That aside, Asus’s ROG Strix Z370-G motherboard is a solid choice on more than just form factor and function. More motherboards Trying to decide what motherboard you need for your next gaming rig? As far as performance is concerned, the Z370-G falls exactly where you would expect it to. That aside, there’s little to report—performance is exactly what you’d expect from a Z370 motherboard. Ultimately, then, if you’re after a micro-ATX motherboard on the Z370 platform, the Z370-G is likely your bes

Bungie has dropped a new teaser for the upcoming Destiny 2: Warmind expansion ahead of the full reveal that’s coming tomorrow. As we’ve been able to pick out (and by “we,” I mean Tim), it looks like we’ll see some Warmind-themed armor added to the game, at least one new exotic weapon, and the return of a former favorite Crucible beast. That would be the Suros Regime, an exotic auto rifle from the original Destiny which comes equipped with multiple firing modes and healing bullets. There’s also s

Philips has launched a new 43-inch monitor (436M6VBPAB) with a 4K 60Hz resolution and HDR support, though unlike every other HDR monitor we’ve seen to date, this one is rated to deliver a peak 1,000 nits brightness level. The new 43-inch monitor from Philips is the first one we’ve seen to display VESA’s DisplayHDR 1000 badge. While not solely pitched as a gaming monitor, Philips definitely has gamers in its sights with this one. It won’t always run at 1,000 nits brightness—Philips lists the typi

Despite being announced at E3 2015, we don’t know an inordinate amount about the Final Fantasy 7 remake, besides the fact it’ll be developed in-house and will be fully voiced. As reported by Gematsu (via IGN), new job postings for a Battle Planner and Level Planner reiterate the game is being made in-house, and that it’ll be a “new Final Fantasy VII, not limited to a simple remake.” The original job post—featured here, translated by Gematsu here—doesn’t mention the final game will be spread over

Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia recently teased the uglier side of battle, but today showcases the prettiest. Named ‘Land of Hope’, the war series spin-off’s latest cinematic looks at pre-invasion England—moments before Viking longboats breech its shores. On St. George’s Day, Thrones “pays homage to its English heritage”, so reads a statement. “It was under Alfred the Great and his immediate successors that a unified Anglo-Saxon kingdom was first forged,” says game director Jack Lusted. Thi

I’d wager that most Soulsborne players have, at one time or other, ventured into a new area before being torn to shreds by an overpowered enemy. I’ve never had my Hollow Warrior Helm handed to me quicker than during my first encounter with New Londo’s Darkwraiths. These bastards are the latest class to be modded into Darkest Dungeon. Courtesy of modder Carnifex—the person responsible for adding Solaire of Astora into Red Hook’s brutally unforgiving tactical role-player—the Darkwraith Class Mod i

Drake and popular streamer Ninja smashed Twitch’s viewer record playing Fortnite last month, by drawing over 600,000 concurrent viewers. The streamer, whose real name is Tyler Blevins, has now surpassed his own record—having hit 667,000 concurrents during an exhibition event in Las Vegas. Streamed live on Twitch, the event’s peak 667,000 concurrent viewers eclipsed Ninja and Drake’s prior outing by a stretch. ESPN reports Blevins was the third most interacted with person in March, behind Real Ma

I’m draugr-deep in God of War at the moment. And having spent the last few months committing crimes all over Los Santos—I most recently murdered a song—the idea of unwinding with pleasant and colourful games like Yoku’s Island Express appeals to me. As we reported earlier this year, Villa Gorilla and Team17’s Yoku’s Island Express combines platforming with puzzles and pinball in a Sonic Spinball meets Studio Ghibli-type dealio. In doing so, players assume control of the titular dung beetle hero

Last year, Demon’s Souls was considered “playable” on PC courtesy of the RPCS3 PS3 emulator. Now, From Software and Hidetaka Miyazaki’s original nightmarescape looks great in 4K and 30 fps. To my shame, I’ve only ever dipped in and out of Demon’s Souls despite being very fond of the action roleplayer series that’s followed. Last week, we covered the RPCS3 PS3 emulator’s interpretations of God of War: Ascension and God of War 3. Here’s that:On the subject of emulation, the following from Wes is w

Albert has also optimised hundreds of cut scene repeated textures. I’ve included them inside the 07000000.pack file (a ‘master’ pack file which is loaded at the start of the game). “A lot of cutscenes use stage textures, but they were copied again inside the corresponding cutscene texture .pack file instead of using the stage texture .pack file. I’ve redirected these texture calls to the stage .pack files and all the repeated textures inside the cutscene texture .pack files have been replaced wi

Audiosurf had just been nominated for three IGF awards in the categories of Technical Excellence, Excellence in Audio, and the Seamus McNally Grand Prize. They even tried to give Audiosurf a plot for a while, though he doesn’t recall the details. “I’ll always connect Audiosurf to the voluptuous hillsides produced by Wuthering Heights, specifically the swell into the orgasmic walls of red. —Kieron Gillen, former PC Gamer editor and Audiosurf leaderboard champGoing ninjaOne of the ways Audiosurf b

Knuckle Sandwich, the absurd, minigame-laden RPG about a boy working in a run-down diner, landed on Kickstarter earlier this week, and hit its $25,000 AUD (roughly $19,000) goal within 12 hours. Mix them all together and you get a surreal RPG involving a missing persons mystery and a fanatic cult. In Knuckle Sandwich, you’ll explore Bright City and get to know its wacky inhabitants, with each of its chapters set in a different part of the city. “Mechanically speaking, my inspirations include War

Faeland’s pretty pixel art first caught my eye in January when it was just a teaser trailer, but now it’s come to Kickstarter with a prototype build in search of $29,000. You control Sam, a secluded hunter who’s driven from his home by a band of orcs and trolls. The combat looks to be fairly deliberate: you can’t swing lightning fast, so it’s all about timing dodges and blocks. I know some people are sick of pixel art, but I like the fact that Faeland’s visuals are relatively soft and easy on th

Stellaris, which we chose as one of the best strategy games on PC earlier this month, will overhaul the way that anomalies work in an upcoming update and introduce multi-star systems for the first time, developer Paradox Interactive has announced. The 2.1 update, called Niven, will remove the chance of failure when researching anomalies, which are points of interests on planets that can grant bonuses when investigated. After the Niven update, researching anomalies will always be successful, but

Assault rifles rule the roost in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and developer Bluehole wants to change that. In a Steam post, it said that an upcoming weapons balance patch will ensure that weapon choice is down to personal preference and the situation at hand, rather than just which gun is strongest. In other words, certain assault rifles will be nerfed, or the other weapons will receive buffs. “According to our research, only a few specific types of weapons (ARs) are used in most situations,”

A free, PC-only Assassin’s Creed: Origin update has added the Animus Control Panel, designed to let you “hack” the game by fiddling with 70 different sliders. Or if you want slow, meaningful combat, you can slow down swing speed, increase damage and limit health points. Ubisoft says it might be “overwhelming” for some players, so it’s created a few presets to get you started. Hardcore Stealth, for example, will increase enemy senses so that they’ll detect you at the slightest sound, but you’ll b

If you want to play a PC baseball management sim, you grab Out of the Park Baseball. If you want to actually get on the field, then Super Mega Baseball is, in my opinion, your best bet. The long-awaited sequel finally got a release date this week—May 1—alongside a video detailing how developer Metalhead Software has upped the realism this time around. Tap it and you’ll throw it slowly but avoid an error, which is fine if the base runner is nowhere near safe. This is still very much an arcade bas

Campo Santo, the developer of Firewatch, has joined Valve. The news arrived as a blog post on Campo Santo’s website, which reassured readers that everyone at the studio is remaining employed, and work on the developer’s next game (expected in 2019) will continue. “The twelve of us at Campo Santo have agreed to join Valve,” the post reads, “where we will maintain our jobs as video game developers and continue production on our current project, In the Valley of Gods.” “They asked us if we’d all be

In the latest trailer, the team show off their plans for the provinces of Hammerfell and Highrock, the homelands of the Redguard and Bretons respectively. Beyond Skyrim is split into a number of separate projects, and this region comes under the Iliac Bay: Tower of Dawn portion. The trailer for Three Kingdoms, above, looks impressive, and I can’t wait to explore some of its landscapes. I especially like the look of the Hammerfell portion, which will mix arid deserts with lush grasslands and ston

Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a roguelike inspired by Darkest Dungeon, the party-based dungeon crawler from 2016, and I can think of worse games to emulate. It’s a debut game for Russian developer Unfrozen Studios, which is partly formed by developers that worked on the Disciples franchise. You control Iratus, a necromancer hell-bent on world domination, who uses an army of animated corpses to do his bidding. The game is largely complete, but the team plan to launch a Kickstarter at the start of n