What Black Blaze has seen so far is that 8TB, 10TB, and 12TB HDDs don’t fail as often as lower capacity drives. There are some caveats that go along with that finding, the first of which is the larger capacity drives have not been in use as long as some of the lower capacity models. In its latest reliability report, Backblaze notes a quarterly failure rate of between 0.38 percent and 1.29 percent for five different 8-12TB models, and a 0 percent failure rate for one of HGST’s 12TB models (HUH721

I exited Discord and tried launching Bad North from its root folder, but when I did, it launched Discord first, and only launched the game once Discord was connected. I closed both the game and Discord, disconnected my internet, and tried launching Bad North from its folder again. Discord launched, but since it couldn’t connect to the internet, it simply spun on the connection screen and Bad North wouldn’t launch at all. There’s good news, though: a representative for Discord told me via email t

Battlefield 5 will feature a number of singleplayer “War Stories,” including one—The Last Tiger—that’s presented from the Nazi point of view. As franchise design director Daniel Berlin told Eurogamer, the solution is to make the characters face the consequences of their actions. But the German tank, as he said, “comes with the German perspective.” “You may deny the actions you made, but even if you deny them you have to live with the consequences. All actions have consequences, even in war, so t

Steam now has more than 30 million users in China, according to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad. “China’s State Council issued recommendations that will make it easier (and not as lengthy) for internet cafe’s and game companies to set up business in the country,” Ahmad tweeted. “It’s a positive sign to see the promotion of new gaming entity creation amid a tough regulatory environment.” That regulatory environment includes a freeze on new game approvals and an active crackdown on gaming that

When you think Minecraft and its audience of millions of children, you really think edgy humor and dick jokes, right? At the Sweden Game Conference this week, Buck talked about some of the troubles with Telltale, including the tone of Minecraft: Story Mode and Guardians of the Galaxy, which both had to be rewritten. “We often, at Telltale, after executive reviews, had to do 90 per cent rewrites of the game,” said Buck in her talk, according to GamesIndustry.biz. In Minecraft’s case, it seems the

Newegg, for example, is running a promotion in which you can score 15 percent back on almost everything it sells. You have to spend at least $50, which is easy to do if you’re upgrading your PC. If you do that, Newegg will kick back 15 percent (up to $50) in the form of an electronic gift card, sent via email on December 1 to use up until the end of the year. This doesn’t apply to preorders and gift cards, but is fair game for everything else (more fine print here). By our math, Newegg’s 15 perc

RocketID, which will enable cross-platform friends and parties in Rocket League, was delayed beyond its planned September rollout so that developer Psyonix could “ensure that RocketID is operating flawlessly on all platforms before its release.” A new date wasn’t set at the time but the studio that more information would be released “when the time is right.” The time became right today, and while we still don’t have a release date, Psyonix has now confirmed that it won’t be out until sometime ne

StarCraft 2 cheats are great for blasting through the game’s singleplayer campaigns, whether you’re taking on Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, or Legacy of the Void. A word of warning before you start breaking the game: all of the following cheats will disable achievements for that campaign. These cheats don’t work in multiplayer. Applying unofficial cheats or cracks to multiplayer is a big no-no, obviously, and might get you banned from Battle.net. To use these cheats, simply press enter d

Battlefield 1 had a surprisingly strong singleplayer campaign, splitting it up into several distinct ‘War Stories’ that teleported us from the mud-and-blood of the western front to the semi-mythology of Lawrence of Arabia. World War II is a different beast in the popular imagination, so it was always going to be interesting to see how DICE would approach the singleplayer campaign for Battlefield 5. That’s why it’s refreshing to see Battlefield 5 get much the same War Story treatment as Battlefie

Cyberpunk 2077 is the much-anticipated, long-awaited follow up to CD Projekt Red’s revered open-world RPG The Witcher 3. And, hey, leave your party hat on, as this month marks PC Gamer’s 25th anniversary! Hip hip hooray your way to reading the team’s picks of the best games of PC Gamer’s long and illustrious history. Question is: is Playground Games’ latest racer any good? Previews this month include Weedcraft Inc, Beyond Blue, Overcrowd and more.

What are the chances of Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC? The open-world western remains as yet unconfirmed on desktops, but we’re fairly certain it’ll appear at some point down the line. With this in mind, have a swatch at its launch trailer above. As we learned earlier this week, Red Dead Redemption 2 is 60 hours long and it seems its online component is still being written. In an interview with Vulture, the developer’s Dan Houser also made mention of developers working 100-hour weeks in-hou

PUBG’s latest PC-specific update—the 23rd since launch, for those counting—adds a new pistol, and tinkers with its blue zone’s visuals. In a bid to make it “less difficult to see through”, the blue zone’s opacity has been adjusted. Likewise, PUBG Corp says it has “mitigated an issue where the blue zone’s opacity difference was too strong depending on the map and weather type.” Elsewhere, PUBG’s PC 1.0 Update #23 adds an on-screen key guide function, which display dynamic key guides relevant to w

Every year the Sync Awards celebrates the best in film, TV and games music syncing. This year’s ceremony takes place tonight, October 18, in the Grand Connaught Rooms in London, and a few big games are in competition. Since Epic put Mad World over a Gears of War trailer game marketing hasn’t quite been the same. In the best trailer category Metro Exodus’ use of Massive Attack pits it against an unlikely competitor: Football Manager, which is up for an award for the use of This Moment. Find out m

If you’re looking to upgrade your monitor, Black Friday and Cyber Monday is the perfect time to go shopping. To see what’s been happening in the monitor space as of late, read our reviews:What to expect from monitor deals on Black Friday and Cyber MondayBlack Friday and Cyber Monday have sort of morphed into one long holiday shopping season, rather than wholly separate events. That said, we do expect to see deals on 4K monitors in general, and to some extent, HDR displays as well. Best Black Fri

From November 23 to 26th, you’re going to find an abundance of PC gaming hardware on sale, so it’s a great time to snag a gaming keyboard deal. Before you key in your credit card info, read our Black Friday sale guide to find the best keyboard for you (or someone else). Going by today’s market, a solid mechanical keyboard costs between $80 and $100. Even in that narrow price range, you’re going to be able to find a massive array of options. The best Black Friday gaming keyboard deals from last y

Earlier this year, graphics cards were nearly impossible to find at a good price, thanks to cryptocurrency miners causing massive supply shortages. Now that the GPU mining craze has worn off, graphics cards are finally below MSRP again. There have been plenty of great GPU deals lately, but you can expect steeper discounts this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. What to expect from GPU deals on Black Friday and Cyber MondayGraphics card prices have finally returned to normal, after the year-long cryp

Update: In light of some perceived lore discrepancies pertaining to the Bortherhood of Steel’s appearance in Fallout 76 (see our original story below), Bethesda has responded. There he formed the Brotherhood of Steel, who used a functioning satellite to extend their reach across America… all the way to Appalachia.” #Fallout76 Fallout A photo posted by @fallout on Oct 17, 2018 at 12:14pm PDTOriginal story:A group of Fallout 76 fans have called out a perceived discrepancy in Fallout 76’s timeline,

We will have more information coming soon on when you can expect the Clash changes to make it to live servers.October 17, 2018One other long-running exploit is finally being plugged by Ubi. Defenders will no longer be able to place a deployable shield perpendicular to a window to prevent outside attackers from vaulting in. This fix is long overdue, considering there’s no balancing reason that justifies blocking access to a window. However, one bug fix listed in the patch does nerf Clash quite a

Performance in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been a long-standing priority for PUBG Corp, but yesterday’s connectivity issues made the game unplayable for some. As a result, the developer is giving all PC players a free item and a fistful of Battle Points. PC players can claim the Black Beanie with Headphones item and 20,000 BP between now and 5pm PDT on Tuesday, October 23. PC Players: Live server maintenance has now started and is expected to last 3 hours.October 17, 2018PC Players: Live s