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- October 11
- October 10
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- GTA 6 leaker threatens to upload a build with 'full story mode'
- Squadron 42 has a Steam page
- Deadlock surpasses Team Fortress 2's all-time concurrent player count peak as it adds a chess wizard
- The studio behind Star Wars Zero Company is bringing back some of its furloughed staff
- Triple-A Minesweeper is a gleeful send-up of blockbuster gaming's worst habits, from yellow paint to characters who talk too much
- Be warned: Nivalis Nights may not be the cozy game you expect: 'If you want a cozy existence in this city, you're going to have to earn it'
- Expect plenty more Silent Hill over the next few years, as Konami has plans for 'second and third waves' of new games in its revived horror series
- 'If you're skilful enough, you can chop the head off a monster, kick it midair, and then kill another monster with it': Consider me sold on this indie first-person ARPG
- Mafia 3, which PC Gamer scored 54% but which I say is great, got a nice little 10th-anniversary update
- October 9
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- 'Overcooked broke you apart and Stage Fright is there to put you back together'
- Cyberpunk 2077 is being made into a movie, even though we've already got the perfect cyberpunk movie starring Keanu Reeves as a guy named Johnny
- Leisure Suit Larry is about to take his final bow
- Wardogs will bribe players with cash and XP to pick Blue team in Season 2
- 'I was nice to you three times in a row, so can I have one sex please?': Why Nivalis Nights intentionally avoided transactional romances
- Worldwide PC shipments have plummeted by over 20%, to the surprise of absolutely no one
- Valve is telling devs how well their games actually run on Steam Deck with real world data
- WoW: Forever dev says 'there's a real longing for that slower, more deliberate pace' in MMOs: 'A deliberate pushback on this go go go nature'
- Motion blur is the worst effect in games (confirmed)
- When the weather turns foul in Arc Raiders' Pendola Pass, take a trip to a Storm Hut—they're some of the best loot spots I've found
- Counter-Strike 2 player dedicates Master's thesis to rooting out cheaters, creates grade A player tracking system
- Does Razer's 'Perfect 180' insta-turning mouse feature count as cheating? You decide
- New Razer Basilisk V4 executes perfect 180 degree turns at the click of a button, all while looking like a Power Ranger's foot
- WoW: Forever's list of changes snowballed as Blizzard got more excited, says dev: 'Our original pitch internally was: We'll do 4 new dungeons'
- Intel to release new CPUs on old socket in early 2027 says Gigabyte - memory crisis making DDR4 desirable again
- Peter Molyneux explains the origin story of Black & White's famous creatures: 'It was originally a monster. It wasn't a cute creature'
- October 8
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- Blizzard refuses to let World of Warcraft: Forever's dungeons become the fastest way to grind XP: 'We need to hold firm on these balance adjustments'
- US government accuses Microsoft of replacing American workers with 'foreign indentured servants,' then gives Satya Nadella a medal
- Jason may or may not appear fully nude in GTA 6, but either way we've now seen his dong
- A great indie studio is making a sequel to one of my favorite adventures 17 years later, for one simple reason: 'We're not getting any younger, and the world seems to be ending'
- Subnautica 2 fans can finally hunt and kill those pesky Nibbler Mangos—in Dave the Diver's crossover DLC
- Amazon is roasting users with their own shopping habits, but it don't have nothin' on us
- As it lays off developers and closes studios, Xbox launches a new division focused on 'how people experience our franchises beyond the games themselves'
- All hail the long steam machine, Pimax's new SteamOS-ready mini PC
- Pimax says 'I'll have what Valve's having' as it announces new wireless VR headset, foveated streaming, updated controllers, and long Steam Machine
- I've hand-picked the 27 best PC gaming deals still running right now, so you don't miss out
- Microsoft seems very excited about its new magnetic USB Type-C charger for the Surface Laptop Ultra, but it don't impress me much
- I'm intrigued by this political sim that puts you smack-dab in Germany at the end of World War 1
- I can't believe you can pick up a Glorious mid-range wireless gaming mouse for as low as $15 right now
- Spiritfarer dev's next game, At Fate's End, is one of the prettiest things I've ever seen
- You can get the HP Omen 35L gaming PC with an RTX 5080 for a whopping 44% off
- The RX 9060 XT 8 GB is down to $400, its lowest price in a month, which wouldn't be a deal if it weren't for the absolute state of the market right now
- The best OLED gaming monitor deal of Prime Day is somehow still live, just $270
- I'm genuinely surprised this $1,200 RTX 5070 gaming laptop deal is still running
- Now we know the prices of the new RTX Spark laptops and they're as expensive as I'm sure you feared
- October 7
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- Blizzard promises to make the blue elves in World of Warcraft: Forever look worse (positive)
- Blood Bowl 3 is being replaced by Warhammer Blood Bowl: What will happen to everyone's unspent currency?
- Bobby's back
- Steam is about to start getting some of the best Japanese pixel art in gaming history
- World of Warcraft: Forever drops the PvP grind so normal people can have fancy titles too
- Skate has been de-live serviced by ReSkate, a modding platform downloaded 350,000 times—devs say they will comply if EA's lawyers come knocking
- You don't need DDR5 to have a good time this Prime Day, so here's a DDR4 PC build that doesn't suck
- For a moment it looked like Grand Theft Auto 6 might be playable on PC on launch day—then Xbox's chief strategy officer crashed the party
- The gaming laptop I'd buy with my own cash this Prime Day is... this Asus, even though it's got a teeny weeny little SSD
- This $85 4K webcam is almost half the price I reviewed it at, and one of the best I've used
- I only reviewed this awesome 4K Tandem OLED gaming monitor a few months ago and it's already $200 cheaper for Prime Day
- This is the best bundle I've spotted this Prime Day: $630 gets you 32 GB of DDR5, a motherboard, a Ryzen 5 9600X, and an MSI cooler
- I've rounded up the six gaming laptop deals under $1,500 that are worth your time this Prime Day
- At $0.13 per GB, this is the best way to beef up your handheld gaming PC's storage
- Critical Role's latest D&D episode was so stressful, I discovered a new noise my mouth can make
- The Meta Quest 3S VR headset for under $300 is one of the best Prime Day deals of 2026
- This Razer mouse is the sole reason I haven't been kicked out of my WoW guild, and it's 21% off during Prime Day
- The biggest discounts on PC hardware we've spotted this Prime Day
- Lenovo's Legion Go S has dropped by 14% this Prime Day, beating the Steam Deck in price and performance
- When's the last time you cleaned your PC? If the answer is 'can't remember,' grab this air duster during Prime Day
- I'd buy this MSI Claw over a Steam Deck this Prime Day
- This is the best way to bag yourself an RTX 5070 Ti GPU and oodles of RAM on Prime Day
- The 15 most popular Prime Day PC gaming deals, as clicked on by you
- Samsung's 1 TB 9100 Pro PCIe 5.0 SSD just dropped under $200 for Prime Day, an almost 50% price cut
- I've been building PCs for 20 years, and some of my favorite tools and ties are way cheaper this Prime Day
- I don't fully understand how gaming monitors can be so cheap, but some of this year's Prime Day deals are certainly spectacular
- At only $0.12/GB, this is the best value 2 TB SSD I've seen all Prime Day
- PSA: Star Wars Galactic Racer pilots, put some points in resilience before you hit the acid planet
- October 6
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- 'Please give Novus one more chance': An 11-year-old early access survival game just got its first update since 2018
- This Razer gaming chair might be the only thing to save your buns this year and it's $80 off for Prime Day
- Amazon isn't offering the best RX 9070 XT gaming PC deal right now, Newegg is
- Warhorse co-founder believes 'AI is not a get out of jail free card' and that execs have a 'simplified mental model' of what it means for games
- Our best MMO gaming mouse is half price in the Prime Day sales, so prepare yourself for much World of Warcraft-ing
- I've been looking for graphics card deals all day and this RX 9070 GRE at MSRP is the only thing saving me from total despair
- With a 27% Prime Day discount, my favorite gaming headset is even more purr-fect
- Come shop with me for a gaming desk, as my back hates me and Prime Day deals are all too tempting
- This $220 MSI is the cheapest 34-inch ultrawide gaming monitor from a big brand this Prime Day
- These Prime Day gaming chair deals will have your buns covered
- I've found an RTX 5070 gaming laptop for $1,200 in the Prime Day sales. This is not a drill.
- The best PC and Xbox pad right now is less than $65 this Prime Day
- Can I interest you in a NAS in these trying times? It's $146 off for Prime Day and I really like mine
- If 4K OLED gaming sounds like a good idea, you're going to love these Prime Day monitor deals from under $550
- *Stomp, stomp, stomp*: Run for your lives, our best gaming headset pick is down to $120 this Prime Day and it's heading this way
- The Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Wireless is the best gaming headset I've had in a decade, and Prime Day completely fixes my only major complaint
- Say goodbye to stick drift: GameSir's Nova Lite 2 gamepad is less than $25 right now on Prime Day
- Ditch your busted old cans this Prime Day and grab one of these 12 stellar gaming headset deals, starting from just $28
- Button mashers rejoice: Gaming keyboard deals are plentiful this Prime Day, and here are my absolute favorites
- These are two of the very best Amazon Prime OLED gaming monitor deals starting at $280
- At only $0.13/GB this Prime Day, this is the most affordable 1 TB SSD I've seen in an age
- Razer's competitive controller is such a good deal this Prime Day that I thought I clicked on the wrong listing
- There are simply too many great controller deals this Prime Day so here are the three I'd be looking at
- Despite the tragic death of its lead writer, one of the scariest games I have ever played will finally come out later this month
- October 5
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- Steam sale deep cut alert: this ARPG originally developed for Nokia N-Gage is brilliant on Deck
- Industry layoff watch: Supermassive, Ninja Theory, The Coalition, and a warning from Warhorse
- Despite calling Grand Theft Auto 'a videogame franchise built around criminal activity,' Miami-Dade sheriff isn't mad about the NBA's 'Vice City' transformation
- The final showdown: Motion blur vs chromatic aberration
- Developer gets a little too silly, recommends deadly psychoactive ingredient in its bad boy-themed cocktail
- My top gaming picks this Prime Day (live) - regular updates from a seasoned tech reviewer
- RuneScape dev apologises after RuneFest debut of an AI-generated six-fingered character: 'That's pretty hard to explain away'
- Arc Raiders is looking for 'more ways to integrate real human performances' starting with Celeste's visual overhaul for Frozen Trail
- Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft is already a slam dunk, but it's how it captures the spirit of the MMO that makes it stand out
- If you like super light gaming mice, I've found one of the best we've ever tested with $30 off in the pre-Prime Day sales
- This proper-spec RTX 5060 gaming laptop offers a beefy 16-core AMD chip for reasonable cash in the pre-Prime Day sales
- You can get an OLED gaming monitor for a penny under $300, which is an absolute steal in my book
- I've already spotted the best RTX 5080 gaming PC deal I've seen in a long time, and Prime Day hasn't even technically started yet
- The magic, wireless-charging gaming headset I use every day has a pre-Prime Day discount already
- Razer's vertical gaming mouse is great if your wrists have fallen out of love with traditional squeakers, especially at its lowest ever price
- Capcom's remake machine is ticking away, only problem is that means revisiting Resident Evil 5 and 6
- It's easy to forget now, but the first Elder Scrolls game had a rough launch back in the day: 'It was a disaster in a lot of ways and somehow built a billion-dollar franchise'
- October 4
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- Garry Newman responds to s&box criticism in lengthy YouTube comment: 'I don't like giving up on things, I am stubborn'
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder says a lot of RPGs are 'still games for teenagers,' and that he's 'tired of all the RPGs where you are this chosen one'
- Brigador devs: 'The '90s PC classics often taught really special things, but not because the story said, Wow, violence is bad!'
- RuneScape is getting a new character type that promises a fresh start, but existing players are wary of splitting the community up
- Yet another free fan level pack for Quake has arrived, and this one's all about a feature rarely seen in id Software's classic shooter
- Grand Theft Auto 6 features 'detailed decapitation' and 'frequent and prominent' drug use, according to hastily deleted PEGI rating
- An OpenAI model was caught trying to cheat at StarCraft, and of course it did it by stealing a human's work
- GTA 6 won't be letting up on the satire: 'If you are going to put all this effort into creating a version of today's world, it has to be more over the top, more insane, more in your face'
- One of the most popular Total War: Warhammer 3 mods was 'deliberately corrupted' by its creator to sabotage AI-made copies
- October 3
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- Crimson Desert DLC delayed by 2 weeks, please join me in wishing the devs a fond 'take your time, please drink some water'
- Valorant player claims to have inherited hardware ban through secondhand CPU, Riot anticheat boss disputes parts of story
- RuneScape 4 announced at RuneFest, full MMO sequel started as expansion to survival game Dragonwilds
- The Witcher 3's remaster just brought it to a new all-time concurrent player count peak
- Deadlock's new hero Rat King has over 100 voice lines dedicated to throwing rats at you
- 007 First Light gets free DLC that will finally let you drive James Bond's Aston Martin properly
- Capcom announces plans to transform its RE Engine into an 'AI-generation game engine'
- October 2
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- Let's catch you up on all the latest news from Steam's 20 most-wishlisted games
- For once, I'm happy to see expensive corporate lawyers forcing a fan project offline
- I've been skeptical about Bandai Namco's upcoming Gundam game—but then I saw this model kit's chainsaw macuahuitl
- After 30 years they finally let Ace Combat's director fly in a real jet, and I'm taking credit
- Destiny 2 might be back, but the Bungie Store is going away
- Dear former NFL head coach Mike Tomlin: Your 12-year Minecraft city is beautiful
- The WoW: Forever beta's nerf to dungeon XP isn't nearly as bad as it seems
- 200 Hz for $200, OLED for $330—monitors are still the best deal in PC gaming
- Metal desks nearly destroyed a Valorant tournament
- Riot needed absurd player counts 'in the high hundreds of thousands, if not millions' for 2XKO, dooming it from launch
- Looks like you will have to pinky promise you won't export your RTX 5090 if you buy a gaming PC from Micro Center now
- Unscrupulous Airbnb host tries to get $1,700 out of Redditor with AI-generated pic of overflowing toilet
- Turns out you can download more battery as Valve's latest update for Steam Frame adds up to 12%
- I hate having to prove my brand loyalty just for the chance to buy hardware at full price
- After a record-breaking September, 'it's safe to say Steam's yearly revenue will blow past $20B for the first time'
- October 1
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- There's something even scarier than Huggy Wuggy in the Playtime toy factory this weekend
- There are so many games coming out in October you guys
- Masters of Albion, Peter Molyneux's final game, just got a huge update and, [vigorous, lips-pursed nodding of approval], suddenly the old god game magic is back
- If Ace Combat's too pricey, this excellent indie alternative is on sale for just $12.50
- 'Open world fatigue' is one reason indie RPG Entropy is borrowing from the classics: 'PS1, PS2, GameCube games really never outstayed their welcome'
- More than 450 Witcher 3 mods have already been updated to support the Remastered version
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder hopes Grand Theft Auto 6 will 'blaze a trail' to higher game prices
- 'We needed a potentially infinite resource of party members so that we could then kill them:' Entropy dev James Wragg explains how you fit permadeath in a party RPG
- At last: I can build a home out of raw Windows Vista-era nostalgia
- That's some fiiiiine lookin' milk, but Rust devs warn that 'cream is a more powerful consumable'
- You can now buy more than 44,000 games for $5 or less on Steam
- After a series of catastrophes where no-one could seem to roll well, I truly have no idea who's going to make it out of Critical Role's next episode
- Resident Evil's executive producer explains the deeper meaning behind Requiem, and I just can't get on board
- Sound the 'This week's free Epic Games Store game is worth logging in for' alarm
- You can now play Halo: Combat Evolved in a web browser, and it even has multiplayer
- Great news, cowards: The Witcher 3's most yellow-bellied mod works with the remaster
- Don't fear the BIOS update: Asus has just fixed a local access vulnerability affecting older Intel motherboards
- Gears of War: E-Day system requirements require ray tracing-capable graphics card to play, alongside 115 GB of free space on an SSD
- Google Japan's conveyor belt keyboard is a sad reminder of the sense of humour the whole company used to have long, long ago
- AOC jumps on the 1,000 Hz IPS gaming monitor bandwagon but this time with 0.1 ms pixel response
- Roll up roll up, can you spot which of these images are using DLSS 5?
- Arc Raiders' is taking no prisoners when it comes to cheaters with permanent bans becoming the new normal: 'No warnings. No second chances'
- I want to punt Meta's Muse AI mascot back into the cursed void from whence it came
- Motion blur vs film grain - which is worse?
- Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG… oh, Final Fantasy 11, that's new
- AMD's new 'Gainsborough' APU rumoured to be the chip that powers the long-awaited Steam Deck 2
- Micron CEO says it'll be tougher to get memory in the next couple of years than it is today, and keeps saying it over and over again
- I spent far too long assigning gaming mouse values based on their price-to-weight ratio, and the runner-up is the rodent on my desk right now
- Nvidia says my RTX 4070 Super isn't capable of Multi Frame Gen, but I'm surprised by how smooth this unofficial unlock actually feels
- TIL what may or may not be the oldest board game in recorded history is also, perhaps inevitably, now a roguelike
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