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April 30
- Designing a complete desk aesthetic around your PC is truly satisfying
- Burning Crusade Classic beta keys: We're giving away 300 codes for beta access
- How to overclock your 60Hz monitor and gain a gaming edge
- Totally Rated: Nier Replicant upgrade, Horizon Zero Dawn goes free
April 29
- Nier Replicant fish guide: How to catch rainbow trout, bream, and every fish needed for The Fisherman's Gambit
- The 6 best moments in World of Warcraft history
- Genshin Impact realms guide: layouts, currency, and travelling salesmen
- Enlisted is a spectacular WWII online shooter, and it's free to play
- Doom Eternal has ruined all other shooters for me
- Boost your abilities with a brain injection and explore new environments in GTFO’s Rebirth update
- How Chinese free-to-play RPG Genshin Impact conquered the world
- Do snipers ruin multiplayer shooters?
April 28
- Enough cyberpunk—it's solarpunk's time to shine
- Scavengers research and crafting guide
- Cyberpunk 2077 updates: Every patch and hotfix so far
- 16 tips for getting started with Scavengers' clever spin on battle royale
- Oculus will sell you a Quest 2 headset that doesn't need Facebook for an extra $500
- Total War: Rome Remastered is a great update but can't compete with modern strategy games
- PC gaming's greatest stories
- The best PPSh-41 loadouts for Warzone
- Solving puzzles as a spy duo in Operation: Tango is fun, but it needs to up the suspense
April 27
- Call of Duty: Warzone's nuke event was a total letdown
- 10 things I wish I knew before playing Nier Replicant
- Where to find soccer players in Fortnite for Neymar Jr quests
- Skip the line: we're giving away 5,000 keys for Scavengers
- Tune in for a Magic: The Gathering quiz show starring some famous faces
- Here's The Witcher, Half-Life, Stardew Valley, and Doom built in Minecraft
- How teleportation is powering the internet of the future
- Our highest review scores of the past 10 years
April 26
- How a Valheim speedrunner killed all 5 bosses in under 90 minutes
- The best cheap PC games
- Call of Duty: Warzone needs a new map, and Verdansk '84 ain't it
- How to get Neymar Jr in Fortnite
- The best Trickster build in Outriders
- A music festival convinced me there's more to virtual reality than great games
- The Witcher movie from 2001 is terrible, but there's something weirdly charming about it
- The biggest things returning players need to know about The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
- Scavengers could be the next surprise hit of 2021
- Apex Legends' 3v3 Arenas is its first step beyond battle royale, and it's already my favourite mode
- PC Gamer plays: Hyper Light Drifter, The Medium, Hitman 3, and Valheim
- Why does this RPG developer make absurd, punishing games? Revenge
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 26, 2021)
- What did you play last week?
April 24
- Which game has the best loot?
- Crapshoot: Street Fighting Man, the most polite beat-em-up ever
- Mortal Kombat doesn't have a guy yelling 'Mortal Kombat!' but it's still a pretty good time
April 23
- Why people love Nier so damn much
- 5 Big MMOs that were cancelled before they ever saw the light of day
- How to complete the Hunt for Adler event in Warzone and Cold War
- Broken Sword is still point-and-click perfection
- Blizzard pledges to do better after wave of criticism from female Hearthstone pros
- Firefox is the best browser for PC gamers
- These are the subordinates you get to boss around in Evil Genius 2
- Totally Rated: Towering Resident Evil zombies, DJI’s drones, and the new OnePlus watch
- Overcome the demons of Nier Replicant with this combat guide
- The Mortal Kombat movie hopes to stay faithful to the games both in gore and spirit
- The Oculus Quest 2 Elite Strap is a total game changer
- Where to visit Fancy View, Rainbow Rentals, and Lockie's Lighthouse in Fortnite
April 22
- Where to find safes in Fortnite
- If you've mastered Among Us, Eville may be your next impostor game challenge
- The 9 biggest changes to Verdansk '84 in Call of Duty: Warzone
- The new iMac looks great, but it's what's inside that counts for PC gaming
- We talk to Disco Elysium's incredible narrator, who recorded 350,000 words of dialogue and has never acted before
- How to check if the Warzone servers are down
- How Teamfight Tactics is forging its own identity beyond League of Legends
- Unraveling the curious history of videogame mazes and labyrinths
April 21
- Chivalry 2 beta keys: We're giving away over 10,000 codes for this weekend's test
- This randomizer mod for Fallout: New Vegas puts the cherished RPG in a blender
- Where to find Fortnite's exotic weapons
- How to get the Armored Batman and Rebirth Harley Quinn skins in Fortnite
- Legends of Runeterra has quietly become the best multiplayer card game
- Now more than ever, Knights of the Old Republic is a refreshing take on Star Wars
- It's about time you gave your gaming PC a spring clean
- Totally Game: Meet the father and son duo racking up kills in battle royales
- How to choose the perfect power supply for your gaming PC
- How to get Heir Apparent and its Catalyst in Destiny 2
- Dive into people's memories in this new cyberpunk adventure game
- Chivalry 2 hands-on: When in doubt, hit an archer with a sledgehammer
- The joy of bashing people over the head with everyday objects in Hitman
April 20
- Jeff Kaplan's Blizzard career in his own words
- Fortnite Grappler Bow location and beginner's guide
- The Batman-Fortnite crossover comic is out, and I think I like it?
- AMD's compatibility chart reckons our $400 PC can't play games, we beg to differ
- What we want from GTA 6 Online
- Shin Megami Tensei 3 is awesome, but deserves more than a barebones PC port
- Destiny 2 Guardian Games 2021: Everything we know
- Meet the drag queen who helped create a completely queer world in The Sims
- Amid terrible spin-offs and cash grabs, MachineGames is proving licensed games can be great
April 19
- Everything you need to know about Nier Replicant
- I tried to be a good leader in Suzerain and was sentenced to life in prison
- Resident Evil Village feels like an homage to Resident Evil 4
- Lemnis Gate is a time loop FPS where every second counts
- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was the birth of everything that makes the series great
- What did you play last week?
- Magic: The Gathering—Arena wants you to go back to school
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 19, 2021)
April 18
- Great moments in PC gaming: Slotting in RAM
- Element TD 2 is an artifact from the golden age of tower defense
April 17
- Crapshoot: The FMV spy game featuring actual former heads of the CIA and the KGB
- Who did you romance in Mass Effect?
April 16
- The Binding of Isaac: Repentance feels like a whole new game, and some fans are struggling to adapt
- The best Devastator build in Outriders
- Outriders' loot and crafting system is brilliant
- The tragic state of PC building in 2021
- How to install Windows 10
- How to get Sevagoth and Epitaph in Warframe
- How to check if the Outriders servers are down
- Totally Rated: Oddworld: Soulstorm, Sonos Roam speaker, and the Nubia RedMagic 6 gaming phone
- Mythic Quest's special 'Everlight' episode: the gang goes LARPing
- How to get legendary weapons and armor in Outriders
- Totally Game: This elite CS:GO player is legally blind and deaf
- Vermintide 2: Chaos Wastes feels like a Winds of Magic do-over
- Epic's free MetaHuman Creator software is pretty amazing
April 15
- How to mod vehicles in Fortnite
- Wandering a volcanic apocalypse is bleak and haunting in narrative adventure Ashwalkers
- The best places to farm World Tiers in Outriders
- Core is an Epic-funded development platform hoping to be the next Roblox
- How to get into World of Warcraft's grueling Mythic Plus dungeons
- I wish 343 would leave Halo: The Master Chief Collection alone
- Now that Windows is basically fine, let's remember all the times it sucked
- Among Us The Airship guide: Cheat your friends on the most complex map yet
- Murder mystery and sidekicks come to The Elder Scrolls Online in Blackwood
- Back 4 Blood has bigger ambitions than being Left 4 Dead 3
- Lords Mobile joins forces with Saint Seiya for the ultimate crossover
- The unique thrills of World of Tanks' vehicular combat
April 14
- What we want from The Elder Scrolls 6
- How to turn into a prop in Fortnite
- How to reset windows 10
- How to defeat Chrysaloid in Outriders
- This DOS emulator is the next best thing to having a chunky CRT monitor on your desk
- How Civilization 7 could reinvigorate the ancient series
- The difference between survival and survival horror is pretty kinky
- How one man's love for spinning tyres birthed Mudrunner
- How one kickass gaming bar survived the pandemic
- All Jonesy locations in Fortnite season 6 Spire quest
April 13
- Meet the original streamer, who ran his own public access gaming show in 1993
- Warframe's Rebecca Ford talks about its ghostly Call of the Tempestarii update
- How to defeat Yagak in Outriders
- The best ZRG 20mm loadouts for Warzone
- Tasomachi is a chill platformer by a veteran game artist with credits on Zelda and Final Fantasy
- All my precious Valheim gear is stuck in New Zealand
- I attempted to bake the Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P's coffee cookies
April 12
- To get the exact standing gaming desk I wanted, I decided to build it myself
- Call of Duty: Warzone's Cold War integration was a mistake
- It breaks my heart that nobody on ladder is playing Nozdormu Speed Hearthstone
- Meet the four geniuses of Evil Genius 2: World Domination
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 12, 2021)
April 11
- What did you play last week?
- Great moments in PC gaming: Late night cruises in Euro Truck Simulator 2
April 10
- Age of Empires 4 is coming this fall with asymmetric factions, naval combat, and 4 historical campaigns
- The most popular adult game on Patreon is being made by someone who'd never played one before
- Forget zombies, Gunfight is still Cold War's best mode
- Crapshoot: The edutainment game about designing your own dinosaurs
- Which games start bad, but get good later?
April 9
- The best Warzone guns
- So, you want to get back into Final Fantasy XIV?
- How crossplay works in Outriders
- We regret to inform you that the zombie once known as Atari is now selling NFTs
- The voice acting in Disco Elysium: The Final Cut makes the best RPG on PC even better
- Where to find Maurice's Black Market in Borderlands 3
- Battle royales are masters of horror
- Diablo 2: Resurrected hands-on: still the satanic lord of action RPGs
April 8
- Outriders is the anti-cover shooter
- Meet ghost bears, a talking campfire, and the best merchant ever in Cozy Grove
- Path of Exile's April expansion lets you gamble for more loot
- Here's a chance to get into this week's Diablo 2: Resurrected alpha (Update: This raffle has ended)
- Get guaranteed legendary gear with this Outriders Legacy quest guide
- Lemmings still haunts my nightmares almost three decades later
- CDPR should fix Cyberpunk 2077's bugs then move on
- The best Hearthstone decks
April 7
- How to make Windows 10 look like Windows 95
- The 10 best Fallout 4 locations
- How to reboot a friend in Fortnite and get all the rewards
- Will Monster Hunter Rise be a letdown on PC?
- Totally Game: Check out the world's largest videogame memorabilia collection
- The best builds for Rosaria in Genshin Impact
- Outriders is a smoother ride with these small tweaks
- How Left 4 Dead cured a toxic LAN environment
- Assassin's Creed's creator explains why big budget studios have turned their back on social stealth: 'It's money, man'
- Assassin's Creed is bloated, unfocused and needs to shed some systems
- How to restore your HUD in Outriders
April 6
- Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a tactics game starring the ultimate goth space marines
- Pretending to be Pixar in 3D Movie Maker, Microsoft's weird 1995 animation studio for kids
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 5, 2021)
April 5
- Outriders is the most divisive game of 2021 so far
- League of Legends: Wild Rift is a kinder, gentler League of Legends
- How Hearthstone descended into complete lunacy
- This Loop Hero madman found a way to get to 13,283 loops and farm infinite resources
- The story of Irrational, the studio that shut down to rediscover its roots
- These face recognition games aim to guess your emotions
- Shredder's Revenge can learn a lot from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles classics
- Conquests of Camelot proved Sierra adventure games could go beyond goofy parody
April 4
- Great moments in PC gaming: Pocketing the fabulous idol in The Secret of Monkey Island
- What did you play last week?
April 3
- What's your most embarrassing achievement?
- Crapshoot: The Quest for Glory fan-game so controversial it's banned from forums
- These are the PC games releasing in April and May
April 2
- Here's 11 minutes of cowboy battle royale Grit's technical test in action
- What other websites think about Monster Hunter Rise, It Takes Two, and Yakuza 6
- I spent a surreal night with the Great Gatsby in an interactive Zoom play
- 13 hours in, I'm still waiting for Outriders to get good
- If you were waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to be fixed before playing it… keep waiting
- Cowboy battle royale Grit has horse combat, trains, and a clever take on loot
- Leading a peasant revolt in Battle Brothers: Part 2
- The unexpected ways comics have influenced games
- An hour with survival game Icarus: forest fires, terrifying storms, and 'freaked out' bears
- The graphics cards that helped define PC gaming
April 1
- The biggest videogame lawsuits of the 2020s so far
- Where to forage bouncy Easter eggs in Fortnite
- How XCOM's Julian Gollop improved on the board games he loved as a kid
- Which Outriders class should you choose?
- A tour of the base in Evil Genius 2: World Domination
- April Fools' Day 2021 round-up
- Dying in EVE Online changed my life
- Win a despicable Evil Genius 2 figure and a copy of the game