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Become more powerful than you can possibly imagine with Fortnite's latest skin

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As teased during Fortnite's fortnight of Star Wars celebrations, Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi is coming to the game on May 26. The skin will be sold in the item shop and comes with 'Desert Essentials Back Bling', and there are…

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How to have the best Deus Ex-perience in 2022

27 mins ago PC Gamer

It is accepted internet law that if someone mentions Deus Ex in passing, another person will reinstall it. Despite some clunkiness, it remains one of the strongest examples of the immersive sim over 20 years after its debut. A sprawling…

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Genshin Impact's 2.7 update gets a name, date and trailer

28 mins ago PC Gamer

Following its delay due to ongoing lockdowns in Shanghai, Genshin Impact's 2.7 update has a name, date and a trailer, confirming Kuki Shinobu and Yelan are the new characters and it will be set in the recently-added Chasm area. The…

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How blood essence works in V Rising

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If you're trying to figure out how to get blood essence in V Rising, you're in luck. The top-down vampire survival game has just entered Steam's Early Access, and favourable comparisons to Valheim are already being made. V Rising has…

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Genshin Impact codes: free Primogems and Mora for May

2 hours ago PC Gamer

Looking for the latest Genshin Impact codes? With version 2.7 on the horizon and both Kuki Shinobu and Yelan on the way, you're going to need a lot of Primogems if you want to grab any of the new characters.…

How we test PC gaming hardware

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We put a whole heap of different technological goodies through their paces here at PC Gamer, and we work hard to make sure that all our testing is reliable, repeatable, trustworthy, and ultimately fair. It's not just about how fast…

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Ace Combat scores the dream collaboration with Top Gun

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Ace Combat recently celebrated 25 years (and announced a new one's in the works). While reporting on that I mused about how the best thing Bandai Namco could do for Ace Combat 7 would be the fantasy collaboration with Top…

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Steam Deck beta update includes more fan curve improvements

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May 19's Steam OS 3.2 Beta Patch notes for the Steam Deck speak of a much improved fan curve, among other practical updates to the device's HUD, audio, and other game specific fixes. It comes alongside yet more updates to…

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Where to find whetstone in V Rising

3 hours ago PC Gamer

In V Rising, you'll need to seek out all manner of items if you want to craft the best gear, including the valuable whetstone. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a high-risk, high-reward situation as whetstones are often dropped by the…

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TikTok's trying to get into games in a big way

4 hours ago PC Gamer

TikTok is gigantic—the video-sharing app, particularly popular among the younger demographic, has more than one billion active users and is forecast to turnover around $11 billion this year. The app is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese firm, and was initially…

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One year on, Odyssey still misunderstands what made Elite Dangerous great

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I am 22,500 lightyears away from Earth, standing on a rock no human has ever touched. Three stars bake the golden dust of this world, while another hangs anxiously in the sky. The mountain range stretches far, far out to…

The best HDMI cable for PC gaming

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The best HDMI cable is likely the least tangled one you have close to hand when you're setting up your new TV or console. However, there is such a thing as a 'good' HDMI cable. A good quality cable won't…

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Today's Wordle answer #335: Friday, May 20

5 hours ago PC Gamer

Have you been scouring the internet for the Wordle May 20 (335) answer? Let's get some positive thinking in here: Win or lose, every guess I make is one step closer to revealing the answer. Thanks for that, Wordle—knowing the…

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RTX 3080 12GB and RTX 3050 crypto-mining limiters unlocked to 90% efficiency

6 hours ago PC Gamer

Cryptocurrencies aren't having a great time of it at the moment, but you can't keep a world-destroying idea down. Sure enough, NiceHash has announced that its mining software, NiceHash QuickMiner (Excavator) now runs the latest LHRv3 cards at 90% efficiency.…

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide—gameplay, trailers and everything we know

10 hours ago PC Gamer

Vermintide 2 is one of our favourite co-op games, but with Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Fatshark is switching from fantasy to Games Workshop's sci-fi setting. That's right, it's time to pick up a chainsword and do battle in the grim darkness…

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Darktide will have a playable psyker class

11 hours ago PC Gamer

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is following in the footsteps of the Vermintide series, which are four-player co-op games where players choose from various thematically appropriate classes. While we saw an ogryn, a zealot, and two veterans in the release date trailer,…

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It's World Bee Day, so let's marvel at AI hives that know exactly what bees need

11 hours ago PC Gamer

Friday the 20th of May is the day the world comes together to celebrate bees. It was chosen for World Bee Day in honor of the birthday of a pioneer of modern apiculture, Anton Janša, and is recognized by the…

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Check out this cute circular screen terminal DIY using a Framework Mainboard

12 hours ago PC Gamer

Cute DIY PCs are easily some of the coolest machines around. They showcase the ingenuity and imaginations of individuals who get to make something just for the fun of it. This leads to the cutest, weirdest, and least practical PC…

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SpaceX allegedly paid $250K to cover up Elon Musk sexual misconduct claim

15 hours ago PC Gamer

A Business Insider article published today claims that a contracted SpaceX flight attendant was paid $250,000 by the company to keep quiet after she reported that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had exposed his penis and propositioned her during…

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V Rising doesn't make me feel much like a vampire

16 hours ago PC Gamer

I remember my first night in Minecraft, hiding in a hole I'd dug in the ground, waiting for the sun to come up while zombies mumbled and grumbled outside. V Rising reverses that. I spend my days in the dark,…

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I'm still riding the high of unlocking Tunic's secret language

17 hours ago PC Gamer

The other day, I was chopping grass and kicking ass in Tunic when my friend Alex joined the Discord channel. “Where are you right now?” he asked in an uncharacteristically serious voice. Alex had turned me on to Tunic a…

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Blizzard nerfs $25 Hearthstone card

17 hours ago PC Gamer

A new Hearthstone balance patch brings a number of changes to Blizzard's long-running CCG, most notably to Drek'Thar, which has been nerfed considerably: Its battlecry now summons just one minion from a player's deck, instead of two. It's a notable…

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Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown crashes into 2023

17 hours ago PC Gamer

The open-world supercar racing game Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown was announced in 2020, and a year later was scheduled for a release in 2022. Sadly for fans of the long-running series, that's not going to happen, as publisher Nacon…

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V Rising: How to craft leather in the vampire survival game

17 hours ago PC Gamer

V Rising leather is a crafting material you'll need pretty early on in the vampire survival game. But unlike most of the early-game crafting items, how to get leather isn't clearly explained and you may wind up wondering where it…

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People can't explain what the metaverse is but are very excited for it

18 hours ago PC Gamer

A recent survey shows that many people have heard of “the metaverse,” but only a fraction of them can explain what it is. That's not surprising, considering that depending on who you ask, the metaverse is either the next evolution…

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The latest sadistic Sims challenge: survive 24 hours unsupervised in a haunted house

18 hours ago PC Gamer

Sims players have come up with all sorts of community challenge runs over the years—raising 100 babies or starting life with no cash in Rags to Riches. The latest one doesn't have a catchy name yet, at least not that…

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Best cheap gaming chair right now

18 hours ago PC Gamer

The best cheap gaming chair is tricky to find. There are so many options out there and it takes a lot of effort to comb through the details and find out if they're legit or not. You can pick up…

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EVE Anywhere is taking space spreadsheet gaming to the cloud

19 hours ago PC Gamer

CCP Games has launched a cloud-based browser client for EVE Online called EVE Anywhere, which allows players to commit their sci-fi white collar crimes through Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari. The client entered an 11,000-user beta in August of 2021,…

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The mad lads at Bungie are finally giving Destiny 2 players more storage space

20 hours ago PC Gamer

Tucked away in the patch notes of the latest This Week at Bungie, a longstanding Destiny 2 community request has at least partially been fulfilled: Every Guardian is getting 100 extra storage slots in their vault, bringing the total to…

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Best light gaming mouse in 2022

20 hours ago PC Gamer

The best light gaming mouse turns one of the most used parts of your gaming setup into one of the slickest experiences. Normal gaming mice have their place, but light gaming mice can have a huge impact on how fast…

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Here's 18 cracking minutes of Fallout: London gameplay

20 hours ago PC Gamer

One of the most exciting announcements during E3 in 2021 wasn't for a new game but a mod for an existing one. Fallout: London is a DLC-sized mod for Fallout 4 that takes the famously unchanging nature of war and…

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Borderlands 3 goes free on the Epic Store

21 hours ago PC Gamer

Last week's Epic Games Store freebie was a big one, and this week's is even bigger. The “mystery game” locked behind the vault in last week's tease has been revealed as Borderlands 3, Gearbox's multi-million-selling off-world looter-shooter. The Epic giveaway…

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An Arizona dad is suing Blizzard over his kid's $300 Hearthstone bill

21 hours ago PC Gamer

As reported by Polygon, an Arizona father has brought a potential class action lawsuit against Blizzard over the sale of Hearthstone card packs to minors. Lawyers of the father, Nathan Harris, filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Orange…

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The best G-Sync monitors in 2022

21 hours ago PC Gamer

The best G-Sync monitors make playing games smooth like butter. They link your graphics card up to your monitor and the result is an experience that will ruin any attempt to try to play on another setup. Since 2013, this…

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The Future Games Show returns in June

21 hours ago PC Gamer

The Future Games Show is returning this summer, showcasing over 40 games on PC and consoles. The show will be broadcast on Saturday, June 11, kicking off at 12 pm PDT (3:00 pm EDT, 20:00 BST) on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube,…

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Hedge fund that got wrecked by the GameStop stock surge to close

22 hours ago PC Gamer

In 2021, a remarkable financial story emerged from r/wallstreetbets—one that saw the subreddit's stonk memes eventually turning into the GameStop stock surge. It was such a spike, and caused such huge losses for some, that the event has been the…

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The Witcher 3's next-gen upgrade is finally back on the calendar

22 hours ago PC Gamer

The Witcher 3's big next-gen expansion is now officially un-delayed: CD Projekt announced today that the long-awaited, long-overdue upgrade is now set to arrive sometime in the fourth quarter of the year. “Let's make this 7th anniversary even better, shall…

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Marvel Snap is the first game from former Hearthstone director Ben Brode's new studio

22 hours ago PC Gamer

In 2018, Hearthstone game director Ben Brode abruptly left Blizzard, saying that he was moving on to start a new company. Later that year, Brode revealed his new endeavor as Second Dinner, saying he was “looking forward to designing, programming,…

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'Security researchers' aka hackers make $800k in prize money for exploiting Windows 11 and Teams

22 hours ago PC Gamer

Contestants in a hacking contest have netted over $800K in prize money after finding exploits in Windows 11, Microsoft Teams, and other enterprise software on the first day. During this 15th annual Pwn2Own Vancouver hacking competition, the teams discovered 16…

I put bathtub Geralt on my PSU because PC gaming is awesome and absurd

23 hours ago PC Gamer

When I talk about how the PC is the most customisable gaming platform, this wasn't what I had in mind. Though in many ways being able to put a gif of tub Geralt on a tiny screen on my PSU…

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Exclusive Magic: The Gathering card reveal: Karlach, Fury of Avernus

23 hours ago PC Gamer

In its latest planar journey, Magic: The Gathering has moved into the fantasy city of Baldur's Gate and is rubbing elbows with the who's who of the Dungeons and Dragons world. Familiar faces are a given, but a surprising number…

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MultiVersus is a shockingly good fighting game with tanks, supports, and counters

23 hours ago PC Gamer

If Fortnite and TikTok have taught me anything, it's that when vastly different brands and pop culture icons collide with each other it can be both dissonant and legitimately rad. MultiVersus, which is a clever and haunting title for a…

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The Iron Giant fights in MultiVersus because it's an 'alternate universe' director says

23 hours ago PC Gamer

In MultiVersus, the Smash Bros-like platform fighter with a roster of classic Warner Bros. characters, the Iron Giant is not the gentle-hearted pacifist of the 1999 film. He's a combatant right alongside Superman and can, presumably, violently toss his enemies…

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11 games with impressively tiny install sizes in 2022

24 hours ago PC Gamer

It’s a dance we’ve all done. A PC only has so much storage, and games are only getting bigger. A day inevitably comes where installing a new game demands some hard drive triage. For one to enter, something must leave.…

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Sherlock Holmes studio Frogwares is making a new game, despite the war

1 day ago PC Gamer

Like other Ukrainian developers, Sherlock Holmes studio Frogwares was affected by the ongoing Russian invasion of the country—effectively making it impossibly to continue working. Fortunately, a “MegaGrant” from Epic Games helped the studio soften the financial blow and move staff…

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Everything we know about Shikanoin Heizou in Genshin Impact

1 day ago PC Gamer

More top Genshin Impact builds (Image credit: miHoYo) Genshin Impact Ayato build: Ayaka's big bro Genshin Impact Ayaka build: Frostflake Heron Genshin Impact Venti build : Drunken bard Genshin Impact Yae Miko build: Electro Kitsune Genshin Impact Raiden Shogun build:…

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V Rising is more than Valheim with vampires

1 day ago PC Gamer

V Rising slinked out of its coffin and into early access this week, joining the survival game ranks and the top of the Steam best sellers list. The comparisons with Valheim were instantaneous, and not entirely unwarranted. Both are novel…

Home worker gets verbal warning for gaming on break despite switching to their own PC

1 day ago PC Gamer

Imagine discovering your boss had somehow been listening to everything you did and said, even outside of meetings and phone calls. How fired would you be? Okay, so it's a little far-fetched for most, but these are the fears of…

Reviews

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 (AH7H) review

1 day ago PC Gamer

The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 isn't as graphically impressive as some of 2022 models we've seen so far this year, and I had hoped that would be reflected in its price. However, it's not. You can pick up an…

This year's PC Gaming Show airs June 12 at 12:30 pm PT

1 day ago PC Gamer

There's technically no E3 this year, but like migratory birds guided by Earth's magnetic field, flocks of game announcements will pass through Southern California this June anyway. 2022's most exciting group, recognizable by their RGB plumage, will congregate at the…

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How to complete Knight Bernahl's quest in Elden Ring

1 day ago PC Gamer

Bernahl's quest is one of the many NPC storylines you can explore in Elden Ring. You can meet him very early on in the game, but his quest won't really kick off until you reach Volcano Manor in Mt. Gelmir.…

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