Seeing all things AI at a tech tradeshow is hardly unusual these days. However, there was something about the tenor of CES 2026’s tidal wave of AI announcements that really got under my skin—namely, many of the exhibitors seem to have forgotten the ‘consumer’ part of this electronics tradeshow. CES 2026 (Image credit: Future) Catch…
Top Deal: You’ve lived your life the philosophy of “Go big or go home,” right? Hey, we can dig it! We’re all about excess, though at the same time, while going big can be pricey, there are still opportunities to save a bit of coin. Case in point, check out today’s top deal for an…
Dungeon Master (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Dungeon Master, PC Gamer’s regular RPG column, where Online Editor Fraser Brown delves into PC gaming’s most beloved and enduring genre. Grab a seat in our badly-lit tavern and please ignore the goblin puke. Larian didn’t want to make Baldur’s Gate 4, BioWare veteran James Ohlen didn’t want…
Let me tell you how a PlayStation in a Welsh recording studio sparked a three-decade journey into the rhythm-action genre. This is the birth of our game, Aaero2: Black Razor Edition, which is available now on PS5.. As the 90s came to an end, my band had just signed our first record deal and we…
First spotted by Blue’s News, GOG is showing some love to Neverwinter Nights 2 and its fans ahead of the launch of the game’s enhanced edition this week. The original game has been added to GOG’s preservation program, and owners of NwN2 on GOG have a 15% off “loyalty discount” on the remaster, one that…
Hold on to your hats, Apple fans—the Apple Magic Mouse is rumoured to be getting a redesign, hopefully ending the tyranny of what is surely the worst port placement on any peripheral, ever. Bloomberg reports that there’s a new model in the works, and the design team is “aiming to devise something that better fits…
Ever felt lost at sea in the first days of a new job? I’ll admit it—my first weeks at PC Gamer, I had no idea what I was doing (some might say that’s still the case). I was just trying to keep my head above water and not publish anything libellous, or at least nothing…
Production of Sony and Amazon MGM’s God of War series seems to be ticking along nicely after starting from scratch back in 2024. Ed Skrein has just been added to the cast. The North London actor will play Baldur, the main antagonist from the 2018 God of War game. As reported by Deadline (via Eurogamer),…
Alienware has been taking a run at the high-end peripheral market recently with its Pro line of gaming accessories. Following the Alienware Pro Wireless keyboard and Alienware Pro Wireless mouse, we now have the Alienware Pro Wireless gaming headset, presumably completing a line up of peripherals that Alienware hopes will tempt buyers away from other…
New survey reveals retro is alive and well. We know that retro gaming is big business, but there are so many ways to play old-school games these days that you can be a fan of classic gaming and not own original hardware; consoles like the Switch and PS5 give access to titles digitally, and we’ve…