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Looks like PCIe 5.0 WD Black SSDs are hopefully definitely maybe possibly on the way, at long last

PC Gamer

18 avril 2025 à 10:33

We've got whispers of rumours and taken down listings, all with those big WD letters on the side.

WD black drives might exist, maybe.

Corsair's custom shop Drop announces possibly the best thing to come out of Starfield

PC Gamer

18 avril 2025 à 10:26

The collab focusses on the very customisable CSTM80 ten-keyless mechanical board, but that means you can get most of it separately too.

Shots of the keyboard, keys, cable, and deskmat included in the Drop x Starfield collab

Cherry's new MX Northern Light is its 'most refined linear switch to date' and a 'love letter to the keyboard community'

PC Gamer

18 avril 2025 à 10:19

The company is aiming to deliver the smoothest linear switch in town.

Cherry's limited edition Northern Lights keyboard

Star Wars Outlaws DLC A Pirate's Fortune announced for May 15

PC Gamer

18 avril 2025 à 05:40

Yo ho ho and a season pass for me.

Hondo Ohnaka aims a blaster in Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate's Fortune

Shawn Levy of Deadpool & Wolverine fame is directing Star Wars: Starfighter, a standalone movie starring Ryan Gosling

PC Gamer

18 avril 2025 à 05:06

Set after the events of Rise of the Skywalker.

Ryan Gosling looking worse for wear looking up lit by purple light

Today's Wordle answer for Friday, April 18

PC Gamer

18 avril 2025 à 05:00

Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.

Today's Wordle being played on a phone

Path of Exile 2 backlash gives Last Epoch a 150,000-player boost as the competing action RPG launches a major update

PC Gamer

18 avril 2025 à 02:56

As one action RPG stumbles, another accelerates past it.

I don't know why early 2000s internet is suddenly back, but both Ask a Ninja and Homestar Runner have just uploaded new videos

Par :wesley@pcgamer.com (Wes Fenlon)

18 avril 2025 à 01:37

What's going on?

Ask a Ninja is still being asked

Co-op submarine survival simulator Barotrauma has a free weekend on Steam, so dive in with friends and experience the most comically horrifying deaths you can imagine

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

18 avril 2025 à 00:48

It's the first free weekend for the submarine horror game since it went 1.0 in 2023.

Some strange looking submarine occupants including a skeleton in a diving suit

Thanks to Baldur's Gate 3's new Swashbuckler subclass, it no longer sucks to be a pure Rogue

Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

18 avril 2025 à 00:22

A three-level dip no longer.

Half Orc in Baldur's Gate 3 crouched down and looking devious with new photo mode.

Rematch, the soccer game from the maker of Sifu and Absolver, is holding an open beta this weekend

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

17 avril 2025 à 23:37

Here's your chance to see what it's all about.

Rematch screen - two kneeling soccer players celebrating a goal as other teammates run in behind them

Rivals Hover League is the new standard for vehicular arena-based combat

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 22:04

A high-octane experience like nothing you've ever seen before: hover hard, hit harder.

Hover League Rivals vehicles in action. Hovering. Being rivals.

22-year-old MMO MapleStory is getting the 'old school' treatment with the original lead game designer in charge of new classic servers

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

17 avril 2025 à 21:50

MapleStory Classic World was revealed as part of the game's 20th anniversary.

MapleStory Classic Worlds image taken from MapleStory 20th anniversary video

Forget Baldur's Gate 3's new subclasses: Patch 8's most disgusting power gamer combo is the Rock That Makes You Stupid paired with a sneakily revamped level 2 spell

Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

17 avril 2025 à 21:49

Resonance Stone + Shadow Blade = Sicko Mode.

Astarion looking quizzical in Baldur's Gate 3

Path of Exile 2's 0.2 update wasn't all bad: The endgame finally feels like it's headed in the right direction

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 21:37

Path of Exile 2's 0.2 update wasn't all bad: The endgame finally feels like it's headed in the right direction

Path of Exile 2 early access class key art

You should buy our favorite co-op survival game of 2024 on sale now for $20—because the price goes up to $35 in May

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

17 avril 2025 à 21:34

Abiotic Factor is getting a $10 price increase just before it's 1.0 launch, but you can save $15 if you grab it in April.

Scientists holding sci-fi weapons

Eugh: Discord is scanning some users' faces and IDs to 'experiment' with age verification features

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 20:02

Don't like it.

The Discord mascot sitting on a floating Discord text entry bar.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds skill trees and levelling guide

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 19:49

All the special unlocks in each skill tree and how to grind all your skills just a little faster.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds screenshot

The brilliant insect adventure Botanicula is free on the Epic Store for the first time

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

17 avril 2025 à 19:28

Don't miss this one.

Botanicula screenshot (detail)

MSI RTX 5060 Ti 16G Gaming Trio OC review

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 18:24

The best of the lot but its price tag might be insurmountable.

An MSI RTX 5060 Ti on top of a PC case and with the rear backplate removed.

'It unfortunately won't be happening in the foreseeable future': Fortnite's Arcane skins continue to be in crossover jail as Riot boss confirms they won't be back anytime soon

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 18:23

A real shame for new Fortnite and Arcane fans.

Jinx in Fortnite.

Roblox's latest legal entanglement is with the creator of the viral 'Apple' dance who took TikTok by storm: 'Kelley is an independent creator who should be compensated fairly for her work'

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 18:11

Kelley Heyer is taking the behemoth platform to court.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 10: Kelley Heyer attends the 2024 Hudson River Park Friends Gala at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on October 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

'I kept trying to talk to them': Marvel Rivals players are finding their friends' names are being used by bots

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 18:10

It's not me, it's my bot.

Venom looks at his hand with sinister intent in Marvel Rivals.

We called its first cyberpunk setting 'cooler than Night City,' and now the studio behind The Ascent says it's making 'the kind of game that every developer wants to work on'

Par :tyler@pcgamer.com (Tyler Wilde)

17 avril 2025 à 18:01

Details are sparse, but Neon Giant says its next game is "ludicrously ambitious", first-person, and focused on "player agency and creativity."

A screenshot from Project Impact, the codename for the second game from Neon Giant.

Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws up hands, jokes 'Tarkov has done irreparable f*cking damage to the game industry' because even FromSoftware games are extraction shooters now

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 17:54

Honestly, I kinda get it.

A giant, eldritch moon with horrifying wings looms ominously.

There's no two ways about it—I love the Lumon blue, retro styling of this Severance-inspired keyboard

Par :jessica.kinghorn@futurenet.com (Jess Kinghorn)

17 avril 2025 à 17:44

A trackball? In MY keyboard? I'll roll with it.

The MDR Dasher Keyboard by Atomic Keyboards sits on a plain white desk. The frame is white, the top panel is navy, the keys are both navy and a lighter blue. The board also features a glossy black trackball on the right hand side.

US-made chip prices could soar if the rumour that TSMC might charge 'as much as 30%' more for its Arizona chips pans out

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 16:53

So tariffs on foreign chips and hiked prices on domestic ones?

TSMC

Baldur's Gate 3's excellent new photo mode is full of details, dances, and poses for your cat—as well as 7 different ways to vogue, because why not

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 16:40

Subclasses? New builds? I'm out here voguing in the Forgotten Realms.

A cute cat wildshape in Baldur's Gate 3 with a moustache sticker stuck atop it.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds has fixed the classic survival crafting trope of endlessly chopping down trees thanks to an excellent spell system that does the hard work for you

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 16:27

How am I supposed to play other survival crafting games without my spectral axe?

An adventurer readying their spectral axe in RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

The LA Times gives mealy-mouthed AI the last word on its opinion pieces

Par :jessica.kinghorn@futurenet.com (Jess Kinghorn)

17 avril 2025 à 16:18

Is it raining? Yes—and also no.

EL SEGUNDO, CA - MARCH 30: The Los Angeles Times logo is displayed on top of their building and newsroom on March 30, 2025 in El Segundo, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Tempopo review

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 16:00

Tempopo is great, but could use something a little more.

Tempopo

Tempest Rising review

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 16:00

Tempest Rising is a rollicking RTS just like mama Westwood used to make.

An officer in a imposing military briefing room.

Forget Dress to Impress and Blue Lock Rivals, my new favourite Roblox experience is literally driving around Dorset

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 15:23

Back to the home land.

Cars queuing at a traffic light in Dorset County

Get into 4K gaming with this 27-inch IPS monitor, now $330 or 0.004 cents per pixel if you prefer

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 15:05

Once you've switched to 4K, every other resolution just seems too blurry.

An image of a Gigabyte GS27U gaming monitor against a teal background with a white border

Corsair Void Wireless V2 review

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 15:00

Comfortable and flexible between systems, Corsair's refreshed Void headset packs a decent punch.

A Corsair Void Wireless V2 gaming headset on a desk and connected to a gaming laptop.

This single-fan RTX 5060 Ti has me this close to upgrading

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 13:59

And I don't even care much for Frame Generation.

Zotac RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB graphics card on a yellow and orange background

Marvel Rivals' costume customisation may look cool, but it adds yet another unnecessary step while tacking on even more money to expensive skins

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 13:33

How many currencies are we on now?

Luna Snow costume recolour

How to get unstable molecules in Marvel Rivals

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 13:13

Get fresh new costume colours with this new currency.

Marvel Rivals unstable molecules - An upper-body shot of Winter Soldier in the Winter's Wrath recoloured outfit.

How to customise costumes in Marvel Rivals

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 13:13

Tweak your already fancy supersuits with new colour palettes.

Marvel Rivals costume customisation - An upper-body shot of the Magik recolour Rosy Resilience.

Former BioWare producer says Baldur's Gate 3's impact on game dev will be 'somewhat muted' thanks to industry convention, and I can't help think we've got it all backwards

PC Gamer

17 avril 2025 à 13:09

"A perfect storm of factors, working together, to make this game work."

Baldur's Gate 3