But what if—what if—all you have at your disposal is an onboard Intel graphics chipset? In that case, you do what redditor ballisticshark did: You suck it up and make it work. “On Destiny 2 launch day, my ASUS GTX 1080 died about 4 hours into the game. So that’s about the last time I experience any pretty looking graphics, in any game really,” they wrote of the sad situation. I decide to play the game with on-board Intel graphic.

In the Indie GIF Showcase, we dig up the best-looking new and upcoming indie games and explore what makes them special. Flipping Death’s lovely storybook aesthetic hides a surprisingly dark story. You’ve go to love the cartoonish, trashcan lid mouths on Flipping Death’s characters. There’s a great deal of texture and depth to the world developer Zoink Games has crafted. Flipping Death is due out in 2018.

We’ve had some good things to say about Master X Master, NCsoft’s dual-hero MOBA that came out in June. It wasn’t perfect, but as we noted as recently as August, even “in an increasingly crowded market, Master X Master deserves a second look.” “We truly believe that MXM is special, and offered a lot of new ideas to change up the MOBA genre, but in trying to carve out a niche for itself, we failed to connect with players.” Real-money purchases in the MXM Store have been disabled, but players will

Since Hearthstone’s Kobolds & Catacombs expansion was announced at BlizzCon, we’ve been waiting for another chance to see how the set is shaping up. But not for much longer, because on 20 November Blizzard will broadcast a card reveal Twitch stream hosted by senior game designer Peter Whalen and Brian “Brian Kibler” Kibler. The reveal will begin at 10 am PT/1 pm ET, but have no fear if you can’t make it: Blizzard will post the full video on YouTube once the show is over. Hearthstone: Kobolds & C

Loot boxes are probably the biggest talking point in gaming at the moment, and most of the talk isn’t especially positive. But what if you love loot boxes? Two games make this too-good-to-be-true promise: Box Looter 2018 (pictured above) which is due to release on Steam on November 30, is all about opening loot boxes. The game is similarly satirical: you just open loot boxes in order to unlock more and better loot boxes. “Open boxes, unlock new skins and hats for your Lootbox Loadout, then open

Dynasty Warriors 9, the open-world “rebirth” of the series that was confirmed for the PC earlier this year, will be out on February 13, 2018. Koei Tecmo revealed the release date today along with details about the “empire-worthy” preorder bonus. I’ll be honest, I have no idea who the fan-favorite characters actually are, so I’ll just have to take Tecmo’s word for it. More information about Dynasty Warriors 9, which brings “the ‘one vs. thousands’ exhilarating action of the Warriors series and th

On Monday, Steam rolled out local currency support for customers in 11 new countries , including Argentina, Costa Rica, Israel, and Qatar. Idan Zeierman, a PC Gamer reader from Israel, says that new support for the Israeli new shekel caused a lot of prices to move around. “At least for Israel, [new shekel support] had good and bad effects. While the big publishers generally rounded the prices up, small publishers and indie developers (and Paradox!) If a publisher chose to use Steam’s default pri

We reported a couple of days ago, based on a clip of video captured in a documentary about Beamdog, that the studio might be working on a new Planescape RPG. The clip revealed character concept art of Planescape’s Fated faction, under the heading of Planescape: Unraveled—itself a play on the name of a major character in Planescape: Torment. “The Beamdog creative and art teams often explore concepts, pitches, and designs touching on different Dungeons & Dragons and unique settings. We do these ex

The Talon-teaming Overwatch healer hero Moira, who made her debut on the PTR less than two weeks ago, is now live and playable in the full game. Biotic Grasp’s primary fire sprays a cone of energy that heals all teammates within range, draining biotic energy while active, which will replenish slowly over time. Draining her foes’ health regenerates Moira’s biotic energy even faster, allowing more healing for her allies.” Fade enables Moira to disappear out of sight and sprint through the shadows,

Even water blocks sport RGB lighting, and that includes the newest batch from EK designed specifically for certain ASRock X299 motherboards—which we might add makes the setup looks real slick. As with other EK-Supremacy coolers, the ones designed for ASRock motherboards have a nickel-plated electrolytic copper base and top made from an acrylic glass material. According to EK, the high-flow design makes them equally suitable for performance cooling setups and those with weaker or silent pumps. Fo

Wikimedia Commons via COLLINS:. (Image: © Wikimedia Commons via COLLINS:)Microsoft is one of the few companies that isn’t marking down its prices way ahead of Black Friday. There is a countdown timer at the Microsoft Store’s website that ticks down the days, hours, minutes, and even seconds until most of its deals go live. Here is a look at some of them:The bulk of Microsoft’s Black Friday deals will unlock on November 23. Also be sure keep visiting us here at PC Gamer, as we will have continual

The Great Loot Box Fire of ’17 received an additional slosh of gasoline yesterday when Belgium announced that its Gaming Commission, which regulates gambling in the country, had begun an investigation into whether loot boxes in games like Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Overwatch constitute a form of gambling. The consequences of a “yes” decision are potentially enormous, which is why it’s not at all surprising that Electronic Arts says “nuh uh.” The crate mechanics of Star Wars Battlefront 2 are no

The Gollop Chamber Julian Gollop has been in the games industry for more than 30 years. His column, the Gollop Chamber, will touch on games history, design, and, probably, a lot of XCOM. This is an idea that has been copied in subsequent Lovecraftian board games and computer games. As much as I like Lovecraftian games, I have one complaint—these games are almost all set in the 1930s. A better implementation of Lovecraftian horror would need to be set closer to the present day and informed by mod

The Humble Store has kicked off a 12-day Fall Sale with discounts on more than 3000 games, and for the first 48 hours Killer is Dead: Nightmare Edition will be free for the taking. To claim your gratis game, head to the Humble Store’s Killer is Dead page, take note of the 100 percent discount, and click “Add to Cart.” After that, it’s “Checkout,” then “Get it for free!” It really is quite a simple process. For anyone who wants to spend a little bit of money, here are a handful of carefully curat

So what happens when Micro Center and Black Friday collide? Many of Micro Center’s Black Friday deals are live now. “Micro Center will continue our tradition of being closed Thanksgiving Day, so our employees can enjoy the holiday with their friends and families. Micro Center will open at 8:00am on Black Friday,” said Kevin L Jones, VP of merchandising at Micro Center. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something through one of our links.

The Vive Tracker is a motion accessory designed to bring real-world peripherals into the virtual world for a more immersive experience. It costs $99 by itself and works with dozens of games, but is also being packaged in bundles with different accessories. One of those is a replica of the old-school NES light gun, called the Hyper Blaster. “When paired with Vive Tracker, the Hyper Blaster serves as both a gun and motion controller in integrated games such as Duck Season, Arizona Sunshine, The Am

Endless Space 2, Amplitude Studio’s turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy game that landed earlier this year, is free to try on Steam this weekend. In his review, Chris also noted that, like most 4X games, Endless Space 2 needs time to realise its full potential. Speaking to existing players, Amplitude says: “Here at Amplitude, a Free Weekend always comes with a play-to-win Community Challenge. The more players try the game during the Steam Free Weekend, the bigger an upcoming free DLC gets.” More infor

Earlier this year, Chris became the first person outside of the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds team to set foot in the shooter’s upcoming desert map. Now, Nvidia has posted five new desert-set shots that tease the map’s sprawling planes, abandoned car-strewn thoroughfares, hidey-hole houses and multi-storey buildings. “Oils rigs, canyon walls, towers and cranes should make for some interesting snipping, while the more dense cityscapes should intensify scavenging,” says Nvidia. Nvidia adds that 5,

Last month, while Tim was still reeling from his Mozû the Blight encounters, WB Games detailed the Middle-earth: Shadow of War Expansion Pass and its four incoming portions of premium DLC. Two of these now have launch dates, and the action role-player is also in-line for four complimentary updates before year’s end. Endless Siege is a fortress-defending scenarios that pits players against Sauron’s forces amid the Endless Siege, while Rebellion has you taking rebel Ologs and Uruks to task. This t

Nestling somewhere between the brutal sausage-fest of Stephen’s Sausage Roll and the charming Tower-of-Hanoi-esque snowfolk of A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build is the upcoming puzzler, Pipe Push Paradise. Pipe Push Paradise is the work of Corey Martin (design and programming) and Teodoro Zamudio (art and music). At first the puzzles are just about getting the hang of pushing simple bits around and not getting them hopelessly stuck. Partly that’s a wider problem with the genre because this type of