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We should all just take a moment to appreciate Valve announcing new Steam hardware in 2025 and NOT ONCE MENTIONING AI
AI-free Refreshing, ain't it?
Best PC joysticks in 2026: These are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
Locked On The best PC joysticks take you to new heights.
Valve just quietly redefined what PC gaming can be all while an increasingly delusional Microsoft desperately tries to tell everyone their PC is an Xbox now
MS no more Valve has been loosening a desperate Microsoft's grip on PC gaming one gnarled finger at a time.
Framework 16 (RTX 5070 upgrade) gaming laptop review
Score: 73% I'm happy to see you, but buddy, you're out of my league.
The kit filter: The perfect parts for building your first gaming PC
These are the components we think offer the best bang for buck today.
Razer's knocked $900 off the price of the glorious Blade 14 gaming laptop, cementing its place as the object of my technological desires
Deal Beating the Asus Zephyrus G14 on style, performance, and now pricing, too.
The best PC cases in 2026: These are the chassis I'd use for my next gaming build
Best case You'll want the best PC case if you're building your perfect gaming PC.
The kit filter: We've tracked down the gear pro-gamers use to git gud
All the kit to help you game like a professional.
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming PC review
Score: 84% Expensive, and one of the best handheld gaming PCs, but c'mon, Microsoft, this is no Xbox.
Now it's in my hands the new Xbox Ally X is a far better handheld than I expected, but it's still got a lot of work to do to convince me it's a) worth $1,000 or b) that it's an Xbox
ROGer It's seriously quiet, real fast, and the Windows handheld experience mostly works. Mostly. But that price...
Amazon October Prime Day gaming laptop deals
Prime Day Deals October Prime Day might have finished but some of its deals are still flowing.
Best October Prime Day Deals Live — The best PC gaming hardware deals still live
Prime Day live We're ploughing on through the Big Deal Days sales, and there are still impressive discounts on GPUs, gaming laptops, PCs, SSDs, and monitors.
This remains the best-value gaming laptop deal I've seen over Prime Day and I actually can't believe it's still available to buy
Deal Egregious memory config cardinal sin aside, this is a great little gaming laptop.
Weirdly, Walmart is one of the best places to shop for Prime Day gaming PC deals
Prime Day Who woulda thought it?
Secretlab's new InfinitePrecision pro-gamer armrests aren't what I thought they were going to be. Nor as precise as I expected
Precisely why? I can't help but feel this is more pro-gamer placebo than anything else.
With AI datacenters gobbling up all the memory, a 2 TB SSD deal for just 4.5₵ per GB might not make it to Black Friday
Deal Get 'em while they're vaguely affordable.
Multi-button gaming mice aren't just for MMOs as Corsair's latest rodent shows, knocking Razer off its historic perch as best MMO gaming mouse
So. Many. Buttons The Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE isn't just a pretty facia of many, many buttons.
Of all that's wireless in this gaming life, gaming keyboards aren't just entirely pointless they're [expletive deleted] annoying
Wires Nope, you won't convince me this is a worthwhile thing. Wires are fine.
Humanscale Freedom Chair with Headrest review
Score: 81% An almost ludicrously expensive chair for those with discerning tastes. And spines.
Cheap graphics card deals this week
Pixel pushers We've done the hard yards sourcing the best prices for all the best graphics cards you should fit into your gaming PC.
Best 14-inch gaming laptop in 2026: The top compact gaming laptops I've held in these hands
Smol The 14-inch form factor is the perfect nexus point between performance and portability.
Framework's promise of an upgradeable gaming laptop has finally been made real as Nvidia steps into the void left by AMD
News The new Framework 16 has been announced with a backwards compatible RTX 5070 graphics module.
