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The Witcher 3’s story director says an ideal quest is ‘constructed in such a way that the player puts the controller away, stands up, and starts walking’

The Witcher 3, being one of the best RPGs of its era, naturally has a lot of very good quests—quests with weighty, significant choices that give you pause to think. In speaking with PC Gamer’s Joshua Wolens, story director Marcin Blacha says that pause is a sign that he and his team have done something…

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Research Shows Overclocking is Cool Again

Pushing the pedal to the metal The number of people who overclock their desktop PCs is growing, according to data found in the latest HWInsights Quarterly Report. We have no idea how HWInsights tracks such things, but apparently there was a 50 percent uptick in the annual growth of overclockers from the first quarter of…

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Helldivers 2’s next warbond is delayed, as Arrowhead says it ‘needs more time to cook’ following the shooter’s massive progression rework

Big changes have been happening within Helldivers 2 of late. After tension within the community saw Steam reviews plummet to Mostly Negative, Arrowhead issued a statement promising a whole bunch of alterations to how the game works. Technical improvements! New red stratagems! And most importantly of all, a complete rework of how objectives and player…

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Your Privacy: Going Under the Radar

This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. We reveal who’s watching you online and the best ways to shut them out Picture the scene. You’re minding your own business, happily downloading torrents, when the FBI storm your room and drag you…

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