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Move over Nvidia because AMD RX 9060 XT gaming PCs are absolutely killing it for price in the budget segment before Amazon Prime Day

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:44

RX 9060 XT builds are getting that pre-Prime Day pump on.

Two RX 9060 XT gaming PCs on a green/blue background

I've kept CPUs cool through the summer with the help of these two affordable coolers: a 360 mm AIO for $90 and Arctic's finest for $38

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:41

Obviously, I didn't use them at the same time.

An Arctic air cooler and Cooler Master liquid cooler on a blue background.

You could buy the worst budget gaming headset I've ever tested for $19, or one of the best for $40 in the early Amazon Prime Day sales

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:39

My, what a difficult conundrum.

The Bengoo G9000 and Razer BlackShark V2 X gaming headsets on a teal deals background

The Silksong subreddit is conducting elaborate ritual ban sacrifices in an attempt to cure 'silksanity' and secure the game's release

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:28

Good lord, what is happening in there?

An image of Hornet from Silksong engulfed with rage.

You can buy (almost) my entire gaming accessory setup in the sales this Amazon Prime Day

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:24

You can buy (almost) my entire gaming accessory setup in the sales this Amazon Prime Day

A blue background with a Logitech mouse, Obsbot webcam, Turtle Beach headset, 8BitDo keyboard, and NZXT Headset and accessory on it.

Once you're above a certain speed, it's all about CAS latency with your RAM and there are my top early Prime Day picks so far

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:22

Make your gaming PC responsive and slick with a great set of low-latency DDR5.

A composite image of Klevv and TeamGroup DDR5-RAM kits against a teal background with a white border.

Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:06

No wonder Gabe Newell can afford all those boats.

Money money money.

You too can get Miku Hatsune to dance around the inside of your rig for less, with $60 off my favorite CPU cooler with a screen

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 17:05

You could also use it to display your CPU temps—I'm not judging!

NZXT Kraken Elite 280 RGB 2024 CPU cooler floats within the PC Gamer teal-gradient deal void. This is the smaller two-fan model, though it still comes with the same 2-inch IPS LCD screen included with the larger, three-fan models.

A 'little educational game for middle-schoolers' left DayZ's creators obsessed, inspired, and embroiled in a contentious presidential campaign: 'It's 4.5 years later, and I'm still talking about this story'

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 16:20

DayZ's former creative director thinks the survival genre needs to take a leaf out of Eco's book.

Eco early access

Turn your gaming PC's cables about face with this 750 W Corsair Shift PSU and save $65 at the same time

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 15:55

I have the 1000 W version and it's a cracking power supply.

An image of a Corsair RMx Shift 750W PSU against a teal background with a white border.

This RTX 5050 gaming laptop is... ah you know what, forget it, this RTX 5080 machine with $700 off is worth considering this Prime Day

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 15:55

Call me indecisive if you must.

Two HP Omen RTX 50-series laptops on a teal background, the left with a big red cross through it

Phoenix's terrifying team-up in Marvel Rivals Season 3 has me starting a campaign to get Wolverine banned in all my matches

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 15:38

My worst nightmare just got worse.

Marvel Rivals Wolverine and Phoenix team-up in Season 3: Wolverine gritting his teeth as he gets ready to leap. His claws glow orange and are covered in a red haze.

Open-source Morrowind project just got an update 3 years in the making that might have me saying bye to the vanilla game for good—oh, and you can load Skyrim in it now

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 15:28

Sure, why not.

An Ordinator stands with a torch on the highest level of a canton in Vivec.

Tech billionaires including Palmer Luckey set up dumb new bank for those who didn't get burned enough in the 2022 crypto crash

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 15:25

It's all about the stablecoins baby.

Palmer Luckey strokes his goatee.

Rematch plans to add an in-game report system, punish own-goal griefers with 3 days in the slammer, and slap cheaters with indefinite bans

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 15:21

"We take these matters extremely seriously."

Rematch screenshot

Peak re-releases its next update aimed at improving stability and reassures players 'we don't have any issue with sharing video content, including modded stuff'

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 14:49

You can now reconnect to games that you've been disconnected from.

Peak scout posing

OLED is the must-have gaming monitor tech and I've got some great early Prime Day deals for you

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 14:39

Ole, ole, ole, OLED.

OLED deals

Xbox exec suffers bout of terminal LinkedIn brain, suggests folks laid off by Microsoft use AI to 'reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss'

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 12:50

An avocado toast for a new era.

Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner: 2049, his face cut up and with a bandage over his nose, bathed in purple light with the blackground a blurry blue

Steam's Hardware Survey continues to prove gamers don't have much free storage, and I am unfortunately among them

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 10:58

Make some room.

A Crucial P510 SSD installed in a gaming PC.

Today's Wordle answer for Friday, July 4

PC Gamer

4 juillet 2025 à 05:00

Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.

Today's Wordle being played on a phone

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – All the key details on the next Call of Duty

Par :morgan.park@futurenet.com (Morgan Park)

4 juillet 2025 à 01:14

Activision is double-dipping on Black Ops in 2025.

Black Ops 7

Surprise! The Anthem servers are still running—but they won't be after January 12

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

4 juillet 2025 à 00:22

Now it's really over.

Anthem

I played 10 free Steam demos this week: here are the 5 games that made it onto my wishlist

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

4 juillet 2025 à 00:08

Load up your wishlist—a lot of great games are headed your way.

A grocery store with townfolk around it

Stop Killing Games surges past its goals, but a possible signature spoofing campaign could cause trouble: 'This is not a Change.org petition. This is a government process'

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

3 juillet 2025 à 23:40

Initiative founder Ross Scott says he's "in a complete fog" about how many signatures the Stop Killing Games petitions really have.

Stop Killing Games logo

Before cancelling ZeniMax's Destiny-style MMO shooter, Xbox executives reportedly enjoyed early demos so much that the controller had to be pulled from Phil Spencer's hands

Par :lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter)

3 juillet 2025 à 23:11

At Xbox, success doesn't mean security.

Phil Spencer, chief executive officer of gaming at Microsoft Corp., arrives to court in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard CEOs are expected to testify to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade Commission's effort to block their $69 billion deal. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images

'There has to be a better way than this': Game developers call Microsoft's latest layoffs 'a colossal waste of talent' from a publisher that seems like it's in 'a death spiral'

Par :lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter)

3 juillet 2025 à 21:53

In response to "heartbreaking" turmoil, devs share grim humor, frustration, and fears for the industry's future.

Microsoft campus

MindsEye boss reportedly blames its failure on 'saboteurs' and says a re-launch is in the works, even as the entire development studio is at risk of layoff

Par :andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

3 juillet 2025 à 21:42

The weirdness continues.

MindsEye launch trailer still - close-up of a guy standing in spectral light

Brace yourself: Hades 2 just got what 'will likely be our final patch' before full release

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 20:39

Brace yourself: Hades 2 just got what 'will likely be our final patch' before full release

The witch Melinoe holds up her ghostly hand to conjure something magical with her staff in the other hand. A dark blue sky broods in the background with a skeleton man on the right side of the frame.

All active Anime Vanguards codes in July 2025 and how to redeem them

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 19:22

You’re gonna need them to collect the 200+ anime characters on the roster.

Anime Vanguards banner showing a Roblox version of an anime character

NZXT N7 Z890 review

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 19:17

A good-looking motherboard that's a bit expensive compared to the competition.

An NZXT N7 Z890 motherboard on a desk with port covers removed.

NZXT N9 X870E review

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 19:17

A stylish departure from the usual names and faces, but leaves a little to be desired.

An NZXT N9 X870E motherboard in black with the port covers removed.

NZXT N9 Z890 review

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 19:16

A stunning motherboard with heaps of ports.

An NZXT N9 Z890 motherboard on a desk with port covers removed.

20 foolproof ways to get laid off in the videogame industry

Par :wesley@pcgamer.com (Wes Fenlon)

3 juillet 2025 à 19:01

Tired of making games? Just use one of these simple tricks!

Founder of world's biggest mod site hits back at fans angry about upcoming age verification for NSFW mods: 'The law is the law and Nexus Mods will, and must, follow the law'

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 18:49

"Nexus Mods is not an underground website operating on the dark web—it's a legitimate business."

Tub Geralt, just chilling in his tub.

Rematch's developers expected players to develop new tech fast, but 'not nearly as fast as it is going right now'

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 18:27

Tekkers!

Rematch screenshot

I've just noticed Zalman is spinning up a new line of circular tower coolers that look a lot like itty-bitty jet engines

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 18:26

I reckon these will take off.

Two of Zalman's ZET 5 circular tower coolers float in a blue-pink gradient void. They look not unlike mini-jet engines. One is white, and one is black, but they both feature two visible rings of ARGB lighting around the main part of the cooler body.

Marvel Rivals' updated hero hot list reveals the most-played and highest win-rate characters, and it's good news for Support players

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 18:20

Ah yes, the two greatest heroes: AI and the shark.

Marvel Rivals Ultron release date abilities: A close up shot of Ultron with a menacing expression as hordes of robots appear behind him.

The European Commission wants Europe to become the world leader in quantum computing within the next five years

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 18:14

The AI ship has already sailed and the fusion boat is still stuck in the docks, so is this the next best thing?

Inside the Quantum Lab, a low camera shot 12mm--a 3D render of a chandelier-style quantum computer hanging from the ceiling in a room covered in metal vents for airflow.

Marvel Rivals Phoenix: All the key details about the upcoming hero

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 18:12

Jean Grey brings the heat.

Marvel Rivals Phoenix abilities: A close-up shot of Phoenix channeling her powers with her eyes closed.

Budget or bust? My editor forced me to use this $19 gaming headset for a whole week and it's goppingly awful in ways I never dreamed of

PC Gamer

3 juillet 2025 à 18:02

Thanks Dave, I hate it.

The beautiful visage of Andy Edser, hardware writer extraordinaire, wearing a Bengoo G9000 gaming headset with his thumb down