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February 2025
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- February 8
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- We're in a golden age of spy TV shows, but I have to play a 14-year-old MMO to get my videogame espionage kicks
- Heart of the Machine is Crusader Kings for speculative sci-fi nerds, flipping the script on the cult AI War series
- I spent too long playing the Cyberpunk 2077 mod that turns V's hands into feet, and now I genuinely think it's what's great about PC gaming
- February 7
- February 6
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- Unique items in Path of Exile 2 need to take more inspiration from Grim Dawn's diarrhea pants
- Eight months into the brave new world of Windows on ARM, and this is the state of play for PC gaming outside of the x86 arena
- This no-vidia gaming PC is a great example of how small design decisions can make it feel like you're building a PC on easy-mode
- I've already spent 25 hours with this idle game where an adorable grass-cutting frog keeps me company on my desktop, and it's safe to say I'm obsessed
- Where the AF are all the graphics cards?! It's not just the new RTX 50-series that's impossible to buy, finding any decent GPU in stock at the major US retailers right now is like staring into an abyss of nothing
- The best Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 mods at launch: unlimited quicksaves, increased carry weight, instant herb-pickin'
- February 5
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- The Sims 2 has the most unhinged drama in the entire series that finally seduced me away from my beloved Build Mode
- Civilization 7 early access unlock time and release date
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. isn't just a PC port of a 19-year-old game: it's the reason a diehard fighting game community can 'finally reach out and play with each other across the world'
- EA has learned all the wrong lessons from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and it's going to be disastrous for the future of Mass Effect 5—if it even has a future
- February 4
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- I messed up so bad in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 that I was literally branded a criminal and hours later I'm still shunned by society
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer brings heart, soul, and sweet handbrake turns back to the genre just when it needed them most
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is proof, if any was ever needed, that you don't need the latest graphics technology to have a great-looking game that also runs well
- February 3
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- Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To is a chill haven where problems melt away
- This month's PC Game Pass offering features sweet RPGs and brutal actioners from the Far East
- Not even the most powerful gaming PC is going to get around Civilization 7's ridiculously variable performance
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 performance analysis—scalable frame rates, decent graphics, and barely a stutter in sight
- Civilization 7 PC performance analysis: Playable on lots of systems but the late game will grind down whatever CPU you have
- February 2
- February 1
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- The PC game releases we're most excited about in February
- I'm a Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode sicko, and these are the 4 new subclass builds I'm most excited for in Patch 8
- Put Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Hades and Risk of Rain in a blender and you get Helskate, plus a whole lot of jank
- I've navigated Marvel Rivals' chaotic ranked play and dragged myself out of Plat hell, which means it's time to start preparing to do it all over again next season