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- October 31
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- Should you take Raphael's deal in Baldur's Gate 3?
- Dark Messiah was 'horny, generic, linear, unbalanced' and may have been forgotten by Arkane, but it's inspiring a new generation of developers
- Alan Wake 2 Streamside stash key: Where to find it
- Windows Copilot is a brave new world for your OS but I'm still not convinced
- Where to use the Flower Key in Baldur's Gate 3
- I can't believe I had to come back to Final Fantasy 14 to pay rent, but it was a blessing in disguise
- How to get Malignant body parts and summon Varshan in Diablo 4
- Alan Wake 2 rock rock tree riddle: How to get the code
- October 30
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- Cities: Skylines 2: How to fix the 'Not Enough Customers' problem
- Steam is hiding a treasure trove of great games you'll tragically never be able to play without a VPN
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is really hoping you'll show up already loving Avatar
- This grimdark tactical RPG let me become a satanic Wolverine who barks like a dog
- All Lords of the Fallen Pumpkin Patch locations
- Alan Wake 2 crossbow location: Where to find it
- Mesh shaders explained: What are they, what's the big fuss, and why are they only in Alan Wake 2?
- It's been over a decade since it was shut down, but no MMO captures the Halloween spirit quite like City of Heroes
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 30, 2023)
- October 28
- October 27
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- The Finals is too sweaty for its own good
- Exclusive interview: Valve on the future of Counter-Strike 2
- For such a gorgeous game Alan Wake 2 runs surprisingly well on budget graphics cards
- You can run Alan Wake 2 on a 10-series or older graphics card, but you definitely shouldn't
- Diving into bronze age battle in Total War: Pharaoh
- How to get Exquisite Blood and summon Lord Zir in Diablo 4
- Alan Wake 2 charms list and how they work
- Alan Wake 2 is a stunning example of what the future of PC gaming looks like—but only on Nvidia
- Alan Wake 2 Cult Stash locations and how to solve them
- Where to find Manuscript Fragments in Alan Wake 2
- How to enter Caldera St. Station in Alan Wake 2
- Alan Wake 2 Nursery Rhyme puzzles: How to place the dolls
- Alan Wake 2 shotgun code: Where to find the numbers
- October 26
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- Thank god they didn't overwrite Payday 2 with Payday 3
- This beautiful $6 city builder is my new favorite puzzle game
- Halo Infinite Season 5 has the makings of an honest-to-god comeback
- Our Hearthstone Showdown in the Badlands card reveal is snakes all the way down
- Dave the Diver: 7 tips to turn you into a sushi master
- October 25
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- 14 console games that should've been on PC instead
- I ranked all 16 of Return to Moria's beard options from worst to best
- If RDNA 5 can't turn things around I have a tough time believing AMD will stick around in PC graphics for much longer
- Total War: Pharaoh lets you seek favour from three pantheons of gods in an ancient world on the brink of collapse
- I made a one-way bathtub Geralt city in Cities: Skylines 2 and want to move there
- How to get Bronze Ingots in Return to Moria
- Diablo 4 Duriel boss: How to get Shards of Agony and Mucus-Slick Eggs
- October 24
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- Diablo 4 finally fixed its loot problem, but now it has an inventory problem
- Cities: Skylines 2 and Like a Dragon: Ishin! lead the charge in another strong month for PC Game Pass
- Cities: Skylines 2 photo mode save location: Where to find all those pretty pictures you took
- Cities: Skylines 2's weird terrain quirks mean you'll need to start landscaping immediately
- How to get Black Diamond in Return to Moria
- Want to hack your desk setup? Start with your gaming chair.
- Cities: Skylines 2: Immediately change these 5 graphics options for a big performance boost
- Cities: Skylines 2 tips: Everything you should know before placing your first building
- How to get coal in Return to Moria
- How to unlock fast travel in Return to Moria
- How to get Orc Keys in Return to Moria
- How to find and use Muznakan Carvings in Return to Moria
- How to get the Steel Pickaxe in Return to Moria
- The Alan Wake 2 mesh shader issue is a reminder that one day your mega expensive GPU just won't be good enough to run the very latest games
- October 23
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- Squadron 42 looks like it cost the millions it should have, but we're not sold on it yet
- Is it just me or are graphics card manufacturers going to absurd levels to stand out nowadays?
- Even without a single mod, Skyrim has hooked me again in 2023 thanks to my Steam Deck
- How to get Distilled Fear and summon The Beast in the Ice boss in Diablo 4
- Rumours schmoomers. This is what I think Nvidia's Super refresh for the RTX 4080 will be like
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 23, 2023)
- October 22
- October 20
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- Bandcamp is the best of the internet, please stop hurting it
- Cities: Skylines 2 leaves out goofy stuff like pink vans with giant donuts on them, and I miss it
- 10 quietly popular games on PC
- Paradox Interactive just put a city within a city for the Cities: Skylines II launch
- How to find Hildir in Valheim and complete her request
- Cyberpunk 2077's redemption is complete, but the future remains murky for CD Projekt
- October 19
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- My favorite Titanic adventure game is remarkably faithful to the historic disaster, except for how it floats above Tokyo circa 2026 stuffed with demons
- With only a few holdouts left, we're so close to everything launching on PC it's almost time to retire the phrase 'PC port'
- How to get Living Steel and summon Grigoire in Diablo 4
- How to unlock Accursed Touch in Diablo 4
- $10,000 up for grabs in the Talking Angela Fashion Contest
- Enjoy Superior Comfort with the new ThunderX3 CORE premium ergonomic gaming chair
- The best NBN plans for gaming in 2024
- Every Bethesda RPG, ranked from worst to best
- October 18
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- Railgrade looks like a sandbox train builder, but it's actually the rare sim with missions that keep me on track
- All GTA Online Ghosts Exposed locations
- How to rob the Ghost Train in Warzone 2's The Haunting event
- How Diablo 4 Pacts work in the Season of Blood
- Meet the leaders of Egypt, Canaan, and Hattusa in Total War: Pharaoh
- How to get the Festival of the Lost Memento in Destiny 2
- How to equip Vampiric Powers in Diablo 4 and use them
- October 17
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- The new worst gaming trend: killing our favorite games to replace them with sequels
- I'm enjoying my second playthrough of Lords of the Fallen way more, and I'm kinda mad about it
- Diablo 4 boss loot tables: Where to farm each Unique
- How to get an environmental kill in Assassin's Creed Mirage
- My V in Cyberpunk 2077 has absolutely no game at all, and I love him for it
- October 16
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- October 13
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- I stayed at all 17 of Baldur's Gate 3's unique campsites and painstakingly rated the accommodations like some kind of Forgotten Realms bon vivant
- No amount of GPU refreshes are going to fix my disappointment in the current generation. And I say that as someone who actually bought an RTX 4070 Ti
- You need to try building your own castles block by block in this brilliant RTS demo
- Best OLED gaming monitors in 2024: I can't keep my eyes off these vivid displays
- How to respec in Lords of the Fallen
- What's the best starting class in Lords of the Fallen?
- Build your own digital D&D dungeons and let your players explore them in first-person with this clever new tool
- Cities: Skylines 2 devs say they 'learned a lot from the feedback from the community'
- Magic: The Gathering turns Doctor Who's heroes and villains into cardboard while remaining impressively accurate to their core
- The Modern Warfare 3 beta shows just how important it is who makes Call of Duty
- October 12
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- How to free the Tortured Prisoner in Lords of the Fallen
- Lords of the Fallen: How to beat Pieta, She of Blessed Renewal
- How to get boss weapons in Lords of the Fallen
- Lords of the Fallen: Best weapons to grab early
- How to help Kukajin's statue in Lords of the Fallen
- Where to find the Skyrest Bridge Key in Lords of the Fallen
- 10 tips to get started in Lords of the Fallen
- CS2 ranks and premier ratings: the new system explained
- Here's when Lords of the Fallen releases in your timezone
- Where to find every outfit in Assassin's Creed Mirage
- October 11
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- Modern Warfare 3 beta weekend times and how to redeem a beta code
- 6 big changes to Starfield I'd like to see in the next year
- Cleaning up grisly murders is weirdly satisfying in this free demo
- How to pickpocket in Assassin's Creed Mirage
- Stratospherically popular rhythm game Ensemble Stars!! Music arrives on PC October 12th—play at launch to get bonus content
- 7 things I wish I knew before playing Total War: Pharaoh
- All Assassin's Creed Mirage Enigma locations and their solutions
- Lost Isle is your next open-world survival obsession
- October 10
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- October 6
- October 5
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- Todd Howard says Starfield was 'made to be played for a long time,' but a month after launch I'm already drifting away
- Minecraft mob vote 2023: when and where to vote
- 9 useful tips to get the most out of Assassin's Creed Mirage
- Where to find the pickaxe in Sons of the Forest
- Core Keeper, one of our favourite co-op survival games, keeps getting bigger and better
- How to reduce your Notoriety in Assassin's Creed Mirage
- The time PC Gamer gave a Star Trek game just 8%: ‘If this were any worse, it would be offensive’
- October 4
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- El Paso, Elsewhere's mashup of Max Payne and breakup ballad shouldn't work, and yet it's one of the boldest, freshest games of the year
- It's no Gang Beasts killer, but Party Animals has made me fall in love with physics-based mayhem all over again
- Where to find Rumble Coins in World of Warcraft
- Try not to piss off your clones in this survival game from the developers of Frostpunk and This War of Mine
- Where to find Mysterious Shards and Isu gear in Assassin's Creed Mirage
- Total War: Pharaoh's dynamic weather system lets you feel the heat of battle
- October 3
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