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October 31
- In this bizarre '80s Mario Bros. PC port, Mario throws a ball, badly
- Why are game install sizes getting so big?
- With dozens of sci-fi references, The Outer Worlds shows Obsidian's love of the genre
- Our biggest predictions for BlizzCon 2019
- Why Gunsmithing is the future of Call of Duty’s gun customisation
- How the Modern Warfare series reshaped the history of the FPS
- Anti-Barrier Rounds might be the best thing about Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
- Win one of 300 horror games on GOG
- Where to jump a motorboat through flaming rings in Fortnite
- Where to find Boat Launch, Coral Cove, and Flopper Pond in Fortnite
- Three of our favourite Destiny 2 Shadowkeep builds
- Hearts of Iron 4: La Resistance lets you become a spymaster
- A guide to becoming the best looking Guardian in Destiny 2
October 30
- Meet the VHD, a failed LaserDisc competitor and the biggest damn floppy disk ever
- 'Project C' is a super ambitious online RPG by ex-Ubisoft, Rockstar, and CD Projekt Red developers
- How many background processes are running on your PC?
- What is the FIFA TOTW for week 7?
- How to conquer the Pit of Heresy dungeon in Destiny 2
- The best Nvidia RTX 2060 deals of 2019
- Player choice in The Outer Worlds
- Destiny 2: how to get the Xenophage exotic machine gun
October 29
- Watch the PC Gamer Destiny 2 clan in action
- SteelSeries Arctis 7 vs. Arctis 9X: which wireless gaming headset should you buy?
- This is not what the inside of a banana looks like
- Get the edge in multiplayer with these Call of Duty: Modern Warfare blueprints
- Fortnite: How to destroy haunted household furniture
- The race to save Japan's incredible '80s PC gaming history before it's gone
- How to get to Roseway in The Outer Worlds
- Football Manager 2020 is designed to reward long-term play
- Disco Elysium has ruined The Outer Worlds for me
- How to run old games on Windows 10
October 28
- My pointless quest to stop The Outer Worlds' companions from riding elevators with me
- BlizzCon 2019 schedule hints at big announcements coming
- Let's all relive that time Jeff Goldblum played Dracula in an FMV Goosebumps game
- It's time to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare bingo
- The blue screen of death costume is a classic
October 27
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 28, 2019)
- What did you play last week?
- What was the last game or service you subscribed to?
October 26
- How Season of the Undying completes some of Destiny's most fascinating stories
October 25
- The biggest PC gaming stories of the week
- Disc Creatures is a charming indie take on old Game Boy Pokémon
- We're giving away 50 battle passes for the free-to-play battle royale Watchers
- Abernathy or Esther? Who you should side with in The Outer Worlds
- These Call of Duty: Modern Warfare killstreaks will help you dominate the battlefield
- Devastate the competition with these Call of Duty: Modern Warfare weapons
- Here's how to give Haunted Borman Nates what's coming to him in Borderlands 3
- Should you side with Edgewater or the Deserters in The Outer Worlds?
- The Outer Worlds: an original single player RPG
- Where to find every volume for The Frightened Engineer in The Outer Worlds
- Control minds and shrink enemies with these crazy Outer Worlds science weapons
- Here are all the Outer Worlds endings we’ve seen so far
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the most authentic entry in the series yet
October 24
- Why a robot janitor is The Outer Worlds' best companion
- How private is your private Discord server?
- Just how accurate is new tavern management sim Crossroads Inn?
- Do you dare choose Supernova difficulty in The Outer Worlds?
- Dumping all your skill points into speech works pretty darn well in The Outer Worlds
- Weaponise your character's fear with these Outer Worlds Flaws
- The Narcos game is more adventurous than I expected of a Netflix adaptation
- Fortnite Chapter 2: Letter R location
- Modern Warfare's Realism ruleset is the best way to play team deathmatch
- How to respec in The Outer Worlds
- Create your perfect Outer Worlds character with these perks
- How to find every Outer Worlds companion
- Space shooter Boundary is Call of Duty in zero-G
October 23
- Destiny 2 design director on the future of Xur, new player woes, and Sparrow arcade racing
- What's missing from PC gaming?
- Everything we know about Fallout 76 private servers
- The best Fortnite Halloween skins
- Size is ruled by perspective in the bizarre dreamworld of Superliminal
- Destiny 2: how to get The Last Word from The Draw quest line
- How to earn Destiny 2's Arbalest, the final Season of the Drifter exotic weapon
- How to get Outbreak Perfected in Destiny 2
- How to beat the Thorn quest in Destiny 2: New Light
- How to complete the Truth exotic quest in Destiny 2: New Light
- How to get the Mida Multi-Tool exotic scout rifle in Destiny 2 New Light
- How to get Leviathan's Breath in Destiny 2
- Crusader Kings 3 will let you become the pope of your own cannibal cult
- WWE 2K20 is ridiculous
October 22
- Moons of Madness reminds us to never, ever go to Mars
- Even naked Jeff Goldblum can't save this 1999 pinball game I bought for $1
- Rainbow Six Siege player who screamed 'she's lit!' into mic exaggerated, say teammates
- Destiny 2 Crucible tips to help you master PvP
- Encased is a promising, Fallout 2-inspired RPG entirely set inside a mysterious dome
- A guided tour of Bradwell Electronics in The Bradwell Conspiracy
- How being the first to finish a raid can change your life
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint PvP guide
- Moons of Madness brings psychological terror and eldritch horror to Mars
- All the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare perks confirmed so far
- Retro roundup: Singularity, Blur, Mystery Legends: Phantom of the Opera
- Playing local multiplayer games over the internet with Steam works surprisingly well
October 21
- Trying to fix a war-torn country in Rebel Inc: Escalation
- Who has made the WWE 2K20 roster?
- Disco Elysium puts a full party of NPC companions in your head
- What did you play last week?
October 20
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 21, 2019)
- Crapshoot: Les Manley returns even though nobody wanted him to for Lost in LA
October 19
- Do you bother with evil playthroughs?
- PDXCON 2019: All the announcements from Paradox's annual convention
- Surviving the Aftermath is a management game at the end of human civilisation
- The biggest PC gaming stories of the week
October 18
- Destiny 2: Where to find the Ehrath'Ur's Horned Wreath collectible
- Destiny 2 Iron Banner: Scour the Rust quest guide
- The redemption of the Windows key
- Fortnite Chapter 2: Letter 'O' location
- This fishing sim is just as chill, but less messy, than the real thing
- The best weapons and rolls in Destiny 2
- Discover your legendary self in ArcheAge: Unchained
October 17
- Fortnite Chapter 2: Easily farm XP with this bug before it's gone
- World of Warcraft's game director on why Classic isn't just 'a flash in the pan'
- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep features the darkest Destiny lore yet
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order plays like a safe, conventional adventure with great lightsabers
- 'Star Wars is for everyone': How Fallen Order adds difficulty options to Dark Souls-inspired combat
- Should you buy a pre-built PC or build your own gaming rig over Black Friday?
- Session is successfully filling the Skate-shaped hole in my life
October 16
- 10 changes in Fortnite Chapter 2 you might have missed
- Riot's 7 new games are a declaration of war against Blizzard
- Fortnite Chapter 2 feels like what Fortnite was always meant to be
- Save yourself $20: I just levelled a Destiny 2 alt to 900 in 15 mins
- I tried to form a GOURANGA gang in GTA 5 roleplay and it didn't end well
- Conqueror’s Blade’s 'Seize The Crown' update changes everything
- Every game announced at Riot's jam-packed 10th anniversary livestream
- With Legends of Runeterra, Riot wants to overhaul the crowded card game market
October 15
- It's time to deal with that one Windows startup program you always close
- Revenant: What we know about the next Apex Legend
- All the games announced for Google Stadia
- Everything in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1's Battle Pass
- Fortnite Season 11: Release date, battle pass, map changes, and everything else we know
- Things I wish I knew before playing Disco Elysium
October 14
- I played Minecraft with ray tracing and now I want to die and be reincarnated inside Minecraft
- The nostalgic joy of '90s style PC game installers
- Spellbreak's mage-based battle royale turns you into a magical superhero
- Fortnite players are wrestling with the end of existence
- GOG Galaxy 2.0 wants to be the one client to rule them all
- Retro roundup: Geneforge Saga, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Gangland
- How to play the Fortnite black hole minigame
- The highlight of PAX Aus was Unpacking, which is a game about unpacking
- Great moments in PC gaming: Driving a tank in GTA
- What did you play last week?
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 14, 2019)
- Promising indie games we saw at PAX Australia 2019
October 13
- Retro roundup: Populous, Ruse, Supreme Commander 2
October 12
- Like Leisure Suit Larry but worse, it's Les Manley in: Search for THE KING
- How do you hold your mouse?
- Thunderbolt 3 vs USB-C: what's the difference?
October 11
- The biggest PC gaming stories of the week
- Fortnite Boogie Down mission: No Dancing sign locations
- Fortnite Season X secret battle star location guide
- Fortnite bottle flip giant fish, llama, pig locations
- 9 ridiculous ways players have beaten Minecraft
- Session already has great modding tools and custom skate parks
- Here are some nice spooky Halloween mods for Left 4 Dead 2
- Windows Update isn't always the best way to distribute drivers
- Seriously, why aren't you playing Hitman 2?
- Here is your FIFA 20 POTM for September
- Love and poop in Keita Takahashi's Wattam
- Rediscovering the flawed ambition of Enter the Matrix
October 10
- All Fortnite Visitor recording locations
- In open world adventure Pine, diplomacy sometimes calls for a plate of poisoned meat
- Has a game's writing ever put you off playing it altogether?
- Destiny: the story so far
- Bitsummit is paving the way for indie gaming in Japan
- Super-British sci-fi puzzler The Bradwell Conspiracy is out now
October 9
- Our predictions for the biggest games and surprises for the rest of 2019
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis
- Do you prefer silent protagonists?
- Not every Ubisoft game needs to be a Ubisoft game
- How to find Withered Plumes in Destiny 2's Circle of Bones and complete Essence of Obscurity
- Where to get the Bound Manacle in Destiny 2's The Gatehouse to complete Essence of Insanity
- Here's where to find the Necromantic Strand in Destiny 2's Hall of Wisdom
- How to find Ethereal Charms in Destiny 2's Temple of Crota
- Here's where to find Captive Cord in Destiny 2's Lunar Battlegrounds
- Where to find the Fangs of Shun'gath in Destiny 2
- Thawing out Cryostasis, the arctic nautical nightmare
- The rise of Japanese indie games on Steam
- Blizzard's dramatic Hearthstone ban is the latest proof that China is too lucrative to piss off
October 8
- How to complete Fortnite's Out of Time Overtime mission challenges
- How to conquer Destiny 2's Vex Offensive mode
- How to play MMOs when you've had a baby
- Introducing Humankind, the Sega-backed Civ killer from the Endless Legend devs
- Destiny 2 Garden of Salvation raid guide
- Nature, history, and game development sit side by side in Kyoto
October 7
- Every PC game should have a controls cheat sheet
- Fortnite Last Stop challenges
- Players have gone wild with Destiny 2 usernames since the move to Steam
- Join the PC Gamer Destiny 2 clan today
- How to format a hard drive, USB stick, or SSD
- Noita players are sharing beautiful, explosive gifs
- How to complete Eyes on the Moon and unlock Vex Offensive in Destiny 2
- Destiny 2: New Light does a bad job of acclimating new players
- How to get into Destiny 2
- Mizuguchi on the magic of Tetris Effect
- Great moments in PC gaming: Sending Rukey home in Pyre
- What did you play last week?
October 6
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 7, 2019)
October 5
- What singleplayer game is better with friends?
- Crapshoot: The You Testament, a Bible-themed game with a Gore setting
- Disco Elysium lets you be Sherlock in flares
October 4
- How to make a gif
- The biggest PC gaming stories of the week
- 5 tips for getting started in Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- How to open Ghost Recon Breakpoint's locked doors
- Where to find the bipod in Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- Here are all the weapons in Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- The best western games that aren't Red Dead Redemption 2
- Asus ROG Strix Scope vs ROG Strix Flare gaming keyboard: which one should you buy?
- These are the Ghost Recon Breakpoint classes and how to change them
- Why you should be excited about Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC
- Why I love Miles Edgeworth in Ace Attorney
- How to hold your breath in Ghost Recon Breakpoint
October 3
- Control speedrunners are breaking the hell out of the game
- I should not be allowed to create life
- What to do with small rice cakes in Destiny 2
- Here is your semi-regular reminder that Salty Bet is still awesome
- Corsair K95 RGB Platinum vs Razer Huntsman Elite gaming keyboard: which one should you buy?
- The best PS Now games you can play on PC
- There's a glimmer of hope in the gray and gloomy adventure game Mosaic
- The blueprint for Divinity: Fallen Heroes is hidden in Original Sin 2
October 2
- The first successful cloud gaming platform could make billions
- Borderlands 3: Killavolt boss guide
- Siege of Centauri's novel setting isn't enough to save it from tower defense tedium
- Here are some cheap SSDs so you can stop getting bullied in Rainbow Six Siege
- The best Borderlands 3 guns we've found so far
- How to equip class mods in Borderlands 3
- 11 things I wish I knew before playing Borderlands 3
- How to level up quickly in Borderlands 3
- How to complete Destiny 2's Pain and Gain quest and earn the exotic Riskrunner SMG
- Gears 5 system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis
- What other animal deserves its own game?
- Magic: The Gathering - The tale of The Lovestruck Beast
- Magic: The Gathering - The tale of The Beanstalk Giant
- Magic: The Gathering - The tale of The Crystal Slipper
October 1
- All the new Destiny 2 exotics and Eververse items in Shadowkeep and Season of the Undying so far
- World of Warcraft Classic players can't stop feuding over the abbreviation for an old dungeon
- See 50 glorious years of PC history at the new Computer Museum of America
- Here's how Destiny 2's Season Pass works
- There are a lot of games about Chernobyl on Steam right now