Samsung 990 review: a lower-spec SSD that’s weirdly great for games
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Launching a new SSD in the current hardware climate, even a simple, DRAMless, QLC-packing SSD like the Samsung 990, may seem like starting up a roof thatching business during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius: innocuous idea, apocalyptically bad timing.
Overwatch's attempt at bringing back 6v6 feels like a bad compromise—it just doesn't work
Ever since Overwatch let the 5v5 cat out of the bag in 2022, it's spent most of its time trying to get it back in. The format has been met with a lot of backlash over the last four years from those who don't see it as a good alternative to the classic 6v6. It's a problem Team 4 has tried to solve by bringing in 6v6 open queue as an alternative mode. But that hasn't stopped the developer from trying to find a compromise between the two modes.
At 34% off, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro still proves hot swappable batteries are a game changer for wireless headsets
One of the reasons I love wireless gaming headsets is for the range of movement they allow. If my other half yelps about a big bad bug situation, I can hit pause and spring into action while keeping my RGB kitty ears on. However, the one thing I don't love about wireless gaming headsets, like my beloved Razer Kraken Kitty V3 Pro, is how often this bit of kit needs to become wired in order to charge.
AI music generator Suno has been hacked, detailing the data scraping of millions of songs from YouTube, Deezer, and Genius
According to 404 Media, a hacker has breached the company database of Suno, an online AI music generation tool. The hack is said to reveal multiple references to the training data it scraped from YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, and others.
Saber's new business boss says the KOTOR remake will 'hopefully' be out in 2028
We got our yearly 'KOTOR remake is still alive' assurance back in March, but they must be making some real progress over there at Saber Interactive because here's a fresh one: Newly-minted chief business officer Steve Allison said in a recent post that "hopefully" the long-overdue remake will be out in, uhh, 2028.
2026's Stardew Valley replacement has the most stacked voice cast in gaming history
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Published Jul 16, 2026, 2:38 PM EDT
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2026's buzziest farming sim has the most stacked voice cast you've ever seen
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Was Assassin's Creed Origins' Egypt the best open world in the series?
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From the archives: This Extra Life columb was originally published in PC Gamer 313 (January 2018). It appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation.
The Washington Post selects Doom as one of the 25 'most influential works of American culture'
We often talk about Doom—the original 1993 shooter from the young upstarts at id Software—as one of the most influential videogames of all time. But the Washington Post, one of the country's most highly-regarded papers of record, has elevated it to an even higher plateau: It has selected Doom as one of the 25 most influential works of American culture, representing the absolute pinnacle of its era.
Denshattack review: one of 2026's best games so far is a racing ruckus of railways, rebellion, and ramen
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I fear I’ve authored some kind of Boy Who Cried Wolf situation, vis à vis Denshattack. It’s shown signs of greatness ever since its reveal last year, but in hindsight, I wonder if my enthusiasm for its silly side – it is undeniably a game about trains doing skateboard-style flips and grinds, sometimes while chased by giant baseballs – ever contributed to an impression of it as a mere novelty. A joke game, disinterested in anything beyond breakneck wackiness.
2026 just got the best 3D Sonic game of all time
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Published Jul 15, 2026, 11:01 AM EDT
The eccentric game about a skateboarding train captures the spirit of 2000s rebellion
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Denshattack! lands some truly impressive tricks. It nails the freewheeling high score chase of a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game, but with a kickflipping train instead of an aging skater. It understands how to construct a thrilling 3D Sonic game better than any actual 3D Sonic game. And it bottles up the visual flair of the in-your-face Jet Set Radio with panache. More important than any of those stunts, though, is that it’s rad as hell, man.