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Last year I predicted all three of Valve's announcements so now I reckon I have the ability to speak these 2026 prophecies into reality
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (1057+ words) I predict a near-perfect year for PC gaming hardware, mark my words. Long ago, it was foretold that there would arrive a special person of average height, muddy blonde hair, and absent-minded character, who would prophesy the coming of the…...
2025 is the year I discovered I love charging docks, and it's all because of one surprisingly reasonably priced gaming mouse
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (533+ words) 8BitDo what others don't. Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. Okay, I'll admit it. I've always liked the idea of a charging dock conceptually, but I've never quite committed to getting a…...
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming microphone of 2025
7+ hour, 14+ min ago (446+ words) Join me for a look back at the microphone movers of 2025. Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. Gaming microphones have come on in leaps and bounds over the past few years,…...
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming headset of 2025
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (370+ words) It's been a helluva year for gaming headsets, but which of our three contenders will take the ultimate prize? Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. 2025 has been a bumper year for…...
Well, this year's graphics card launches were a right shitshow, eh?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (790+ words) This year saw the worst launch of any GPU generation I can remember in all my 20 years as a tech journo. There have been no reference cards for AMD's new RDNA 4 architecture, and so I've got a selection of different…...
The Fractal Design Scape feels like a gaming headset from the future, which makes it the best thing I've tested in 2035. I mean, this year
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (881+ words) I've seen the light, and I don't want to go back. Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. I test so many gaming headsets over the course of a year, it's easy…...
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming mouse of 2025
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (326+ words) Three rodent contenders, but only one winner for the year. Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. This year has been very good to us on the mouse front. We've not only…...
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming keyboard of 2025
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (292+ words) Three fantastic keyboards from this year, but there can only be one winner. Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. As a writer, I really do care about using a keyboard with…...
PC gaming on Arm chips didn't quite happen in 2025, but the die is cast for an epic battle with x86 CPUs in the next few years
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1451+ words) There's a veritable CPU Arm-y marching towards the PC. Arm versus x86 is a battle for the ages. And 2025 was meant to be the year that Arm chips finally made inroads into the PC and indeed PC gaming. That should have…...
PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best gaming motherboard of 2025
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (442+ words) Motherboards are the only way that Intel stands any chance of winning an award this year. Check out more of the year's best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2025 coverage. Every year, vendors fill the market with a veritable…...