PC Gamer UK February issue: Put an (Elden) Ring on it

Greedfall is a 2019 action-RPG about the colonization of a magical island paradise. Developed by Spiders and published by Focus Home, it's about what you'd expect: Interesting in spots, simplistic in others, and overall "adequate," as we said in our 67% review: "Competent enough to recommend with caveats." Still, it...

CCP Games has launched a cloud-based browser client for EVE Online called EVE Anywhere, which allows players to commit their sci-fi white collar crimes through Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari. The client entered an 11,000-user beta in August of 2021, and CCP claims it was well-received by its testers. The...

Looking for Total War: Warhammer 3 mods? The third installment in the Total War: Warhammer series may be pretty great—just look at our review—but it definitely has a problem with replayability. Your first campaign might be a lot of fun, but before long, you'll likely grow tired of dealing with Chaos Rifts and having to complete somewhat repetitive Chaos Realm challenges.

I have not watched the Halo television show on Paramount+, so I have no opinions on it. Former Halo art director Marcus Lehto has seen it, however, and he does have opinions—and he hasn't been shy about sharing them on Twitter. Lehto was with Bungie from the early days,...

At a talk during Display Week 2022, Meta (you know, Facebook as was) went into surprising detail about the specifications of its Quest 2 VR headset . Meta display engineer, Cheon Hong Kim, talked about the Quest 2's display architecture and design challenges in using LCD panels for VR headsets.

TikTok is gigantic—the video-sharing app, particularly popular among the younger demographic, has more than one billion active users and is forecast to turnover around $11 billion this year. The app is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese firm, and was initially launched in 2016 before a re-branding and global launch in 2017, since when it's exploded in popularity to the extent that some days it challenges Google as the world's most popular website.

Amazon has a nice deal on an Acer XG 27-inch gaming monitor for $230, the lowest price since its launch. You get AMD FreeSync support, 1ms response time, and a 144HZ refresh rate on an LED panel. We've noticed over the past year the price of this monitor is dropping...

A recent survey shows that many people have heard of "the metaverse," but only a fraction of them can explain what it is. That's not surprising, considering that depending on who you ask, the metaverse is either the next evolution of the internet or mostly nonsense. It lacks a clear definition.

The boss of Saints Row's titular gang is speeding through Santo Ileso, utterly disregarding numerous laws of the road. There's the usual reckless driving and ignoring traffic lights, of course, but more notable is what she's dragging along behind her car: a portaloo. An occupied portaloo. She's softening up the...

The best light gaming mouse turns one of the most used parts of your gaming setup into one of the slickest experiences. Normal gaming mice have their place, but light gaming mice can have a huge impact on how fast it takes you to swing your camera or crosshair around on screen. For fast-paced games, that's a boon. Light gaming mice prioritize precision and speed over everything else.

What to make of the epic Philips Brilliance 498P9Z? It’s not entirely unfamiliar. In fact, hack the ‘Z’ off the end and you have the Philips Brilliance 498P9, an ostensibly identical monitor that rolled out nearly two years ago. Identical, that is, save for one critical difference....

The best cheap gaming chair is tricky to find. There are so many options out there and it takes a lot of effort to comb through the details and find out if they're legit or not. You can pick up any old gaming chair for a low price, but it could fall apart within a few years or not provide you any needed support. Our favorite gaming chairs ramp up in price, so if you're trying to find something in a different range, you have to look extra carefully.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is following in the footsteps of the Vermintide series, which are four-player co-op games where players choose from various thematically appropriate classes. While we saw an ogryn, a zealot, and two veterans in the release date trailer, a cover story in the latest issue of Edge Magazine confirms a psyker will be another option.

Shadow has finally taken the lid off a streaming service upgrade first promised way back in 2019. But that was before the company sadly filed for bankruptcy and was subsequently reborn. We are now getting an RTX 3070 level PC in the cloud, however, but it's been a long time coming. And I certainly have concerns, not necessarily for the staying power of the company under new ownership, but for the value proposition it's now offering.

In MultiVersus, the Smash Bros-like platform fighter with a roster of classic Warner Bros. characters, the Iron Giant is not the gentle-hearted pacifist of the 1999 film. He's a combatant right alongside Superman and can, presumably, violently toss his enemies off the stage into oblivion. Although his moveset hasn't been revealed yet, his inclusion in a game about cartoon characters murdering each other has sparked some criticism over the game's latest trailer.

As teased during Fortnite's fortnight of Star Wars celebrations, Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi is coming to the game on May 26. The skin will be sold in the item shop and comes with 'Desert Essentials Back Bling', and there are various accessories to purchase separately, including an emote of a holo-message.

Unreal Engine 5 has been formally released, and there are many games in development that make use of its stunning capabilities. There are several showcase demos, including the gorgeous Matrix Awakens demo. As gamers know, stunning graphics places a heavy demand on your hardware, and if you were keen to see just how Unreal Engine 5 games will perform on your PC, now’s your chance, thanks to EzBench, a free Unreal Engine 5 benchmark.

The open-world supercar racing game Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown was announced in 2020, and a year later was scheduled for a release in 2022. Sadly for fans of the long-running series, that's not going to happen, as publisher Nacon has announced that it won't arrive until sometime in 2023.

Cryptocurrencies aren't having a great time of it at the moment, but you can't keep a world-destroying idea down. Sure enough, NiceHash has announced that its mining software, NiceHash QuickMiner (Excavator) now runs the latest LHRv3 cards at 90% efficiency. Not quite totally unlocked then, but probably close enough. NiceHash...

We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices. The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 isn't as graphically impressive as some of 2022 models we've seen so far this year, and I had hoped that would be reflected in its price. However, it's not. You can pick up an RTX 3060 powered gaming laptop for a lot less than the rough £1,600 Lenovo is asking for a Legion like this. You'll miss out on DDR5 memory and Intel's latest 12th Gen chips with a cheaper model, but even for these somewhat sought after features it's near-impossible to justify this Legion laptop's large price tag.