Living in 2025 is like gently being brushed by a feather duster made of your cyberpunk dystopian nightmares. Thankfully, every so often I'm graced with a less horrifying brush. One that says, maybe the future isn't so bad. One like Scrubby the delightful little whiteboard cleaning robot.The future of robotics is frankly, terrifying. We already have robotic guard dogs, DIY robot lockpickers, and these little Chinese androids you can pick...

As a controller gamer, I'm always on the look out for good looking pads that do things a little differently. Quality is something that can vary wildly in controllers from fancy offerings like Razer's newest Wolverine V3 8K, all the way to the off brand cheeto covered 2nd player controller from your youth. Some brands, like GameSir seem to drift all over this scale, delivering controllers we loved like the...

Sail through your daily Wordle like a happy puzzle-defeating cloud with our hints, tips, and general help. Our clue for Wednesday's Wordle can give your opening row some idea of where to head, and the hints we've prepared after can refine that into an early win. And if your board still has more grey than green boxes on it (hey, it happens to us all), a quick click in the...

I'm a big controller fan, and thus have to sit at the back of the bus here at PC Gamer, though our movement is growing. Controller gaming on PC is more popular than ever before, and better controllers are coming out to meet the demands of PC pro players. Razer are behind one of our favourite Hall Effect controllers of all time, and they've just dropped the sequel with the...

Retro aesthetics are all the rage amongst many trying to recapture those warm feelings of their childhood through nostalgia tinted peripherals. We're seeing an influx of Commodore 64 inspired wares, with dusty grey plastic housings and orange highlights, like this XTRFY K4V2 TKL keyboard from Cherry. 8BitDo is another brand dipping into retro stylings, with the 8BitDo Retro R8 Mouse - N Edition releasing across Europe.The Retro R8 Mouse joins...

Krafton has filed a response to the lawsuit brought against it by the former heads of Subnautica studio Unknown Worlds, accusing them of almost immediately abandoning their responsibilities following Krafton's acquisition of the studio despite repeated efforts to keep them onboard. The publisher is requesting an outright dismissal of the lawsuit filed against it and all claims for relief, along with legal fees and other costs.The dispute between Krafton and...

Going right back to my first preview of FBC: Firebreak, my question has always been the same: who is this for? Its chaotic, systems-driven co-op action does have impressive qualities and lots of imagination to it, but I never understood where it could possibly fit in the crowded and competitive multiplayer space.Unfortunately since then my fears for the game have been confirmed. After a rocky launch, woeful Steam concurrent numbers,...

Fae Farm, the cozy co-op farming sim released in 2023 by Phoenix Labs, is going offline. A message posted to the game's Steam page says the game will remain playable offline in singleplayer mode, but "will no longer be playable online and will not receive any future updates." It also appears that developer Phoenix Labs, which laid off "the majority of the studio" in January, is now fully closed and...

In terms of numbers, it'd be hard to argue that the first Battlefield 6 beta weekend was anything other than a success. At times, the beta attracted more than half a million concurrent Steam players—enough to beat Call of Duty's peak player count record since 2022. Our Morgan Park was impressed enough to declare that 2025 is Battlefield's year to lose.But as you'd expect for a beta test, the enthusiasm...

I remember when prices collapsed for solid state drives. It started slow at first, but before we knew it, most PCIe 4.0 SSDs were tumbling into our shopping baskets with nary a second thought. Fond memories. Thankfully, any attempt to increase Gen4 SSD prices since then have largely failed, with drives like the Biwin Black Opal NV7400 making sure of that.The NV7400 is powered by the same controller as our...