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Card Shark, the game about cheating, social mobility, and getting stabbed by peasants, arrives on June 2

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Devolver Digital announced today that Card Shark, the game of cheating at cards, climbing the ranks of society, and trying not to be murdered like a dog, will finally arrive on June 2. Card Shark sounds very cool. Cheating is…

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Let Me Solo Her's glorious 1000th battle was a nail biter

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Let Me Solo Her has now defeated the hardest boss in Elden Ring 1,000 times. There are 165 bosses in the game and he has killed one of them six times that amount. Elden Ring's ultimate folk hero, who has…

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A composer remixed Elden Ring's theme song in 15 styles and they all rock

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

I will admit off the top that I get downright emotional over game theme songs. The list of title screens that give me a watery eye is lengthy, and Elden Ring's horn and drum-filled theme song is definitely on it.…

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Elden Ring player spends hours hiding in a bush to hose an AFK farmer

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

I am easily irritated and occasionally petty, and I think I have a new hero: An Elden Ring player who spent literally hours hiding in a bush just to mess with an AFK farmer who pissed him off. AFK farming…

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Avatar: The Way of Water looks underwhelming, but we're all gonna see it anyway

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

James Cameron's wildly successful Avatar wasn't a videogame movie, but it's probably one of the most videogame-y movies ever made in its elements—it was even accompanied by an ambitious tie-in game which, predictably, didn't quite deliver. The film came out…

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The antitrust lawsuit against Valve is back on

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

The antitrust lawsuit between Valve and Wolfire Games is back on track. The suit was dismissed in November 2021 for failing to meet necessary standards, but without prejudice, meaning Wolfire had 30 days to amend the complaint and refile it.…

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Intel Arc is launching soon, but only in China

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Intel's much-anticipated return to the GPU scene has hit some snags recently. The Intel Arc GPUs have been delayed, yet again but it seems like the Arc A-Series powered desktops are still on track for a Q2 release in China.…

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Cute crab game gets a trailer and coins the term 'Shellslike'

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Aggro Crab is a studio that's quickly built up an image of not being one to take itself too seriously. After its fluorescent satirical dungeon-crawler Going Under, where you battled the demons of failed tech startups, the studio published the…

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FIFA declares that whichever game is called FIFA will be 'the best'

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Yesterday, EA announced that its current licensing deal with FIFA is ending: There will be a FIFA 23 later this year, but from 2023 onwards the long-running football series will be rebranded as EA Sports FC. This marks the end…

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So, I just spent my day playing Valheim through these weird-ass prototype XR glasses

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Say hello, or more appropriately 'Yo, dawg,' to the bodacious lookin' Viture One XR Glasses. We've been having a hands on session in the office this morning with these light, and hella expensive, bad boys. Okay, enough with the '80s…

Metroid 64 fan project is coming to PC

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Metroid 64 is one of the great mysteries of the N64 era. Beyond a few screenshots, nothing came of what would've been the first 3D Metroid game, though in hindsight perhaps it was for the best: the series had a…

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Why I love the surprisingly tactical thrill of cheating in Football Manager

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Very few football fans will be familiar with the career of former Barcelona manager Bart Celona. Only those who lived within the savegame of my Championship Manager 2 career were there to witness his brief but eventful three-week stint at…

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Epic defeats Fortnite cheat seller, donates settlement to kids' hospitals

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Epic Games took an Aussie Fortnite cheater to the Federal Court of Australia, and torched his ass. Brandon Despotakis, who went by the online handle BlazeFN, sold Fortnite cheats and in-game accounts to other players, and Epic took action against…

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The leaked 2001 Duke Nukem Forever build can now be downloaded

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

When the 2001 E3 build of Duke Nukem Forever leaked online the other day, emerging from its 90s strip club smelling of beer masked by a half-pack of Hubba Bubba, it pricked our curiosity. Sure, the build was obviously incomplete…

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The best Warzone loadouts and class setups

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Looking for the best Warzone loadout for Season 3? Classified Arms is here, and whether this is your first battle royale rodeo or you're a seasoned veteran strutting the streets and open fields of Caldera, you'll know there are few…

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Elden Ring sold over 13M copies in its first month

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Elden Ring managed to sell 13.4 million copies in just over a month, firmly cementing it as FromSoftware's most successful game to date. The staggering sales were revealed in Bandai Namco's latest earnings call, spanning the first five weeks of…

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Today's Wordle answer #326: Wednesday, May 11

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Have you been searching for Wordle May 11 (326) Wanswer and now need a hand? Have you ever woken up with a great word stuck in your head, and you just can't wait to see if it's as brilliant an…

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Core Keeper gets dedicated servers, teases first big content update

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Core Keeper, the Terraria-like underground survival sim that blew past 500,000 downloads on Steam just a couple weeks after launch, now has dedicated servers. The new feature, added in an update that rolled out today, will give Core Keeper players…

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Intel shows off its Arctic Sound-M datacentre GPU

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

During its recent 'Vision' event, Intel shared details on its upcoming Arctic Sound-M (ATS-M) GPU. ATS-M is Intel’s general-purpose datacentre GPU. It’s designed for compute and transcoding operations and its set to form the backbone of Intel and its clients’…

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Razer's new wireless Viper V2 Pro mouse is lighter than ever

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Razer has released the successor to one of our favourite series of lightweight gaming mice of the past few years, the Viper. These mice are known for having a light profile that's easy to move despite the long battery life.…

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Mass Effect store listing that mentioned Shepard was a mistake, apparently

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Back in November, BioWare issued a teaser image for a forthcoming Mass Effect game, depicting four characters walking from a shuttle towards a geth-shaped crater. As of recently, you've been able to purchase a high-quality lithograph of said image, which…

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Former 3D Realms owners clash over Duke Nukem Forever blame

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Apogee, which also went by 3D Realms at one time, published a number of successful and super-influential games, but it's known best for its greatest disaster: the 15-year-long development of Duke Nukem Forever, which was ultimately completed by Gearbox. After…

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AMD's reveals the first games to support its FSR 2.0 upscaling tech

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

To coincide with the launch of the RX 6650 XT, RX 6750 XT and RX 6950 XT, AMD is launching version two of its FidelityFX Super Resolution image upscaling technology. FSR 2.0 is designed to boost frame rates without the…

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Microsoft announces heaps of specially designed accessibility accessories

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Furthering accessibility in gaming and tech is always a wonderful initiative that opens up this wonderful hobby to an even wider range of people. It's impossible to expect every person with different capabilities to be able to work the same…

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Gwent's first two seasonal journeys are back, without the time limits

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Since 2020, the standalone version of collectible card game Gwent has had a battle pass equivalent called journeys, which gave players three months to earn rewards including avatars, animated borders, card backs, and skins, with the shiniest ones only available…

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iPods are officially dead

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Today Apple announced it has ended production of the iPod Touch, the last remaining model of the portable music player that served as precursor to the iPhone, and thus, smartphones. Apple delicately buried the lede in its announcement, pointing to…

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Battlefield 2042 is using the 'Vince Zampella-slash-Respawn model' now, EA CEO says

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Electronic Arts said in its Q3 investors call back in February that the much-maligned military shooter Battlefield 2042 did not meet the company's expectations. CEO Andrew Wilson cited both technical problems and design choices as the reasons the game “did…

The best free PC games in 2022

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

It's that time of year: the doldrums. There are few big games on the horizon, and so we turn our attention to the best free PC games to while away the hours. Not that there's ever really a bad time…

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Riot sues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang maker for reasons you can probably guess

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

League of Legends studio Riot Games is suing Mobile Legends: Bang Bang developer Shanghai Moonton Technology Company, saying the studio is engaged in a “deliberate and sustained campaign to free ride on Riot’s highly valuable rights in the mobile videogame…

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How multiplayer and co-op work in Elden Ring

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Elden Ring doesn't have to be a singleplayer adventure. It's great as a solo journey, maybe aided along by the occasional helpful summon to get you through a particularly tough boss fight. But it can also be a game you…

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Your motherboard can't handle Samsung's chonky new 512GB RAM modules

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Samsung is laying the groundwork for servers to pack in tens of terabytes of system memory with a world first: a 512GB PCIe 5.0 DRAM module. This is what the Compute Express Link (CXL) memory module was designed for, and…

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EA blows the final whistle on FIFA

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Last year EA announced it would look to re-brand the long-running FIFA series. Reports at the time suggested that FIFA wanted too much money for EA executives, who were increasingly aware that the game is bigger than the license. The…

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Best Razer gaming laptop deals

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Are you looking for a new Razer gaming laptop? We've reviewed all the best Razer gaming laptops and found that Razer makes, hands-down, some of the best gaming laptops on the market you can buy. However, when it comes to…

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Gabe Newell once wondered if Left 4 Dead really needed zombies

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Left 4 Dead is one of the most famous and successful zombie games of all time. It even presaged the runaway success of The Walking Dead television show. But there was a time when the presence of zombies in the…

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Gotham Knights could use another delay, judging from this gameplay demo

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Gotham Knights is a game set following Batman's 'death', in which you play as his protégées—Robin, Batgirl, Red Hood and Nightwing—and bosh various thugs. It's not related to the Arkham games, apparently, but a new gameplay trailer showcasing Nightwing and…

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Intel's latest HX chips bring desktop-grade features to gaming laptops

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Intel's 12th-Gen Alder Lake CPUs have already wowed on the desktop and in laptops, where its hybrid architecture produced a great performance uptick, particularly when it comes to gaming. Intel isn't done with its new architecture and has just announced…

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The best microphone for streaming, gaming, and podcasting

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

The best microphone for gaming and streaming could save you time on your pre-stream set-up process or the money to hire your own audio engineer for the day. Whether you're upgrading your Twitch stream or looking to sound a little…

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This UE5 train station scene makes me fear the future of horror games

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

I am not good with horror. Actually, I'm just plain awful with anything scary at all. I don't know what it is but my brain is capable of taking the smallest bits of gross and gory media and growing them…

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Western Digital's newest hard drive is a 26TB monster

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Western Digital has announced its upcoming 22TB Ultrastar DC HC570 and 26TB Ultrastar DC HC670 UltraSMR HDDs, the first of their kind. But in an age of super speedy SSDs, you might wonder what the point of coming out with…

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Final Fantasy 14's director says there's a distinct difference between MMOs and the metaverse

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Naoki Yoshida has said he doesn't believe that the metaverse is “entertainment,” adding how he doesn't see the concept as being similar to MMOs like his own Final Fantasy 14. Comparisons have been drawn between the two since the whole…

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AMD unleashes the RX 6950 XT, costs $100 more than RX 6900 XT

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

AMD is launching three new Radeon RX 6000-series graphics cards today, led by the courageously powerful AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. While not a direct replacement for the RX 6900 XT, the RX 6950 XT is now AMD's most powerful…

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Ghostwire: Tokyo's director is interested in making DLC and sequels

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Ghostwire: Tokyo, might get DLC and a sequel or two after its director has expressed interest in expanding the story. Kenji Kimura, in a new interview, has expressed his hopes of continuing the story of the ghoulish game once “things…

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Best AMD motherboards in 2022

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

The best AMD motherboard can be host to a multitude of AMD Ryzen CPUs, though you'll likely want one of the red team's latest Ryzen 5000-series chips in your machine in 2022. But we're not talking chips, we're talking chipsets.…

Now Bandai Namco says it's 'actively working' on fixing the PC Souls games

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Last week we reported on the slightly unusual situation that's developed with the Dark Souls games on PC. Essentially, the games have been offline since January, when a major exploit was made public, and this was swiftly followed by the…

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Oh the irony, Facebook shifts to Meta then opens up a store in the REAL WORLD

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Some of us on the team have made our opinions on the metaverse clear, but that doesn't stop the mighty Zuck going ahead with his machinations. Plans to launch the metaverse, and convince today's youth to sign up, are finally…

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Last Spartan Standing isn't Halo's battle royale, but it probably should be

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Since Halo Infinite's announcement, there have been rumblings of a Halo battle royale. This week, Halo Infinite season 2 brought with it a new story chapter, two new maps, and Last Spartan Standing—a free for all elimination mode that's the…

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Today's Wordle answer #325: Tuesday, May 10

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Have you been hoping to find the Wordle May 10 (325) answer? Then it's a good thing I'm here to help. Thinking about it, community spirit is all part of Wordle's success, isn't it? Whether we sail through or struggle…

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25 years later, this museum figured out how to stop screen cheating in GoldenEye

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

Screen cheating has always been the bane of split screen gaming. There's nothing quite like sneakily creeping around corners only to find out your opponent has been right there waiting for you. Not out of any deduction or skill, just…

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Costa Rica declared national emergency after massive hack

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

If you've ever needed proof that cyber attacks are a very real and devastating thing, the entire country of Costa Rica has declared a national emergency after being bombarded with digital attacks. Bleeping Computer reports that the Costa Rican President,…

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E-waste is an untapped source of rare Earth materials

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

As the world battles through supply chain issues and geopolitical concerns disrupt the timely flow of materials, it’s becoming ever clearer that the supply of many rare earth metals and material is unsustainable. These materials are found in all kinds…

Best capture cards for PC gaming

2 weeks ago PC Gamer

The best capture cards make creating any type of gaming content much easier. Whether you're recording footage from your PlayStation 5 for your Twitch stream or for a let's play on your YouTube channel, a good capture card makes the…

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