (no, I did not miss a digit) and a ‘mixed’ rating on Steam. Critically speaking, we gave it 60%…

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Seagate Ultra Compact review

We see the word Ultra fairly frequently on this website, often tied to graphics cards or other exciting pieces of PC hardware and used to denote improved performance. Here, it’s attached to something as prosaic as a USB SSD, and represents a reduction in something: size. The Ultra Compact is small. There are standard USB…

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I screwed up Karlach’s ending in Baldur’s Gate 3: I thought I’d picked her best outcome but her actor says ‘not very much’ of her is actually left

You know, I was pretty happy with the ending I got in Baldur’s Gate 3 in my (so far) only playthrough. Everything seemed to work out pretty well for everyone. But, and spoilers ahead folks, I guess I was wrong. The end I went with saw exiled Gith prince Orpheus freed from his dimensional time-prison,…

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The new version of Logitech’s glorious MX Master makes an appearance in the EU Intellectual Property Office database, pointing to an imminent release

We happy few in the PC Gamer hardware team are big fans of Logitech’s MX Master ergonomic mouse, with its fantastic main wheel and secondary thumb one. So, when a handful of images for the next iteration of the long-running series popped up in an official database, we were The database in question is that…

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Nacon Revolution X Unlimited review

Gosh, controllers are becoming complicated these days, aren’t they? It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that the majority of gaming controllers gave you a small smattering of face buttons, a couple of triggers, and the odd thumbstick to keep track of. Now, however, we’re starting to see premium options become the norm, covered…

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Deus Ex lead Warren Spector pops up to remind everyone he didn’t make the game alone in a cave, wish you a happy 25th anniversary, and get me wondering if something Deus Ex-related is happening behind the scenes

The man forever fated to be known as the creator of Deus Ex would like you to know that he did not, in fact, create Deus Ex. Not single-handedly, anyway. In a video marking the 25th (oh my god) anniversary of the first Deus Ex, Warren Spector emerged from his hermitage to wish everyone a…

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Want size and speed in your SSD? Micron’s new 2600 boasts ‘up to 63% faster sequential write and 49% faster random write speeds’ than the competition

There’s one thing that budget-sector and massive-capacity SSDs have in common, and it’s the type of memory chips they use. They both commonly sport QLC NAND flash, which is great for price and storage, but not so hot for performance. Micron reckons it has the solution to this in the form of a new flash…

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Every item in Peak and what they do

As you make your way around Peak, you’ll come across a variety of items that give you no guidance toward what they actually do. Occasionally, you can make an educated guess, but a lot of the time these items leave you questioning how much use they will really be. Should you take up precious bag…

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Elden Ring Nightreign player hits 63,375 damage and keeps going until they’re punished for their hubris: ‘I was suddenly unable to deal any damage at all’

FromSoftware’s Dark Souls games have a unifying theme of great power leading to great corruption and decay—fallen kingdoms, ruined kings, and whatever the hell is going on with the Gaping Dragon. It’s fitting, then, that an Elden Ring Nightreign player obtained similar godhood before their own hubristic fall. As spotted (and translated) by Automaton, a…

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‘No one wants to see Leon scared’: Resident Evil 9 Requiem director admits that Leon Kennedy is just too cool to be the protagonist of a horror game

Ever since Resident Evil 9 Requiem was teased at Summer Game Fest players, myself included, have been huffing copium in hopes that, despite everything we’ve seen, Capcom will bring Leon Kennedy back for this iconic return to Raccoon City. Koshi Nakanishi, director of Requiem, has stated multiple times that Grace Ashcroft will be the protagonist,…

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