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The PC game releases we're most excited about in July

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Weird sci-fi survival, Dark Souls with guns, and many more interesting new PC games releasing this month.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Xbox Live suffers a 'major outage' that's keeping people from logging in, Microsoft says fixing it is 'taking longer than expected'

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Microsoft says a "major outage" at Xbox Live is keeping some users from logging in, and it's taking longer than expected to get the problem fixed.

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Lethal Company's next update introduces monsters that'll kidnap you and cut you up as well as its first and only vehicle

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Lethal Company just got a new major update and it's going to add even more monsters, as well as a van which you can use to run over entities or annoying teammates. The Company Cruiser is the first (and currently only) vehicle in the game…

The most popular RTX 40-series GPU on Steam is in a gaming laptop, not a graphics card

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June's Steam hardware survey shows ever more RTX 4060 laptop gamers.

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Samsung was either feeling generous or someone messed up big time when it temporarily slashed £1,400 off a 49-inch 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor

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We may never see a lower price for the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 than what I caught it going for over the weekend, and that's because it appears to have been a complete accident. Samsung discounted its ultrawide 49-inch OLED gaming monitor…

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Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, July 2

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The answer for today's Wordle is just an easy scroll away now you're here, just past a neat collection of handy tips and a freshly written clue for the July 2 (1109) puzzle. No matter how much (or little) help you need with Tuesday's…

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Team Fortress 2's player count doubles after fan pressure sees Valve step in with a bot-demolishing banwave and a firm line on appeals: 'No'

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Team Fortress 2's bot problem is an ongoing drama in PC gaming land: the issue seemingly went into overdrive when developer Valve stepped back from major work on the game in 2017. To be clear, whatever some in the community may say Valve…

Monday, Jul 1

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A Japanese company is making an adorable Elden Ring warrior jar mug just in time for everyone to get really freaked out by their new lore in the DLC

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Available for November preorder on AmiAmi, anime merch company Movic is making an adorable little Iron Fist Alexander mug, complete with removable faux-wax seal lid. No longer harboring the viscera of legendary warriors or oppressed…

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Intel's Arrow Lake chips could be using a brand new core layout for the first time in years

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The change could be about boosting multithreading performance. Great news for content creators but not necessarily for gaming, unfortunately.

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AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D-series chips reportedly gain full overclocking support, meaning simple tweaks would make them the all-round chips we always wished for

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We at PC Gamer are fans of Ryzen X3D CPUs. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is our number one pick for best gaming CPU. However, it's not the best all-round CPU because of AMD's conservative approach to its specifications. Its lower base and boost…

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Five new Steam games you probably missed (July 1, 2024)

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Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Saturday, Jun 29

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Check out City Bus Manager, which lets you set up routes in your hometown using real world map data

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Upgrade your bus depot to run the best wheeled transit network in town.

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Hori's new 'Steam Controller' might be the first third party Steam hardware we've seen in years, but where are its trackpads, its adorable owl-like face?

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First reported by The Verge, peripherals manufacturer Hori is making an official Steam-branded controller set to release in Japan on October 31. While this is a Steam controller, it's not a Steam Controller if you take my meaning. But this…

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Friday, Jun 28

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24 years later, you can finally pet the dog in Deus Ex thanks to its all-encompassing Randomizer mod

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The Deus Ex Randomizer also features some bafflingly good quality of life features, including ones that make the classic game a better fit on Steam Deck.

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Palworld's newest major update Sakurajima adds tons of new Pals and buildings, but you won't be able to kidnap tower bosses anymore

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We've been expecting Palworld's first major update, Sakurajima, for some time now. At the beginning of the month, Pocketpair released a short trailer for it, which was part of the early access roadmap that it uncovered at the start of this…

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Mark Zuckerberg accuses AI competitors of attempting to 'create God'

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When artificial general intelligence (AGI) eventually arrives, will it be our servant? Our master? Or something else altogether, maybe even something supernatural? As a routine precaution, I for one welcome whatever form our new AI…

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The best deals in the 2024 Steam Summer Sale

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Our top picks for 2024 and 2023 games on sale, plus old favorites on sale up to 95% off.

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Multiple Assassin's Creed remakes are in the works, according to Ubisoft CEO: 'There are worlds in some of our older Assassin's Creed games that are still extremely rich'

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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says the publisher is looking to release new Assassin's Creed games "more regularly" in the future, and remakes of older games will be among them.

Thursday, Jun 27

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Frostpunk 2 delayed because its developers want to add features 'you deserve to see in-game on day one, not in a patch added after the release'

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11 Bit Studios said its survival city builder needs more time "to guarantee the best possible experience at launch."

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Razer BlackWidow V4 75% review

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If you're deciding on the right size of gaming keyboard for you then Razer may have an answer. Enter the Razer BlackWidow V4 75%, which aims to pack in all the gaming prowess of its larger sibling into a much smaller footprint. This newer…

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Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL review

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Razer is commonly associated with some of the best gaming keyboards on the market, but it’s also a brand synonymous with the higher end of the pricing spectrum. That’s where we find the Razer Huntsman V3 Pro TKL, which seeks to pack in all…

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The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is so good at gaming, AMD might give more juice to the Ryzen 7 9700X in order to beat it

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When AMD announced the Ryzen 9000-series CPUs at Computex, one particular little nugget caught my attention. The 8-core Ryzen 7 9700X was given a very respectable 65W TDP. That's well below the 105W and 120W TDPs of the Ryzen 7 7700X and…

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Intel claims its optical interconnect chiplet technology is 'like going from using horse-drawn carriages to using cars and trucks'

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At the Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) 2024, Intel gave us a particularly interesting glimpse at what could be the future of chip and interconnect design. The Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) chiplet integrates a Photonics…

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Look out, Shadowplay: Steam now has a built-in 'Game Recording' feature that will automatically record gameplay videos you can clip, share, and export

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Recording gameplay clips on PC isn't difficult: Software like OBS Studio or Nvidia Shadowplay actually makes it quite simple. But remembering to use it, and remembering to stop using it when you're done, makes the whole process a pain in…

Wednesday, Jun 26

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Race to uncover the Bigfoot of Baldur's Gate 3 cutscenes hots up as YouTuber dangles $500 carrot in front of anyone who can find it

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There's a bounty out on Karlach. No, not the one she starts the game under, and which you can collect on if you're some kind of terrible monster. That one was placed by a fell creature from the depths of hell itself, whereas this bounty…

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Chillblast's Edge range of gaming PCs will take you to the next level

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British PC builder Chillblast has been helping gamers of all levels and aspirations assemble the rigs that are right for them—whether you like to hand-pick every piece from the GPU right down to the case, or just say what kind of games you…

Grab your popcorn as Microsoft lands in hot water again with the EU for its 'insufficient' changes to how it bundles Teams

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There's a potential fine of up to $20 billion if the Commission finds Microsoft guilty of breaching antitrust laws.

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Intel denies Lunar Lake laptop chip delay but reports say Arrow Lake could actually go on sale first

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Intel's seemingly intentional vagueness has the rumour mill in a tizz.