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The XPG Precog wired gaming headset on a neutral carpeted background.

XPG Precog Studio gaming headset review

By Andy Edser published

Balance issues A great set of drivers and a good mic, imprisoned in awful materials.

Balance issues
A woman wearing a large black mask, the Metadox Ombra, over her mouth, secured by head straps with a microphone cable dangling from the front.

I put a $139 gamer muzzle on my loud husband to muffle his Rainbow Six shouting, but the quiet wasn't worth the guilt

By Lauren Morton published

Silenced The Metadox Ombra does dampen gamer screams as advertised, but at the cost of bad Bane jokes in the group chat.

Silenced
The Kuromi Razer collection, including the pointy-eared headset, mouse mat, mouse, and tenkeyless keyboard, is all perched on the seat of a purple and black gaming chair. The chair itself is also Kuromi themed, and it sits on top of a lilac plinth inside of a similarly coloured room.

This is not a drill: The Razer Kuromi collab is finally more widely available, offering a pointy-eared headset, keyboard, mouse, and gaming chair

By Jess Kinghorn published

News Not so much 'My Melody' as 'Ah! My money!'

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The wired version of the HyperX Cloud Alpha gaming headset floats in a teal void. It is an aviation-style headset with generous black padding on the ear cups and headband. It also has a microphone arm. Most of the body of the audio device is black, with the HyperX logo in red on the ear cup closest to the viewer, and red metal attaching the ear cups to the headband. Red stitching attaches the padding to the headband as well.

Ding ding ding: This is your regular reminder that the HyperX Cloud Alpha is only $80 and still the best wired gaming headset

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal Head in the Cloud Alpha.

Deal
The Alienware Pro Wireless Gaming Headset on a table, showing the Alienware logo on the side of the left earcup.

Alienware Pro Wireless gaming headset review

By Andy Edser published

Alien audio Comfy, yet slightly disappointing.

Alien audio
The Corsair Virtuoso Max wireless headset on a black table

Corsair Virtuoso Max gaming headset review

By James Bentley published

Magic Mic A good headset that will struggle to find its place.

Magic Mic
The PC Gamer best gaming headset 2024 logo, atop a blurred picture of a wireless gaming headset.

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming headsets of 2024

By Andy Edser published

Gear of the year It's been a year of excellent gaming headset releases, so we've rounded up three candidates for the best we've tested in 2024.

Gear of the year
NZXT Relay speaker set

The NZXT Relay is a flawed set of speakers but it's also my favourite bit of hardware from 2024 thanks to its ingenious stand

By James Bentley published

Gear of the Year These aren't smart™ speakers but they are SMART speakers.

Gear of the Year
Steelseries Arctis GameBuds in-ear with PC Gamer Personal Pick 2024 logo

2024 was the year I returned to earbuds after writing them off for nearly a decade thanks to the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds

By Jacob Fox published

Best buds These earbuds were the perfect guide back into in-ear module listening.

Best buds
The Anker Soundcore and Powerconf Bluetooth speaker on a blue and green gradient

Almost 80,000 Amazon-exclusive Anker speakers were just recalled due to fire safety concerns

By James Bentley published

news That hot new sound.

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