I peaked at 16 years old. I was part way through an expert run of 'Through the Fire and the Flames' by Dragonforce on Guitar Hero 3 at a friend's house for their birthday, and I remember thinking to myself, 'I don't think I'll ever top this'. As the song came to an end and I revelled in my passing grade, I got at least one nod of approval from...

Prime Day is back, people. Showing up under the thinly veiled disguise of Big Deal Days, you can be sure there will be a bunch of October Prime Day gaming keyboard deals as we go through the next week or so. Officially it kicks off on Tuesday next week, but every retailer will have competing events and some have even kicked off already.👉ALL of Amazon's keyboard deals👈👉OUR favorite Prime Day...

39 5K OLED Gaming Monitor AW3926QW: was $1999 now $1449.99If you're a Prime member or using a free trial, this discount on Alienware's blissfully excessive 5K widescreen OLED monitor will be available to you. Of course, you're going to need a damn fine rig to make the most of this display, but if you managed to build something at the bleeding edge before prices skyrocketed, aren't you a lucky bean:...

(Image credit: House House)More weird, asymmetrical co-op moments, please. A spoiler for a mid-game event in co-op puzzler Big Walk follows, so don't "read more" if you want to go in fresh. (It's a great game.)There's a bit part way through Big Walk where the players have to simultaneously press buttons to open a door. That's normal, but what wasn't normal was the unsettling vision it triggered: a creepy first-person...

What's newI've updated our best Valheim mods list just a week after publishing it.Mostly because I'm sick and can't leave mods alone once I start, but also because I'm obsessed with turning the Meadows into a winter wonderland.My latest addition is the Seasons mod (via Hexium) by Shudnal.The mod adds spring, summer, fall, and winter changes to Valheim's biomes.It's customizable, so you can adjust season length, weather types, and more.And...

Last week, I polled our readers (that's you lot) to ask how much RGB lighting festoons your gaming PCs. And I'll be honest, the results come as a bit of a surprise—it turns out that 31% of you opt to keep your rigs dark and moody, with no RGB at all. I get that times are hard out there, but really? No RGB lighting in the slightest? Fair enough. I've...

It's nearly International Podcast Day (it's on September 30 this year, so you've still got time to buy me a card). However, what we should really be celebrating is international "There's No Need For Crappy Audio In 2026" day, as good microphones can now be found at virtually any price point.From the very affordable (but surprisingly good) Amazon Basics USB Condenser microphone for $25, to one of the best podcast...

This is a frog named Touch Me from Final Fantasy 7. You can now look at Touch Me from all angles via this 3D model viewer. You can make Touch Me dance and break it down. Look at him go.(Image credit: Square Enix (via Pardall Games))

A tidy saving on this brilliant PC gamepad (which also works with Xbox consoles, albeit only wired). It features an astonishing 1000 Hz polling rate for higher precision, TMR analog sticks, face button microswitches, Hall Effect triggers, paddle buttons, 2.4 Ghz wireless and Bluetooth: it basically has everything you want form a pro controller, without being priced like a pro controller.Also:GameSir G7 Pro Dragon's Dogma 2 Edition - AU$179 AU$143.20GameSir...

FOV 90(Image credit: Future)Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new.Organized FPS scrimmage is a time-honored tradition of PC gaming. Countless battles have been waged, friendships forged, and "GGs" exchanged in the name of contested territories, stolen flags, and almost-exploded explosives. FPS is...