Black Flag Resynced has finally launched, and with it, a reprisal of the eternal debate surrounding the different stripes of Assassin's Creed combat. As Morgan notes in our review, Resynced ultimately "loses more than it gains" thanks to its wide-ranging changes masquerading as quality of life, and I'm inclined to agree.For me, the most glaring offender here are the fights. Now don't get me wrong, Black Flag's combat was a...
Finding all the Mayan stone locations is one of your big distractions while sailing the Caribbean in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, and it's mostly unchanged from the original game. You still need to solve 16 of these stele to complete the Mayan Mystery task and unlock the Mayan Armour, one of the best outfits. But just like the treasure maps, a few locations have shifted around in the remake.All...
Back when Microsoft acquired Bethesda, our first thought was, 'I wonder if this will be bad,' but our second thought was, 'Ooh, maybe now Obsidian will make Fallout: New Vegas 2.' And when the Fallout TV show turned out to be a hit, we scratched our heads over the continued absence of a new Fallout game.Now it looks like a new Obsidian-made Fallout RPG may actually happen. Word on the...
The Asus ProArt lineup is, in essence, the company's range of fancy PC products for creative professionals—and my goodness does it contain some nice-looking stuff. Which is why I jumped at the chance to test out one of the latest additions, the Asus ProArt Mouse MD301.It's certainly a handsome squeaker, designed to provide a subtle, refined, ergonomic option for those who have some serious work to do. It's all business,...
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has made a number of big changes since taking over from former chief Phil Spencer. Some of them—dialling back Game Pass, leaning into exclusives—collectively represent a pretty clear repudiation of Spencer's strategies. In a new interview with Fortune (via Game Developer), Sharma was more explicit about her belief that Spencer got it wrong, saying that as a result of his approach, "[we] spread ourselves too thin.""In...
Task Bar Hero class tier list and the best team compositions for idling your way through the endgame
I've spent weeks playing Task Bar Hero as part of my daily work routine, and after pouring over 300 hours into the desktop auto-battler, it's safe to say it sits among my favorite idlers. Micromanaging the tiny pixel heroes at the bottom of my screen has also brought out the best worst parts of my 'number must go up' broken gamer brain, so I have some thoughts on what a...
I won't bore you with another rant about the exorbitant cost of PC gaming in 2026. Buying RAM and storage is for the rich, browsing gaming laptops is wince-inducing, and don't get me started on pre-builds. I've been covering big sales events for PC Gamer for nearly a decade now and buying gear from any of these categories has never been more expensive. There's such a dearth of good deals,...
Polish studio Rebel Wolves hasn't been shy about The Witcher 3's influence on its open world vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker. Based on the four hours I've spent with it, I think the resemblance is unmistakable, but tasteful. It's far better than a clone, and this new studio has a kit bag of ideas of its own. I came away feeling like The Blood of Dawnwalker is better than...
Prime Day Live(Image credit: Lenovo | Secretlab)Jump straight to the deals you want...1. PCG's top products2. Deals by category3. Live updatesWelcome to the third and arguably hugest Amazon sale of 2026. This year, Amazon Prime Day will run from July 7 through July 13 in Australia, again calling into question the retail behemoth's grasp on the English language. As always I'll be keeping track of Amazon's PC gaming deals from...
First reported by GamesRadar, CD Projekt Red has thanked thousands of fans for doing something exceedingly rare in today's entertainment space: Not spoiling a hotly anticipated new show even though they got advance access.6,000 fans showed up to the advance premiere of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 at LA's Crypto.com Arena (lol) as part of Anime Expo 2026, where they got to see the first episode of Studio Trigger's follow-up to its...