Monster Hunter: World is one of those games that takes a while to really click, but once you understand what it’s all about, it quickly becomes one of those games that’s hard to put down. So, to help you get on top of the basics, we’ve put together 10 essential tips that will save you some time and point you in the right direction whenever you feel lost. That way you can spend less time digging around World’s many menus and more time hitting dragons with swords that are bigger than you.

A new Shenmue trailer released today asks a simple question: What is Shenmue? Don’t feel bad if you don’t know the answer, because the first two games in the series were never released for PC. The trailer is really more about the “who” than the “what” of Shenmue, but fortunately Sega ran down the basics of the game’s story in a separate trailer released last week. Shenmue 1 and 2 will be out on August 21, and are available for pre-purchase now on Steam for $27/£23/€32. On the upside, it recently

The Doom Eternal reveal at QuakeCon 2018 didn’t hold back. We’ve learned way more about Doom Eternal than we expected to, but for now let’s focus on the good stuff. Here are the five most metal things in the Doom Eternal gameplay reveal. But did Doom Eternal somehow just make our favorite weapon even better? InvasionsYou’re not alone in Doom Eternal: a surprising new feature will allow players to invade each other’s campaigns.

Today’s QuakeCon keynote was heavy on big guys with big guns, but sandwiched between all the gunfire and gibs was a quick, almost off-hand announcement of the next expansion to Bethesda’s CCG The Elder Scrolls: Legends, called Isle of Madness. Just announced: Isle of Madness will be the next story expansion for #TESLegends! pic.twitter.com/Npk1CTaDB7August 10, 2018Elder Scrolls RPG veterans may recognize that title as a reference to the Shivering Isles, home of Sheogorath, the Daedric prince of

Bethesda unveiled a lengthy new Rage 2 gameplay trailer during today’s QuakeCon keynote, showcasing some of the game’s factions, settlements, weapons, and vehicles. Some of the action was previously seen at E3 but the new video ties it all together in a way that more clearly shows off Rage 2’s mission structure, and I think it looks really promising. You can only tell so much from a gameplay trailer, but the influence of Avalanche seems front and center, and its “mastery of open-world insanity”

Fortnite Season 5’s week five challenges are here, and another treasure hunt is among them. This week, you’ll need to ‘follow the treasure map found in Snobby Shores’, or just use our guide and skip to the good stuff. Either way, the Snobby Shores treasure location isn’t far from the map. Just head north to Haunted Hills and you’ll find the battle star hidden on top of the northeast building. Take a look at the GIF above and maps below to pinpoint the location.

Bethesda talked about a number of different games today during the QuakeCon 2018 keynote, including The Elder Scrolls Legends, Rage 2, and—naturally—Quake Champions. But Doom Eternal was the big attraction this year, and id Software main guys Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton did not disappoint. Doom Eternal will have double the demons of the Doom reboot, and the Doom Slayer will be amped up to handle them, with updated armor that includes a retractable blade (similar to Mass Effect’s Omni-Blade, b

Week 5 of Fortnite Season 5 (we’re almost halfway done!) This week you’ll need to use rift portals three times, which are located all over the map, but if you’re trying to level up quickly they’re not always there when you need them. Our rift portal location guide can help. Take a look at the map below, or watch the video above for specifics. Challenge or not, knowing where rifts can spawn is one hell of a competitive advantage, granting you a quick escape route or powerful scouting tool.

Recent advancements in NAND flash memory are expected usher in larger capacity solid state drives at more attractive price points. This could have a trickle down effect on TLC-based drives, as we are seeing with Adata and its new 2TB model that it’s adding to its Ultimate SU800 line. Adata launched its Ultimate SU800 series around two years ago. It uses 3D triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory, paired with a Silicon Motion SM2258G controller. According to TechPowerUp, the new 2TB model (ASU8

Are you looking to build a small form factor PC around Ryzen? You can do that with ASRock’s Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac motherboard while saving yourself a few bucks in the process. Either way, you’re saving a chunk of change over its $114.99 list price. This is a nice foundation for a compact rig in a small form factor case. It’s a mini-ITX motherboard, which is about as small as it gets (save for mini PCs and the like).

If you’re in the process of building a budget PC, or you want to grab a PSU to keep around in case yours dies, this is a great deal. EVGA’s 80+ Bronze 450W power supply is just $19.99 on the company’s online store right now. The PSU has 80+ Bronze certification and a three-year warranty, so it shouldn’t ever cause you problems. Also, all the cables are black sleeved, so you won’t see ugly ‘Ketchup and Mustard’ cords in your build. You can buy the 80+ Bronze 450W PSU from EVGA’s website.

The newest GPU driver from Intel is optimized for the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Battle for Azeroth, and also The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Whether or not you are playing games on integrated graphics, as opposed to using a discrete graphics card, is a different story. Whether you are running integrated graphics or not, it’s nice to see Intel embracing this kind of GPU driver release cadence. It’s a good habit to get into as it works towards delivering its first modern discrete G

The study, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports, explains that blue light exposure can actually poison eyeballs. Blue light exposure causes retinal to trigger reactions that generate poisonous chemical molecules in those all-important photoreceptor cells. “It’s no secret that blue light harms our vision by damaging the eye’s retina. Dr. Karunarathne recommends wearing sunglasses that can filter blue light (and UV) when outside, and also avoiding staring at electronic screens in

Bethesda announced at QuakeCon today that id Software’s arena shooter Quake Champions is now permanently free to play. Quake Champions has been through many phases of release, and its life so far has been a little confusing. Bethesda said in August 2017 that it would be free to play when it went into full release, but for now it still remains in Early Access on Steam. It was also temporarily free to play on Steam but not the Bethesda store, in June. The Champions Pack upgrade, which unlocks the

With that in mind we’ve organised the best free and free-to-play games together into one list. The free games section consists of games that contain no microtransactions. Warframe has been getting better and better in the last few years, and now we reckon it’s one of the best free to play games on PC. Realm RoyaleLink: Realm RoyaleIf you like the idea of Fortnite but can’t stand building, then Realm Royale might be your next battle royale game. It’s still in Early Access, but there are enough fe

QuakeCon is on, and the Doom Eternal gameplay reveal Bethesda promised last week is now a little less than one hour away. The livestream fires up at 9 am PT/12 pm ET, and you can watch it with us right here. We’ve got a pretty good big-picture idea of what’s in store: More demons, including the Pain Elemental, the Arachnotron, and the Arch-Vile, and a more powerful Doom Slayer to deal with them. Doom Eternal doesn’t have a release date yet, but we’ve got our money on it showing up sometime next

Capcom is releasing an Umbrella Corporation-themed keyboard to coincide with the launch of the Resident Evil 2 remake. Kotaku reports that the USB keyboard will cost 75,000 yen (about $675/£530), and carry Lexington branding. Fans of the Resident Evil games, of course, will remember that typewriters were once the series’ traditional save game mechanism. That was until Resident Evil 5 introduced autosaving, which is probably the real reason that some fans think it marked the point that the mainli

You can try out The Elder Scrolls Online and its well-received Morrowind chapter for nothing this weekend on Steam, as Bethesda celebrates QuakeCon. This isn’t the first time that ESO has been free to try, but it is the first time the Morrowind part has. If you like what you play, the base game (which now includes the Morrowind chapter) is just $10/£7.49 this weekend, and the latest Summerset expansion is 25% off too. “With each expansion ESO has added a new dimension to its world, and it’s slow

It’s been hard to feel much about Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Free to fallShadow of the Tomb Raider opens with a plane splitting in two over the jungles of Peru. Located off the beaten path, each challenge tomb I played through introduced an idea, and then in classic Nintendo-style, introduced layered versions of the same idea throughout the tomb. Yes, Tomb Raider is still comically brutal. I didn’t expect a reinvention of the prequel series with Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but, as simple as it se

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 rolls out its multiplayer open beta this weekend—today at 10am PST / 6pm BST if you preordred; the same time tomorrow if you didn’t. Beenox is a subsidiary of Activision who developed a feature-limited, multiplayer-only version of Black Ops 3 for PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. “In-house we have PC gamers, we even have retired pro-gamers who are really passionate about the PC version. Basically what we do is spend the amount of resources and time that PC version needs for th