If you’ve been toying with the idea of building a small form factor PC that packs a punch, you can start with Cooler Master’s Elite 110, a mini-ITX that can be had for just $20 after a $15 mail-in-rebate, at Newegg. You can’t shove a micro-ATX motherboard, let alone a full-size ATX mobo, but there are a growing number of performance-oriented mini-ITX motherboards that will fit inside. The case comes with a 120mm front intake fan that sits behind a mesh front panel. You can also add a pair of 80m

The only thing glowing brighter than one of Razer’s RGB peripherals is its share price. After listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (with the stock code 1337, no less) to offer shares of the technology firm for the first time, Razer’s stock jumped around 40 percent over its open IPO price, raising around US$529 million. “One element supportive to the Razer share price is favorable sentiment towards IPOs these days,” Ke Yan, an independent analyst who contributes to research aggregator Smartkar

Today Bethesda nailed its post-release plans down further by revealing two out of three release dates, and an acceptably tight window for the third. December 14 – As former professional quarterback Joseph Stallion, smash through Nazi hordes from the ruins of Chicago to the vastness of space! The Diaries of Agent Silent Death: January 30 – As ex-OSS agent and assassin Jessica Valiant, infiltrate Nazi bunkers in California and discover the secrets of Operation San Andreas! January 30 – As ex-OSS a

Black Friday is right around the corner, which many retailers extend throughout the weekend leading into Cyber Monday. To help you plan ahead, Microsoft has released a partial list of items that will be on sale. If you have been wanting a mixed reality headset for Windows 10, don’t pull the trigger just yet. Microsoft says you’ll be able to save up to $100 on mixed reality headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung. There will also be discounts of up to $249 on PC bundles with mixed reali

Thermaltake has a new gaming chair that begs for a cross promotion with Preparation-H, because like that butt cream, its new X Comfort Air aims to rid you of that burning sensation on your backside. The X Comfort Air is the first air-cooled gaming chair (that we’re aware of) with a set of four fans plopped underneath the seat. These are not ordinary fans, mind you—Thermaltake’s cheeky cooling solution is the result of some serious engineering aimed at keeping your ass cool. “Use of a special fiv

The dinosaur-riding survival game Ark: Survival Evolved is chugging along nicely, with about 40,000 people playing it at this moment (a daily peak of 56,000, according to Steam Charts) and a big new expansion called Aberration set to come out later this month. But nothing is forever, and creative director Jesse Rapczak told DualShockers recently that in the relatively near future, Studio Wildcard is going to start looking ahead to a sequel. “I think, you know, as we get down the line, over the n

Back at Computex earlier this year, Asus teased a handful of new monitors, one of them being the ROG Strix XG32VQ, a 32-inch curved display with FreeSync support. The XG32VQ uses an expansive panel with an 1800R curvature and a 2560×1440 (WQHD) resolution. It also serves up a fast 144Hz refresh rate and 4ms response time, while maintaining color accuracy with 125 percent coverage of the sRGB color space. So the pitch is that it’s both fast and accurate, with a curve to boot for those who care. C

Motion Twin’s hard-as-nails sidescrolling roguelike Dead Cells arrived on Steam’s Early Access programme back in May, and has now breached the bounds of GOG’s Games in Development initiative. Set within a sprawling, ever-changing castle packed with ghouls, ghosts, monsters and mutants, Dead Cells has no checkpoints and boasts the mantra: “Kill, die, learn, repeat.” Dead Cells arrives on GOG with the launch of the game’s The Brutal Update (which is incidentally a GOG exclusive for the next 24 hou

IO responded by going independent in June, unveiling a Game of the Year Edition last month, and confirming another game is in the works last week. In conversation with gamesindustry.biz, IO CEO Hakan Abrak describes the decision to go it alone as “a genuine watershed moment” for he and his colleagues—one which will inform the developer’s games into the future. “The AAA digital era is where we all are right now and it made perfect sense for Hitman Season One, ” says Abrak. “Being able to create t

The Combine soldier uses emotes to inform me that they’re looking up my file in the tablet they’re holding. Then the Combine soldier turns around, grabs a unit of rations, and shoves them into my character’s hands. “I’ve been watching you for a while,” the Combine soldier tells me. I’ve been roleplaying in Garry’s Mod for maybe 20 minutes now, and already I’ve come face to face with the cruelty of its world. But as the Combine soldier leads me to the ebony black doors of the Combine headquarters

Dawn of the Tiberium Age is a long-serving standalone mod that combines the original Command & Conquer and its Red Alert follow-up. I appreciate this might be the first you’re hearing of Dawn of the Tiberium Age, so before we get to its newest features, here’s its creators on what it’s all about:Dawn of the Tiberium Age (DTA) is a standalone mod that combines Tiberian Dawn (C&C 95) and Red Alert using the Tiberian Sun engine. DTA also features dozens of challenging, unique single player missions

In a blog post on its website, the devs describe WW2’s post-launch period as a “whirlwind” wherein online issues have stirred frustration. “While our previous Game Update which released early Friday solved several critical needs, unfortunately it also had an adverse effect on server performance,” reads the post. Our objective to return to dedicated servers is our highest priority.” We’ve begun to test dedicated servers today in the US. “We also want to reinforce our commitment to PC fans,” the p

Football Manager 2018 arrived last week, bringing with it a number of new systems that make it the most ambitious entry in years. I like it, and it seems a lot of folk elsewhere feel the same—given the fact FM 2018 tops Steam’s Top Sellers chart, at the time of writing. We’ve been no.1 in local charts before, but I don’t remember us being no.1 globally!I’ve said this a few times today but, once again, thank you so much for your support! pic.twitter.com/GUJK0j6tStNovember 11, 2017Other perhaps mo

Tekken 7 marked the long-standing fight ’em up series’ PC debut when it came to desktops in June this year. Now, it’s announced another soon-to-be PC debutante will fight in the King of the Iron First Tournament next year: Final Fantasy 15’s main protagonist Noctis. Noctis’ inclusion follows other well-known guests such as Fatal Fury’s Geese Howard and Street Fighter’s Akuma. What perhaps stands this reveal apart, though, is that Noctis does not hail from the fighting genre. Expect Noctis in Tek

Put down the dollar store power strip and slowly back away. The short answer is no, power strips do not protect your PC from any sort of electrical fluctuations. Not all power strips are created equal however, and inexpensive ones will often fail to protect your machine—here’s what you need to know. Surge protectors are available as single outlet units but typically come in the form of power bars, providing several protected outlets. Many people assume that all power bars have surge protection b

Put down the dollar store power strip and slowly back away. The short answer is no, power strips do not protect your PC from any sort of electrical fluctuations. Not all power strips are created equal however, and inexpensive ones will often fail to protect your machine—here’s what you need to know. Surge protectors are available as single outlet units but typically come in the form of power bars, providing several protected outlets. Many people assume that all power bars have surge protection b

Being the pop culture phenomenon that it was, World of Warcraft has impacted many of our lives in some way. That’s why, last week, I asked our community to share their fondest, most nostalgic stories of those early days in World of Warcraft. Guild dramaIn the old days, World of Warcraft had insanely esoteric rules around who got the loot after a dungeon. I had asked my parents for Warcraft, and instead they provided me with World of Warcraft. These were just some of the excellent memories of Van

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Origin Access players have been making their voices heard over the game’s unlock system ahead of its release next week. “At the current price of 60,000 credits it will take you 40 hours of gameplay time to earn the right to unlock one hero or villain. The user created a detailed spreadsheet showing how long it will take to unlock loot crates, too. “Our team will continue to make changes and monitor community feedback and update everyone as soon and as often as we can,” i

But there’s so much more to Butterfly Soup than that. Its frank treatment of sexuality is a significant part of why Butterfly Soup is truly special. While it does tackle serious topics, Butterfly Soup is mostly a light-hearted romp. Brianna LeiIn any visual novel the quality of writing is important, and this is one of the places where Butterfly Soup excels. “I really want to make a sequel to Butterfly Soup,” Lei reassures us, “so this definitely won’t be the last you see of them.

I wish I could say that my first memory of gaming on a PC had some dramatic impact on my life. A few years later, however, I’d have my first true PC gaming memory. I saw an advertisement for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 in PC Gamer and found a demo I could download online. And, to this day, it’s one of the fondest memories I have of gaming on a PC. It’s fun reliving those earliest memories of PC gaming, which is why this week I want you to share yours.