❌

Vue lecture

'You guys are not Bethesda': During development, The Witcher 3 devs were told by a Walmart rep 'I like you guys, but it's just not gonna happen'

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 17:09

"I made a bet with him … he still kinda owes me that dinner."

Yennefer from The Witcher 3 looks sceptically towards the viewer.

Blades of Fire review

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 17:00

Doesn't quite manage to bring the heat.

A man, hammering.

I accidentally forgot to start the Soviet Union in this excellent free game about the Russian Revolution

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 16:54

Lenin must have written it on a post-it note.

Boris Kustodiev's painting, 'The Bolshevik'. The Bolsheviks, derived from bol'shinstvo, 'majority', were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolsheviks were the majority faction in a crucial vote, hence their name. They ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Bolsheviks came to power in Russia during the October Revolution phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and founded the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic which would later become the chief constituent of the Soviet Union in 1922. The Bolsheviks, founded by Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov, were by 1905 a major organization consisting primarily of workers under a democratic internal hierarchy governed by the principle of democratic centralism, who considered themselves the leaders of the revolutionary working class of Russia. Their beliefs and practices were often referred to as Bolshevism.

Corsair's Frame series of PC cases is testing a modular DAC/amp accessory prototype, and I'll be the first in line to buy one if it makes it to production

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 16:49

Not for everyone, but definitely for me.

A Corsair Frame 4000D with a DAC at the bottom

TeamGroup's new portable SSD features a physical kill-switch for spies and definitely not for people who can't stop fiddling with buttons

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 16:36

For all your Mission: Impossible fanfic needs.

Team Group's Expert P35S portable SSD seen at Computex 2025.

In my first hour with Helldivers 2's new city maps, I've caused millions in property damage, been to several Illuminate raves, and committed treason in the fog of war

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 16:22

I wouldn't have it any other way.

A large illuminate structure explodes in the middle of a Super Earth city in Helldivers 2.

The new SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 is the perfect reminder of the benefits of removable batteries in gaming mice

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 16:00

Gaming like it's 2010 again

SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 Wireless gaming mouse on a SteelSeries mousepad with the company logo

On The Witcher 3's 10th birthday, join us in celebrating one of the most enduringly brilliant open world RPGs ever made

Par :robin.valentine@futurenet.com (Robin Valentine)

20 mai 2025 à 15:47

Geralt of Rivia's finest hour.

Ciri, Geralt, and Eredin in The Witcher 3.

After 13 playthroughs, one Elden Ring player is still haunted by a mysterious item, only to be let down by the burden of knowledge

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 15:40

Olivinus, you clever, secretive mage.

Merchant in Santa outfit.

ASRock outs new 400 Hz 1440p gaming monitor and we're hopeful the price is going to be punchy

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 15:30

Supposedly the 'first' 400 Hz monitor

ASRock PG27QFW2A

Raidou Remastered is more of a remake, with a hugely overhauled combat system and no more random encounters

Par :shaun.prescott@futurenet.com (Shaun Prescott)

20 mai 2025 à 15:00

The forthcoming remaster keeps a lot of the charm of the original and shears away most of its rougher edges.

An image of Raidou, wielding a weapon, from the game Raidou Remastered

Phison launches the first ever SSD controller to have built-in AI processing, along with some monstrous random data performance figures

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 14:37

It probably won't appear in any gaming PC. Well, not yet, at least.

Corsair MP700 Elite SSD with its packaging on a desk.

NZXT H9 Flow RGB+ case review

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 14:31

Revamped and redesigned; it's big, pricey, and seriously good.

NZXT H9 Flow RGB+ PC case

Zotac's trippy, fractal-like PC case has been making me think about life, the universe, and the meaning of PC gaming

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:53

It's twisting my melon, man.

A Zotac custom PC case at Computex 2025 that's very hard to describe

Will 2025 be the year that CAMM2 memory finally makes a proper entrance? Rambus and Team Group believe it is

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:33

All aboard for the CAMM2 can-can.

A photo of Team Group's CAMM2 memory presentation at Computex 2025

Cooler Master's new liquid cooler has modular tops, which have been used to show off a crying face on a screen and now I'm sad

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:32

Don't cry, little Cooler Master liquid cooler, it's okay.

Cooler Master's Masterliquid Atmos II Series liquid cooler

Hyte's ludicrous liquid cooler will soon be able to show entire system monitoring charts on its screen

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:29

This speaks to my nerdiest desires.

Hyte's booth at Computex 2025, where it showed off brand new colourful PC cases.

Hyte's latest case is a bold and colorful break from today's obsession with angular and understated

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:23

Computex is chocked full of colourful cases.

Hyte's booth at Computex 2025, where it showed off brand new colourful PC cases.

Corsair introduces do-it-yourself gaming keyboard MAKR 75, and says 'hello' to a new era of web-based peripheral customization

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:17

Say 'so long' to iCue.

Corsair's MAKR 75 as seen on the showfloor at Computex 2025. Some of the keycaps have been removed to expose the Corsair switches underneath. The customisable keyboard has the rotary dial module installed in the top right-hand corner of the keyboard.

Corsair made a see-through PSU because everything looks better when you can see its innards... welp, that came out weird

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:13

I just mean translucent tech is cool, leave me alone.

A Corsair translucent power supply at Computex 2025.

These Godzilla and Mechagodzilla custom keycaps stopped me dead in my tracks, like a nuclear lizard caught in a headlock from an oversized monkey

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 13:01

Rawrr-some.

Custom keycaps from KeyTok in their respective cases, depicting the stylised heads of Godzilla, and Mechagodzilla

The Corsair Air 5400 offers such a clever and unique approach to CPU cooling, I'm surprised no one did it sooner

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 12:42

This case has triple chambers, but not in the way you might imagine.

A Corsair Air 5400 PC case at Computex 2025.

Hints of an exciting new gaming GPU from Intel were just a social media miscommunication and now I'm totally deflated

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 12:35

No new Intel Arc GPU for gamers at Computex.

Intel Arc B580 graphics card

Helldivers 2's new update Heart of Democracy finally adds urban city maps, SEAF redshirts to make you look cool, giant Illuminate sky worms, and civilians to protect from friendly fire

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 12:25

Training manual tip: Friendly fire isn't.

A squad of helldivers in Helldivers 2 bravely defend Super Earth from the Illuminate menace.

This teeny-tiny RTX 5060 is about the size of the wrap I had for lunch and lives in danger of being stolen by a team of mice

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 12:22

I can't help imagining it with a squeaky voice.

The Zotac Gaming RTX 5060 Low Profile on a display stand, with a hand for scale

Gigabyte unveils its second generation of X3D Turbo Mode, for squeezing up to 15% more performance from Ryzen X3D CPUs

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 12:09

Up to 15% more performance with one click in the motherboard BIOS? Hmmm…

Photo of an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor

Samsung OLED TVs are finally getting Nvidia G-Sync support, should you ever want to hook your rig up to a 60+ inch screen

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 11:29

A new challenger has entered the arena.

Samsung OLED tv on a wall, with 'Nvidia G-Sync' written in the bottom right

Don't worry, they're not just adapting blockbusters: this trippy Japanese walking simulator you can get for $4 on Steam has been made into a movie, too

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

20 mai 2025 à 05:47

The Exit 8 is a short backrooms-style game from 2023, and it's already gotten the movie treatment.

A smiling man in a subway station corridor

Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, May 20

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 05:00

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

Today's Wordle being played on a phone

This new arcade controller from 8BitDo could be your next tournament travel buddy

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 04:22

A really customisable arcade controller, as long as you're into button-stuff.

8BitDo arcade controller

Borderlands is the latest battleground for Steam review bombing, but the justification is extremely flimsy

PC Gamer

20 mai 2025 à 02:48

Complaints about Take-Two's EULA led to a brief surge in negative Steam reviews, but there's nothing exceptional to find in the agreement.

Borderlands 4 teaser image

A week after launch, my new favorite gungy, Condemned-style horror-brawler has its first patch and the promise of yokai-punching spiked knuckles on the way

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

20 mai 2025 à 01:50

I love Labyrinth of the Demon King go play Labyrinth of the Demon King.

Labyrinth of the Demon King key art of snake devouring a faceless man surrounded by fire.

This hardcore driving sim about rebuilding towns after natural disasters is, surprisingly, a super-chill hangout game for up to 4 friends

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

20 mai 2025 à 01:12

There's a lot of work to do, but RoadCraft never feels like a stick-in-the-mud.

Trucks in a disaster zone

Remembering The Witcher 3's toughest choices (and the objectively correct answers)

Par :wesley@pcgamer.com (Wes Fenlon)

20 mai 2025 à 00:18

Even in an RPG full of dicey outcomes, these moments in The Witcher 3 still stand out.

Yennefer from The Witcher 3

An MVP of ultrawide patches for triple-A games just had their entire library nuked from GitHub, and nobody seems to know why

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

20 mai 2025 à 00:03

Lyall says that they are appealing the decision that saw the patches go up in smoke.

Big Geralt

Only a fool would pass on The Witcher 3 for 90% off during Steam's CD Projekt Red Sale

PC Gamer

19 mai 2025 à 23:36

It's time to dig one of the best RPGs out of the backlog.

Witcher 3

SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice complaint against Epic over Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader: 'We must protect our right to bargain terms and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our members'

Par :lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter)

19 mai 2025 à 22:43

SAG-AFTRA members have been striking over AI in videogames since July 2024.

Emperor Palpatine fires force lightning from his fingertips in Fortnite while a bunch of Fortnite guys look on.

Diablo 4 player sits back as their 20 large lycanthrope sons tear through one of the hardest dungeons for them

PC Gamer

19 mai 2025 à 22:24

Go get 'em boys.

Diablo 4 - Druid concept art

Why we're still playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10 years later

Par :wesley@pcgamer.com (Wes Fenlon)

19 mai 2025 à 20:39

Revisiting the Bloody Baron, Gwent, and everything else that kept us coming back.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt thumbnails

Haunted looking art director livestreams apology for Marathon theft scandal, but chat is merciless: 'Would write an original comment, but I don't see any good ones to plagarize'

PC Gamer

19 mai 2025 à 20:03

In other not-great signs, the game's tagline has also become a meme about art theft.

Marathon art