The Mage’s Tale is one of the first VR games I’ve played that feels like the full package. Even so, The Mage’s Tale is a light, action-oriented dungeon crawler, with simple leveling and combat that doesn’t strive for the party tactics of a game like Legend of Grimrock. Developer InXile built The Mage’s Tale as a more action-y spinoff of The Bard’s Tale, a traditional dungeon crawler series with turn-based combat (except InXile’s own action RPG spin off in 2004, which this is more like). It’s a f

G2A is making changes to its marketplace that will require game key resellers to provide detailed information to their customers, including full names and addresses. The site said the changes, set to take place on July 1, will “give more transparency to buyers and more control to sellers.” “These changes are the next logical step towards making our marketplace more transparent,” a G2A rep told PCGamesN. [Sellers] will now have to be more open to their buyers and provide more information.” Becaus

“Tournaments and competitive play have been part of the team’s vision for the game since the beginning of its development. The Public Test will allow the team to do that.” “As the focus of the public test is Duel Tournament, we will closely monitor the stability of the Tournament flow and the behavior of the Ranking system. We will also gather qualitative feedback through For Honor Forums dedicated specifically to the Public Test,” Ubi said. “Once the Public Test is over, we will send a survey t

These are Rust’s real Steam Refund figures. pic.twitter.com/IhjUsJUN9NJune 28, 2017Garry Newman of Facepunch Studios, developer of Rust, reported on Twitter today that the 329,970 copies of the Early Access survival game have been refunded on Steam. (Extrapolating from that, it appears Steamspy’s estimation of 5,509,983 Rust owners is pretty close to the mark.) In terms of dollars, those refunds total an eyebrow raising $4.3 million USD. It’s probably not quite sensible to look at the $4.3 milli

Walden, as Chris told us last week, is a unique take on the survival genre. Instead of monsters or zombies, you are Henry David Thoreau, and you’ve decided to “live deliberately” in the mid-19th century woods around Walden Pond. “The audience for the game is broad: from experimental game players to lovers of Thoreau and Transcendental literature. A “near-final” edition of the game remains available in early access on itch.io for $18.45. As you have likely surmised, the figure is significant: 184

Multiple online vendors are offering Samsung’s 850 Evo 1TB SSD at a discount, though none of them have Massdrop beat. Samsung’s 850 Evo is now a few years old, and the 2.5-inch form factor is not as sexy as the newer M.2 drives. This model is rated to deliver up to 540MBs of sequential read performance and up to 520MB/s of sequential write performance. If you want even more performance, Massdrop will give you the option at checkout of upgrading to Samsung’s 850 Pro model for a $170 up-charge. Go

Watch live on Twitch right here! Every Wednesday at 1 PM Pacific we broadcast The PC Gamer Show live on Twitch. It’s your chance to get your questions answered and hear us talk about gaming news, hardware, and what we’re playing. This week we’re joined by a special guest, Nate Weiss, creator of Songbringer! We’ll also be talking about some hot deals from the Steam Summer Sale, some more GTA 5 modding news, and lots more—including our usual Twitch chat Q&A!

Silverstone is going all out with its Strider power supply line. Previously available in 600W, 700W, and 800W capacities, Silverstone’s top-shelf models now extend all the way to 1,500W for power hungry builds. The Strider line is notable for being Silverstone’s flagship power supply line with 80 Plus Titanium certification. That is the highest level of 80 Plus certification available, followed by Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and regular 80 Plus designations. Nevertheless, PSUs with high 80 P

That also means mainstream performance, as is typically the case with SSDs that use triple-level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory. Multi-bit flash memory chips store data by managing the number of electrons (the charge) in each individual memory cell. SLC NAND only tracks two voltage states, MLC (2-bits per cell) tracks four voltage states, TLC has eight voltage states, and now QLC has 16 voltage states. In vague terms, Toshiba said it drew on its advanced circuit design capabilities and 64-layer 3D

The winners of the Game Critics: Awards Best of E3 2017 have been announced, and the nod for the Best PC Game has gone to Destiny 2—ironically, the sequel to a game that was never released for the PC. Somewhat surprisingly, it was also the only category that Destiny 2 claimed, as the Best Online Multiplayer award was handed to Star Wars Battlefront 2. The big winners this year were Super Mario Odyssey, which claimed three wins, and Mario + Rabbids Battle Kingdom, with two. PC games (including mu

A PC release of Monster Hunter: World was announced earlier this month at E3, as was the somewhat less exciting news that the PC version won’t be out until sometime after the console releases. We’re developing the game with our internal Capcom team in Osaka—the Monster Hunter team. “This is the first time ever for a Monster Hunter title. “Everyone’s got their own custom build on PC, and we’re going to look into what we can do to ensure the PC version is as optimized as possible.” We’ve got some

While most are voicing their concerns on the forums and subreddit, one enterprising young person decided to send a different message: a literal bag of edible dicks. Yesterday, game designer Brenton “CCP Larrikin” Hooper posted on the EVE subreddit with a little bit of advice for the community. sent_bag_of_dicksThat’s exactly what happened this week when Hooper received a letter from Icelandic Customs asking for an invoice. “The shipment contains: Two candy gummy bags in the shape of penises, gli

In its current form, the device consists of an overhead projector and depth camera shaped like a lamp that beams images onto a desk surface. What makes this unique is that the images conform to the desk rather than the other way around. Thus, digital applications must employ a variety of strategies to successfully cohabit a work surface with physical artifacts,” the paper explains. In doing so, a user can snap a virtual interface to a physical device, such as a laptop. Imagine having an interact

However, there were a couple of caveats, the most notable of which was the joylessness of facing the Quest Rogue deck. The strange thing about Quest Rogue is that pre-release almost nobody thought it was going to be good. The issue, as Blizzard’s statement acknowledges, is that Quest Rogue preys particularly ruthlessly on slow ‘control’ decks, effectively warping the meta to make that archetype all but unplayable. Here’s Brian Kibler explaining why Quest Rogue matches were about as much fun as w

The Necromancer was added to Diablo 3 yesterday. This is immediately one of the most satisfying skills in the game, and a terrific advancement on the original Diablo 2 ability. Instead of having to constantly press buttons to summon them, you instead use the ability to command them. When you activate the command ability they hurtle across the screen and start madly hacking the target with their huge swords. Curses lack a little punch, and it’s irritating having to constantly summon back death ma

Having appeared as mods in Grand Theft Auto 5 and Dark Souls of late, Rick and Morty are now heading to Rocket League in an official capacity. “Rick and Morty will be available as Antennas, along with ‘Cromulon,’ ‘Mr. PBH’ Toppers, an ‘Interdimensional GB’ Rocket Boost, and some familiar-looking ‘Sanchez DC-137’ Wheels. Bonus: the ‘Cromulon’ Topper can drop as a Painted item,” so reads this update post on the game’s website. Wubba lubba dub dub, etc.

Any SSD will be faster than your old spinning hard drive, but a brand new NVMe M.2 SSD will give you even more performance. Newegg has a sale on the Intel 600p today, where it’s down to $175. The Intel 600p is our favorite budget M.2 NVMe SSD, and it’s faster than the high end Samsung 850 Pro SATA drive in quite a few scenarios. There are some really good NVMe drives out there though, like the Samsung 960 Pro, so give that one a look if money is no object. The Intel 600p hasn’t been as cheap as

If he chooses the Shadow Assassin path, Kayn wins out and becomes a slippery, mobile assassin who gets into the backlines and hunts down carries. If Rhaast wins, Kayn is submerged and Rhaast shows up in full Darken form to dish out damage. If Kayn wins, he gets bonus magic damage during the first few seconds of a fight. If you choose Shadow Assassin, Kayn can move and attack after casting W; he leaves a shadow behind that casts it for him, with a little extra range. I think we can all agree that

Even so, Monster Hunter: World coming to PC is a big deal, even if we are getting it several weeks after the console versions launch in early 2018. But clunky as it was, separating areas lent previous Monster Hunter games stunning environment diversity. Balanced weaponsWorld will feature all 14 weapons from previous Monster Hunter games, which together offer tremendous combat variety. Sure, you can stubbornly use the one you like even if it’s weak, but feeling powerful is part of the fun of Mons

As if A Plague Tale: Innocence’s E3 announcement trailer wasn’t terrifying enough, Asobo Studio has revealed more about its horrifying hordes of rats—which players are apparently expected to “play with and against.” Who in their right mind would even attempt to side with those little critters? We want them to look and behave as if each of them was a filthy little individual creature. Dedeine doesn’t go into exactly what partnering with our furry non-friends entails in-game, however does expand o