Digging a little deeper into Intel's Xe3 architecture shows exactly why Panther Lake's iGPU is good: It's basically an Arc A770 graphics card jammed into a mobile chip

Leaving aside AMD's Ryzen AI Max chips (aka Strix Halo), as they're less an APU with a big iGPU and more of a small GPU with some CPU chips bolted to it, the most appropriate competition for the B390 ...

Underrated hack 'n' slash Blades of Fire heads to Steam with a 2.0 update, bringing new game plus and 'expanded death and mutilation variations' for you sickos out there

Blades of Fire slices into Steam on May 16, though there's also a demo you can play right now. PC Gamer landed on the warmer end of the game's reception on its initial release last year, with reviewer ...

Final Fantasy 14's Valentine's Day event is a Mario Party-lite encounter that reminded me it's actually quite fun to do some socializing in an MMO

The goofy minigame is a messy trial of "don't stand in the shit," like most FF14 encounters, but the premise feels more Mario ...

THQ's Gothic 1 remake arrives in June, and I think it might prove a more valuable overhaul than Oblivion Remastered

Over five years since it was announced, the remake of Gothic 1 finally has a release date. The overhaul of Piranha Bytes' lovably janky RPG—which boasts a 'complex life simulation on a scale hardly ...

Which PC gaming icon is your soulmate this Valentine's Day?

Ahh, Valentine's Day. A celebration of love and an excuse to eat a mountain of adorable little heart-shaped chocolates regardless of relationship status. It's a day all about that one person in your ...

Bloodlines 2's Valentine's patch adds further customisation options and lootable blood bags, because nothing says 'I love you' like the vampire equivalent of a ready meal

On the plus side, at least you can look your best while disappointing your un-life partner with the vampire equivalent of a ready meal (seriously dude, make some effort and kidnap a virgin or ...
Opinion

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.

Three years after its last update, the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets a new patch that includes a new caparison for your horse

Eight years after it launched, and three years after its most recent update, Kingdom Come: Deliverance —the original—has been given an all-new patch that addresses numerous stability and gameplay ...

Yakuza Kiwami 3 spoils an interesting remake with odd changes and an abysmally misjudged recast

I've been playing both the original and the remake simultaneously, because I have no respect for the limited time I have left on this Earth.

You can pick up $1000+-worth of Fallout tabletop gubbins for $25 right now, with a portion going to the ACLU

$15 (£11) will shave off a few of the 3D-printing packs, plus some NPC packs and other paraphernalia and net you 39 items. Meanwhile, $5 (£4) will get you eight items, most notably the core rulebook.

Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen says 'people need to get more creative with their hate' in response to disappointment over controversial cameo meows

"I understand we live in a time where a meow from someone who has different beliefs as you is scary and frustrating, confusing and controversial." ...

High on Life 2 review

High on Life 2 has a hub city where you return to buy upgrades and pursue little sidequests, but the meat of it is an elaborate, galactic tour of weirdos in strange places. Where a contract says it'll ...