Features
Latest Features

Best PC controllers in 2025: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
By Dave James last updated
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

Best 14-inch gaming laptop in 2025: The top compact gaming laptops I've held in these hands
By Dave James last updated
Smol The 14-inch form factor is the perfect nexus point between performance and portability.

Doom: The Dark Ages is unplayable on handheld gaming PCs at the moment but it's not because the hardware isn't good enough
By Nick Evanson published
Doom Drivers The frequency of GPU driver updates for portable PCs really needs improving.

Doom: The Dark Ages launch times, release date, and advanced access period
By Ted Litchfield published
Avowed time Like most new Xbox games, you can play Doom early if you pony up.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 12, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

The best Baldur's Gate 3 builds for Patch 8 and beyond
By Ted Litchfield last updated
Kensai/Mage Why stick with just one class when you could have, like, four?

This Half-Life mod remakes Valve's classic shooter to be both longer and wider, and it has radically altered my perception of the original
By Rick Lane published
Unforeseen consequences Half-Life: Extended is a surprisingly effective reinterpretation of Black Mesa.

14 years later, the best way to play Dark Souls is with the new Seamless co-op mod
By Tyler Colp published
Soulidarity FromSoftware’s legendary action RPG is better with friends.
The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.