They’re not standing in line for a new iPhone, they’re protesting the FCC’s proposed plan to roll back existing net neutrality rules. Verizon is a target in part because it’s a major advocate of dismantling net neutrality regulation. Current net neutrality rules prohibit ISPs blocking and throttling internet traffic based on content and other criteria that could be ultimately hurt competitors and consumers alike. However, net neutrality rules did not stop Verizon from committing to investing at

With the release of Destiny 2’s first DLC expansion, Curse of Osiris, the power level cap has been raised from 305 to 335, which means some endgame challenges formerly reserved for players near the 300 level cap are now reserved for players near the new level cap. In a move more aligned with how subscription-based MMOs update, Bungie has scaled up its endgame activities across the board, effectively removing a higher difficulty option altogether for anyone still sitting on the original release.

Now, however, it appears that they might actually be gone for good. “We turned the MTX off as an opportunity to work on the progression system inside the game. I think there’s an update this week and again next week,” CFO Blake Jorgensen said earier this week at the Nasdaq Investor Conference (via Glixel). EA recently took “initial steps” to accelerate Battlefront 2 character progression without requiring microtransaction purchases, so the idea of permanently eliminating them from the game isn’t

EVGA has added a quiet-running GeForce GTX 1070 Ti to its product lineup. The company’s new GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW Ultra Silent Gaming (08G-P4-6678-KR) card is equipped with a large cooler and heatsink to keep temps in check, and allow the fans to run at a lower and quieter speed. Out of the box, EVGA’s new card has a 1,607MHz base clock and 1,683MHz boost clock, as Nvidia does not allow its partners to overclock the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. With a 10+2 power phase design and a beefy cooling soluti

Amazon is selling the HyperX Cloud II, the follow-up version to our favorite headset, for $70 today. With it being on sale for $70, the Hyper Cloud II is $10 cheaper than the HyperX Cloud Revolver, which we like a lot. We’ve also tested the HyperX Cloud II and found it to be a worthy headset for gaming, just not necessarily worth the pricing premium over its predecessor. The HyperX Cloud II is a 7.1 virtual surround sound headset. You can grab the HyperX Cloud II on sale here.

Square Enix has announced that a new Tomb Raider game is in the works, and that it will be revealed in a “major event” set to take place sometime in 2018. I also find it amusing that a message telling fans that they’ll have to wait ends with, “we simply can’t wait.” And yet, there’s something odd about it—something in the wording that makes me think that maybe there’s more going on here than meets the eye. What if the first letter of the first word in each sentence combined to form a word? That

That’s not exactly a major bump in wattage, though depending on the price, the added headroom for future high-performance graphics cards is nice to have. There is wide range of graphics card that gamers can shove inside the Gaming Station, given the available power. That said, there is no mention of it supporting AMD’s newest Radeon RX Vega 56 and Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics cards. It also supports Nvidia’s graphics cards, up through the GeForce GTX 10 series. PowerColor did not say when its Gami

The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley’s annual tribute to Hideo Kojima and possibly some other game developers, starts today at 5:30 pm Pacific, and will be streaming on just about every platform one can stream on, including Twitch, YouTube, Steam, and Mixer (we embedded the YouTube stream above). So, one PC game, and not the best one this year. One of our favorites of the year, Hollow Knight, is also nominated for Best Debut Indie Game. The silliest award, and I’m not making this one up, is ‘Most Ant

Overwatch’s Winter Wonderland seasonal event returns December 12, bringing with it old and new holiday-themed character skins as well as a new Brawl, Mei’s Yeti Hunt. A new holiday brawl is also on deck: Mei’s Yeti Hunt. This new mode will pit five Mei players against a single overpowered Winston (no doubt sporting his Yeti skin). In the mode, which takes place on the Nepal map, the Mei players will start out hunting Winston while he tries to evade them and track down stacks of meat. At that poi

The Hearthstone expansion Kobolds & Catacombs was slated to go live later today in North America, and not until tomorrow in Europe. Here’s an early holiday surprise, then—Blizzard says it’s live in both regions now. Kobolds & Catacombs is now live on NA and EU servers!🕯️December 7, 2017Kobolds & Catacombs brings 135 new cards to the game, but there are a half-dozen in particular to watch for. Any of these five—Lesser Mithril and Lesser Emerald Spellstones, Spiteful Summoner, Arcane Tyrant, and T

“Our vision for The Crew 2 has always been ambitious; to really surprise players by pushing the boundaries of the open-world racing genre to the limit. “In order to truly stand by our promise, we have made the difficult decision to delay the release date to between April/September 2018. “Taking more time with Assassin’s Creed: Origins enabled our talented development team to fully express their creative vision. As expected, this had a very positive impact on the game’s quality and largely partic

Iconoclasts was already an ambitious project when we first played it in March 2013. Solo developer Joakim ‘Konjak’ Sandberg has been working on the Metroidvania platformer ever since, and today, finally, Iconoclasts has a firm release date: January 23, 2018. The long-awaited date was unveiled alongside a gorgeous new trailer showcasing Iconoclast’s fabulous art, colorful characters and intriguing systems. Throughout our seven hours with Iconoclasts, we were quite impressed with the philosophies

Now it’s getting into the Wi-Fi router business. Razer is now selling a version of the Portal Wi-Fi mesh router designed by Ignition Design Labs, that has been optimized specifically for gaming. Mesh-capable Portal Wi-Fi routers help prevent these glitches. This is also a mesh router. Razer is selling the customized Portal router now in its web store for $159 (€170).

In today’s most surprising but welcomed news: Capcom has announced the Devil May Cry HD Collection. With the original Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition in tow, this Danthology (see what I did there?) The HD Collection brings the first 2001 Devil May Cry to PC for the first time. The same applies to 2003’s Devil May Cry 2, while the Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition was afforded a PC release ahead of its European console counterpart in 2006. It’s cool:The Devil M

Beyond Good and Evil 2 surprised us at this year’s E3 by actually showing face. After years of assuring us it was still in the works, Ubisoft dropped a fancy cinematic that contained zero in-game footage despite looking lovely. Today, at 5pm GMT/9am PT, Ubisoft will host a development update livestream. “When you don’t have this technology, you can’t really start the game,” Ancel said in June. But now we can say for sure that we will make this game, we’ll finish it.

SOS is a survival game where surviving isn’t the only way to win. A microphone is required to play SOS, and all players can talk freely through proximity-based voice chat. The studio making it, Outpost Games, is led by industry veterans who have worked on stuff like Dead Space, Battlefield Hardline, and EA’s 007 series. “We formed Outpost Games with the mission to turn every player into a performer, and every game into a stage.” Movement, too, is smooth and forgiving, making SOS’ Hollywoodized,

GTA Online gets a new heist on 12 December—The Doomsday Heist is described as an ‘epic new online adventure’ that sees your criminal crew contending with ‘apocalyptic’ threats. The trailer above suggests that it’ll involve a whole host of the new vehicles Rockstar has added to the game over the last few years, including the military bunker vehicles and the aircraft from Smuggler’s Run. Indeed, when the PC Gamer crew disbanded after the final heist, we thought we were done for good. Seasoned GTA

Since launch in September, Total War: Warhammer 2 has given us plenty to write about. Creative Assembly and Sega have now unveiled The Laboratory—a free Skaven-themed update that looks as silly as it does brilliant. A press release suggests the free update is designed in partnership with Intel, and that it’s “aimed squarely at those with powerful gaming PCs”. The results look suitably chaotic, however I’m most looking forward to mixing and matching my favourite combinations beyond comic effect.

In response to “numerous fan requests”, Techland has announced Bad Blood—a battle royale-inspired PvP mode that’s due next year. Independent of the developer’s ongoing free DLC drive, Bad Blood is a standalone expansion. “Since Bad Blood was inspired by fan requests, we want player feedback to be an integral part of our development. Bad Blood is for now without screens or moving pictures, however those interested can sign up for its global PC playtest in this direction. Again, Dying Light: Bad B

Fortnite Battle Royale has become a great, arcadey alternative to PUBG’s plodding pace, reckons Samuel Horti and I couldn’t agree more. Developer Epic Games outlined plans to improve the online shooter’s overall PC performance last month—and its latest update targets exactly that. Hitting the likes of CPU performance, framerates, animation trail effects and particles, glider physics and rendering lighting and shadows, among a number of other things, Fortnite BR’s latest patch is busy on the perf