1+ week, 4+ day ago (347+ words) MoboMaps could be a game changer. The web-based tool, MoboMaps by Robin Wilde, does what I think most people who have been in the gaming PC building bizz for a while will recognise as a giant service to humanity. It shows you visually and interactively exactly where different motherboards have different PCIe lanes routed. Apart from how many VRMs it has and how many I/O ports it has, probably the most important thing to consider with a motherboard is how many PCIe lanes it has routed to different areas. This is particularly important when you expect to use multiple storage devices or expansion cards. PCIe lanes are what your different components use to communicate with each other'they're physical, embedded routes that run through your motherboard. Each lane has one upstream and one downstream wire, and can either connect directly…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (610+ words) Plus, Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, Dispatch, Dinolords, Baldur's Gate 2, Gunman Chronicles, Dying Light: The Beast, Borderlands 4, gaming laptops tested, and much more, too For our detailed cover feature, PC Gamer speaks exclusively with Unfrozen, the developer of Olden Era, about its journey in creating this new instalment in the Heroes of Might and Magic series, as well as how Olden Era pays tribute to the much-loved original games while evolving them for a modern gaming age. This is a must-read for strategy fans. Cover story: Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era | Secondary features: Retail Therapy This month PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, the thrilling return of the legendary high-fantasy turn-based'strategy series. Plus,'WH40K: Dawn of War IV,'Deus Ex Remastered,'Skate, Bloodlines 2,'Silent Hill f,'Baby Steps, top mics tested, and much…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago (272+ words) If you're on a budget, Best Buy and Newegg have some great options. Gaming PCs have, perhaps surprisingly, seen some of the best deals come their way this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But even so, many of these discounts still have the PCs pushing $1,500, $2,000, or even $3,000 and above. And not everyone has that amount of money to drop on what is, let's face it, a non-essential item. That's why I've been keeping a keen eye out for gaming PCs under $1,000 this sales season, and thankfully, I haven't been disappointed. We've seen a bunch of great rigs all the way from $400 up to $1,000, so whether you're looking to enter into PC gaming for as cheap as possible, or upgrade an ageing build for just shy of $1,000, there's something for you. I've managed to narrow it down to just four rigs…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (406+ words) Find your kidnapped kid before it's way, way too late. Every Wild West revenge story has a ticking clock, but Erosion is setting that clock ahead. Way ahead. In the open world action roguelike from developer Plot Twist and publisher Lyrical Games, every time you die a decade passes before you respawn, and climbing back out of the grave means the world has drastically changed in your absence. More importantly, your daughter, who was kidnapped by a warlord as a child, just got 10 years older. Die a few more times, and by the time you find her she may be an old woman. "Die in a dungeon? Wake up 10 years later. That peaceful farm is now a cultist compound worshipping the Great Ol' Rooster," says the developer. "That store owner you helped? They've built an empire. Your choices permeate across…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (453+ words) Each and every game The Council voted on There's less than a month to go until the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass airs December 4. We've convened The Council and they've voted on their top 25 most-anticipated games. Theses are the titles exciting and interesting enough that they belong right on your Steam wishlist. As well as The Council's top picks, you'll be able to feast your eyes on new trailers and world premieres of currently unannounced games, so get the date in your calendar and prepare to be enthralled. Tune in via YouTube, Twitch, Steam, X, Bilibili'pretty much anywhere you can watch a video. That long list awaits you below, and you may notice there are fewer than 100 games on it this year. Sometimes, games are voted on that then end up being released before Most…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (622+ words) Rick has been fascinated by PC gaming since he was seven years old, when he used to sneak into his dad's home office for covert sessions of Doom. He grew up on a diet of similarly unsuitable games, with favourites including Quake, Thief, Half-Life and Deus Ex. Between 2013 and 2022, Rick was games editor of Custom PC magazine and associated website'bit-tech.net. But he's always kept one foot in freelance games journalism, writing for publications like Edge, Eurogamer, the Guardian and, naturally, PC Gamer. While he'll play anything that can be controlled with a keyboard and mouse, he has a particular passion for first-person shooters and immersive sims. Good news, everyone! A mere seven years since it launched, the Epic Games Store has gifting now! The Fortnite developer announced the new feature in a post on the store, stating that "players…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (348+ words) Oh, and it's available right now, of course. Mini machines have been my envy for quite some time now. Our hardware overlord Dave shared a picture of his home setup featuring a dinky Framework Desktop earlier today, and I am, as they say, well jel. So naturally, I've had my beady eyes on the equally dinky Steam Machine since it was announced. But that Valve-spawned machine isn't out yet, and we don't even know how it's going to be priced. So, looking through PC deals, I can't help but feel my finger twitch over the purchase button on machines like this one from AVGPC for $899 at Newegg. Let's be clear from the start: Yes, there is a mini PC tax on this one, as there will be for any pint-sized gaming rig. For $900 in a standard-sized rig, you could get…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (139+ words) From action blockbusters to RPG epics, here's the best of the PlayStation games we're playing in 2025. Released on PC: October 27, 2022Steam reviews: 83%, Very Positive Released on PC: February 15, 2023Steam reviews: 81%, Very Positive Released on PC: October 31, 2024Steam reviews: 83%, Very Positive Released on PC: June 17, 2022Steam reviews: 87%, Very Positive Released on PC: November 18, 2022Steam reviews: 93%, Very Positive Released on PC: October 21, 2022Steam reviews: 96%, Overwhelmingly Positive Released on PC: July 26, 2023Steam reviews: 89%, Very Positive Released on PC: October 19, 2022Steam reviews: 89%, Very Positive Released on PC: September 19, 2024Steam reviews: 88%, Very Positive Released on PC: April 3, 2025Steam reviews: 90%, Very Positive Released on PS5: June 26, 2025 Released on PS5: October 2, 2025 Releases on PS5: March 20, 2026 Releases on PS5: 2026...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago (433+ words) Sing along if you know the words. I've been pining after a set of Govee lights ever since I first locked eyes upon Hope's Govee x Evangelion gaming light kits review (not to mention that review's absolutely diabolical strap line'if you know, you know). Thankfully, it turns out a great big chunk of this lighting collaboration is now discounted in the Black Friday sales. As I write, the six piece Govee x Evangelion gaming wall lights set is already in my basket for only $90 from Amazon. The Govee x Evangelion RGBIC gaming light bars for only $55 are also incredibly tempting'though I think my home office full of Miku Hatsune figurines is already reaching something of weeb-y critical mass. While you can arrange these lights in a variety of configurations, you're only getting two connectors in the box. Expansion kits are…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago (800+ words) Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015, and since then he's written about why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to…...