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Dune director Denis Villeneuve will direct the next Bond film for Amazon MGM, despite already being attached to four other upcoming films, including Cleopatra

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

26 juin 2025 à 21:11

Denis is a busy boy, so when will he have time for Bond?

Director Denis Villeneuve wearing a jacket and tie in 2024

Dying Light 2's new Balatro costume may be the most cursed crossover I've ever seen

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 20:58

Jimbo becomes Jim-NO.

Balatro's Jimbo as he appears in Dying Light 2.

IO Interactive CEO estimates that Hitman 3 only cost a fifth of Hitman 2016's budget because the studio was brave enough to stop making new bathrooms for every game: 'I swore never to do more new toilets'

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

26 juin 2025 à 20:43

How close is anyone really looking at the bathroom fixtures anyway?

Agent 47 taking a selfie with a toilet in Hitman: World of Assassination.

Chris Avellone joins with former Quantic Dream writer to work on a 'dark fantasy' RPG

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

26 juin 2025 à 20:40

Avellone has returned to the game industry as a part of Republic Games, a studio founded in 2024 by Adam Williams.

It's not just you—Steam is getting absolutely crushed under the Summer Sale

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

26 juin 2025 à 20:30

For some of us, it's okay, and for others, it's really not.

Steam Summer Sale 2025 games collage

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 gets a horde mode, and one class gets a thunder hammer because the devs thought 'it will be very cool'

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 19:19

Works for me!

The Biovore, a beetle-like alien with an artillery cannon on its back, in a desert environment.

The 2025 Steam Summer Sale is live

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

26 juin 2025 à 19:04

It's time to go gaming in the streets.

Steam Summer Sale 2025 header image, for some reason

Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs rumoured to take on AMD's X3D CPUs at last thanks to gaming-friendly cache memory tile

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 18:35

The devil will be in the ring-bus details.

A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor

Google Earth has historic street view now and just in case you don't feel old enough already, it's to celebrate its 20th birthday

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 18:19

Just don't zoom in when you scroll all the way back to 1984.

A screenshot from the Google Earth 20 year anniversary video saying 'Google Earth'

Razer Iskur V2 X review

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 18:14

Razer has shaved off some features for its budget chair, but it’s still comfy.

Razer Iskur V2 X gaming chair set-up outside with some Razer branded gloves!

Ring is using AI to generate video descriptions of what goes on outside your door—and to keep even more detailed tabs on 'the routines of your residence'

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 18:01

Always watching.

A close up on the lens of an internet-enabled, video doorbell which records video of movement, and alerts users via their smartphone.

This grand strategy autobattler inspired by classics like Heroes of Might and Magic comes to life through 'hundreds of handmade oil painted illustrations'

Par :clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)

26 juin 2025 à 18:01

Erulean Angel: Fantasy Commander is the first game from the two-person team at Second Studio.

A fantasy battle on a field

Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS review

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 17:54

This is the handheld we've been waiting for.

Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS handheld gaming PC being held in-hand, with a PC Gamer Editor's Pick label on the top-right

Ahead of Marvel Rivals Season 3, NetEase is making it easier for losing teams to end their own suffering

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 17:40

Sometimes you just have to throw in the towel.

Emma Frost with a love heart

AverMedia Live Gamer Ultra S GC553Pro review

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 17:33

Professional level recording at entry level pricing.

An AverMedia external capture card on a chair.

These are the 5 most ridiculous GPUs of all time (or rather 4 GPUs and one genuine leaf blower)

Par :monicajwrites@gmail.com (Monica J. White)

26 juin 2025 à 17:28

These GPUs were all kinda genius, but that didn't make them any less ridiculous

The Nvidia FX 5800 Ultra graphics card on a dark surface

Top-10 Steam game Bongo Cat is 'actually losing us money' says dev, which is fine because it's been great for business: 'Before, we knocked on 50 doors; now, they are coming to us'

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 17:22

Word of meowth.

Bongo CAT has a duck for a HAT

Microsoft says that 'Windows 11 PCs are up to 2.3X faster than Windows 10 PCs', neglecting to mention that it's comparing apples to bowling balls

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 17:11

In other shocking news, PC hardware of today is much faster than PC hardware from nearly a decade ago.

Outer Worlds 2 writes an enormous cheque it will soon have to cash: It's not just New Vegas-inspired, it's Deus Ex-flavoured too

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 17:04

He might as well have signed an affidavit saying 'Josh I promise you will fall in love with this videogame.'

A large face on a view screen

Erenshor is a simulated MMO built for singleplayer by a single person

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 16:53

"I measure success by being able to do this full time. That's it. That's all I want."

Brian "Burgee," the lone developer of singleplayer pseudo-MMO, Erenshor.

'Artificial intelligence is going to displace millions and millions of workers' says Bernie Sanders, so might as well take a four-day week

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 16:53

Sanders worries about the effects of AI on the future of America. Join the club, guy.

Bernie Sanders on Episode 2341 of the Joe Rogan Experience

Former CEO Pat Gelsinger reveals he was 'not given the opportunity' to finish his job at Intel as he predicts the future of computing will be a 'trinity' of traditional, AI and quantum machines

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 16:12

'The decision to step down from Intel was an extremely difficult one.'

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger holding a Ponte Vecchio graphics chip

Exclusive deal: Save up to 76% on a NordVPN two-year subscription and get four months extra free, plus an Amazon gift card on selected plans

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 16:06

Region blocking begone!

A promotional image for NordVPN, showing a hand holding a photo running NordVPN, with two Amazon gift cards in the background.

Peak review

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 16:03

Ain't no mountain high enough.

Sad face standing in front of a crashed plane

This month 25 years ago in PC gaming, our biggest concerns were pro gaming, moral panics about violent games… and we still thought Halo was a PC exclusive

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 15:55

Team Fortress 2 was due out autumn 2000, we said. How wrong we were.

Exclusive: New god game Demiurgos puts you in control of a famous deity trying to outplay other gods on a cosmic tabletop version of earth

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 15:30

It's a promising new blend of strategy and simulation from a god's-eye view.

Demiurgos, a god game from Tlön Industries

Jagex CEO breaks glass, hits PR emergency button by promising an end to a 'tainted RuneScape 3' via microtransaction overhaul

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 15:15

DEFCON 3-to-Play.

The CEO of Jagex delivers an important message.

Research team shares new method for sucking gold out of old PC hardware, making some progress towards shrinking our mountains of e-waste one day

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 15:05

No more nightmares.

A recycling plant for tellies and monitors in Norway. A large pile of CRT monitors and screens in various states of disrepair are haphazardly piled on top of eachother. A partially cloudy blue sky can be seen beyond this mountain of e-waste.

Diablo Immortal's new druid class dragged me back in and convinced me that ignoring all the monetization leaves you with a solid action RPG

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 15:00

I'll admit it's fun to turn into a big werewolf from time to time.

Key art of a Diablo Immortal druid wearing fur armor and wielding a gnarled wooden staff

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remastered review

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

26 juin 2025 à 14:00

The way you should play System Shock 2.

Close up of Shodan, antagonist of System Shock 2. Feminine face with circuitry spreading over it and out into wires surrounding.

Meta wins AI copyright suit before it could go to a jury as the 'plaintiffs made the wrong arguments'

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 13:35

A landmark case on use of copyright materials by AI could be on the horizon, but the arguments weren't strong enough here.

Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook renamed to Meta

Peak has now sold 2 million copies in just 9 days, as the devs reveal what's next for this co-op climbing game: 'Let's talk about what we're cooking'

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 13:29

Under promise and overperform.

An unhappy camper climbing up a cliff

Nvidia marketing goes into overdrive mode with claims that the new RTX 5050 is over 6000% faster than the GTX 1050 thanks to DLSS

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 13:28

It's actually over 10 times faster in raster, isn't that a big enough win for gamers with old GPUs?

RTX 5050

We've outgrown the need for BioShock, but you can get the whole trilogy plus Mafia 1, 2, and 3 for a mere $18 right now

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 12:50

This thing of ours: now just under $20.

Rematch players are flopping about like schools of flying fish because—and I tested this—it's actually faster

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 12:40

I foresee a hotfix in Sloclap's future.

Rematch football game

How many players can join Peak?

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 12:31

Get a group of your friends together for this epic mountaineering adventure.

Four scouts saluting near a downed plane in Peak.

Intel commences mass layoffs with over 100 Californian employees, including around 45 engineers in efforts to shed $500 million in operating costs this year

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 08:49

An Intel spokesperson also reiterated the 20% staff reduction number.

Intel's first High NA EUV tool set up.

Corsair introduces cheaper PC case fans with 'reverse rotors' which help those LEDs shine without obstruction

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 08:16

The makers of our favourite fans for RGB lighting have flipped the switch.

Corsair's new reverse rotor fans

Thief VR producer says 'VR is a natural fit for an immersive sim'

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 05:31

Instead of pressing Q and E to lean you can just, well, lean.

Thief VR reveal

Netherlands takes Sony to court over digital-only walled garden allegedly costing 1.7m citizens 435 million euros since 2013

PC Gamer

26 juin 2025 à 05:26

Those diskless PS5s sure to rack up a bill at the PlayStation store.

PS5 Pro