Every Monday, Build of the week highlights a unique rig from the web’s most dedicated PC building communities. Ethan Cooper of TAG Mods attempted to recreate The Dream in real life, using custom molds, paints, and by making his own resin dragonballs. The Eternal Dragon features the titular dragon [Ed. Check out the TAG Mods Facebook page for more photos and information on the build process. The Eternal Dragon components:Chassis: Cooler Master MasterCase 6Mobo: Asus Maximus IX FormulaCPU: Intel 7

Cooltek has come up with a pair of new cases that it says are for gamers, the NC-01 and NC-02. Separating parts into chambers is nothing new, there just are far fewer options compared to non-chambered cases. With that mind, Cooltek says its newest cases distinguish themselves from the pack by combining a “modern design” with a “particularly appealing price/performance ratio.” Both feature tool-less HDD installation, with the NC-01 supporting up two 3.5-inch drives and the NC-02 supporting up to

Good news for anyone waiting with slowly diminishing patience to get into the Quake Champions closed beta test: A “large scale tech test” scheduled to get underway on May 12 will open the doors to everyone. If you signed up for the Quake Champions Closed Beta, you WILL receive an invite before this weekend’s test! #Quake https://t.co/dazn0BqJGs pic.twitter.com/EmLZFvSNGdMay 8, 2017The tech test—basically an open beta—will also mark the debut of the new 4v4 Sacrifice mode. Details on the mode are

It was two weeks ago today that Sega very deftly teased the possibility of a Vanquish release on the PC by quietly slipping a Vanquish avatar into the “Extras” folder of the recently-released Bayonetta. Today it dropped another hint, this time in the form of an image posted to Twitter, with the number “2017” emblazoned overtop. To the untrained eye, the logo looks like something you’d see stuck to the front of a bottle of cheap vodka. And in case you’d forgotten, developer Platinum Games has pre

We continue to gravitate towards Kingston’s HyperX Cloud Revolver and the Siberia 350 from SteelSeries in the wired headset space, but if you’re looking for a sub-$100 solution, Logitech’s G633 Spectrum Artemis is now an option. This is a 7.1 surround sound headset. As with most headsets that make the dubious claim of surround sound, the G633 uses a software driver to emulate 7.1 surround. This headset uses 40mm drivers with a frequency response of 20Hz-20KHz. You can grab the Logitech G633 Arte

There’s a comic you might have seen, an xkcd strip where someone plays Half-Life 2 for the first time five years after its release. It’s part of his plan to only play games on a five-year delay. As it turns out, there’s actually a whole community of gamers dedicated to playing this way, but it’s more about how they experience games than eternally playing catch-up with a delayed backlog. “I started looking for games on sale with lower system requirements and found I still thoroughly enjoyed them.

If you’re looking to build a compact system that is small in size but big in performance, a good place to start is with Asus ROG’s Maximus VIII Impact. The Maximus VIII Impact is based on Intel’s Z170 chipset. External options include two USB 3.1 ports (one Type-A and one Type-C), four USB 3.0 ports, GbE LAN, and HDMI output. There is also a USB 3.0 header for connecting up to two additional USB 3.0 ports. You can grab the Asus ROG Maximus VIII Impact on sale here.

To this end, given that I’ve hardly touched its multitude of branching side ventures, I’ve been impressed with how much the main story quest has to offer. Yet seasoned speedrunner DraQu has managed to finish the entire game from start to finish in just over 44 minutes. If you take a quick look at DraQu’s YouTube upload library, you’ll notice he or she ran the game in just under an hour yesterday, so knocking off an entire 15 minutes from that is pretty good going. Meanwhile I’m over here wasting

In 2014, indie outfit Broken Rules released Secrets of Raetikon—an underrated but gorgeous 2D puzzle game that appeared to fly under most people’s radar at the time. The Austrian developer has since shifted its focus towards iOS and latterly Wii U games, however its next venture—another lovely-looking sidescroller with puzzle elements named Old Man’s Journey—is coming to PC next week, on May 18. Before we continue, let’s have a look at its newly-launched release date trailer:Said to portray a “v

Despite the lovely weather the UK has enjoyed lately, I spent most of my time last weekend in outer space wandering around Prey’s deftly designed Talos 1 space station. As such, I’ve clocked up a fair few hours in Arkane’s latest and, if you didn’t know already, its PC performance is pretty solid. Without spoiling, this area is tied to a quest called Reboot and sees you entering the station’s main reactor in order to unlock doors to specific areas. If you’ve come across this issue too, worry not

It hands him a device called a Digipad, which Kusch learns he can use to travel back in time and prevent his own death. He activates it and finds himself back in Lebensbaum hours before he died, and sets about thwarting his mysterious murderer’s plans. Shadow of Memories—or Shadow of Destiny as it’s known in some regions—was released for PC in 2003, and it’s a deeply weird game. Writing time travel fiction is difficult, but Shadow of Memories does a better job of it than some other media. Being

Brought together by our love of knockabout open world shenanigans, the PC Gamer team has infiltrated near-future Bolivia. Ghost Recon Wildlands is ostensibly a game about highly trained special-ops agents completing objectives in an efficient, professional, and—most of all—silent manner. Joe: This is the first time I’ve played online with the PCG team and I’m naturally shunted to the front of the boat. Andy: I’m not sure what the objective is because I didn’t really listen to the briefing. Samue

Forget the incoming Dark Souls board game that was a huge Kickstarter success last year—Deadly Premonition is getting a board game too. Observe:Furthermore, a countdown website has been launched with a timer that’s due to expire tomorrow at 5pm BST/9am PST. Given the rogue detective nature of the game, I suspect a Cluedo-esque tabletop endeavour might be in store. Then again, given how off-the-wall FBI special agent Francis York Morgan’s character, life and world is, anything is possible. We’ll

LKA’s The Town of Light first came to PC last year, however it’s also in-line for an Enhanced Edition on June 6. Last week the developer marked the occasion by unveiling the above live-action trailer that showcases the abandoned Volterra asylum—the game’s setting—as it appears in real life today. Conticelli also explains the relevance and significance of the protagonist’s china doll against the magnitude of the game’s mental institution setting. The Town of Light is out now on the Humble Store f

Unfortunately, those won’t satiate any desire for a skateboarding game on PC, with both only having one level. It’s a side-scrolling, 2D skateboarding game that pushes you to combo the entire level with flips, grinds, and manuals. PC gamers are a creative bunchLet’s just say the two main reasons I’d rather play a skateboarding game on PC is the higher resolution and frame rate. However, there’s something that the PC gaming community has that would fit perfectly with a skateboarding game: mods an

I’ve had a soft spot for For Honor since it launched back in February, and the upcoming heroes Shinobi and Centurion remind me exactly why that is: it’s a gosh darn fighting game. The Shinobi trailer (above) makes him look like an off-brand ninja from Mortal Kombat. The second trailer (below) is for the brutish Centurion. I’m not as interested in For Honor’s heavier characters, but the Centurion seems pretty funny. The two heroes will jump into battle for season pass holders when For Honor’s sec

I love the Intimidation perk in Fallout 4: it makes sense that even the most psychotic raider might surrender when looking down the barrel of a nasty shotgun, and it lends a little sensibility to NPCs who otherwise seem to have no concept of self-preservation. Even with three ranks in Intimidation, however, your options are limited when it comes to what you can do with an enemy you’ve pacified. The Intimidation Overhaul mod gives you a few more choices, as new dialogue options become available w

Well, Ubisoft hasn’t forgotten it, and it’s hoping you’ll return (or newly parachute into) its extreme-sports-enthusiasts-nobbing-about-on-a-big-mountain game. Which is to say, Ubisoft has announced the Steep Winterfest…er, festival, a DLC pack that doubles down on the game’s wackier elements, by having you take on zany challenges to dethrone a series of bosses. Dino costumes, sledges, and goddamn capes await—it does sound kind of fun, in a forced, Crazy Golf sort of way. The Steam reviews sug

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The last we’d heard of Overkill Software’s The Walking Dead tie-in—a co-op FPS “with elements of action, role-playing, survival horror, and stealth”—it had been delayed from 2016 into the second half of 2017. Well it’s just been delayed again, this time until the second half of 2018. Helpfully, Google’s auto-translate feature is around to convert the text into something resembling English, the gist being that the delay will allow the game to “reach its fu

The only thing better than getting Play of the Game in Overwatch is watching a South Korean politician use the end-of-match highlight in an ad. In the ad (above), politician Sim Sang-Jung debates her opponents, eventually shutting them down. Well, it originally had a Korean title, and we can’t be certain, but it seems like the campaign changed the name of the video once it gained popularity. As GameSpot reports, Sim Sang-Jung is running in the hopes of taking over Park Geun-hye’s position—Geun-h