Such is the case with a new feat that has never been done before—G.Skill took one of its dual-channel Trident Z RGB memory kits and cranked the dial to 5,000MHz, on air. “Previously, the 5GHz memory speed is only achievable in extreme overclocking and in single-channel. We’re excited to share that we’ve been able to achieve the 5GHz memory speed in not only air-cooling conditions, but also in dual-channels. The next step would be to introduce a DDR4-5000 memory kit to market. The real question i

Following its Japanese debut last summer, Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age will arrive in North America and Europe on September 4, 2018. Available for PC via Steam, the localised version promises a host of new features—such as a dash function, new difficulty settings a Camera Mode. I haven’t played a Dragon Quest game myself since 2004’s (2006 in the west) DQ 8: Journey of the Cursed King—whose 2015 (2017 in the west) 3DS reimagining featured its own camera mode. “With a quest that take

If you thought XCOM + Mario was a weird pitch for a videogame, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is here to blow your mind with an even more bizarre pitch: XCOM + Howard the Duck. Plus, uh, about 30 years of RPG heritage pulled from a Swedish pen-and-paper game called Mutant that first debuted in 1984. When you understand the pedigree behind Mutant Year Zero, its addition of more robust stealth than what you see in XCOM2 starts to make a lot of sense. “I grew up on these things,” said Andersson, mo

Update: Epic has now dropped a Guided Missile teaser trailer, inserted above. When Fortnite teased jetpacks earlier this year, I pondered a scenario that jetpacks couldn’t make better. I am, however, digging the thought of arsing around with a Guided Missile launcher—blowing folk away from distance and, perhaps, riding rockets across the map. “Remote control destruction from above,” reads the “coming soon” item’s description upon check in. Look, see:Not much to go on beyond that, but, like the e

Planet Coaster’s Studios Pack is rolling. “Create legendary moments and build the ultimate Hollywood Studios Park with new studio-themed scenery and wall sets. Combine new city props, vehicles, construction props and metropolis wall tiles together with Planet Coaster’s existing themes to bring the silver screen to life. A coinciding update is available to all players, adds the dev, the highlights of which include path tunneling and hotels. The former adds two new modes to the game’s path editor

Fortnite is an incredibly popular video game, so it’s natural for the otherwise games-ambivalent mainstream media to want a piece of it. Enter stage right Australia’s A Current Affair, which in addition to being a fairly sensationalist outlet, also occasionally runs stories comparing the best fake tans on the Australian market. The video above (via Kotaku) shows how it panned out, with the outlet parroting the usual stuff about games being addictive and games being violent. “The latest video gam

Ubisoft has been iterating on its Rainbow Six Siege recoil system for a while now, but according to a new blogpost, it looks like the studio has finally hit the nail on the head. “…we have moved away from predictable recoil patterns, and found another solution that does not involve predictable recoil,” the blogpost reads. “With this new direction, we have made an effort to ensure that each weapon feels as close to the original recoil as possible. For a fairly comprehensive look at both the ori

Though games were his first love, it was music, specifically game music, that captured his attention in his formative years. “I was exposed to all new music and early videogame remixes,” he says Aversa. Aversa’s work in remixing game music led to a successful career as a composer and audio designer. He even turned down a gig writing music for a first-party Xbox One game in order to continue working on Tangledeep. And now that I have the experience doing Tangledeep, doing the next game should be

We reported last week about a weird but amusing partnership between Twitch, KFC, and various streamers that offered viewers a chance to win free chicken dinners—real-world food, not the “winner winner” kind—simply by using a new “KFC Bucket emote” in Twitch chat. Basically, when a participating influencer wins a match, everyone who spams the bucket emote will be entered into a draw for a $20 gift card. Other prizes to be won include a Colonel Sanders ghillie suit, a survival spork, and a “med ki

If reaching the conclusion of levels and encounters is not your style, and you’d prefer to keep killing zombies (or Zeds) until you just can’t kill them anymore, Killing Floor 2 has you sorted. The new Infinite Onslaught update includes, as the name implies, a new Endless Mode, which just keeps going and going. You can also now play as D.A.R, a “domestic assistant robot” who featured in the original Killing Floor. The Infinite Onslaught update also adds new cosmetics, crates, achievements, and w

Outlast 2, aka the horror game which features a “charred baby pit”, was notoriously hard at launch. But for those who prefer story to nail-biting monstrosity evasion and, uh, dying, there’s a Story Mode now. But unlike Soma’s recent non-lethal playthrough option, you’ll still be able to die in Outlast 2’s story mode, and there will still be monsters. Changes have also been made to the pacing of the game, allowing more passive players to poke around the game’s sinister environments. Could this re

The 2018 Overwatch World Cup officially got underway today, as Blizzard announced that from now until April 28, when Competitive Season 9 comes to an end, it will be tracking the average skill rating of the top 150 players in each country. Once that bit of preliminary analysis is wrapped up, the top 20 countries will be invited to take part in the World Cup Tournament. France, South Korea, Thailand, and the US will host the Group Stages this year, and thus will be given a bye into the tournament

The 19th Humble Indie Bundle is now live over on the Humble store. It’ll be available through 11 am Pacific on Tuesday, April 10, with a new batch of games to come on Tuesday, April 3. If you purchase the bundle anytime before then, you’ll receive the new games when they’re added to the bundle, provided your purchase cracks their price tier. And if you’re really quick, you can also grab The Darkness 2 for free on the Humble Store. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something throu

I’ve always thought it was a bit tragic that Fortnite is a kill-on-sight kind of game. That’s a question that redditor ‘zblockariah’ answered when they shared this heartwarming video of love and friendship blossoming on the field of battle. Without a weapon to defend himself with, zblockariah knows he’s done for so he begins dancing and dropping his inventory as a peace offering. Instead of killing him, Mr. Bones also begins dancing and, amazingly, drops some items for zblockariah to use. The ne

Pulse rifles, scout rifles, hand cannons, sidearms, SMGs, linear fusion rifles, shotguns, and sniper rifles have all had their PvE damage boosted, anywhere from 15 to 50 percent depending on type, and have been tweaked in various other ways as well. Sidearm accuracy and ammunition inventory have been boosted, for instance, while linear fusion and sniper rifles have increased aim assist. The notable exception here are the meta-dominant auto rifles: Precision auto rifles have had both their range

Blazing Chrome was not just inspired by Contra and Metal Slug. In other words, the style is unmistakably Contra 3, but the animation is pure Metal Slug. I played Blazing Chrome in co-op with one of the developers, who said they’re targeting a Contra-like loot system. Games like Contra are better with friends because they encourage you to work together or die, and Blazing Chrome does just that. I had more fun with Blazing Chrome than most of the games at GDC, and I can’t wait to play more.

GTA Online rolled out its Southern San Andreas Super Sports Series last week with new vehicles, a Vice City-inspired Hotring Circuit and the promise of new stuff from now till the end of May. Here’s its stats:Elsewhere, this week’s update offers double GTA$ for Special Cargo Sales, with the same gratitude extended to Bodyguards and Associates’ salaries. Discounts span business centres, special cargo warehouses, yachts, choppers, and, the best of the bunch, the Fort Zancudo Hangar A2. Of the thre

The new trailer for Harebrained’s turn-based tactical combat game Battletech sets up a not-exactly-new tale of deposed backwater nobility going to war to reclaim their lost throne. But you’re not the noble—you’re the hired gun taking up arms for the cause not because you’re a believer but because you’ve got bills to pay. More relevantly to our immediate interests, the trailer also brings us a release date of April 24. “We’re massively thankful to our Kickstarter backers and fans of the MechWarri

Now playing In Now Playing articles PC Gamer writers talk about the game currently dominating their spare time. Often I think of Viscera Cleanup Detail as less of a game and more of a personality test. The debacle revolves around you and a group of friends acting as FPS janitors, cleaning up after the monster-shooting is over. The point right now is that, in playing scenarios with friends, you learn a lot about those friends. The thing here is that I don’t like playing Viscera alone.

Fanatical’s latest Star Deal satisfies both admittedly specific urges, as Bayonetta and Vanquish are on sale now through tomorrow, March 28, for £8.99/$11.99. Phil reviewed both Bayonetta and Vanquish’s PC debuts last year, so I’m going to defer to him for the next couple of paragraphs. The grace and fluidity of combat requires stability, and this PC version is the one that delivers. It’s the best way to play one of the best games of the last decade. Peter “Durante” Thoman’s Bayonetta PC port an