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October 2023
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- October 31
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- Should you take Raphael's deal in Baldur's Gate 3?
 - Dark Messiah was 'horny, generic, linear, unbalanced' and may have been forgotten by Arkane, but it's inspiring a new generation of developers
 - Alan Wake 2 Streamside stash key: Where to find it
 - Windows Copilot is a brave new world for your OS but I'm still not convinced
 - Where to use the Flower Key in Baldur's Gate 3
 - I can't believe I had to come back to Final Fantasy 14 to pay rent, but it was a blessing in disguise
 - How to get Malignant body parts and summon Varshan in Diablo 4
 - Alan Wake 2 rock rock tree riddle: How to get the code
 
 - October 30
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- Cities: Skylines 2: How to fix the 'Not Enough Customers' problem
 - Steam is hiding a treasure trove of great games you'll tragically never be able to play without a VPN
 - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is really hoping you'll show up already loving Avatar
 - This grimdark tactical RPG let me become a satanic Wolverine who barks like a dog
 - All Lords of the Fallen Pumpkin Patch locations
 - Alan Wake 2 crossbow location: Where to find it
 - Mesh shaders explained: What are they, what's the big fuss, and why are they only in Alan Wake 2?
 - It's been over a decade since it was shut down, but no MMO captures the Halloween spirit quite like City of Heroes
 - Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 30, 2023)
 
 - October 28
 - October 27
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- The Finals is too sweaty for its own good
 - Exclusive interview: Valve on the future of Counter-Strike 2
 - For such a gorgeous game Alan Wake 2 runs surprisingly well on budget graphics cards
 - You can run Alan Wake 2 on a 10-series or older graphics card, but you definitely shouldn't
 - Diving into bronze age battle in Total War: Pharaoh
 - How to get Exquisite Blood and summon Lord Zir in Diablo 4
 - Alan Wake 2 charms list and how they work
 - Alan Wake 2 is a stunning example of what the future of PC gaming looks like—but only on Nvidia
 - Alan Wake 2 Cult Stash locations and how to solve them
 - Where to find Manuscript Fragments in Alan Wake 2
 - How to enter Caldera St. Station in Alan Wake 2
 - Alan Wake 2 Nursery Rhyme puzzles: How to place the dolls
 - Alan Wake 2 shotgun code: Where to find the numbers
 
 - October 26
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- Thank god they didn't overwrite Payday 2 with Payday 3
 - This beautiful $6 city builder is my new favorite puzzle game
 - Halo Infinite Season 5 has the makings of an honest-to-god comeback
 - Our Hearthstone Showdown in the Badlands card reveal is snakes all the way down
 - Dave the Diver: 7 tips to turn you into a sushi master
 
 - October 25
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- 14 console games that should've been on PC instead
 - I ranked all 16 of Return to Moria's beard options from worst to best
 - If RDNA 5 can't turn things around I have a tough time believing AMD will stick around in PC graphics for much longer
 - Total War: Pharaoh lets you seek favour from three pantheons of gods in an ancient world on the brink of collapse
 - I made a one-way bathtub Geralt city in Cities: Skylines 2 and want to move there
 - How to get Bronze Ingots in Return to Moria
 - Diablo 4 Duriel boss: How to get Shards of Agony and Mucus-Slick Eggs
 
 - October 24
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- Diablo 4 finally fixed its loot problem, but now it has an inventory problem
 - Cities: Skylines 2 and Like a Dragon: Ishin! lead the charge in another strong month for PC Game Pass
 - Cities: Skylines 2 photo mode save location: Where to find all those pretty pictures you took
 - Cities: Skylines 2's weird terrain quirks mean you'll need to start landscaping immediately
 - How to get Black Diamond in Return to Moria
 - Want to hack your desk setup? Start with your gaming chair.
 - Cities: Skylines 2: Immediately change these 5 graphics options for a big performance boost
 - Cities: Skylines 2 tips: Everything you should know before placing your first building
 - How to get coal in Return to Moria
 - How to unlock fast travel in Return to Moria
 - How to get Orc Keys in Return to Moria
 - How to find and use Muznakan Carvings in Return to Moria
 - How to get the Steel Pickaxe in Return to Moria
 - The Alan Wake 2 mesh shader issue is a reminder that one day your mega expensive GPU just won't be good enough to run the very latest games
 
 - October 23
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- Squadron 42 looks like it cost the millions it should have, but we're not sold on it yet
 - Is it just me or are graphics card manufacturers going to absurd levels to stand out nowadays?
 - Even without a single mod, Skyrim has hooked me again in 2023 thanks to my Steam Deck
 - How to get Distilled Fear and summon The Beast in the Ice boss in Diablo 4
 - Rumours schmoomers. This is what I think Nvidia's Super refresh for the RTX 4080 will be like
 - Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 23, 2023)
 
 - October 22
 - October 20
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- Bandcamp is the best of the internet, please stop hurting it
 - Cities: Skylines 2 leaves out goofy stuff like pink vans with giant donuts on them, and I miss it
 - 10 quietly popular games on PC
 - Paradox Interactive just put a city within a city for the Cities: Skylines II launch
 - How to find Hildir in Valheim and complete her request
 - Cyberpunk 2077's redemption is complete, but the future remains murky for CD Projekt
 
 - October 19
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- My favorite Titanic adventure game is remarkably faithful to the historic disaster, except for how it floats above Tokyo circa 2026 stuffed with demons
 - With only a few holdouts left, we're so close to everything launching on PC it's almost time to retire the phrase 'PC port'
 - How to get Living Steel and summon Grigoire in Diablo 4
 - How to unlock Accursed Touch in Diablo 4
 - $10,000 up for grabs in the Talking Angela Fashion Contest
 - Enjoy Superior Comfort with the new ThunderX3 CORE premium ergonomic gaming chair
 - Every Bethesda RPG, ranked from worst to best
 
 - October 18
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- Railgrade looks like a sandbox train builder, but it's actually the rare sim with missions that keep me on track
 - All GTA Online Ghosts Exposed locations
 - How to rob the Ghost Train in Warzone 2's The Haunting event
 - How Diablo 4 Pacts work in the Season of Blood
 - Meet the leaders of Egypt, Canaan, and Hattusa in Total War: Pharaoh
 - How to get the Festival of the Lost Memento in Destiny 2
 - How to equip Vampiric Powers in Diablo 4 and use them
 
 - October 17
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- The new worst gaming trend: killing our favorite games to replace them with sequels
 - I'm enjoying my second playthrough of Lords of the Fallen way more, and I'm kinda mad about it
 - Diablo 4 boss loot tables for Season 10: Season of Infernal Chaos
 - How to get an environmental kill in Assassin's Creed Mirage
 - My V in Cyberpunk 2077 has absolutely no game at all, and I love him for it
 
 - October 16
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 - October 13
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- I stayed at all 17 of Baldur's Gate 3's unique campsites and painstakingly rated the accommodations like some kind of Forgotten Realms bon vivant
 - No amount of GPU refreshes are going to fix my disappointment in the current generation. And I say that as someone who actually bought an RTX 4070 Ti
 - You need to try building your own castles block by block in this brilliant RTS demo
 - Best OLED gaming monitors in 2025: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
 - How to respec in Lords of the Fallen
 - What's the best starting class in Lords of the Fallen?
 - Build your own digital D&D dungeons and let your players explore them in first-person with this clever new tool
 - Cities: Skylines 2 devs say they 'learned a lot from the feedback from the community'
 - Magic: The Gathering turns Doctor Who's heroes and villains into cardboard while remaining impressively accurate to their core
 - The Modern Warfare 3 beta shows just how important it is who makes Call of Duty
 
 - October 12
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- How to free the Tortured Prisoner in Lords of the Fallen
 - Lords of the Fallen: How to beat Pieta, She of Blessed Renewal
 - How to get boss weapons in Lords of the Fallen
 - Lords of the Fallen: Best weapons to grab early
 - How to help Kukajin's statue in Lords of the Fallen
 - Where to find the Skyrest Bridge Key in Lords of the Fallen
 - 10 tips to get started in Lords of the Fallen
 - CS2 ranks and premier ratings: the new system explained
 - Here's when Lords of the Fallen releases in your timezone
 - Where to find every outfit in Assassin's Creed Mirage
 
 - October 11
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- Modern Warfare 3 beta weekend times and how to redeem a beta code
 - 6 big changes to Starfield I'd like to see in the next year
 - Cleaning up grisly murders is weirdly satisfying in this free demo
 - How to pickpocket in Assassin's Creed Mirage
 - Stratospherically popular rhythm game Ensemble Stars!! Music arrives on PC October 12th—play at launch to get bonus content
 - 7 things I wish I knew before playing Total War: Pharaoh
 - All Assassin's Creed Mirage Enigma locations and their solutions
 - Lost Isle is your next open-world survival obsession
 
 - October 10
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 - October 6
 - October 5
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- Todd Howard says Starfield was 'made to be played for a long time,' but a month after launch I'm already drifting away
 - Minecraft mob vote 2023: when and where to vote
 - 9 useful tips to get the most out of Assassin's Creed Mirage
 - Where to find the pickaxe in Sons of the Forest
 - Core Keeper, one of our favourite co-op survival games, keeps getting bigger and better
 - How to reduce your Notoriety in Assassin's Creed Mirage
 - The time PC Gamer gave a Star Trek game just 8%: ‘If this were any worse, it would be offensive’
 
 - October 4
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- El Paso, Elsewhere's mashup of Max Payne and breakup ballad shouldn't work, and yet it's one of the boldest, freshest games of the year
 - It's no Gang Beasts killer, but Party Animals has made me fall in love with physics-based mayhem all over again
 - Where to find Rumble Coins in World of Warcraft
 - Try not to piss off your clones in this survival game from the developers of Frostpunk and This War of Mine
 - Where to find Mysterious Shards and Isu gear in Assassin's Creed Mirage
 - Total War: Pharaoh's dynamic weather system lets you feel the heat of battle
 
 - October 3
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 - October 1
 

