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Jacob holding the future in his hands.

Last year I predicted all three of Valve's announcements so now I reckon I have the ability to speak these 2026 prophecies into reality

By Jacob Fox published

I know the future I predict a near-perfect year for PC gaming hardware, mark my words.

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8BitDo Retro R8 gaming mouse

2025 is the year I discovered I love charging docks, and it's all because of one surprisingly reasonably priced gaming mouse

By James Bentley published

Gear of the Year 8BitDo what others don't.

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A HyperX SoloCast 2 gaming microphone, blurred, behind the PC Gamer Best Microphone 2025 logo

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming microphone of 2025

By Andy Edser published

Gear of the year Join me for a look back at the microphone movers of 2025.

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A gaming headset blurred behind the PC Gamer Best Gaming Headset 2025 logo, with a colourful overlay

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming headset of 2025

By Andy Edser published

Gear of the year It's been a helluva year for gaming headsets, but which of our three contenders will take the ultimate prize?

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Selection of graphics cards on a pink background

Well, this year's graphics card launches were a right shitshow, eh?

By Dave James published

Launch malfunction This year saw the worst launch of any GPU generation I can remember in all my 20 years as a tech journo.

Launch malfunction
Fractal Design Scape gaming headset

The Fractal Design Scape feels like a gaming headset from the future, which makes it the best thing I've tested in 2035. I mean, this year

By Andy Edser published

Gear of the Year I've seen the light, and I don't want to go back.

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A gaming mouse behind a PC Gamer Best Gaming Mouse 2025 border overlay

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming mouse of 2025

By Jacob Fox published

Gear of the year Three rodent contenders, but only one winner for the year.

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Blurred keyboard keys behind a Best Gaming Keyboard 2025 PC Gamer label and border.

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming keyboard of 2025

By Jacob Fox published

Gear of the year Three fantastic keyboards from this year, but there can only be one winner.

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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge in black and white with a controller in the foreground

PC gaming on Arm chips didn't quite happen in 2025, but the die is cast for an epic battle with x86 CPUs in the next few years

By Jeremy Laird published

Arm-y There's a veritable CPU Arm-y marching towards the PC.

Arm-y
A close-up, cropped photo of a TP-Link Deco BE68 mesh router, with its retail box partially visible in the background, and a PC Gamer Personal Pick 2025 logo in the top left corner.

Out of all the new hardware that has passed through my hands in 2025, nothing has made an impact like a certain Wi-Fi 7 router has

By Nick Evanson published

Gear of the Year No joke, it's been the best upgrade I've done in years.

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