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Update, October 22: Dell eBay is offering the 360Hz Alienware 25 AW2521H for AU$599 again, which is a dramatic 50% off the RRP. This time to get it, you’ll need the code PDLLS20 at checkout. That code will carve 20% off everything on the Dell eBay store today, so go nuts. Original story: If you’re

Football Manager 2022 pre-launch beta is live now. If you buy the kicking sim on Steam or Epic, you can immediately start playing a nearly-finished version of the game. If you’re really committed you can probably be sacked at least once before the sun comes up.

If you’re worried about filling up your Xbox Series X or S internal drive and want to add some more high-speed storage to the console, you’ll have two new options coming in the next two months. Seagate is currently the only brand in town selling the hardware for drives that fit the proprietary Storage Expansion

Picking up the best gaming chair is an expensive endeavour, especially if you’re looking for a stylish and ergonomic seat that can handle long sessions at your gaming PC. While opting for a generic office chair could keep things cheap, specialised seats by reputable brands are an investment, one that will last longer and keep

There was a time when the Grand Theft Auto remasters Rockstar announced the other day would have everyone preparing for redeployment in the culture war. CNN chyrons would be hyping up the butchery of Rockstar’s latest, promising a wave of frothy-mouthed killers. US senators would hurriedly pass along Highly Concerned Statements about the vulnerability of

The Razer Viper is one of my favourite mice of all time, whether we’re talking about the wireless Ultimate version, the compact Mini model or the vanilla Viper. It’s this OG model that is on sale today at Amazon, who have marked it down from £80 to just £40 – an incredible bargain for an

CD Projekt has announced it’s decided to take some more time on developing new-gen versions of its two biggest games. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S native editions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have been pushed into next year. The reveal of these delays comes as an update to investors on the CD

There are fewer video game series more important than Half-Life, particularly when it comes to PC gaming. While the first game challenged perceptions of the importance of narrative within FPS games, Half-Life 2 pushed the best graphics cards and best gaming CPUs of its era with never before seen heights of visual fidelity and its

If you’re in the market for a new work laptop with gaming capability as a bonus, you’re living in a golden age. Who needs to fork out just under three grand for the new XPS 15 with integrated graphics, when you can buy an RTX 3050-boasting Dell for a fraction of that price? Sure, the

Marcus Lehto, former creative director at Bungie and the artist responsible for Master Chief, has joined EA to found a new studio that will make first-person games. Lehto’s last company was V1 Interactive, who released the short-lived Disintegration last year.

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has opened a new EA studio primarily focused on first-person games, roughly seven months after the closure of V1 Interactive, which is the studio founded by Lehto responsible for Disintegration.  Lehto founded V1 Interactive back in 2016 with SOCOM co-creator Michael Gutmann. The studio created Disintegration and while the game showed

It wasn’t until I really sat down (hur hur) and started evaluating Noblechair’s Hero TX gaming chair that I realised just how much of a chair’s DNA can be viewed through the lens of personal taste. Sitting in it right now as I write this review, I’m still confident in my assessment that it’s a

You’d think after a lengthy love affair with The Witcher 3 and a surprisingly busy 2020 that I wouldn’t have time to play Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, let alone finish it once. Between Immortals Fenyx Rising, Watch Dogs: Legion and Far Cry 6 the Ubisoft fatigue has well and truly set in—never mind that I’m knackered

The Dell Alienware AW2721D is one of our top recommended monitors, sitting right in the emerging 1440p 240Hz sweet spot preferred by players of fast-paced shooters and racing titles. Right now, the monitor has returned to the lowest price we’ve ever seen for it, £550, down from a nominal RRP of over £800.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy drops at the end of the month, and a flurry of story/launch trailers has kept excitement levels exceptionally high. The game’s Steam page was recently updated to include system requirements information. According to the storage notes, the Guardians are embarking on a journey of truly galactic proportions; the action-adventure title

Want to know the best MP5 Warzone attachments and setup? It’s no surprise that one of the strongest submachine guns in core multiplayer is also one of the best SMGs in Warzone. Whether you own Black Ops Cold War or Modern Warfare, you should have two MP5s in your arsenal. No need for confusion, though;

System requirements for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy have appeared on its Steam page, and some of the specs aren’t that high for a game that’s going to launch with a bunch of PC-specific graphical improvements. The minimum GPU requirement calls for a GTX 1060 or a Radeon RX 570, while the recommended GPU is

Time is the most valuable resource in Age of Darkness: Final Stand. RTS magic means the quarries will never run short of iron and stone, and the trees will always have more wood to harvest. But replacing every soldier killed during a careless expansion push means wasting precious seconds that could’ve been spent reinforcing my

Rockstar finally announced their long-rumoured Grand Theft Auto remasters a little over a week ago. Official confirmation that they were on the way hasn’t stopped the leaks, however. A user of GTAForums has seemingly leaked a more detailed description of the games and their system requirements.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and director Jaume Collet-Serra’s superhero passion project is still a way off, but DC Fandome gave fans a look at the upcoming film, including a clip of the electrifying introduction of Black Adam. Pierce Brosnan, who plays Dr. Fate in the upcoming blockbuster starts the segment with a big claim: “I’ve never

Yesterday Valve told developers that they wouldn’t allow games featuring NFTs or cryptocurrency on their digital storefront, Steam. Since then, Epic have followed up by telling The Verge that the Epic Games Store would be “open to games that support cryptocurrency or blockchain-based assets.”

Minecraft Live 2021, Mojang’s annual celebration of all things bright and blocky, is happening right now, and while we’ve been expecting updates about updates and new mob reveals, Mojang has also unveiled that two versions of Minecraft are coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC later this year. To be more specific, the two versions

It’s no use packing your rig with the best gaming CPU and graphics card if you don’t own a screen that can keep up with the amount of frames they push, but high refresh rates usually come with a resolution tax. After a lengthy head-to-head with Asus to be the first to bring HDMI 2.1

Netflix Asia executive Minyoung Kim says a Squid Game videogame is being considered, THR reports. Can’t say I’m shocked, since Netflix says Squid Game is on the way to being its most-watched show ever, beating The Witcher’s reported viewership of 76 million. Kim spoke with THR about the runaway success of Squid Game, the Korean

Valve appear to be laying down some new rules for games on Steam, specifically games that involve trading or receiving cryptocurrancy and NFTs. The change has been shared by SpacePirate Games, developers of Age Of Rust, who say they were notified this week about the new prohibition. Over in the Steamworks portal, a new type

The Invincible is an upcoming sci-fi game announced last fall based on the 1964 novel of the same name. The game is the debut title by Starward Industries, a studio made up of ex-Techland and CD Projekt Red designers. After sharing screenshots of the intriguing project, Starward dropped the first teaser trailer, which sets a

Nintendo has issued a warning about a bug currently present in Metroid Dread that prevents players from progressing further.  This bug can be especially annoying because it can occur near the final sections of Metroid Dread. Nintendo says a fix for the bug will be released by the end of October, so it seems it

Today’s release of the Crysis Remastered Trilogy, which includes newly revamped versions of Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 alongside last year’s Crysis Remastered, begs an age-old question that has become a deep-rooted part of PC gaming culture since the days of the 2007 original: but can it run Crysis? After spending some time with the remasters, we have

[embedded content] I’m a few holes into A Little Golf Journey, digging the low poly graphics, vibing to the conventionally chill acoustic guitar and piano soundtrack, and thinking “yeah, this is a pretty solid golf game.” Then as I contemplate whether to risk a shot over the water to score a birdie, I notice a

Lenovo’s Legion 5 Pro 16 hits the current sweet spot for a high-end gaming laptop: an RTX 3070 graphics card, an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor and a 2560×1600 165Hz screen. These screens are a new addition for 2021, and make a massive difference when it comes to the amount of visible detail for playing