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December 2022
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- December 31
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- PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2022: The best gear of year
- After a terrible 2021 for hardware, was 2022 really any better?
- Taking the Steam Deck to a bar was a mixed experience
- AI art isn't going away
- The year in NFT buffoonery: Rug pulls, hacks, and poor choices
- Elden Ring's environment is still my gaming highlight of 2022
- TV showrunners and game developers have become allies at long last
- 2022 saw launcher bloat turn from a minor annoyance into a genuine problem
- How do the Home Alone videogames hold up?
- December 30
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- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming keyboards of 2022
- 69 things that made us say 'holy shit' in 2022
- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming mice of 2022
- Watching AI evolve this year has been a rollercoaster
- The biggest gaming controversies of 2022
- The year in crypto—collapses, failures, and straight-up fraudsters
- I thought Elden Ring was going to be hot garbage, then it took over my life
- 2022 was a warning shot for the big-budget games industry
- Call of Duty campaigns are in desperate need of new mechanics that stick
- Game of the Year 2022: Elden Ring
- Robbing from the rich in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
- December 29
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- The fate of Disco Elysium 2 is uncertain, but these games make up for it
- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming headsets of 2022
- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best microphone of 2022
- In this, the blandest year for PC gaming tech only Valve took a risk
- Microsoft's 'normcore' clothing line had me feeling highly inappropriate
- So, so many Vampire Survivors clones came out this year
- 2023's looking like another banger year for deckbuilders
- The best rhythm game finally came to PC this year and took over my life
- GOTY Runner Up 2022: Marvel's Midnight Suns
- The PC finally got a Smash Bros. worth celebrating in 2022
- December 28
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- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best SSDs of 2022
- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best motherboard of 2022
- All the PC Gamer hardware reviews from 2022
- Discord can suck up an alarming amount of data, and 4 other things I learned by reviewing my PC's data footprint
- There may never be another Crysis moment for PC gaming
- Let's roast some great RPGs for their absolutely god-awful names
- The best bugs of 2022
- Years after release, Death Stranding keeps delivering
- Best Comedy 2022: Trombone Champ
- Norco filled me with love, hope, and wonder, then immediately asked 'is that enough?'
- The horror of Signalis: Trying to make sense of a reality that's ever-so-slightly off
- Meeting (and keeping) the neighbours in The Sims 4
- I'm still waiting for MMOs to get a lot weirder
- December 27
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- I thrashed the RTX 4090 for 8 hours straight training Stable Diffusion to paint like my uncle Hermann
- 15 things I deleted from my PC that you can probably delete too
- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best graphics card of 2022
- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best CPUs of 2022
- PC Gamer's highest hardware review scores of 2022... and the five lowest
- Elden Ring's co-op mod made the adventure new again
- A rough launch hasn't stopped Darktide being the best Warhammer 40,000 game ever
- Best Story 2022: The Case of the Golden Idol
- PowerWash Simulator is the perfect counter to the stress of Elden Ring
- The immersive sim is finally breaking free from its roots
- Here's what Skyrim and Fallout modders want to see in Starfield mods
- December 26
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- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming monitors of 2022
- PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming laptops of 2022
- Here are the biggest PC gaming hardware stories of 2022
- All the big games that shut down in 2022
- Inside Intel: here's what goes into making a cutting-edge gaming CPU
- Embrace the cringe in your heart and join me in loving Neon White's dialogue
- The best MMO stories of 2022
- Dorfromantik was 2022's 'no thoughts, just vibes' game of the year
- Best Platformer 2022: Neon White
- The next BioShock should return to the fundamentals laid down by System Shock 2
- Roadwarden is the first text adventure I enjoyed as much as a good book
- Learning cheaters never prosper in WWE 2K22
- December 25
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- 2022 was a stellar year for adventure games
- Stealth is everywhere in games, but the innovations of Thief have been forgotten
- Marvel's Midnight Suns has the best amnesiac protagonist since Knights of the Old Republic
- The weirdest news stories of 2022
- Best Co-op 2022: Monster Hunter Rise
- Turns out I can't strategize better than Ferrari. Thanks for letting me know, F1 Manager 2022
- In 2022's city builder boom, Farthest Frontier's survival systems stand out
- December 24
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- The ultimate Christmas videogame: Die Hard
- Is it weird that I still play games at 1080p?
- Ubisoft is failing spectacularly at remaking its most beloved games
- 2022 was Twitch's most dramatic year yet
- The best and worst walk cycles in PC gaming
- I can't stop arguing with my bathroom wall in Hell is Others, a bizarre top-down extraction shooter
- This year Warzone 2 DMZ turned me into a key–hoarding weasel
- I tried out a bunch of pariah state OSes to find out which is best for gaming
- Best Design 2022: Card Shark
- December 23
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- Our favorite Steam Deck games in the Steam Winter Sale
- Cute cops on Kawasakis drive this deceptively deep PC-98 strategy game
- There's great gunplay and fun characters in this sci-fi base building ARPG
- A decade on, early access is still a big mess
- The metaverse has legs but nowhere to go
- After almost a year with the Steam Deck I've finally been converted
- Souls clones barely stood a chance in 2022, but Steelrising at least had style
- Pentiment's biggest success was making me think about failure
- Best RPG 2022: Persona 5 Royal
- December 22
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- Boomer shooters had a phenomenal year—these are our top picks for retro FPS action on the cheap
- The best deals in the 2022 Steam Winter Sale
- Colorful peripherals made PC gaming approachable in a way I never expected
- The mistakes from Shadowlands that World of Warcraft: Dragonflight fixed
- The GTA 6 leak was one of the biggest ever, and the only winners were the news writers
- I'm hooked on Call of Duty like it's 2008 again (please don't tell any cool people)
- Grounded finally makes survival fun
- Best Sandbox 2022: Teardown
- Tower of Fantasy's 2.2 update expands a city-hub into a metropolis
- December 21
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- How do you build a gaming PC worthy of a gold-medal winning Paralympian?
- Thanks to Golden Packs, Magic Arena's economy doesn't suck anymore
- Gamer of the Year 2022: Let Me Solo Her
- Potion Craft map and recipes for Nigredo
- All Security Drone locations in Destiny 2
- Concoct your finest brews in Potion Craft, a brand new alchemy simulator that just left Early Access
- Everything I learned about Jesus Christ by playing him in a videogame
- How to get Revision Zero and its catalysts in Destiny 2
- The Witch Queen wasn't just a good Destiny 2 expansion—it was the best FPS campaign of the year
- Best Puzzle Game 2022: Strange Horticulture
- In 2022, Tactics Ogre: Reborn reminded me why I love turn-based strategy games
- Somehow, our favorite game of 2018 got even better in 2022
- The best abandonware games
- December 20
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- 5 hidden gems you may have missed in 2022
- Mwave's new Respawn Ninja desktop is the 2023 gaming rig dreams are made of
- Musk's Twitter meltdown reeks of '00s forum mod tantrums
- How to get the Lost Tuskarr Kite in WoW: Dragonflight
- How to craft a Dead Raiser in Valheim
- The Witcher 3 next-gen re-release solidifies its status as my eternal GOTY
- Best Early Access 2022: Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Signalis turns survival horror into a dreamlike experience I can't forget
- Best Roguelike 2022: Vampire Survivors
- December 19
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- How to get warp discs and farm warp crystals in High on Life
- Where to find the Valor vendor in WoW: Dragonflight
- How to watch the full Demon Wind movie in High on Life
- Where to find the safe code in Crisis Core Reunion
- ROCCAT's new gaming accessories merge power with beauty
- In a tornado of turn-based tactics, Hard West 2 went unfairly overlooked
- Best Strategy Game 2022: Total War: Warhammer 3
- Best Ongoing Game 2022: Guild Wars 2
- PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2022
- Two Point Campus takes me back to cosy, nerdy days spent with my sister
- Who should Henry Cavill play in Amazon's Warhammer 40,000?
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 19, 2022)
- December 18
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- December 15
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- They really all came crawlin' back to Steam, didn't they?
- Magic’s $1000 30th Anniversary set evoked nostalgia, but for whom?
- The best hobby tools for getting started with miniatures
- Dwarf Fortress defense guide: How to set traps and prepare your dwarves for battle
- Here are all the cars in the GTA: Drug Wars DLC
- What we know about DMZ Building 21 in Call of Duty: Warzone 2
- How to get Henry Cavill's Witcher armor in The Witcher 3
- Starfield factions: all the galactic allegiances you'll deal with
- Starfield cities: all the major hub locations in the galaxy
- Finally, an RPG let me make the weird D&D party of my dreams
- December 14
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- Why do relaxing farming life sims stress me out so much?
- Destiny 2 Dawning ingredients: How to bake cookies and farm essence
- Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is shaping up to be a stellar CRPG
- Halo Infinite's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
- How to craft a feather cape in Valheim
- Fortnite Winterfest 2022: Presents, free skins, and snowballs
- How to enable cross-platform progression for The Witcher 3: Complete Edition
- December 13
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- The state of Path of Exile
- How adding a playable dragon race to World of Warcraft brought a 10-year-old loot system to its knees
- How to craft the Staff of Embers in Valheim
- What happens if you kill 5-Torg in High on Life?
- After 14 months in a Final Fantasy 14-induced coma, I've struggled to adapt to a post-MMO world
- The best Veteran build in Warhammer 40K: Darktide
- The Witcher 3: How to get the good ending in Family Matters
- How to unlock the wrinkly testicle Nilfgaard armor in The Witcher 3
- 2022 was the year I fell in and out of love with ray tracing
- Should you stab Gene in High on Life?
- Want excellent in-game accuracy? Check out these ASUS PC gaming peripherals.
- How to complete the Fuel for the Forge quest in WoW: Dragonflight
- Here's when The Witcher 3 next-gen update releases in your region
- December 12
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- In 2022, battle royale finally got some real competition
- Boxing Day 2023 PC gaming sales in Australia: save on laptops, monitors & more
- PC Gamer's GOTY 2022 and end-of-year award nominees
- Trying to play Destiny 2 without the API this weekend was a trip to the Dark Ages
- How to complete the Calming the Land world quest in WoW: Dragonflight
- Pink peripherals have taken over my setup and I never want to go back to black
- How to find and gather Yggdrasil wood in Valheim
- Every new hairstyle in the Elden Ring Colosseum update
- The Witcher 3: How to get all Ursine armor and weapons
- The Witcher 3: How to get all Feline armor and weapons
- Intel XeSS vs DLSS vs FSR: How does Intel's upscaling compare?
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 12, 2022)
- December 10
- December 9
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- A single piece of Elden Ring DLC could steamroll most of 2023's big games
- Why do Hearthstone's new Signature cards look so depressing?
- Dragon Age: Absolution is a missable spinoff that crams its cast into a too tight clock
- How to collect and refine Eitr in Valheim
- All the trailers and announcements from The Game Awards 2022
- December 8
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- I've become the reason people ragequit, and I love it
- Windows 10's PowerToys is the best feature you're not using
- Chained Echoes is a JRPG throwback that isn't scared to throw out old ideas
- How to find and mine black marble in Valheim
- How to watch The Game Awards 2022 livestream
- Things to read and watch after playing Darktide
- Dwarf Fortress beginner's guide
- If you like Marvel's Midnight Suns, you'll like these Marvel comics
- December 7
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- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight review-in-progress
- 2022 Game Awards rumors, predictions, and confirmed reveals
- This JRPG platformer's amateurish art hides one of 2022's best and wildest sleeper hits
- How to complete the Shaking our Foundations quest in WoW: Dragonflight
- How to get Buzz and Woody in Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Blizzard, please make dragonriding a permanent addition to World of Warcraft
- How to get Rose in Destiny 2
- Diablo 4 is the Diablo I've been waiting for
- Elden Ring colosseum guide
- All Destiny 2 Resonance Amp locations
- The history of the Race to World First in World of Warcraft
- Vomiting goats, kitten fights, ghost beheadings, and other reasons Steam reviewers are giving Dwarf Fortress 10/10 (or higher)
- December 6
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- Warhammer 40K: Darktide runs shockingly well on the Steam Deck
- How to download Minecraft on PC and install the version you need
- How to set up a dedicated or local server for Valheim multiplayer co-op
- Valheim Mistlands Queen: How to find the powerful new boss monster
- The Valheim Mistlands update has so much more in it than just a new biome
- How to complete The Raven and the Cuckoo and close the last chapter of Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- December 5
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- The most important shooters of the last 5 years
- All Disney Dreamlight Valley codes and how to redeem them
- For many Destiny 2 players, Season of the Plunder was a season of burnout, and it's only going to get worse
- Overwatch 2's new tank hero Ramattra will need a support babysitter to thrive
- The Witcher 3's 'next-gen' update polishes an RPG that's aged like a fine Toussaint red
- Where to get Bloody Tokens in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
- This Need For Speed Unbound money glitch lets you earn infinite race cash
- Everything you need to enjoy a gaming Christmas away from home
- The best Genshin Impact Wanderer build
- Why precision matters: The best esports plays of 2022
- How to win dragon races in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
- The quantum revolution has come to gaming
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 5, 2022)
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- December 2
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- These incredible LAN party photos remind us how much work it used to be to play games together
- Midnight Suns Stained Soil locations: quest solution and walkthrough
- The best hangout spots and gifts for each hero in Marvel's Midnight Suns
- How to unlock every Word of Power in Marvel's Midnight Suns
- I've already seen far too much of The Callisto Protocol's grisly death animations
- Darktide is the most detailed vision of Warhammer 40,000 we've ever seen
- The December PC game releases and events you should know about
- December 1
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- The best World of Warcraft: Dragonflight easter eggs
- Show us your Warhammer 40K: Darktide characters
- Ukrainian indie Ringlorn Saga puts a fresh twist on the '80s PC game that pioneered action-RPGs
- Path Of Exile's December expansion brings a bite-sized roguelike and a brutal new difficulty mode
- WoW: Dragonflight – Wrathion and Sabellian choice guide
- Company of Heroes 3 has changed a lot thanks to player feedback, from its interface to its major features
- How to earn resources in Marvel's Midnight Suns
- 17 things I wish I knew before starting Marvel's Midnight Suns
- Everything we know about the Fortnite Fracture event
- Where to find the Elemental Rods in Marvel's Midnight Suns
- Warhammer 40K: Darktide PC performance tips: Turn off ray tracing and pray
- Need For Speed Unbound's wild visual effects are actually the best part
