There are several good 2.1 speaker sets out there to fit a variety of budgets, but what if you’re looking for a 5.1 set? In that case, check out Harman Kardon’s HKTS 30. It’s a 5.1-channel home theater speaker system with everything you need, and it’s on sale for $250. At $250, it’s just a tad more expensive than Harman Kardon’s SoundSticks Wireless system, which is our mid-range pick for the best gaming speakers. The HKTS 30 includes four two-way 120W video-shielded satellite speakers, a voice-

“Unwieldly headset cables remain a significant barrier to drive widespread adoption of VR,” said Mark Papermaster, AMD chief technology officer and senior vice president. Making a play into wireless VR technology represents another path for AMD to pursue, one that doesn’t stray from its core strengths. Developing a wireless VR solution, or offering technologies that allow others to do so would be a more meaningful approach the category. “Our world class engineering team has been focused on solvi

Elite Dangerous has launched its 2.3 update on PC—named The Commanders—which brings with it a number of co-op-leaning features for its Horizons players. If you’re a non-Horizon-er, update 1.8 is free to all and gives space explorers the previously promised nameplate and ship naming features, and an overhauled Camera Suite among a number of other things. Player avatars now used in ship cockpits, thanks to the latest update’s Holo-Me function which lets players create their own commanders against

After years of neglect, more and more Japanese devs and publishers are realising that there’s a massive audience waiting to play their games on PC. Games like Metal Gear Rising, Dynasty Warriors, Binary Domain, Deadly Premonition, and even Dark Souls have found a welcome home on PC, in addition to Metal Gear Solid V, Valkyria Chronicles and Bayonetta. Some of the most imaginative, inventive, interesting, and downright insane games come from the shores of Japan. But the truth is, I could write 40

Here’s a launch trailer:”The PC market is huge and can definitely not be ignored. We are absolutely aware of that, and we’ve always felt this way,” a spokesperson for Platinum told PC Gamer. “However, most third party publishers nowadays realize the PC should not be ignored, so I believe we should be able to become more actively involved in the PC market from here on out.” If Bayonetta on PC is a success though, might that encourage Platinum to make another? “We still feel strongly about putting

Peter “Durante” Thoman is the creator of PC downsampling tool GeDoSaTo and the modder behind Dark Souls’ DSfix. He has previously analyzed PC ports like Dark Souls 3, written an open letter to PC developers, and more. PC Gamer also tested Bayonetta on a mid-range PC with a Core i5 CPU and a GTX 970, and never saw the framerate drop below 60 fps on high settings at 1080p. ConclusionFrom my short time with a pre-release version of the game, Bayonetta on PC looks to be easily the definitive way to

Adding to its ever-eclectic catalogue of games, outlandish publisher Devolver Digital has announced a partnership with indie outfit Crackshell and veteran studio Croteam to launch a new Serious Sam game. Named Bogus Detour, this one is a retro-styled action shooter that’s due “early this summer.” Breaking from the series’ familiar first-person shooting style, Bogus Detour is a top-down bullet hell-type affair that sees the titular hero battling his way through a campaign across Mediterranean are

After revealing Middle-earth: Shadow of War in late February, Monolith Productions’ Michael de Plater later explained that the Mordor sequel will “massively” increase the scale of the original game. The latest snippet of footage to come from the open world action role-player visits the fortified Gondorian city of Minas Ithil, that’s under siege from the Dark Lords and their underlings. Perhaps the biggest change to the latter tact this time round is allies—in the above footage protagonist Talion

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Yet I found my interest in the technology stirred once again by a new game from CCP called Sparc. Its enthusiasm for the tech has never faltered, and Valkyrie and Gunjack—both set in the EVE universe—are some of the best-selling VR games released so far. It’s the first CCP game not set in the EVE universe, and they’re calling it a ‘vsport’, which I’m not sure will catch on. But he dodges the question and says that getting hot and bothered is part of the Sparc experience. Sparc might be the best

Dawn of War 3 has almost reached its much-anticipated April 27 launch date, and while we wait for its forthcoming beta Sega and Relic Entertainment have released the opening cinematic for its central campaign. As you’ll see below, the Orks are on the rampage, relieving foes of life and limb in their bid to conquer the planet Cyprus. Enter the Blood Ravens who, led by Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos, aren’t best pleased with the green tidal takeover. Despite all of that brutality, warring and murd

Smite, the third-person MOBA which pits a motley crew of gods and deities against once another in brutal hand-to-hand combat, now has a cute kart-racing mode. Or at least, it does for a little while: Apollo’s Racer Rumble is a limited game mode which is available from now until May 9. There are two tracks – one set on Elysium Beach and another in the doomy depths of Molten Pass – and the mode supports up to eight players online. Each of the tracks is strewn with relics (or Mario Kart-esque power

Two or three times a year, I lose an hour to the pixel art bliss of a tumblr called Noirlac. Since 2010, the tumblr blog has been devoted to posting pixel art from (mostly) Japanese games, adding up to an amazing and eclectic archive of thousands of pieces. Others are static backgrounds from visual novels or the cutscenes of Japanese games. You could get lost appreciating the pixel art of Noirlac’s archive for weeks. Part of me loves the mystery of Noirlac posting pixel art of Elvira and a lands

If surviving against the odds is something you enjoy doing in video games, then this week’s Humble Store sale may appeal. A generous handful of survival games are discounted – some with up to 80% off – including the recent dong-fuelled hit Conan Exiles and the more celestial Astroneer. Elsewhere, Early Access title Hurtworld is also on sale, which I quite enjoyed my time with. The Long Dark has a 50% discount at $9.99 – quite the steal when you consider its campaign component will launch free so

2017 is the 150th anniversary of the great nation of Canada, and many things are being done to mark the big event. All of this and more, you can learn about at the official Bank of Canada website, which is currently festooned with history, trivia, and a detailed, three-dimensional image of the bill. Don’t worry, here comes the game part: You can have a little fun by entering the famous Konami code into the site. The Konami code, as Wikipedia explains, is a cheat that first appeared in 1986 and h

Microsoft will begin serving up its Creators update for Windows 10 to the public on Tuesday, April 11. In some cases, there may even be driver updates that add or enhance functionality in the Creators Update. Nvidia, for example, recently released a Game Ready driver package (381.65) for Quake Champions that also adds official support for the Creators Update. Jot down software licensesApplying the Creators Update should be painless, but sometimes Murphy’s Law wins out. We’d also like to hear abo

Here’s a rumor, courtesy of industry insider guy Liam Robertson, that BioWare Austin, which was originally created to develop the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, is now in the early stages of work on a new Knights of the Old Republic game. “I’ve learned now that [BioWare Austin is] pretty much now exclusively working on Star Wars games and they’re going to be doing that for the indefinite future,” he said. “What they’re currently working on right now—and I have this on good authority—is a sort

The cooperation in Blackwake’s multiplayer arena is self-reinforcing because no one can do more than one job at a time. Communication is essential, and Blackwake has provided some pretty good voice-chat systems to shout out to nearby crew, the entire ship, and the entire team. Yelling, my entire crew ran across our bowsprit and onto the British galleon. Every death and every missed cannon shot counts against the total: the faction that runs out of warm bodies or hot lead first loses. Being part

We’ve already tested dozens of speakers and continue our quest to find the best speakers for PC gaming. While most users tend to prefer a reliable headset for PC gaming (see our best gaming headsets here ), nothing beats a trusty set of speakers when you’re in the mood for room filling sound and ground shaking bass. When you’re out shopping for cheap PC speakers below $50, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the choices out there. When building a gaming PC or upgrading a battle station, speakers

Electronic Arts has revealed that the new map coming to Battlefield 1 Premium Pass holders in June is called Nivelle Nights. To the history books: The Nivelle Offensive was a massive, combined British-French operation that took place in the spring of 1917. In fact, the Nivelle Offensive and resulting mutinies were previously portrayed, in a very different way, in Ubisoft’s excellent Valiant Hearts. EA announced last week that, as of May, Battlefield 1 will begin receiving monthly updates, rather