As Just Cause 4 game director Francesco Antolini is careful to point out, the latest instalment’s map is not only larger than those in previous Just Cause games, but also more diverse. And while you’re hardly going to encounter pink candy cotton biomes, or neon-hued Venus space station biomes, you’re definitely going to see the full gamut of tropical island-themed biomes. The 19 minute gameplay footage embedded below is taken from a presentation delivered at Gamescom last month. In addition to s

A new gameplay trailer has been revealed for Call of Cthulhu, the upcoming walking sim horror RPG that’s due out next month. We’ve already had a glimpse at the beginnings of the Darkwater investigation with its first gameplay trailer, followed up a couple of weeks ago when publisher Focus Home Interactive hosted a stream with developer Cyanide Studio. The new trailer takes us deeper into the Darkwater investigation, as protagonist Edward Pierce is confronted with dimly-lit, subterranean caves, i

It’s that time of year again—voting for this year’s Golden Joystick Awards is now open. The 36th annual ceremony is presented by AMD, and lets you have your say on who’s crowned the best in the biz. 17, and our very own PC Gamer Annual 2018. Vote for your favourites across 16 categories, including PC Gamer of the Year. The Golden Joystick Awards 2018 take place at London’s Bloomsbury Big Top on Friday, November 16.

In July, Vampyr announced a Story mode that ‘de-emphasizes combat’. Today, publisher Focus Home has confirmed it’s due next week. Alongside a new difficulty setting that makes combat “much more difficult”, Story Mode not only pares down the action role-player’s conflict—it plays up its storytelling and narrative. Both modes enter the fray on Wednesday, September 26, as do a range of optimization adjustments, bug fixes and Nvidia Ansel support. Likewise, publisher Focus Home is hosting a weekend

Treyarch has released an official trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Zombies mode, featuring the US band, Avenged Sevenfold. Oh, and there’s also a tall guy that seems intent on vomiting—what is presumably—green acid all over you. All of this hot zombie content is accompanied by the song “Mad Hatter,” written and performed by Avenged Sevenfold, The band have been fans of the Black Ops games for years and have written and recorded songs for previous series’ entries, including “Not Ready to D

Accounting+, a revamped version of the original game, is heading to HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in October. Created by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable), Dominik Johann (Minit), and Justin Roiland (co-creator of Rick and Morty), Accounting+ is dubbed a “nightmare adventure comedy.” You’ll embark on your tenure with Smith & Smitherson, learning the “noble” accounting profession, which will involve entering Virtual Reality while playing in Virtual Reality. Characters are voiced by Justin Roiland (Ri

Frictional Games has announced that Amnesia: The Dark Descent will be getting a “hard mode” on September 28. In a move that’s a huge contrast to the Safe Mode, introduced to Frictional’s SOMA, a couple of years ago, Amnesia will now be even more challenging. According to Frictional, the new beefed up difficulty will make it “a little harder to beat the game.” Completing the game on Hard mode will net you a sparkly, new trophy, aptly called ‘Masochist’. You’ll be able to choose between ‘normal’ a

Nvidia’s launch strategy for its GeForce RTX series of graphics cards is to initially make available its two fastest models, the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 2080, before selling the GeForce RTX 2070. The GeForce RTX 2070 is not far behind, though, and will launch to retail sometime next month. In the meantime, Asus today unveiled its full lineup of GeForce RTX 2070 cards. Here’s are the seven models/SKUs:Asus Dual GeForce RTX 2070 (DUAL-RTX-2070-8G)Asus Dual GeForce RTX 2070 Advanced (DU

Fortnite Season 6 is coming a week later than we thought, starting on September 27 according to a recent tweet from the official Fortnite account. Seasons don’t always stack up exactly one week after week 10, but an extra week isn’t usually the case. Season 5 started just one day after Season 4. More time to clean up those challenges isn’t a bad thing though, and we can expect the usual week of teasers leading up to launch. What’s certain is that major changes are coming to Fortnite, and we’ve w

The Monster Hunter: World mouse and keyboard controls were not quite perfect when the game released last month, but a new update promises to smooth things out a bit by adding new mouse control options for the in-game camera. The new control scheme, which Capcom said “is in line with the control standards for most PC games,” can be accessed from the Controls tab of the Options menu. The update also changes the location for the “Relish the Moment” event quest to Elder’s Recess, “to improve playabi

Razer is selling its DeathAdder Essential gaming mouse for a slight discount, but what makes the deal noteworthy is that it’s also bundling in a free game. You can choose between Far Cry 5, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, or Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege: Advanced Edition. By itself, the DeathAdder Elite lists for $49.99 at Razer’s web store. The DeathAdder Essential is a tone down version of the DeathAdder Elite based on a previous iteration. It has a 6,400 dpi op

Streamers have more than just their video and audio quality to worry about. They’re also typically appearing on camera while they stream, and that means hours of people staring directly at them. To combat this ‘problem’, Razer has announced the Razer Ifrit, a “discreet headset for broadcasters who need more freedom on camera but require professional-quality sound via the adjustable condenser microphone.” It’s a wraparound headset with the selling point that you can wear it all day and it won’t g

If you bit the bullet and preordered a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card, EVGA has a new overclocking tool that might interest you. It’s the latest iteration of the company’s Precision software, and as of right now, it exclusively supports RTX cards. Other key features include:Real-Time wattage monitoring (on supported EVGA graphics cards). You can also manually input clockspeeds and then test for stability, though if the VF tuner works as advertised, it would take the guessw

In general, prices have come down quite a bit on SSDs, including NVMe models, if you’re looking for something faster than SATA. Intel sent us a note to let us know it’s rolling out its highest capacity Optane SSDs to date, topping out at 1.5TB for the Optane 905P add-in card (AIC). That’s a nice capacity bump, for those who need (and can afford) the added storage. The U.2 model is also getting a getting a capacity increase, with new 960GB and 1.5TB options. Part of the premium is because these d

Star Control: Origins, Stardock’s reboot of Accolade’s famed deep-space strategy-RPG, is now available, so let’s take a couple minutes out of our busy lives to kick back and watch the launch trailer. But for Star Control: Origins, polish has been a priority. I haven’t played Star Control: Origins so I have no idea if it lives up to the hype, but I hope it does. The Star Control games, particularly Star Control 2, were a smart, sharp, and funny blend of genres, and after so many years away (Star

We included Fortnite’s Close Encounters LTM in our list of the best and worst of Fortnite’s limited time modes, but I’m not completely certain about which side it was meant for. The Close Encounters LTM is back! “We’ve also added the Grappler to this LTM and decreased the burn rate of jet fuel by 50%,” he wrote. The Close Encounters LTM is live now. Epic hasn’t said when it will wrap up, but hopefully it will run at least a little longer than last time.

With Fortnite Season 6 and the one-year anniversary of Battle Royale coming up next week, Fortnite just had its biggest month yet. “August was Fortnite’s biggest month yet, with 78.3 million of you showing up to play.” That’s 78.3 million unique accounts on six platforms. That number also includes the slowly growing Chinese audience, where Fortnite is being rolled out in waves via a priviate beta on Tencent’s WeGame platform. Even if you divide that number by how many platforms Fortnite is playa

UL Benchmarks is fleshing out its 3DMark benchmarking suite with a couple of new tests, one of which is built specifically for evaluating systems with integrated graphics. The other is a ray tracing benchmark that we covered last month. The one that is being built for PCs with integrated graphics is called “Night Raid.” As for the ray tracing benchmark, it still doesn’t have a name. Night Raid is slated to arrive in October, followed by the ray tracing test sometime in the fourth quarter.

The old-time MMO scene will grow a little larger next month with the launch of Lineage 2 Classic, “a return to those days when ‘hardcore’ truly meant something,” as publisher NCsoft put it. It’s not a complete reversion to the good old days, however. Lineage 2 Classic will remain free to play, with a new shop that will offer cosmetics, experience-boosting buffs, and other handy in-game items. Lineage 2 Classic will open its doors on October 3. NCsoft will hold a preview livestream (and give away

Washington DC’s new, as-yet-unnamed Overwatch League team has announced the signing of Kyoung Ey Molly “AVALLA” Kim as its assistant coach. Kim, a top-100 player on the Korean Overwatch Ladder who has also served as an assistant coach for OpTic Academy and Meta Bellum, will be the league’s first female coach. As far as I know, I think I am the first female coach to make it here. I gave up law school to coach here 🤓September 20, 2018DC also signed analyst Mikael “mkL” Skjønhaug, previously of the