On the one hand, “score inflation” is a real concern we discuss. We think a game should have to be really special to receive a 90%, so when we start talking about a 94% or a 95%, the game in question ought to make us feel like the guy in the galaxy brain meme with…
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Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. I’m going to level with you,…
Our best FPS is a game that’ll have you saying, “1v1 me, bro”, but in a good way. For more awards, check out our Game of the Year 2024 hub. Jake Tucker, Editorial Director, PC Gaming Show: STRAFTAT makes me feel old. Not like the way my knees crunch as I get out of bed…
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. This year I played three 100-hour…
Even going into the final stretch of The Spirit of the Samurai, I was still unsure if I had understood the fundamentals of its combat. Enemies were every bit as twitchy and unpredictable as they had been at the start of the game, but I still had no idea whether my custom combos were good…
Categorically, what is the biggest problem with PCIe 5.0 drives? It’s the heat. At launch, and even now, those early 5.0 units complete with the Phison E26 controller and Micron 232-layer TLC run seriously hot. To the point it was almost impossible to run one without some form of active cooling baked into it. Corsair…
It’s been weeks since I’ve seen any shred of light, trapped down below the surface of a group-modded Skyblock server. My so-called friends all roam the top layer of dirt working on their factory chicken farm, but I haven’t been able to see any progress at all—I’ve just heard of all the wondrous miracles being…
Our personal picks for the best Switch games of 2024. As we head into the final week of 2024, it’s time to slay the GOTY monster that devours the Decembers of many a gamer. While Nintendo itself has been in wind-down mode, with most internal resources focused on the next console and a software lineup…
A gaming laptop must be the complete package. The screen, GPU, CPU, memory, cooling, keyboard, and trackpad are all important. So, when we’re talking about the best gaming laptop in any given year, it has to be a device that offers an extraordinary package, done extraordinarily well. We’re not short of options for this prestigious…