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pcgamer wrote a new post, The Secret World to relaunch as free-to-play Secret World Legends, on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:00:39 +0000

Despite praising its “innovation, atmosphere and charm”, Phil felt Funcom’s The Secret World was hamstrung by its weak combat and genre-typical MMO padding in his 2012 review. Later that year the developer’s then new CEO Ole Schreiner suggested it “definitely had the tools” for a free-to-play-styled Secret World, and now it appears this will be realised: The Secret World is relaunching as Secret World Legends this spring and will be free-to-play. And here’s a teaser:Despite Phil’s relative reser

pcgamer wrote a new post, Get $99 worth of multiplayer games for $10 in the latest Humble Bundle, on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:15:25 +0000

The latest Humble Bundle casts its money-saving, charity-supporting, game-gathering net over a range of local multiplayer games fit for bringing you and your mates closer together/driving you apart forever. From now through the next two weeks, the Humble Hooked on Multiplayer Bundle is live. Have a gander at Helldivers’ PC release trailer:Beating the average price of this bundle will also land you Move or Die and the Rampage Knights soundtracks. You can always choose your own preferred charitabl

pcgamer wrote a new post, Figment is a beautiful isometric puzzler 'set in the recesses of the human mind', on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:09:11 +0000

Billed as a “musical action-adventure set in the recesses of the human mind”, Figment is the latest game from Bedtime Digital Games—a gorgeous hand-drawn isometric puzzle game with combat elements. Assuming control of Dusty—”the mind’s former voice of courage”—it’s your job to face your fears, do battle with nightmares as you explore fragments of the mind, and help restore the courage the mind has lost. Each scene unfolds against a score of animated music, each variation of which is said to be ”

pcgamer wrote a new post, Will League of Legends ever conquer its support problem?, on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:54:38 +0000

There’s just one problem: nobody wants to play support. Unfortunately, this is League of Legends, and nobody wants to play support. League of Legends offers a multitudes of ways to engage in the game, and no one wants to play support in any of them. In order to talk about the fact that nobody wants to play support, we’re going to have to ask ourselves why no one wants to play support. Autofill is one of those experiments: will people happily play support once in awhile if it means faster queues

pcgamer wrote a new post, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series release date set, on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:36:49 +0000

Word of Telltale’s narrative slant on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy first surfaced amid last year’s voice actors’ strike, and was later confirmed at December’s Game Awards. In January, US videogame retailer GameStop seemingly unveiled the game’s plot and momentarily touted April 25 as its launch date. Telltale has now confirmed Guardians of the Galaxy will kick off its episodic run one week earlier on April 18, 2017. In the wake of an epic battle, the Guardians discover an artifact of unspeak

pcgamer wrote a new post, Watch Dogs 2 is getting four-player co-op later this year, on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:46:10 +0000

Watch Dogs 2 has lots of forthcoming add-on content, and Ubisoft has been kind enough to lay it out for us in the form of a “content roadmap”. There’s stuff coming as soon as April, including a new PvP team-based mode called Showdown, as well as multiplayer motocross, eKart and drone races. It’s the June stuff that’s most interesting though, in particular support for 4-player parties “to explore the city and play activities together”. That presumably doesn’t include single-player missions, but i

pcgamer wrote a new post, How to access Dark Souls 3's The Ringed City DLC, on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:25:34 +0000

Hey, remember how much of a pain it was to access the DLC area of the original Dark Souls? Well, From Software has mellowed over the years, and getting to Dark Souls 3’s The Ringed City DLC is actually pretty easy. The second is found where the Sister Friede battle takes place in the Ashes of Ariandel area. Again, this is right behind where the player spawns at the Sister Friede bonfire:Again, spawn at the Sister Friede bonfire and just turn around. While getting to The Ringed City’s new areas i

pcgamer wrote a new post, Goodbye internet privacy: U.S. House of Representatives just killed FCC privacy rules, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:48:33 +0000

Last week, the U.S. Senate voted along party lines to stamp out strong FCC privacy regulations introduced in 2016. The privacy framework in these rules focuses on transparency, choice, and data security, and provides heightened protection for sensitive customer information, consistent with customer expectations. The Commission also revises its current telecommunications privacy rules to harmonize today’s privacy rules for all telecommunications carriers, and provides a tailored exemption from th

pcgamer wrote a new post, 6 things Destiny 2 needs to be a success on PC, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:43:37 +0000

Now, with the sequel potentially under six months away, I want to talk about what it needs to ensure success on PC. The leaked poster mentions the beta will take place on PS4, implying similar deals can be expected for Destiny 2. Note also that this year’s Resident Evil 7 was a ‘Play Anywhere’ title, meaning saves transferred automatically between PC and XB1. As mentioned above, The Vault of Glass raid is brilliant, and arguably the thing that persuaded players to stick with Destiny. It goes wit

pcgamer wrote a new post, Attentat 1942 is a 'historically accurate' game about the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:17:38 +0000

Attentat 1942 is not your typical Second World War videogame. It’s a “historically accurate adventure” about the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakian territory in 1942, told from the perspective of the survivors. “The game is built on personal memories, interactive comics, and authentic footage,” the Steam Greenlight page says. “You will speak to eyewitnesses, live their memories, and discover the untold story of your family.” Attentat 1942 is expected to be ready for release in the third quarter

pcgamer wrote a new post, Widowmaker statue heads up the 'new' Blizzard Collectibles line, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:15:33 +0000

Blizzard has announced a swanky new line of “premium statues, replicas, and artwork” called Blizzard Collectibles, headed up by a 13.5 inch tall statue of the fearsome Overwatch assassin Widowmaker. “Our goal with Blizzard Collectibles is to produce pieces of art that capture the personality of our games, and we’re excited to share these premium items with gamers and collectors worldwide.” We’re not talking about Tracer leggings here: The Widowmaker statue, like the Reaper and Tracer figures, go

pcgamer wrote a new post, Day of Infamy does justice to the classic WWII mod that inspired it, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:39:26 +0000

Day of Infamy, a standalone WWII rework of modern combat game Insurgency, is worthy of the ‘Day of’ moniker—which in this case references Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor speech, but also tips its hat to the classic Half-Life mod and eventual standalone game Day of Defeat. For a more modern comparison, because Day of Infamy does play differently than its DoD cousin, it’s pulling me in like the launches of Red Orchestra 2 and Rising Storm did. That level of pressure has been rare in Day of Infamy so far—

pcgamer wrote a new post, The ethics of emulation: how creators, the community, and the law view console emulators, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:24:55 +0000

It’s bad for the ecosystem because closed source alternatives could end up having an advantage on the open source alternatives. Dolphin has shared code with other emulators, and he says he looks at the code of other open source projects for inspiration. Most emulators are built on the work of dozens of people before them reverse-engineering hardware, writing documentation, and releasing source code. It’s possible, of course, for a closed source emulator to achieve the same goal of preservation t

pcgamer wrote a new post, 3 new custom Gigabyte GTX 1080 Tis announced, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:46:58 +0000

You want more custom GTX 1080 Ti news? Available from this Friday, you’ll be able to get yourself a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC, an Aorus (a subsidiary of Gigabyte) GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11G, and an Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition. In Gaming Mode you’ll get 1569 / 1683 MHz base / boost clock speed, and in OC Mode you’ll get 1594 / 1708 MHz. As for the Gigabyte branded card, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC, you’ll find a white faceplate over the slightly smaller triple fan Win

pcgamer wrote a new post, The first Destiny 2 'Last Call' teaser video features Nathan Fillion telling tall tales, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:35:49 +0000

Yesterday, Destiny 2 was finally confirmed. And in two days, Bungie will unveil the official “Worldwide Reveal Trailer.” “Last Call” features Nathan Fillion as Hunter Vanguard mentor Cayde-6, reminiscing about the good old days, and an “ugly contest where everyone was a winner.” The tone of the trailer also represents quite a change from the grim, somber mood of the original Destiny, although how deeply that will run through the actual game is impossible to say. So for now, we’re sticking with i

pcgamer wrote a new post, Starved for the sport on PC, Old Time Hockey is a bit of a letdown, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:24:34 +0000

We haven’t had an NHL game from EA since 2008, and we haven’t seen many alternatives since. However, now that I’ve spent a good chunk of time with it, Old Time Hockey isn’t the exhilarating, arcade sports game that it initially looked like. In your hands, Old Time is stuck somewhere between NHL 94’s d-pad scheme and the modern NHL games’ skill stick. I’d love to see a developer create a deep, engaging fighting system for a hockey game, but this sadly is not that. Old Time Hockey isn’t the game P

pcgamer wrote a new post, Overwatch's new hero Orisa is now available in Competitive Play (updated), on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:36:17 +0000

Update: Right on schedule, Orisa is now playable in Competitive. “Orisa is now available in Competitive Play. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/rER5X1pJ0DMarch 28, 2017Original story:Overwatch’s 24th hero, the quadripedal Omnic tank Orisa, is now live for all players. Blizzard says that Orisa will be disabled in competitive play for the next week, giving players a chance to adjust to her playstyle in quick play, custom games, and the arcade before entering the gauntlet of competitive. Finally, Zenyatta’s altern

pcgamer wrote a new post, Palit enters the SSD business with 7 new SATA drives, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:33:01 +0000

Palit Microsystems, mostly known for its custom graphics cards, has just announced two new SSD product lines. The Palit UV-S series uses the low cost triple level cell (TLC) NAND flash, while the GF-S series is “designed to perform for the gamers,” and uses multi-level cell (MLC), offering better performance overall. As for the gamer-focused GF-S Series, the three drives here are largely similar apart from the storage capacities. The 120GB model has a max sequential read speed at 560 MB/s, but a

pcgamer wrote a new post, Final Fantasy 14's latest update removes the two-week trial time limit, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:30:10 +0000

Today’s release of the latest patch to the Square Enix MMO Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, taking it to version 3.56, means players can now “experience the conclusion of the Heavensward main scenario.” And for those of you who aren’t currently players, the news is potentially even better, as the update also removes the 14-day time limit on the trial. #FFXIV free trial has been revamped! Now you can play the free trial without a time limit! The full patch notes are available here, and you can d

pcgamer wrote a new post, Every Hearthstone Journey to Un'Goro card revealed so far, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:09:39 +0000

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pcgamer wrote a new post, Razer's 2017 Blade Pro gets a hardware upgrade and THX certification, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:05:22 +0000

In this case, Razer is touting its refreshed Blade Pro as the world’s first THX-certified laptop. “Through the processes of THX, the Razer Blade Pro screen is calibrated and tested for resolution, color accuracy, and video playback performance. The 2017 model Blade Pro still features a 17.3-inch 4K IGZO panel with touch support. The Blade Pro tackles gaming with a GeForce GTX 1080 GPU. The upgraded Razer Blade Pro will be available in April starting at $4,000 (£3,799.99 / €4,499.99).

pcgamer wrote a new post, MLG to experiment with banning Peacekeeper in For Honor tournaments, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:40:30 +0000

Ubisoft’s medieval beatdown game For Honor has a Peacekeeper problem. However, when PK [Peacekeeper] is used these tactics are not needed as simply spamming light attacks can usually guarantee hits, even against experienced players,” he wrote. The purpose of the message was to call for a ban on the use of the Peacekeeper class in MLG tournaments, and MLG, reflecting the seriousness of the complaint, agreed. “For online tournaments, we will try running a tournament with peacekeeper banned, and th

pcgamer wrote a new post, MSI shows off GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Armor and Aero graphics cards, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:36:08 +0000

Over on its global website, MSI has added some new additions to its GeForce GTX 1080 Ti lineup. They include the GTX 1080 Ti Armor and Aero, both of which come in stock clocked and overclocked variants. MSI’s GeForce GTX Ti Aero 11G is similar to Nvidia’s Founders Edition but with a more colorful cooler. MSI’s Armor cards come with a little more visual bling. Like the Aero variant, the non-OC Armor model sticks to Nvidia’s reference clockspeeds—1,480MHz base and 1,582MHz boost.

pcgamer wrote a new post, Divinity: Original Sin 2 demos new Summoning and Polymorphing skills, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:15:23 +0000

During Larian Studios’ hugely successful Divinity: Original Sin 2 Kickstarter campaign, backers were given the opportunity to vote for their favourite skill schools that’d be introduced as Stretch Goals at a later date. To this end, as part of the project’s 35th Update, the early accessible role-player has now added Summoning and Polymorphing to its sorcery-endowed bounds. As detailed via the game’s Kickstarter campaign page, the Summoning school lets players conjure personal elementals which ma

pcgamer wrote a new post, Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition confirmed, Chris Avellone is helping out (updated), on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:57:00 +0000

Update: The countdown site is still ticking away—five hours left at the moment–but the Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition announcement trailer has gone live anyway. We’ll no doubt have more details soon, but for now you can just kick back and enjoy the trailer below. As in, Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition. Beamdog will have its work cut out for it when it comes to “enhancing” Planescape: Torment. I enjoyed Baldur’s Gate Enhanced, but the new characters felt slightly out of place, not to

pcgamer wrote a new post, Buy a GTX 1060 and get For Honor or Ghost Recon Wildlands for free, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:21:00 +0000

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 price-to-performance ratio is reason enough to consider the card, but if you’re looking for added incentive to upgrade, you can now score a free copy of For Honor or Ghost Recon Wildlands. Initially the free game offer applied to qualified purchases of a GeForce GTX 1070 or 1080 card, desktop system, or laptop. It later expanded to included the GTX 1080 Ti after it launched, and now the GTX 1060 is joining the party. “The GeForce GTX 1060 is the ‘Recommended’ GPU for bo

pcgamer wrote a new post, Have the Majors been good for the Dota 2 scene?, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:09:20 +0000

In a month, the top Dota 2 teams will descend upon Kiev, Ukraine, for the next in Valve’s series of official tournaments, the Majors. Namely, there are questions about how these Valve tournaments, regarded by the community as extremely important, have interfered with third-party events. In the 2014-2015 season, excluding Valve events there were 24 ‘premier’ and 38 ‘professional’ events, per Valve’s ticketing system, for a total of 62. Valve clearly wanted to make a tournament system that added l

pcgamer wrote a new post, Ark: Survival Evolved's next patch will feature a 'total inventory menu redesign' (Updated), on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:07:23 +0000

Update: Here’s a peek at the new menu, via Jeremy Stieglitz on Twitter (you can enlarge the image by clicking the top right corner for a better look):Original story: I’ve chosen a picture of one of Ark: Survival Evolved’s giant snails for this particular news story. That’s because Ark’s next patch, v256, will among other things apparently provide a long, long, long overdue ‘total inventory menu redesign’ according to recently added notes to the Steam discussion post and this tweet from Studio Wi

pcgamer wrote a new post, Visiting NASA's latest discovery in Elite Dangerous, on the site MMOABC.com

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:38:54 +0000

Almost 4,000 exoplanets have been detected by astronomers to date, but the large number of Earth-sized planets in this particular system makes the discovery special. And when I heard about it, my immediate thought was: I want to go there in Elite Dangerous. And I was delighted to hear that the system would appear in the latest beta, and eventually the game itself. Further discoveries were made by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope in Chile. After NASA’s discovery, SETI (

pcgamer wrote a new post, Build guide: the best cheap gaming PC, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 23:45:32 +0000

This build is aimed at creating a gaming PC that performs decently well for as little money as possible. Long story short: this is the best gaming PC build for $500. As this is a budget build, the best RX 470 variant to buy is the cheapest. (It’s also our top pick for best budget SSD.) Fractal Design is one of our favorite case manufacturers, and the Core 1100 is a great case for this budget build.

pcgamer wrote a new post, The Sim Settlements mod for Fallout 4 is so good it should be an official part of the game, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 23:36:10 +0000

I’ve been having a go at a mod called Sim Settlements, created by kinggath, (which I previously wrote about here). But with Sim Settlements, NPCs gradually improve their homes. This is why the mod should become an official part of the game: it makes your settlements feel alive, far more than the original game does. Soon, he’d added a chemistry table inside and would chill out in there most of the day. You can—and definitely should—grab Sim Settlements from Nexus Mods and give it a try.

pcgamer wrote a new post, A letter from the Pathfinder to the director of the Andromeda Initiative, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:28:04 +0000

I’m pretty sure Drack can’t even fit into the stall, so I’m not sure what he’s been doing. I know, I know, I’m nitpicking, and it’s not like you designed the ship. But the little things add up out here, and there are certain… discrepancies. We just spent six weeks scanning planets and found some iron, so that’ll really help the colonization effort. It’s the little things you do that make a big difference.

pcgamer wrote a new post, What we want from Star Wars Battlefront 2, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:48:21 +0000

Star Wars Battlefront, for all the weight behind its titanic namesake, has largely floundered against the competition. It trades nuance for reference; it feels like a friend articulating a hypothetical Star Wars matchup (“What if Han Solo and Darth Vader dueled on top of the Millennium Falcon?”) while glossing over the finer details. With a new Battlefront arriving sometime this year , DICE holds the potential to deliver a sequel with the same brimming Star Wars excitement but of more ambitious

pcgamer wrote a new post, This GTX 1080 Ti has a built-in LCD display, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:11:42 +0000

Embedded displays might be the next big thing that replaces (or at least supplements) RGB lighting. Case in point, Colorful, a Chinese manufacturer of graphics cards, just slapped an LCD along the side of its iGame GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. When it comes to gaming products, RGB lighting is everywhere—cases, graphics cards, peripherals, and even RAM. For now, Colorful is the only company we know of to equip a graphics card with an LCD panel. Beyond the embedded LCD, Colorful’s new card is notable for

pcgamer wrote a new post, Leaked Destiny 2 poster teases a September release date (Updated), on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 17:11:50 +0000

Update, March 27: The official Destiny account has tweeted out a logo , as seen above, which nearly matches the logo in the leaked posters. (The spacing of the letters in ‘Destiny’ is somewhat different.) The exact release date remains unconfirmed, as does the existence of a PC version, though it seems likely. ———-Kotaku, by way of an Italian retailer, has obtained leaked photos of a Destiny 2 poster which indicates a September 8th release date, at least for Europe, as well as a pre-releas

pcgamer wrote a new post, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds earned over $11 million during its first weekend in Early Access, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:09:54 +0000

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launched on Steam Early Access this past Thursday, and according to its developer, Bluehole, it has already raked in over $11 million in sales. The multiplayer battle royale shooter also drew a sizable crowd of combatants with a peak of 67,000 concurrent players, says Bluehole’s press release. People didn’t just play, but also watched: Bluehole reports over 150,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch. If you’re looking to get started with Battlegrounds yourself, make sure

pcgamer wrote a new post, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire sets sail for frontiers beyond mere tradition, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:43:07 +0000

Amid the Skyrims and Witcher 3s of the world, players hungered for a return to the classic roleplaying games of yesteryear. The first game saved Obsidian from drowning, and Pillars of Eternity 2 is ready to sail to a new world. “We had talked about it going all the way back to Pillars of Eternity,” Sawyer confesses almost shamefully. I begin to realise that, to Urquhart and Sawyer, Pillars of Eternity 2 is as much about the little things as it is the big. “I think a lot of people, whether consci

pcgamer wrote a new post, The best AMD Radeon RX 480 deals, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:45:03 +0000

The best Asus RX 480 dealsThe highest powered Asus RX 480 card you’ll find is the RoG Strix RX 480 O8G Gaming edition. The best Gigabyte RX 480 dealsWith the Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 G1 Gaming you’ll find a slight clock speed boost to 1290MHz on both the 4GB and 8GB versions, with the memory speed at 7000MHz and 8000MHz respectively. The best MSI RX 480 dealsLike with most MSI custom graphics cards, you’ll find a standard Gaming Mode, a Silent Mode, and an OC Mode on the MSI RX 480 Gaming and Gami

pcgamer wrote a new post, Unleash your full potential with the Logitech G Pro Gaming Keyboard, on the site MMOABC.com

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 20:29:19 +0000

Boasting built-in ultra responsive Romer-G mechanical switches, a braided and detachable Micro-USB cable for convenience, and a compact “tenkeyless” design, the Logitech G Pro Gaming Keyboard is engineered from the ground up to deliver pro gamer caliber performance and reliability. Whether you’re an eSports athlete competing for big prize pools or just a gamer who takes their multiplayer performance seriously, there’s no better addition to your gaming arsenal than the Pro Gaming Keyboard. Watch

pcgamer wrote a new post, Mass Effect: Andromeda’s aliens are a missed opportunity, on the site MMOABC.com

Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:50:08 +0000

In our last conversation about Mass Effect: Andromeda, we had divided opinions about its first few hours. I’d read it as a critique of the wonder and optimism that comes with space operas, but this is Mass Effect. There was such a great opportunity to do the ‘aliens land on earth’ story in reverse, with awe-struck aliens reacting to the existence of humans. There was such a great opportunity to do the ‘aliens land on earth’ story in reverse, with awe-struck aliens reacting to the existence of hu

pcgamer wrote a new post, How to make the best weapons and armor in Mass Effect: Andromeda, on the site MMOABC.com

Sat, 25 Mar 2017 16:34:01 +0000

#nofilterMass Effect: Andromeda’s menus are their own game, taking the form of a traditional folder hierarchy, burying types and subtypes of armor, weapons, and modifications beneath layers of garish UI. Milky Way weapons are the most vanilla of the bunch, looking and behaving most like their real life counterparts. Remnant weapons are all erratic energy weapons that don’t use ammo, but can overheat if fired continuously for too long (remember Mass Effect 1?). The more teams out, the more resour

pcgamer wrote a new post, How Mass Effect: Andromeda builds on the series' legacy, on the site MMOABC.com

Sat, 25 Mar 2017 01:05:08 +0000

In its closing moments, Andromeda made me feel the way I felt when I finished Mass Effect 1 for the first time. Mass Effect 1 was where you met Garrus, but Mass Effect 2 is where he picked up a cool scar and became your best friend. If Mass Effect 1 is defined by invention and Mass Effect 2 by reinvention, then Mass Effect 3’s job was to consolidate everything that came before it into a coherent whole. It inherits Mass Effect 1’s sense of scale but applies greater craft to the creation of a smal

pcgamer wrote a new post, PC Gamer UK podcast #38: Questions Special, on the site MMOABC.com

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:40:20 +0000

After a traumatic deadline, Samuel and Phil climb into the podship and set off on a journey PC gaming. Unfortunately, neither of us had played anything of note this week, so instead we used your questions as an excuse to ramble about stuff. Listen, and find out why fantasy is better with giant mushrooms, and why Legion makes for bad second screen TV. Download: Episode 38: Last of the Summer Apocalypse You can also subscribe on iTunes or keep up with new releases using our RSS feed. This week: Sa

pcgamer wrote a new post, Road-trip sim Jalopy is a haunting piece of Eastern Bloc nostalgia, on the site MMOABC.com

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:27:28 +0000

I grew up in ’90s Yugoslavia, an Eastern European country that no longer exists. Its tenacity and stubbornness is a testament to the sort of absurdity that Jalopy, a lo-fi Eastern Bloc road-trip sim, attempts to recapture. Thankfully, a gas station is nearby. I’d rather deal with a broken car than broken human beings. When I finally reach Yugoslavia, the game shows off the coastal area—something I’ve never seen before.

pcgamer wrote a new post, The best ATX mid-tower PC cases, on the site MMOABC.com

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:45:00 +0000

Spending a bit more on a nice PC case, in most cases the most visible aspect of your build, can go a very long way. When it comes to building a PC, most users aren’t looking to break the bank on components like a PC case. Initially introduced with In Win’s sleek 901 brushed aluminum cases, tempered glass side panels have quickly become a hit among PC case manufacturers. As great as tempered glass looks, there’s one major drawback that most of these cases face, and that’s heat retention. Only a h

pcgamer wrote a new post, What you need to know about GPU coolers, on the site MMOABC.com

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:01:25 +0000

There’s a slew of factors to consider, after all: GPU clock, memory capacity, size and price, just to name a few. A pair of GTX 1080 reference blowers are the pixel pushers in this micro-ATX X99 system. Blower designs are also a good idea if you’re looking to employ SLI or Crossfire. I should also note that Nvidia is calling their reference blower design the “Founders Edition” for the GTX 1000 series of video cards. With the Maxwell/GTX 900 series, Nvidia’s reference blowers were often cheaper t

pcgamer wrote a new post, Wii U emulator devs show incredible Breath of the Wild progress in new video, on the site MMOABC.com

Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:16:46 +0000

Breath of the Wild ran, but wasn’t really playable due to physics glitches that broke abilities and a framerate that sat around 15 frames per second. The video above (click here for full size) is Breath of the Wild running in the next release of Cemu, version 1.7.4, coming to Patreon subscribers on April 2 and general release on April 9. The Wii U version itself suffers from frequent slowdown, but for the emulated game to already be running at full performance in two weeks is incredible. The vid

pcgamer wrote a new post, The best RGB LED Lighting Kit, on the site MMOABC.com

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:55:11 +0000

With 85 total LEDs, our DIY solution was far brighter with smoother color effects than any of the other kits we’ve tested. There are plenty of addressable RGB LED strips on the market today, but we found the WS2812B strips to be the most cost effective and versatile when it comes to lighting up a PC. However, in addition to the LED strip you’ll have to purchase a separate controller and power supply . More advanced users can use Arduino boards or a Raspberry Pi to program their own limitless lig

pcgamer wrote a new post, PC gaming news, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 10:50:56 +0000

See Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running at 4K in Cemu emulatorIt’s a bit hinky and usually sits at 15 frames per second, but it’s running, and it looks great.

pcgamer wrote a new post, Battlefield 1's first expansion is a promising start, on the site MMOABC.com

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:00:53 +0000

To get all that stuff, you’ll pay roughly double, too: $50/£40 total for all four expansions, through BF1’s Premium Pass . The first expansion, They Shall Not Pass, is a chance for DICE to make a good first impression about the season pass as a whole. After a full day playing it, I feel good about the direction Battlefield 1 is headed post-release. Here’s what I think of the individual pieces:The gunsOne of my longstanding criticisms of Battlefield is that its guns have, until Battlefield 1, lac