GTA modding tool OpenIV released a small update today, from build 906 to build 907 of version 2.9. The update contains “bug fixes and small improvements”, which during any other week wouldn’t necessarily be cause for celebration. However, considering the recent announcement that OpenIV was ceasing development and updates in the wake of the takedown notice from Take-Two Interactive, even a minor update is a huge deal. This morning, along with a new statement about its stance on singleplayer moddi

Last week, the Reaper of Souls himself was added to Heroes of the Storm as a playable character, and today you can enter for a chance to get him free. We’re giving away 500 codes that will unlock Malthael and his Grave Warden skin. Malthael is a melee assassin who specializes in dealing damage over time, particularly adept in killing high-health enemies. You can learn more about Malthael and see his Grave Warden skin in action right here. For a chance to get a code for Malthael and his skin, ent

Charlet Chung, better known as the voice actor behind pro gamer and Overwatch mech pilot D.Va, recently took a tour of Blizzard HQ, and shared a brief video of the trip with her adoring fans on YouTube. It’s clearly not a deep dive into the inner sanctum, but it does make for a fun sort of highlight reel. Pictures are taken, Michael Chu and Jeff Kaplan show up, and everyone seems to have a good time. Kaplan even says “gg ez,” which I thought was a bad thing, but apparently the situation is more

It truly is a revolution that’s been televised; and that, in very literal terms, is the issue for PC players. Yet PC already has one cosmetically pleasing football game in FIFA, so it’s the feel of new PES which makes this long overdue upgrade so critical, and which will define its ongoing success. Why did it take this long to bring the PC version of PES up to scratch? Using Fox Engine on a football game took 2-3 years to get right on PS4 and Xbox One, which are our biggest markets. It’s the sam

Microsoft announced at its E3 show that the upcoming racing sim Forza Motorsport 7 will be released for Windows 10 as well as the Xbox One, with a new dynamic weather system and “pretty new lighting effects,” as James put it. Over the last couple of years, with Forza Motorsport Apex and with Forza Horizon, we’ve been learning how to become PC developers,” Cooper said. Part of that, he explained, will come from the new weather system that was mentioned at E3. You might have to take a different dr

So Amanita has updated it with a completely redone “Definitive Version” that’s now available on Steam. And thanks to added gamepad support, the game works perfectly in Steam Big Picture.” The updated version also features 12 Steam achievements, Steam Cloud saves, and even leaderboards for “Quickest Win” and “Explorer,” which measures total distance traveled. The Definitive Version update is free for existing owners of Machinarium, and it makes a tremendous difference: It looks fantastic at high

We’re all eagerly awaiting the launch of AMD’s Radeon RX Vega line for gaming. “I’ve seen the specs of Vega RX. Assuming this isn’t just a bunch of nonsense, this suggests that AMD has shared the specs for its Radeon RX Vega line with its hardware partners, which are presumably busy designing and constructing custom cooled cards. Extrapolate that to GTX 1080 Ti and RX Vega, and AMD might need 300-325W to equal Nvidia’s 250W part. Radeon RX Vega is scheduled to launch Siggraph 2017 that runs from

The drama between modders, Rockstar Games, and Take-Two Interactive continues to unfold. Rockstar has issued another statement, this time on singleplayer mods in general. First, Rockstar Games has added a topic to its support page in regards to singleplayer mods for the PC versions of its games. This is not a license, and it does not constitute endorsement, approval, or authorization of any third-party project. On the more hopeful side of things, Rockstar has told PC Gamer that it is now in cont

There’s good news and bad news in the latest report out of market analyst firm Superdata. The worldwide digital games market grew nine percent year-over-year in May, reaching a value of $7.8 billion. But the “premium PC market” was actually down by a whopping 30 percent compared to last year. Nonetheless, “additional [Overwatch] content revenue hit a new high in May on the back of a one-year anniversary event,” Superdata said. When you’re right, you’re right: Bluehole revealed yesterday that PUB

This one is on sale for $260 and comes with a $100 Dell promo code that can be used on a future purchase (arrives in 10-20 days and must be used within 90 days of issuance). Dell’s other notable bundle is for a solid state drive upgrade kit. Both come with a $50 Dell promo card with the same terms as above, though the latter is for the drive itself. Using promo code DEAL35, the 256GB SSD kit can be had for around $150 and the 512GB standalone SSD for around $220. Go here for the 256GB kit and he

Today many of us take fast internet access for granted, but high speed internet is still far from ubiquitous. As pointed out by Motherboard, today you can chase $2 million in prize money for ideas on how to decentralize the web—which might sound confusing, but what it’s really about is improving internet connectivity. “In the 21st century, a lack of internet access is far more than an inconvenience—it’s a staggering disadvantage. Citing statistics gathered by the FCC, Mozilla says that 10 percen

While this is an 8-bit panel, LG claims over 99 percent coverage of the sRGB color space, which would make it suitable for professional photo editing chores. And as far as rated specs go, it also a 5ms response time (respectable for an IPS panel) and G-Sync support. By the specs, the 34UC89G-B offers decent (not spectacular) brightness at 300 nits. As for input options, the 34UC89G-B offers HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 connectors. LG lists this monitor at $1,000 (MSRP) with Amazon showing availa

Seeing a Beyond Good and Evil 2 trailer at E3 this year was exciting. But the further away from that initial reveal we’ve gotten, and the more we’ve actually learned about the game, the more my excitement has dripped away. Worse though, that admission exposes that very little of what’s been revealed about Beyond Good and Evil 2 so far has actually been executed. A lot of it is just ideas and promises right now—and they’re promises we’ve heard before. Every time a large-scale procedural game is p

This is particularly true in open world games—The Witcher 3 is perhaps the exception—however the Assassin’s Creed series is looking to improve its side quest design into the future. Officially revealed at this year’s E3, Origins will reduce its icon clutter by introducing a new “quest system”. Traditionally in past Assassin’s Creed [games], we had what was called a mission system. So, it was really about missions, but missions are really good to tell a little bit, a chapter, of a big story. Assa

With that in mind, here’s a list of the best side quests on PC. Would you kill me?” It’s one of my favourite lines from Fallout 3 within arguably its best side quest. Lair of the Shadow Broker, Mass Effect 2Lair of the Shadow Broker is three hours of pure Mass Effect magic. It ties in elegantly with the main quest, and depending on your choices there the ending can be heart-warming or gut-wrenching. Kasumi’s Loyalty Mission, Mass Effect 2I could’ve picked one of a number of Mass Effect 2’s loyal

‘Tis the season to make savings, and alongside Steam’s Summer Sale comes Bundle Stars’ Red Hot Sale. Better yet, if you’d like the chance to net some games for free then you might be interested in the Bundle Stars Red Hot Sale Leaderboard Challenge. Entering is straightforward, and Bundle Stars asks this of you:”To win, complete some basic actions and refer your friends. As noted above, the person ranked first stands to win a $200 Steam wallet, while those ranked 2-10 win wallets worth $50 and t

Newegg’s “Semi-annual Clearance Sale” is now on, and you can save up to 77 percent across a whole range of items on the store. You can head over to the sale page right now to check out all the items, but we’ve also got a few highlights for you below. Hundreds more items are on sale, and you’ve got until June 29 to take advantage, so there’s still plenty of time to decide what you need. Some online stores give us a small cut if you buy something through one of our links. Read our affiliate policy

Humble Bundles are usually all about the games, but this one running for the next couple of weeks has your professional life in mind. The Humble Software Bundle is up right now, and it’s got just about everything your PC would need, other than a ton of games, of course. If you pay more than the average, which is about $9, you get four more pieces of software. If you pay more than $12, you’ll also gain access to Panda Antivirus Pro which gives you a license for three devices. Some online stores g

As you might’ve spied last month, we recently launched the PC Gamer Club which offers members a digital subscription to PC Gamer magazine, ad-free-browsing on this very site, and monthly game keys, among other neat perks. Speaking to the latter this month’s game, courtesy of our partners at Bundle Stars, is Silver Dollar’s One Finger Death Punch—a fast-firing martial arts-infused rhythm game that boasts an ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ review badge on Steam. As part of our weekly Why I Love column,

Admittedly I do not know my Doble TTs from my Bizons and Straras, besides the fact that they are tractors and that they’re heading to Farming Simulator 17. As part of the Platinum Expansion (or separate Platinum Edition for those who don’t already own the base game), Farming Simulator 17 plans to give players “the most complete experience” by introducing sugarcane farms and a sugarcane harvester, new South American farmland complete with “unique” vegetation, a railway network, and, apparently, l