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Two of the best wireless gaming headsets with a PC Gamer recommends badge in the top right.
Best wireless gaming headsets in 2026: the top cans I'd buy myself

By Dave James Last updated

Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.

Untethered
Fractal Terra and Corsair Air 5400 PC cases
The best PC cases in 2026: These are the chassis I'd use for my next gaming build

By Jacob Ridley Last updated

Best case You'll want the best PC case if you're building your perfect gaming PC.

Best case
A Logitech G502 X and Razer Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse on a yellow background with a PC Gamer Recommended logo in the top-right.
Best gaming mouse in 2026: We've tested the very best mice and these are the top picks

By Dave James Last updated

Pinpoint The best gaming mouse for every game, budget, grip, and size.

Pinpoint
The SteelSeries QcK Performance mouse pad and the Razer Firefly V2 Pro on a silver/white background with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right
Best mouse pads for gaming in 2026: the fabric and hard-top mats I prefer to game on

By Jacob Ridley Last updated

Slick The best mouse pads offer slick mouse movement and awesome aesthetics, no matter what surface you prefer.

Slick
A pair of divers swim through an alien ocean propelled by wrist jets in Subnautica 2.
Turn down these five Subnautica 2 settings from Epic to High for a massive frame rate boost

By Andy Edser Published

Shipshape Hello Lumen my old friend.

Shipshape
A screenshot of the PC version of Forza Horizon 6, taken using the game's photo mode and maximum graphics settings (including ray tracing)
Forza Horizon 6 PC performance analysis: Heavy on your CPU, with uninspiring ray tracing, but at least it all runs very nicely

By Nick Evanson Published

Flying forza frames From handhelds to old gaming PCs, pretty much anything will run the new Forza.

Flying forza frames
A CPU and gaming PC next to a map highlighting the strait of Hormuz in Iran
Here's how the Iran war is hitting key supplies for components, according to supply chain experts

By Jacob Fox Published

Supply choke The ripples span wider than you might think.

Supply choke
Screenshots of a small FPS project using 'gaussian splatting' to render its photorealistic environment.
Gaussian Splatting is my new favourite thing, so I hassled an ex-Epic artist to tell me everything he knows about the low-cost 'photo-real' rendering technique

By Jess Kinghorn Published

A point of view "It is not just a rendering trick—it changes the entire capture-to-delivery pipeline."

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A point of view
The Steam Controller on a desk during a teardown, with various parts removed.
Valve forming an orderly queue for the Steam Controller makes it clear we need the same for the Steam Machine, Frame, and perhaps a lot more in-demand tech too

By Jacob Ridley Published

Grab a ticket We need a better system.

Grab a ticket
Steam Controller (2015)
I bought a $5 Steam Controller 7 years ago and forgot it existed. Now it's my new living room sidekick

By Morgan Park Published

In Control Sorry old Steam Controller, I wasn't familiar with your games.

In Control
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