Gaming

Sony has unveiled its PS Plus monthly game offerings for January. Read more

One thing that’s crystal clear as we head into 2026 is the importance of physical media. We’ve had enough of streaming service price hikes alongside everyone and their dog providing their own digital library. The same goes for music (vinyl…

Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. We don’t give a score of 90% or more to just any old thing—we’re real hardware sickos…

These days, I turn to Amazon’s Prime Video streaming hub to watch more movies than Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus combined. The service has “the goods” (i.e. movies made before 2011, tons of schlock). But, boy, the interface stinks. Whether…

Big ideas alone were not enough in 2025. Several highly anticipated releases launched with strong marketing, recognizable names in their teams, and ambitious promises, only to collapse almost immediately once players got their hands on them.  Whether it was shallow…

Tutorials might well be the bane of the video game industry’s existence. Teaching a player how to do something is surprisingly difficult to do. Even if a developer crafts an educational and entertaining tutorial, there’s no telling whether the player…

The 2025 Counter-Strike season delivered some unforgettable moments from dynasty-defining performances to stunning upsets that rewrote the script. Here are five matches that capture the year’s most compelling storylines deserving a spot on every fan’s watchlist. Photo by ESL Vitality’s first true…

PlayStation Plus subscribers’ free Essential games for January 2026 are Need for Speed Unbound, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, and Core Keeper, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Wednesday. Players can download the trio of games beginning Tuesday, Jan. 6.

If you’ve recently heard the term win-trading or seen a streamer accused of it in VALORANT, but aren’t quite sure what it means, this guide will break it down for you. While Riot Games uses its Vanguard anti-cheat system to…

Arc Raiders was Steam’s biggest-selling game over the holiday period. Read more