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Our Verdict The Corsair HS55 gaming headset is comfortable and sounds decent, but the real star of the show is the excellent microphone. PC Gamer’s got your backOur experienced team dedicates many hours to every review, to really get to the heart of what matters most to you.Find out more about how we evaluate games and hardware. Many moons ago, Corsair released the HS50 budget gaming headset, and I was pretty impressed with the value on offer and decent audio quality....

Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 23, 2022) Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don’t have to. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam....

Great moments in PC Gaming: Spotting an invader in Watch Dogs It’s hard to sneak up on the most paranoid Watch Dogs player (me). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Great moments in PC gamingare bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. Developer: Ubisoft MontrealYear: 2014 When the original Watch Dogs launched back in 2014, I played through the campaign like a digital Spider-Man: swinging virtually between security cameras, setting off traps and electronic devices, and defeating entire skyscrapers full of bad guys without ever entering the building....

iFixit’s Steam Deck line officially launched following accidental leak The company’s full list of parts was mistakenly revealed early. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Update 5/23/2022: iFixit’s selection ofSteam Deck replacement partsis now fully livealongside an overviewof the device’s repairability. I was surprised at iFixit’s repair score of 7/10 for the deck, but the company cites some problem areas like the thumbsticks, which require some disassembly and desoldering if you don’t want to just buy an entirely new housing, as well as the battery, which lacks easy pull tabs and requires heat application and a pry tool to overcome its strong adhesive....

Once upon a time, the Deus Ex studio almost made Final Fantasy 15 Ex-Deus Ex art director recalls the “really cool” version of FF15 he almost got to make. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The year is 2011, and Final Fantasy is in a bad place. Fans are eager to move on from the FF13 trilogy, FF14 is a failed MMO that hasn’t been reborn yet, and Final Fantasy 15 is in limbo....

PS2 emulator PCSX2 gets a user-friendly UI at last Time to download some box art. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Open-source emulatorPCSX2is the best way to play PlayStation 2 games, proudly declaring that it supports “over 98% of the original PS2 library”. It’s never been a looker, however, with a barebones UI that often sends players off in search of a separate frontend launcher....

Rainbow Six Siege will now remember if you’re a bad teammate “Preemptive reverse friendly fire” aims to stop griefers before they can grief. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Friendly fire enthusiasts be warned: Rainbow Six Siege’s next update, Operation Vector Glare, will bring new sanctions against serial griefers. Players who repeatedly injure teammates enough to activate reverse friendly fire (a state in which damage to teammates is reflected back at you) will soon see the effect carry into their next matches automatically....