While the latest weekly update on Destiny 2 from Bungie opens with a vaguely threatening promise—”Whenever you engage your fellow players in the Destiny arena, like you did in the Destiny 2 console Beta, our designers are studying you.”—some of the promised fixes and tweaks coming to the PC beta sound a bit more comforting. Thanks to those in the console Beta who helped us track this down. FIXED: Infinite Grenades GlitchAnother issue found with the help of our friends in the console Beta. In the

Ubisoft has announced the official system requirements for the upcoming action-adventure South Park: The Fractured But Whole, which means you can finally determine whether your PC has what it takes to deliver fart jokes, skeezy lapdances given by small children, and a character named The Coon. Minimum:Resolution: 720p @~60FPS720p @~60FPS Video Preset: LowLow V-Sync: OffOff OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) PROCE

One of them is Arctic, which has a new Freezer 33 model designed specifically for Threaderipper and its large integrated heatspreader. The Freezer 33 TR is essentially an updated model of the original Freezer 33, but with an enlarged base. It is an air cooled solution that utilizes flattened heatpipes on the bottom that make direct contact with the IHS. According to Arctic, this cooler runs extremely quiet thanks to a three-phase motor design. Arctic will sell the cooler soon in both red and whi

The community backlash is no surprise: the idea of selling items in an unfinished Early Access game typically results in a wave of unhappiness from gaming communities (see Ark’s paid DLC expansion). There’s also the fact that Brendan Greene stated a few months ago that no monetization would occur during PUBG’s Early Access period. While many of the reviews express positive opinions about the game itself, most of these recent thumbs-downs cite the paid crates as the main reason. I don’t think my

Another popular Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds streamer has been banned from the game, for yet another bizarre and dubious reason. Vehicular homicide is a common (and commonly hilarious) way to dispatch enemies in PUBG, after all. The trouble here is that Early Access is different from conventional betas in one big way, that being that people have to pay for it. Protecting those people from shenanigans is presumably a big part of the harsh penalties meted out for taking advantage of bugs, and it’

Ethereum, Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies created a major spike in graphics card pricing over the past few months—and why not? I also included eBay prices, to see if there are better deals to be had in the used market. And I have good news, as it looks like demand is dropping, with eBay prices reacting accordingly:Prices remain inflated on the midrange offerings, particularly on the AMD side, which is remains a veritable no-man’s land. Unfortunately, that means used graphics cards will remai

That’s not just good news for the developers, but also to backers who invested in the game through crowdfunding site Fig. “The video game sold enough copies within 48 hours of release to recover initial investments,” Fig’s press release stated, “and it will continue to generate revenue-sharing for these Fig Game Share investors for up to the next 3 years.” Kingdoms and Castles is the first Fig-funded game to be released, with its investment period ending back in January. Fast-forward here to Aug

A new game mode is on the way to the Overwatch Arcade, and it’s actually one of the oldest of them all: Deathmatch, the classic game of kill everything that moves (while everything that moves tries to do the same to you) is now live on the PTR. The new Deathmatch mode will be available in two distinct flavors, “Free For All,” an eight-way brawl with the belt going to the first player to get 20 kills, and “Team Deathmatch,” a 6v6 race to 30. But in Team Deathmatch, there’s a catch: Mercy resurrec

The Twitch Desktop App, which was revealed to the world back in March, is now in full release. The app covers all things Twitch “from streams to memes,” as well as a number of features not available through the web, including voice and video calls, servers, and “Dark Mode.” In a fun bit of coincidental timing, Discord began testing a new video chat feature today, something that’s also present (and fully operational) in the Twitch Desktop App. ✅ Streams, VODs, Clips, Chat✅ Video & Voice Calls✅ A

Discord announced on its blog that testing of new video chat and screen sharing features is kicking off today, on a small scale. The good news is that people selected for the test will be able to initiate video calls with anybody, including friends who aren’t in the test. Once the calls are initiated, video or screen share buttons will enable you to share either your webcam or your desktop with everyone connected. We’re measuring and testing bandwidth; acquiring and implementing more backend ser

If that has you wanting to build a new system around one of Intel’s Core X-series processors, check out this bundle deal at Newegg. Up for grabs is an Intel Core i7-7800X processor and ASRock Fatal1ty X299 Professional Gaming i9 motherboard. That’s actually also included through Newegg’s bundle deal, which increases the value even further. ASRock’s Fatal1ty X299 Professional Gaming i9 motherboard is based in Intel’s X299 chipset and is built on a 13 power phase design. You can grab the bundle de

Art by Peter Dennis (Image: © Peter Dennis)Creative Assembly recently announced Total War Sagas , a spin-off series meant to “focus on a specific point in history, as opposed to an era as seen in the tentpole Total War games,” but with the same level of detail as the bigger releases. Like Fall of the Samurai or Napoleon, these aim to cover eras already touched on by Total War, but putting a particular facet of the age under a microscope or detouring from the existing timeline. The best Total War

“We are thrilled that Cloud9’s formidable fan base throughout Europe and the UK now has a local team to call their own, and can’t wait to start representing London in the Overwatch League,” Etienne said. “Building communities around the best competitive experiences in the world is incredibly rewarding, and the Overwatch League offers the chance to create something special,” KSE Esports co-founder Josh Kroenke said. Overwatch League teams will earn equal shares of league-wide net revenues, but wi

The International 7 has been excellent so far, and the spectator experience watching on Dota2Ti Twitch stream has also been excellent. The spectator experience within the Dota 2 client falls significantly short, however. There are a few reasons to watch games within the client. Also even the best stream can’t match the quality of watching Dota 2 at 120 frames per second on max settings on a monitor. It takes some navigation to get to the replaysThere is a great big link to the Twitch stream on t

Like the great Star Wars or Star Trek games on PC, the best Lord of the Rings games straddle a whole host of genres. We’ve expanded the remit here to include some games based on The Hobbit and other parts of Middle-earth lore, so you’ve got the best overview possible. We’ll update this list in a few months if Shadow of War turns out as well as the original, too. Even The Two Towers went largely unnoticed by RPG fans, and the third part never ended up happening.—Richard CobbettThe Lord of the Rin

More recently, Google’s DeepMind AI defeated the world’s best Go player. Now AI researchers are setting their sights on StarCraft II, one of the most popular multiplayer games of all time, Wired reports. This comes with Blizzard’s blessing, as it has just released the tools necessary for AI researchers to build bots capable of playing against human players. But in StarCraft II, researchers estimate you’d need to add at least 100 more zeroes to account for its complexity. By developing AI that ca

Some memory chips work better than others, especially if you plan to overclock. The new kits top out at 3600MHz, which is available as a 32GB kit consisting of four 8GB modules. If it’s capacity you’re after, G.Skill now offers a 128GB memory kit for Threadripper. “One of the advantages introduced by the AMD X399 platform is the increase to eight memory slots on AMD platforms, allowing the support for massive 128GB capacity kits running in quad-channel mode,” G.Skill says. G.Skill has has not an

As revealed at E3 earlier this year, Dishonored 2 will return next month with its Death of the Outsider standalone expansion. As you may already know, Death of the Outsider stars notorious assassin Billie Lurk and “The Knife of Dunwall” and one-time Whaler leader Daud. “See a new side of Karnaca as Death of the Outsider takes you through its gritty underbelly,” explains the aforementioned blog post. Like Dishonored 2’s base game, and its 2011 forerunner, playing stealthily is also an option. Cho

Similar to its Washington and New Vegas-set forerunners, Fallout 4 is getting an all-encompassing Game of the Year Edition. Due September 26 on PC, this celebratory outing comes with the Fallout 4 base game and all six of its varying quality add-ons: Nuka World, Vault-Tec Workshop, Contraptions Workshop, Far Harbor, Wasteland Workshop and Automatron. Anyway, Fallout 4’s Game of the Year Edition comes with the lot. Here’s how that looks, in case you’ve forgotten:Again, Fallout 4’s Game of the Yea

Ahead of its incoming Frozen North expansion next week, Conan Exiles has outlined its plans for the coming months of early access. Besides introducing a new complimentary area—that almost doubles the current game in size—the Frozen North update brings with it a new temperature system that in turn affects, and in essence dictates, how you approach survival. “I am very proud of the team and the work they have done so far in Early Access,” says Bylos in a statement. They have also built this entire