The “pre-order beta” for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, the Warhammer 40K spaceship RTS, starts early next month, and this week players were given a closer look at exactly how multiplayer and skirmish modes will work. The game will have 1v1 and 2v2 matches—both ranked and unranked—as well as skirmishes against the AI. In regular multiplayer and skirmishes, players will fight on a randomly-generated map with five capture points and various environmental effects, publisher Focus Home Interactive sa

While we’re waiting for the deals to break out on the UK side, some of our favourite Black Friday items are still discounted. We’ve also thrown in our discounted PC Gamer subscriptions for good measure. DualShock 4 Controller | £29.99Finding a PS4 controller for under £30 is super rare, and it’s the best option if you need a controller for suitable games on PC. Microsoft HD-3000 Webcam | £19.99 (20% off)If you want a webcam but your budget is limited, fear not. This robust little model from Micr

But plenty of PC hobbyists are just looking for good deals on videogame-y stuff, so we’ve rounded up the best Cyber Monday deals under $50. You’ll find a few PC accessories, toys, music, and plenty of books, all of it related to the hobby we love. Metro 2033: First US English Edition | $16 ($4 off)The first novel in the Metro series by Dmitry Glukhovsky that spawned several video game adaptations. Metro 2035 | $20While the third and final novel in Glukhovsky’s Metro series isn’t on sale, you can

It may be previous gen, but the GTX 1060 is still a fantastic card capable of running most modern games well. Normally priced around $250-$350, the 6GB variant of Nvidia’s GTX 1060 is a great choice for mid range builds. If you aren’t able to hop on their great GTX 1070 deal, you should definitely consider the GTX 1060 deal from B&H. Add to cart to see the price of $209.99 and claim the $20 mail-in rebate for a final price of $189.99. EVGA GTX 1060 SC 6GB | $189.99 ($70 off)This 6GB GTX 1060 car

We’ve seen plenty of deals on Nvidia’s previous gen graphics cards during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday buildup, with a typical price of around $330-$350. The cheapest I’ve ever seen a new GTX 1070 is $290, and that sold out pretty fast. You can beat that by $10 right now with this GTX 1070 deal at B&H. This is an SC model, so it comes with a decent factory overclock of 1594MHz, vs. 1506MHz stock. EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC Black Edition 8GB | $279.99This is around $70 cheaper than most GTX 10

Some were surprised when Bethesda dropped the price of Fallout 76 to $40 for Black Friday, since the game was only released last week. If that wasn’t enough of a discount for you, the price has dropped yet again—you can buy the game right now from Amazon for just $34.99. In our review, Chris said he still had “long stretches of fun with Fallout 76,” and noted that it still includes many beloved elements from previous Bethesda RPGs. Even though many of the current in-game bugs are frustrating, $3

The Nvidia Shield can do a lot. It’s a streaming client for your Nvidia-powered gaming PC, an Android TV 4K media playback machine, a Plex server, and even a smart home hub (with the separate SmartThings Link). For the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, Nvidia has discounted the Shield TV to its lowest price ever—$139.99. The Shield TV is equipped with a Tegra X1 processor (reportedly the same one used in the Nintendo Switch), 3GB RAM, 16GB storage (with support for external USB drives), and And

One of the best Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals we’ve come across this past week is for the Acer Predator XB271HU. It was originally priced at $700 and usually goes for around $600, but now you can get it on Amazon for $550. This is a 27-inch 2560 x 1440p IPS monitor, with 144Hz G-Sync support (overclockable to 165Hz). Acer Predator XB271HU | $549 (Save $150)Over the last 12 months, this display has been priced as high as $800 on Amazon. Here’s your chance to save a bunch on a 144Hz monitor, ove

A detective frog with a magnifying glass and a love of brown clothes is the only one that can solve the mystery of the haunted sloth—that’s the slightly bizarre premise behind The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, which came out this week. It’s a short game—an-hour long or so—about finding clues, questioning subjects and meeting quirky characters. I like the chilled out soundtrack and the cute art style, plus the reviews on Steam are 97% positive so far, which is promising. Thomas Bowker al

In January, FoxNext Games announced it was working on a new Alien shooter—and this week, its parent company 20th Century Fox filed a gaming trademark for Alien: Blackout, suggesting that could be the name of the next game in the franchise. The trademark was filed for use in “game software, computer game and video game software” and other such related words. It follows Hideo Kojima visiting 20th Century Fox and posting cryptic pictures with Alien signs this week. Whether that’s a coincidence or n

Pokémon: Let’s Go has only been out on the Nintendo Switch for a week but, judging by the video above, it might not be long until it’s playable on PC. The video shows the game running on the Yuzu emulator . It’s also recorded on a beefy PC with a i7-7700K CPU and a GTX 1080. The set-up in the video, from YouTuber Unreal, uses Yuzu’s experimental Canary build, which has more features but is less stable. And if you’re curious about the ethics and legality of emulation, Wes wrote this brilliant pie

E-WIN is discounting its Flash XL Series gaming chair on Newegg today, offering it at $279. The Newegg listing says it’s discounted from $700, though from what I can tell it usually retails closer to the $500 mark. Either way, it’s a hefty discount on a larger gaming chair, if you’re a bigger person like me who feels permanently uncomfortable on tiny chairs. This sale ends in 15 hours, so if you want to take advantage of the price drop, go right ahead before it’s over. While Black Friday has end

If you need an awful lot of external storage, Seagate’s 4TB ‘Game Drive for Xbox One’ is a great option right now. Despite the name, it actually works just fine with PCs, and right now you can get it for $95—a $65 discount from the original price, and $5 lower than any other 4TB external drive on Newegg. The description is a bit vague on details, but one customer review reveals the drive is 5400rpm with a large 128MB cache—making writes nearly as fast as a 7200rpm drive. The drive is also blindi

Star Citizen’s free week has now launched—hop in and you’ll get to try a total of 80 ships without opening your wallet. Everyone will be given the Cutlass Black ship at the start of the free trial. To test other ships, you have to fly to Lorville and walk around a newly-created Convention Centre, which will showcase available ships for rent. The available ships will rotate, and you’ll have 24 hours to try out ships from each manufacturer. To take advantage of the free week you’ll need to sign up

Euro Truck Simulator 2’s next DLC, which will let you sweep through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, will be out on November 29, developer SCS Software has announced. The Beyond the Baltic Sea expansion will also introduce parts of Southern Finland and Western Russia. In total, it adds more than 13,000 km of new roads to the trucking sim along with 24 new major cities, including Saint Petersburg. Euro Truck Simulator 2 may be six years old, but it’s still one of the best PC games you can play righ

The fifth and final episode of narrative adventure game The Council will be out on December 4, Focus Home Interactive has announced. There are 15 character skills, 44 talents, and 20 traits that can give you a trickier tongue—and you only have partial control over which ones you accrue. The voice acting is awful, but I like how it blends traditional game-y systems like talents and traits with decidedly non-traditional mechanics. When it arrives, it’ll only be available as part of the complete se

This weekend is the perfect time to subscribe to PC Gamer’s long-running magazine (25 years this month since the first UK edition, in case you didn’t know! Using the code BLK20 a massive 20% off all PC Gamer subscriptions, back issues and annuals. That code works globally, so readers of both the UK and US editions of the magazine can benefit. You can use this on both print and digital subscriptions. Get the latest and best coverage of new games, old games, free games, hardware and tons more sent

Remember fidget spinners? Now you can remember them the right way, by ignoring your email and flicking your escape key into oblivion. Over on Massdrop you can save $10 on a fidget spinner keycap for your custom keyboard as part of Black Friday. True jokes aside, they’re lovely pieces of work, and you can choose from a broad selection of color combinations. Now we just need a pogs keycap for the crowd a little bit closer to death than these sprightly spinner kids.

This prebuilt PC was already heavily discounted before Black Friday officially started, but now it’s been reduced in price even further. It includes a Ryzen 7 2700X (3.7 GHz) and a Radeon RX 590 alongside 16GB DDR4 RAM, 240GB SSD, 2TB HDD, plus a keyboard and mouse. A few other extra features that really make this deal pop are the RGB 10 color case lighting and the tempered glass side panel. Don’t miss the rest of our Black Friday deals, and consult our best gaming PC list if you need more guida

The company famous for its fan designs and giant air cooling towers, which often match or out perform all-in-one liquid coolers, sells its hardware at a deserved premium. But you can save some money buying Noctua CPU coolers and fans this Black Friday with a nice 20 percent off coupon at Rakuten. Fancy a liquid cooler instead? Check out our guide to the best Black Friday CPU cooler and case fan deals, and our mega hub full of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC gaming deals. Noctua NF-A14