Taiwan to drop new law restricting TSMC from allowing foreign fabs to produce leading edge nodes after company's $100 billion investment in US facilities

PC Gamer

29 avril 2025 à 10:43

The law's designed to keep other countries one node behind Taiwan at all times.

Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, April 29

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29 avril 2025 à 05:00

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

Dark Souls 2 cut content includes a giant enemy crab wearing a castle tower as a shell which you could enter from above for massive damage

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Par :shaun.prescott@futurenet.com (Shaun Prescott)

29 avril 2025 à 03:56

Dark Souls 2's cut hermit crab proves that FromSoft's love affair with angry crustaceans goes way back.

A screenshot showing a giant enemy crab wearing a castle tower as a shell, which was cut from Dark Souls 2 in its development stage

There's a reason Oblivion Remastered's new voice actors all sound familiar: It's a huge Skyrim reunion

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Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

29 avril 2025 à 03:50

The return of actor Keith Szarabajka (Erandur in Skyrim, Joshua Graham in New Vegas) for Newblivion was a particular treat for me.

Lucien Lachance closeup in Oblivion Remastered

I hope Dune: Awakening's base-building get weirder and wilder than what we saw in the beta, because it's going up against decades of killer Dune artwork

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Par :wesley@pcgamer.com (Wes Fenlon)

29 avril 2025 à 01:52

Dune: Awakening's building interface is a bit clunky, too.

HR Giger artwork of The Emperor's Palace for Jodorowsky's Dune

Oblivion Remastered has nearly tripled how much Skooma you can chug at once, ringing in a new era of drug-fueled super speed

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Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

29 avril 2025 à 00:19

OG Oblivion: Eight stacks of Skooma zoomies (Skoomies). Oblivion Remastered: 22.

Crusader Kings 3 rides into the Steam best sellers atop a 70% sale and new Mongol-centric DLC

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 23:12

It's Temujin time.

Mongol horsemen ride across the steppe in the key art for the Khans of the Steppe DLC.

Russia accuses World of Tanks executives of 'extremist activities,' moves to seize assets of Russian publisher

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

28 avril 2025 à 22:46

Russia apparently takes issue with Wargaming's opposition to the invasion of Ukraine, but a different company is paying the price.

World of Tanks WargamingUnited Ukraine charity art

Swen Vincke says Larian didn't do Baldur's Gate 3 DLC because the idea is 'boring… there's just no passion'

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 21:06

"What we're doing now makes developers way more happy."

Elden Ring Nightreign system requirements are good news if you haven't upgraded your PC since you played Elden Ring

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

28 avril 2025 à 19:31

Aside from a bump in CPU requirement, Nightreign's minimum and recommended specs are virtually identical to those of the original Elden Ring.

Nightreign knight holds his fist in menacing fashion

It took us embarrassingly long to realize that Oblivion Remastered still has a local map for when you get lost in dungeons

PC Gamer

Par :ted.litchfield@futurenet.com (Ted Litchfield)

28 avril 2025 à 19:30

Oblivion Remastered's local map isn't exactly easy to find.

Oblivion imperial woman in blue dress with imposing Nord in regal fur coat looming behind her intimidatingly.

Bethesda wants you to suggest ideas for Oblivion Remastered, so get over there and tell it to add more shortcut slots and a difficulty between Adept and Expert

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 18:10

Plus, you know, any ideas of your own I guess.

Oblivion best class - A warrior wearing ornate heavy armour and wielding a sword and shield.

The world's largest zip maker has made a giant self-propelled zip and I reckon it's a potential glimpse of the trousers of the future

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 18:07

We do these things not because they are easy, etc etc.

A still from a YouTube video showing a giant sheet of fabric being zipped up by a self-propelled zipper

'There's still a lot to do': One year later, Slavic Magic reveals what's next for Manor Lords, including AI progress, a new way to view records, and a team expansion

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 18:07

"I've been working on new features and improvements for a while now."

A knight on horseback looking at a city in the distance

UK government says Нет to British companies selling game controllers to Russia, to combat the use of drone attacks

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 17:49

"Gaming consoles will no longer be repurposed to kill in Ukraine."

Holding an Xbox controller in front of a keyboard

A modder has turned an Intel CPU heatspreader into a functional water block with the help of a CNC machine. And a bucket

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 17:23

Of course, why didn't I think of that?

Two Intel CPUs with their heatspreaders CNC-machined into waterblocks

Baldur's Gate 3's new Giant Barbarian is beating out one of D&D 5e's oldest powergamer builds, making Karlach the MVP of my second Honour Mode playthrough

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 17:14

Giant woman, big damage.

A screenshot from Baldur's Gate 3, featuring Karlach and Tav recreating Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam".

REPO will never be free-to-play 'as we don't want to add microtransactions', say devs—hinting at earned cosmetics in the future

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 17:11

A little hat goes a long way.

Larian honcho Swen 'The Hammer' Vincke takes a new victory lap on 'high-profile people' who say singleplayer is dead: 'We've proven with BG3 that you can put in a pretty high budget and expect pretty high results'

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 17:05

You tell 'em, Swen.

Larian CEO Swen Vincke brandishes a sword at the camera and smiles.

There's a 25-year-old piece of PC hardware that's still being used in even the most powerful gaming PCs sold today. Happy birthday to USB 2.0

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 17:00

And it's not the only ancient bit of PC tech that's still inside your gaming rig. Well, sort of.

A photo of the rear IO panel of the ASRock B860i Lightning motherboard

And just like that, this fungal 'friend group' FPS channeling Deep Rock and Helldivers is at the top of my 2025 wishlist

PC Gamer

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

28 avril 2025 à 17:00

Mycopunk is the debut game from Pigeons at Play, and the demo is out now.

Amazon and Newegg are going head-to-head with Gaming Week sales, so I've plucked out my 5 favorite deals from the bunch

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 16:50

There should be something here for most budgets.

Router, keyboard, and SSD on a blue background

A mimic monster may come to REPO in the future, but it has to be 'really interesting' before it does

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 16:42

Trust no one.

This Doom-themed Asus RTX 5080 is here just in time for some medieval ripping and tearing in Doom: The Dark Ages

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 16:19

The slayer has entered the facility.

The backplate of the Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC DOOM Edition

Resident Evil 9 may have been teased in a new RE4 video, and players are having totally normal reactions to it: 'Together at last, like ice cream and pizza'

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 16:18

Time to get my Resi 9 fan screenplay back out.

Resident Evil 4 Remake - Leon with a handgun

This odd but surprisingly well-priced mini ITX motherboard from Minisforum packs an embedded AMD X3D processor

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 15:41

Its specs are far from perfect, but that price tag is very tempting.

A promotional image of the Minisforum BD790i X3D embedded mini-ITX motherboard

Skin Deep review

PC Gamer

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

28 avril 2025 à 15:03

Blendo's first game in seven years is a small triumph.

It's official, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a hit—selling over 1 million copies in 3 days and beating Metaphor: ReFantazio's Steam peak despite being on Game Pass

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 14:55

Sacré bleu!

Expedition 33 tips - Maelle fighting a Nevron

'Strategists face increased pressure': Marvel Rivals devs fold under pressure from the ongoing 'Support Strike' to make Strategists stronger

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 14:05

"We aim to be cautious." Proceeds to buff all the Strategists.

Microsoft Recall finally launches for AI PC users, along with some other new features, almost one year after Copilot+ was announced

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 13:52

If you don't have a Copilot+ PC, then no new stuff for you, which is a shame, as the improved search feature does look good.

Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Pavan Davuluri speaks about Recall during the Microsoft May 20 Briefing event at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on May 20, 2024. Microsoft unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the company's world leading operating system. The tech giant estimates that more than 50 million "AI PCs" will be sold over the next 12 months, given the appetite for devices powered by ChatGPT-style technology. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

AMD's RX 9000M-series mobile GPUs are rumoured to top out with an RX 9080M featuring 64 CUs and 16 GB of VRAM

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 13:41

The desktop cards certainly caused a splash, so what do we make of the mobile variants?

Ultra-faithful Oblivion Remastered inexplicably fouls up a key bit of Dark Brotherhood lore with a gussied-up door texture

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 13:05

They're, uh, adopted.

Lucien Lachance, a Dark Brotherhood member in a black hood and robes, gives a rictus grin into the camera.

With a saving of over $90, the Ryzen 5 9600X processor is now at its lowest-ever price, so now might be the perfect time to build that mid-range gaming PC

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 12:35

Socket AM5, low power consumption, and pretty great gaming performance all for well under $200.

A boxed AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU floats in a white-bordered, teal void.

Green Minecraft 'Creeper Milk' is made with 'petroleum-based synthetic dyes' that even the Trump administration wants to ban

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 12:30

What's wrong babe, you've barely touched your green milk.

Minecraft creeper - an explosion of creepers lurk around a sandy beach

Fill out this PC Gamer brand survey for a chance to win a £250/$300 Amazon voucher

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28 avril 2025 à 11:36

It'll only take around five minutes to complete.

TF2 Heavy giving the Bret Rambo thumbs up

After a 'catastrophic' hack, 4chan has risen from the grave: 'No other website can replace it, or this community'

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 05:23

Return of the posting dead.

A zombie hand missing a thumb rises into view

Today's Wordle answer for Monday, April 28

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28 avril 2025 à 05:00

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

Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 28, 2025)

PC Gamer

Par :shaun.prescott@futurenet.com (Shaun Prescott)

28 avril 2025 à 03:02

Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

A screenshot from Navicula Meatus showing a strange human-like creature emerging from a bin in a decrepit environment

Doom: The Dark Ages is almost here, and PC PowerPlay has all the insider reveals

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 01:49

Grab the new PC PowerPlay today. It's a magazine you can hold and love

'If the players own the game, they'll make it fantastic': Larian CEO Swen Vincke doubles down on defense of Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod and the modding community overall

PC Gamer

28 avril 2025 à 00:05

Swen Vincke sees mods for what they are—a vital part of the gaming community

Vue lecture