Specifically, you can get a 15.6-inch Dell Inspiron (I7567-5650BLK-PUS) for as little as $680, if going the open box route. There are a handful of open box variants to choose from. After that, the only option is brand new, which Best Buy is offering on sale for $850, down from $900. We were also told (via online chat) that open box items are covered under the same standard warranty as buying brand new. Also, go here to read more about Best Buy’s open box policies.

Intel’s Skylake architecture just recently turned two years old, making it over-the-hill in technology years. It is no surprise, then, that Intel is retiring Skylake as it pushes newer processor lines, including Kaby Lake and sometime soon, Coffee Lake (on the desktop). Intel will still accept orders from vendors and system builders until the end of March 2018, with final shipments taking place in September 2018. When the final shipments go out, Skylake will be three years old, and Intel’s 10nm

So much of the wider conversation around South Park is about controversial moments or episodes, but my four hours with The Fractured But Whole dialled in on what’s actually appealing about South Park, when it’s on great form : the town and its cast are…kind of nice? But a shift to a more sidequest-led structure, combined with slightly deeper RPG systems, make a significant difference. Despite feeling similar to explore, South Park has changed a bit. The Fractured But Whole won’t be too complex

Forza Motorsport 7 was announced at this year’s E3 as a Windows 10 exclusive. Microsoft has announced it’s gone gold, and that a PC demo will go live on September 19. Lastly, drivers after the “ultimate test” will want to whirl their Nissan NISMO GT-R LM’s round the Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit. Here’s Microsoft on that:”Here, fans will be challenged to handle the ‘Ring’s complex corners and elevation changes, while also tackling the dynamic track conditions that will make racing in Forza Moto

The server blades are delivered to your door in a clear glass coffin. “To us, this server blade is more than just hardware: within the circuits and hard drive, a world of magic, adventure, and friendship thrived. Since then, the prodigal server blades have become a white whale for World of Warcraft collectors. Every server blade they sold comes with an inscription spelling out its birth and death date. Alex, like Chris, keeps an eye out for other server blades that are closer to his personal lif

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is a massive expansion for XCOM 2, and you can get it for cheaper than normal this week. It only released on August 29, but you can already save 15 percent on the DLC over on Bundle Stars. Tom’s review of War of the Chosen says it’s a “comprehensive expansion that touches every aspect of the game.” If you’re well versed in XCOM 2, this expansion shakes things up. War of the Chosen is full price everywhere else today, and the 15 percent discount lasts until Tuesday, so t

A couple of months back, PUBG executive producer Chang Han Kim said cross-platform play between PCs and consoles is something that is “definitely” on Bluehole’s radar. Mastermind Brendan Greene has now confirmed this, and says he and his team are looking towards Destiny’s well-balanced aim-assist to make cross-play “identical in terms of experience.” And I think that with Microsoft’s help it’s really going to get it feeling like a good shooter on console. As the developer has teased via a series

In a surprise announcement, Rockstar has announced L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files—an incoming virtual reality game for the HTC Vive. Due November 14, The VR Case Files marks the Grand Theft Auto developer’s “first steps into virtual reality” with seven “select” case from the original game. As you might expect, these have been rebuilt with VR in mind, however Rockstar doesn’t detail the specifics in this news wire post. Here’s Rockstar with the skinny:”L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files for HTC Vive de

Other players were less fortunate, though, thus leveling the playing field and getting players into fights asap fast became Ubisoft’s priority. Siege is approaching its second year anniversary, and is now one of the biggest online shooters around. “I totally get what those mixed feelings, receptions and reviews about the game came from—they were within reason,” says Remy. “When we conceived the game, we knew we were building a game that was growing in terms of its number of operators, maps, meta

NOW PLAYING In Now Playing articles PC Gamer writers talk about the game currently dominating their spare time. Back when I was a naïve teenager, I was really into Pirates of the Caribbean. The kind of person who had Jack Sparrow posters on her wall, Pirates cushions, Pirates T-shirts, even Pirates PJs. With no map to guide me, I leave Fallen London and head into the darkness. I rush to her aid, but suddenly she slithers into the sea, revealing herself as merely the tip of a terrible monster’s t

Techland is working on its own variation of agricultural adventure with Pure Farming 2018, while newcomer Triangle Studios now has a launch date for its incoming farm ’em up Real Farm. Due on October 20, 2017, Real Farm also has a new in-game footage trailer. Observe:Said to target both serious farm simulation fans and less familiar players, Real Farm will boast “two distinctive game modes” in ‘Free Mode’ and ‘Career Mode’, so says publisher Sodesco. From front to back, Free Mode mirrors the com

Bethesda’s divisive Creation Club launched into beta last week to a mixed reception. Speaking at PAX West last week, Pete Hines addressed Bethesda’s standpoint on mods, its future plans, and the Creation Club itself. Well they still can, because this is a job and that’s mods and the two just aren’t the same.” And we’re not requiring you to buy Creation Club creations to continue playing the game that you already own,” Hines replies. We put all of the effort into the Creation Club, we continued t

Bethesda’s schedule between now and year’s end looks tight, however it seems the developer has another unnamed project in the works that’s due in 2017. As reported by VG24/7, Tek Syndicate’s recent interview with Pete Hines sees the Bethesda exec rhyming off all of the games it already has in the pipeline—the majority of which were shown at its E3 showcase. Hines adds: “We even have a game coming out this year that we haven’t even told anyone about yet. As you can see, when pressed by Tek Syndic

“You know, it feels weird because we still plan to work on the game,” Jesse Rapczak told Steven at PAX West, speaking of Ark’s launch from Early Access at the end of August. “While it feels good,” he said, “we still feel like we got work to do.” Along with improvements to the base game, Aberration is in the works, an expansion that brings survivors to a hostile alien world with no atmosphere where the safest place to be is deep underground. Aberration will be along sometime in October of this ye

As promised earlier this week, Boss Key has released a flood of information about LawBreakers’ forthcoming content, and the good news is that new stuff will start rolling out this month. Specifically, new tutorials and a map will launch before the end of September, as well as a temporary Team Deathmatch Skirmish. A new Valhalla map is coming too, and is the game’s “first asymmetric map set in the Sequoia National Forest”. Boss Key will also keep optimising matchmaking, and pledges to update the

Microsoft announced in June that the free-to-play, Windows Store-exclusive fighting game Killer Instinct would be coming to Steam later in the year. That hasn’t happened yet, but community manager Rukari “rukizzel” Austin revealed today in the KI forums that when it does, the Steam edition will be cross-play compatible with the Windows Store and Xbox One versions. “When you download the latest Killer Instinct Content Update, if you haven’t done so already, you’ll undoubtedly notice something pec

Ooblets won’t be arriving until “hopefully” 2018, but the adorable looking farming and creature collecting game is already on a lot of our wishlists. As Greg Rice of Double Fine tells Evan in the video above from PAX West, “It’s a little bit of Animal Crossing, a little Pokemon, a little bit of Harvest Moon, so it’s like RPG, town sim, farming sim, wrapped up in a cute package.” In other words, as Rice puts it, Ooblets is like “all your favorite games mashed into one.” Ooblets (the creatures, no

Formerly permanent inventory items you could swap in and out at will to change your guardian’s color palette, Destiny 2’s shaders disappear after a single use. If the most hard-earned shaders are consumable too, then the message to players seems to be that their accomplishments are equally as fleeting. In the original Destiny, I’d swap shaders several times a session, sometimes to express myself, sometimes as a tactical PvP consideration. Destiny 1’s raids offered up unique shaders that communic

The meta impactsNow for the hardest part: figuring out the probable impact on the meta of all these changes. Several aggressive decks just got worse: Pirate Warriors, Murloc Paladins, and Aggro Druids (in decreasing order of severity). The archetype of aggressive decks will assuredly remain in the game, even if they are not the same ones we’ve been seeing. There are also other aggressive decks that will come to exist that did (or could) not do well previously. Perhaps an aggressive Secret Mage a

Bear With Me is an “episodic noir adventure game” about the search for a young boy who’s gone missing in a dark, shadowy world. But it’s probably not quite as grim and gritty as it sounds. The first episode was released in August 2016, and the third and final ep—and also the biggest in the series—is coming on October 5. In the last exciting episode of Bear With Me, Amber and Ted found some new clues at the burned steel mill, but their progress is slowed by unforeseen obstacles. The concluding ep