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The best Australian PC gaming deals this week

By PC Gamer

News Hand-picked deals from the Aussie PCG team.

Wow, MicroProse Soccer just hit Steam

By Shaun Prescott

News The 1988 8-bit soccer sim was developed by Sensible Software, of Sensible Soccer fame.

The end of every Call of Duty: Warzone Plunder match is an ear-splitting nightmare

By Morgan Park

HOT MIC An open voice channel with 100 people goes as well as you'd expect.

Valheim has fireworks, if you're willing to sacrifice your surtling cores

By Christopher Livingston

News Celebrate your Viking achievements by turning a surtling core into an exploding missile.

An image of a foggy eastern european square from an unfinished Half-Life 2 map.

Source Engine Aesthetics is a museum of level design vibes from 2004 to 2014

By Jonathan Bolding

News A surprisingly diverse, compelling Twitter collection of how games looked in the recent past.

Call of Duty: Warzone squad sets an unreal 162 kill record in a single match

By Shaun Prescott

News It’s a record that ‘will NEVER be broken,' according to record setter.

An image of the hero Grimstroke from Dota 2

Dota 2's tutorial sucks, so Dota 2 players are spending $25,000 to make a new one

By Jonathan Bolding

News Someone has to teach people to spam "whoops" in the chat wheel.

The studio that made sci-fi shooter Disintegration is closing

By Tyler Wilde

news V1 Interactive was co-founded in 2014 by Halo art director Marcus Lehto.

Latest Call of Duty: Cold War patch adds a new hardcore mode

By Morgan Park

NEWS A few nasty Outbreak bugs have also been squashed.

World of Warcraft's much-anticipated patch arrives tomorrow, improves Mythic+ dungeon gear

By Steven Messner

News Patch 9.0.5 introduces a bunch of new fixes and brings back Valor points so players can gear up easier.

Dark Souls 3 is a damn sports game now thanks to this amazing mod

By James Davenport

mod Play some Rock Lizard soccer over Archdragon Peak or race through a deadly obstacle course in the Undead Settlement.

You can now play 2D Minecraft in the Minecraft chat window

By Christopher Livingston

News Mineception.

An image from Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is coming to PC in July

By Jonathan Bolding

News Unlike Monster Hunter Rise, the release will be simultaneous with the Switch version.

This monster CPU cooler is the weight of a whole gaming laptop

By Dave James

news And about one and a half times as heavy as a human brain, and seven-tenths as heavy as a brick. You get the idea. It's weighty.

A teaser image of the Doom Slayer confronting the Dark Lord from Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two. Angels and demons are battling in the background as a giant mecha clashes with a giant demon.

Doom Eternal's next DLC teases the battle with the Dark Lord

By Jonathan Bolding

News The first look at the second expansion comes on March 15th.

This Dark Souls 3 mod brings Sekiro's weapons and movesets to Lothric

By Natalie Clayton

news While you were linking the fire, I was studying the blade.

Six Days in Fallujah publisher does a 180, now says the game is 'inseparable from politics'

By Mollie Taylor

News "We understand the events recreated in Six Days in Fallujah are inseparable from politics."

StonX Cookie VR full body tracking beacon all lit up

Swedish teen's start-up brings us the most affordable VR full-body tracking ever

By Katie Wickens

News Some cheap and cheerful innovation for out-of-pocket VR enthusiasts.

New Intel Alder Lake leak promises 24-thread gaming laptop chips

By Alan Dexter

News Intel's first hybrid chips look to come in many, many guises.

One of the best PC streaming services is filing for bankruptcy

By Natalie Clayton

news But Blade feels this is simply a transitionary step towards 'a new beginning' for Shadow, and claims the service will remain unaffected.

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This weekend I spent 22 hours farming golf balls in Destiny 2, what is wrong with me? Reminder to self: set status to offline so colleagues won't see my shame in Steam next time.

Farmer's Life

Gem Wizards Tactics is bite-size strategy that pits potato wizards against corporate demons Turns out potatoes are really good at magic.

Microsoft's $7.5B acquisition of Bethesda has been given the green light The SEC and EU Commission have given their approval to proceed.

news

Loop Hero tips: 11 tricks for kicking ass in the grim 'n grindy RPG Tile building strategies, best builds, and other Loop Hero secrets.

ringer

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Dota 2's tutorial sucks, so Dota 2 players are spending $25,000 to make a new one

By Jonathan Bolding

Someone has to teach people to spam "whoops" in the chat wheel.

The studio that made sci-fi shooter Disintegration is closing

By Tyler Wilde

V1 Interactive was co-founded in 2014 by Halo art director Marcus Lehto.

Latest Call of Duty: Cold War patch adds a new hardcore mode

By Morgan Park

A few nasty Outbreak bugs have also been squashed.

World of Warcraft's much-anticipated patch arrives tomorrow, improves Mythic+ dungeon gear

By Steven Messner

Patch 9.0.5 introduces a bunch of new fixes and brings back Valor points so players can gear up easier.

Dark Souls 3 is a damn sports game now thanks to this amazing mod

By James Davenport

Play some Rock Lizard soccer over Archdragon Peak or race through a deadly obstacle course in the Undead Settlement.

You can now play 2D Minecraft in the Minecraft chat window

By Christopher Livingston

Mineception.

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is coming to PC in July

By Jonathan Bolding

Unlike Monster Hunter Rise, the release will be simultaneous with the Switch version.

This monster CPU cooler is the weight of a whole gaming laptop

By Dave James

And about one and a half times as heavy as a human brain, and seven-tenths as heavy as a brick. You get the idea. It's weighty.

Doom Eternal's next DLC teases the battle with the Dark Lord

By Jonathan Bolding

The first look at the second expansion comes on March 15th.

This Dark Souls 3 mod brings Sekiro's weapons and movesets to Lothric

By Natalie Clayton

While you were linking the fire, I was studying the blade.

Six Days in Fallujah publisher does a 180, now says the game is 'inseparable from politics'

By Mollie Taylor

"We understand the events recreated in Six Days in Fallujah are inseparable from politics."

Swedish teen's start-up brings us the most affordable VR full-body tracking ever

By Katie Wickens

Some cheap and cheerful innovation for out-of-pocket VR enthusiasts.

New Intel Alder Lake leak promises 24-thread gaming laptop chips

By Alan Dexter

Intel's first hybrid chips look to come in many, many guises.

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The best FPS games

By PCGamer

The best FPS games we think you should play right now.

Supercross 4 review

By Phil Iwaniuk

Flow rider Technically, it's called "Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 4," but we'll just go with Supercross 4.

Flow rider

Loop Hero is the year's first slam dunk

By Morgan Park

TIME LOOP Don't sleep on this brilliant roguelike.

TIME LOOP

Best PCIe 4.0 SSD for gaming in 2021

By Alan Dexter

Fastest flash Give your PC the ultimate speed boost, with a cutting-edge PCIe 4.0 SSD.

Fastest flash

Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 8, 2021)

By Shaun Prescott

New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

New on Steam

Wheatley, a spherical AI core from Portal 2

Great moments in PC gaming: Shooting the moon in Portal 2

By Morgan Park

YOU MONSTER That time we gave Wheatley a permanent vacation.

YOU MONSTER

What did you play last week?

By Jody Macgregor

Tell us! Here's what we've been up to. What about you?

Tell us!

Have you ever been a dirty dang cheat in a game?

By PC Gamer

PCG Q&A Now's the time to get it off your chest.

PCG Q&A

Crapshoot: The games of variable quality based on Star Trek: The Next Generation

By Richard Cobbett

Make it so-so We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad

Make it so-so

The perfect Call of Duty zombies mode is here, and it's not Outbreak

By Morgan Park

DEAD OPS Zombies at its most buckwild is a mode that I can finally get behind.

DEAD OPS

It Takes Two is a promising co-op rom-com, apart from the gyrating sentient book

By Rachel Watts

A different kind of couples therapy.

Bloodborne deserves way better than 30fps on the PS4

By Rich Stanton

Eye Eye One of Playstation's greatest exclusives needs a new lease of life.

Eye Eye

Call of Duty: Cold War Outbreak tips: Exfil from the Ural Mountains with ease

By Harry Shepherd

ural screwed Send the undead packing with this Cold War Outbreak guide.

ural screwed

Grom the Paunch from Total War: Warhammer 2

I wish videogames would let me paint my armies

By Fraser Brown

Art attack It's one of the best parts of tabletop gaming, long ignored by digital adaptations.

Art attack

The best Fara 83 loadouts for Warzone

By Aron Garst

Faraway targets Best Fara 83 loadout Warzone: Unleash the beastly AR on Verdansk.

Faraway targets

HellSign review

By Robert Zak

Down Under Some cool and clever ideas mix well here, but are Hellsign’s bad jujus worth the squeeze?

Down Under

Blue light isn't ruining your eyes, but you may want to reduce your exposure anyway

By Jody Macgregor

BSOD? Is the danger of blue light overhyped? We asked a doctor.

BSOD?

6 things we'd like to see added to Valheim in Early Access

By Christopher Livingston

wishlist Horses, especially.

wishlist

Two aliens, one round and one cubic, share a look of concern

I don't know what's going on in The Eternal Cylinder but I like it

By Jody Macgregor

??? Who would win: One implacable cylinder, or these big-nosed bois?

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Where to find cookbooks in Fortnite

By Joseph Knoop

Guide How to complete this week 14 challenge.

Guide

I was almost murdered by a moon in Elite Dangerous last night

By Natalie Clayton

Catch up! Playing chicken with the fastest moon in Frontier's galaxy.

Catch up!

The best Valheim mods

By Christopher Livingston

Mods can give you advanced construction systems, the ability to build using resources in crates, and a first-person mode.

CohhCarnage spent 140 hours building an epic Valheim base, here's what he learned

By Steven Messner

Cohh on Homes We asked Twitch streamer CohhCarnage to share his architectural wisdom so we can all be Valheim base-building pros.

Cohh on Homes

Loop Hero review

By Evan Lahti

time capsule This charming "micro RPG" is one of 2021's early gems.

time capsule

The Witcher season 2: Netflix release date, trailers, and episode recaps

By Vikki Blake, Samuel Roberts, PC Gamer

Geralt on TV When to expect The Witcher season 2 on Netflix, recaps of the first eight episodes, and more.

Geralt on TV

PC Gamer UK April issue: Back 4 Blood

By PC Gamer

Magazine Also: A huge Baldur's Gate 3 preview, our in-depth look at Total War: Warhammer III, the month's biggest reviews, and more.

Magazine

The Valheim community continues to make crazy-ass forts

By James Davenport

🏠🏠🏠 Let's look at Valheim's latest batch of beautiful homes.

🏠🏠🏠

The best RPGs on PC

By PC Gamer

Updated! Lose yourself in fantastic worlds and embark on unforgettable quests in these essential PC role-playing games.

Updated!

Nvidia gaming laptop with someone playing games on it

These are the best Nvidia gaming laptop features you're not using

By Katie Wickens

Covert Calibrations A guide to the different Max Q features in the latest Nvidia features.

Covert Calibrations

GTA Online weekly update for March 4, 2021: new podium car, discounts and bonus payouts

By Phil Savage

update Get a helicopter on the (relative) cheap.

update

The Porsche Design AOC Agon PD27 monitor

Totally Rated: Porsche's computer hardware, a smartphone with a telemacro camera, and a very old-school citybuilder

By PC Gamer

Totally Rated Watch the first episode of Future's weekly review series.

Totally Rated

How to easily find the trader in Valheim

By Christopher Livingston

easy money If you haven't spotted Haldor, the NPC trader in Valheim, here are a couple of easy ways to find him.

easy money

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