So, with Bungie’s recent announcement that Destiny 2 is coming to PC, why should PC gamers specifically get excited? Bungie went on to enhance their first-person credentials with three huge Halo games on Xbox (and a port with Gearbox on PC), and the original Destiny. Its weapon play is totally uniqueThis heritage shines through most in Destiny 2’s core value, its gunplay. This is an ‘optimized’ DestinyWhile there was much to admire about the original Destiny, for Destiny 2 Bungie have made a hug

Starting with the smaller of the two, Dell’s 24-inch monitor is on sale for $160. What that all boils down to is two 24-inch monitors and $150 in gift codes for $272. That brings the price down to $1,275 and you’ll also receive two $200 gift codes ($400 total) instead of one. While the upfront cost is high, if you subtract those gift codes, it’s like you’re paying $437.50 per monitor. You can grab the 24-inch monitor here and the 34-inch panel here.

In the wake of Take-Two Interactive’s shutdown of popular GTA modding tool OpenIV, fans of GTA mods (and really, who isn’t a fan of GTA mods, except for Take-Two, apparently) are doing what they can to make their voices heard. Visiting Steam’s store page for Grand Theft Auto 5, the fallout is immediately evident. Rockstar’s widely-acclaimed action sandbox has enjoyed cool-blue ‘Mostly Positive’ Steam reviews since its release, but ‘recent’ review scores now rate the game with the angry-red ‘Most

Now it’s announcing a water blocking for select GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards, all of which belong to MSI. The new water block is a full coverage solution that offers direct cooling for the GPU, memory chips, and voltage regulation module (VRM). The underside of the water block is made of nickel-plated electrolytic copper. EK says its latest water block is compatible with the following cards:MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Armor 11G 11GB GDDR5XMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Armor 11G OC 11GB GDDR5XMSI GeF

The 2017 GOG Summer Sale is moving inexorably toward its conclusion on Tuesday, but before things wrap up the people who call the shots would like to throw some more free stuff your way. Thus, Fantasy General, the 1996 hex-based strategy game from SSI, is yours for just showing up and clicking the button. Fantasy General is basically Panzer General run through a D&D filter, and it was quite well regarded when it was new: Satisfyingly complex, yet simple enough to be accessible to mainstream game

Interestingly, LiquidSky decided to halve the amount of RAM in its SkyComputer Gamer and Pro configurations, which have been downgraded to 4GB and 8GB, respectively. Nevertheless, LiquidSky says the latest update introduces further optimizations to increase performance and stream quality across all SkyComputers. If this is the first you’re hearing of LiquidSky, it’s a cloud game streaming service that picks up where OnLive left off. You rent these SkyComputer configurations using SkyCredits. The

Unlike its series siblings, though, this one is set above ground, has non-linear levels, and is said to draw from the Stalker series’ open world design. I think one thing there’s a little bit of ambiguity about is whether it’s an open world game or not. You say sandbox survival—is there anything else that’ll reflect the open world, other elements that reflect the change in setting? When you’re walking around one of the non-linear levels, you’ll experience them a lot more dynamically than compare

Team17 has been up to a lot more than just Worms for the past few years, putting out games across a whole range of genres. You can get large chunks of money off on a bunch of games in Bundle Stars’ Team17 Sale this weekend. Tom’s review from last year goes into how wonderfully chaotic the game gets when you’re playing with friends. The Escapists is a remarkably deep prison break game, and Yooka-Laylee is a throwback to 90s collect-athons. Plenty of other games are at a discount price too, but yo

“The news about OpenIV being shutdown is having a big impact in the machinima community,” says Ash. Take-Two states that the modding tool is used by third parties to manipulate the GTA Online economy, but if this is the case, it is a small minority of users doing it. The vast majority of users and mod authors are creatives, and actively discourage using mods online. Ash adds: “Without tools like OpenIV we go back to the vanilla version of the game [which] is devastating for machinima creators. I

Despite being received well—in both its episodic and collective forms—the future of IO and Square Enix’s reimagined Hitman became uncertain recently, when it emerged the latter planned to sell the former. Rumours then began circulating that implied IO would retain the rights to the series, and that a second season was still on the way. Now, IO Interactive has revealed it has officially gone independent and, better still, will “keep all of the rights to the Hitman IP.” “This is a watershed moment

Announced at Microsoft’s E3 show earlier this week, Metro Exodus marks the first of the post-apocalyptic shooter series to take place predominantly above ground. Billed as “more sandbox survival” as opposed to strictly open world, 4A Games’ latest will also draw from GSC World’s similarly themed Stalker series as far as world design is concerned. “It’s a combination of the classic Metro gameplay that everyone is used to from previous games where it’s that linear style of gameplay. There might be

A good power supply can help out, but you want to make sure it’s an efficient one. The Corsair RM650i is a 650W power supply with an 80 Plus Gold efficiency rating, and you can get one for $95 over on Newegg today. It also comes with software so you can monitor things like fan speed, power consumption, and voltages. The sale price takes the RM650i down to $115, but there’s an additional $20 rebate card which takes the price down to $95. Over on Amazon, the price has never been below $99.99, so i

Back in March, Blizzard revealed Starcraft: Remastered—a modern reimagining of the 1998 classic military RTS, due at some point this summer. Nevertheless, a recent Blizzard job listing could suggest a Diablo 2 remake is on the cards. Qualities that made StarCraft, Warcraft III, and Diablo II the titans of their day. Later, under the advert’s ‘Responsibilities’ heading, the posting also requires candidates “implement, maintain, and own infrastructure for the Diablo franchise”. You can check out t

With a $150,000 prize pool up for grabs and national pride on the line anything could happen. However, Virtus.pro now has the perfect opportunity to beat their rivals and claim the $250,000 prize pool. SK Gaming will face Team Singularity this Saturday at 04:00 PDT / 13:00 CEST, while mouz will clash with Immortals at 07:00 PDT / 16:00 CEST. The finals are fast approaching and every team will be trying to claim the $177,055 prize pool. With 200 competitors taking part, players will need to have

Agony, the first-person survival horror game that is set in actual hell, is still meant to be releasing this year. Although Andy reported it’d probably be some time before June, the Steam page nowadays simply lists “2017”. So we might need to wait a little longer, but in the meantime there’s a brand new gameplay video to watch. As you’ll see, Agony doesn’t promise to be a very cheerful game, but the art style is undeniably appealing if you’re into horror and/or German darkwave nightclubs. There

So for 2017, E3 has radically changed what the show is: the expo now allows for the general public to register and visit the show. E3 graciously ensured that general audience badges were a neon yellow, and thus clearly distinct from the industry badges. Meanwhile, the enthusiasm and excitement of the general audience was a huge energy boost for the floor. E3 2017 was the first to allow entry to the general public. I held back on releasing the post until after the E3 showfloor closed, to not spre

The End is Nigh, a collaboration between The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, will release on July 13, it has been confirmed. Along with the news, a new gameplay trailer has been uploaded by Glaiel, offering a more substantial serving of footage than previous videos. For anyone who played and loved Super Meat Boy – which McMillen worked on – this looks essential. Even the movement of player-character Ash looks similar to that oddly loveable chunk of meat, though the lev

In keeping with the latest trend of Blizzard staff being shuffled around to new – and sometimes unannounced – projects, World of Warcraft’s lead PvP designer is leaving the game. “A few weeks ago, I was offered a new opportunity at Blizzard that I’m really excited about,” Holinka wrote. “As a longtime player, I couldn’t be more excited about what the future has in store for World of Warcraft,” he continued. I fully expect that the best years of World of Warcraft PvP are ahead of us.” It follows

While we have not received a comment from Take-Two, Rockstar just sent PC Gamer its statement on the matter. Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. We are following up with further questions for Rockstar to try to clarify its position and what may come next for OpenIV and GTA modding. Currently, OpenIV still works if you have already downloaded it. It no longer appears to be downloadable from

We saw a lot of games during E3—seriously, a lot of them—but one that went largely overlooked is the “2D cinematic combat-adventure” from 2 Ton Studios and Digital Uppercut called Unto the End. Unto the End, “on the surface,” is a tale of revenge about a father who was unable to protect his family from an attack by a “savage beast,” designer Stephen Danton explained. Unto the End is inspired by games like Punch-Out! “That’s what we’re trying to create with Unto the End. Unto the End is currently