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It’s been a week since the official launch of AMD’s Ryzen 8000 series of APUs, and overclockers have had a week to tinker with the chips. It turns out the Ryzen 7 8700G has some decent overclocking headroom, particularly if you delid it, which will lower temperatures and allow it to be overclocked to Ryzen 7 7700X performance levels—or beyond. 

The test was run by Der8auer. He began by explaining why the Ryzen 8000-series chips don’t feature soldered thermal interface material (TIM), saying it’s because they are more closely related to mobile parts rather than higher TDP desktop parts. That makes sense given their 65W TDP. I’d add that it allows AMD to save a few cents. Given that a stock 8700G will run in the 80 to 90 degree range depending on your cooling capabilities…

Hogwarts Legacy is by certain metrics the most successful game of 2023, with a Warner Bros. exec purring at the start of the year that the Harry Potter RPG was the “best-selling game of the year in the entire industry worldwide.” That commercial success, with over 22 million sales and counting, has brought renewed focus on whether the game will eventually receive an expansion or any significant DLC (beyond some formerly PlayStation-exclusive trinkets crossing over).

Earlier this year the game’s developer, WB Avalanche, said that new things would indeed be coming this summer, which had wizards and witches rushing to their Divination equipment. There are several features oft-requested by the community that seem like a good shout for inclusion: a photo mode, for …

Last week, Microsoft offered an upgrade to Windows 11 for previously unsupported Windows 10 PCs. As it turns out, Microsoft didn’t lower the minimum requirements for Windows 11 for older Windows 10 PCs; it was a weird (now fixed) glitch. 

According to a blog post, “Some hardware ineligible Windows 10 and Windows 11, version 21H2 devices were offered an inaccurate upgrade to Windows 11.” Anyone who tried installing Windows 11 on machines that did not meet the minimum requirements could not “complete the upgrade installation process.”

Even if you did install Windows 11 on a device Microsoft deems eligible, it’s not recommended because of compatibility issues. Those same machines will not be able to receive updates which could put you and your PC at risk. There have also b…

This month PC Gamer gets world-exclusive access to the brand new mecha game from Piranha Games, MechWarrior 5: Clans. This new entry in the long-running MechWarrior series promises to be the most explosive and narratively engaging yet, and we deliver never-before-seen images as well as authoritative developer insight. In addition, while we’re talking big stompy mechs, this month PC Gamer also delivers the definitive guide to the best-ever mecha games to play on PC. Heavy metal!

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Meanwhile, this issue is absolutely stuffed with previews for many top-tier incoming PC games, including Stalker 2, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin, Lords of the Fallen, Earthless, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Homeworld 3. We’ve played all of these games and this issue we present exactly…

Despite being based on one of the most iconic RPG series of all time, there’s something oddly dry about the upcoming board game Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz. Set during the events of Mass Effect 3, the premise is basically a sidequest that never was—taking place over the course of a single night as Shepard and crew board and fight their way through a crashed Cerberus ship to recover research data.

Even for those who can still remember the specific story details of a game that came out 12 years ago, the stakes here feel low. Why does this pretty minor mission matter, when we already know how the wider story plays out? It’s a serviceable excuse for a series of linked combat missions, but there’s no drama to it or any hook to pull you in. And from what I’ve played so far of …

Starfield was primed to go galactic in the steady countdown to its launch. It was the first big mainline Bethesda RPG in a while. It was big and ambitious—one small step for Bethesda as a studio, one giant leap for gamer kind. 

Post launch, though, and that hype’s cooled significantly. What we got was more Bethesda standing in place, while gamer kind just… shuffled around in a circle, wondering how the studio still hadn’t put together a good inventory system, again.

That’s not to say Starfield’s a bad game, or anything. It’s one of the more stable Bethesda launches by far. I enjoyed my couple dozen hours with it, and our own Christopher Livingston gave it a 74 in his Starfield review—meaning it’s a game we actively like. 

Still, it’s been l…

After the disaster that was Anthem, it should be good news that BioWare is recommitting to singleplayer games, but as the company bids farewell to Star Wars: The Old Republic and confirms layoffs, it’s more bittersweet. 

BioWare general manager Gary McKay confirmed that Broadsword Online Games would be taking over SWTOR to allow BioWare to focus on Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Broadsword is a veteran MMO studio with experience at taking over MMOs and was founded by Rob Denton, a former BioWare VP who was involved in SWTOR’s development. It was previously suggested that the current team would be joining the third-party studio, and while this is still the case, unfortunately not all jobs are being saved. 

“No big change comes without challenges,” wrote McKay. “Among t…

Walton Goggins plays The Ghoul on the Fallout TV show, who over the course of the series becomes a memorable and conflicted link between the world as-was and as it is in the present day. It’s a fantastic performance, which will be no surprise to those who’ve followed Goggins’ career, and while basking in the aftermath of the show’s success the actor revealed a surprising detail about one of the locations.

Some of the outdoor scenes in Fallout were filmed in Namibia, on what is sometimes referred to as the Skeleton Coast, including in an actual diamond mine (thanks, GamesRadar+). A new photograph released by Amazon shows The Ghoul at this location, looking downcast and moody as is his wont, but Goggins says the real explanation is a little more base. 

“[Amazon] ju…

As reported by Aerotime, on January 18 user RanchSauce39 on the War Thunder forums shared scans of an operations manual for the F-15 Eagle fighter jet, data that is potentially against US law to disseminate, in the course of a long forum thread about the history of the vehicle and its performance in the long-running military simulator. 

This incident is not to be confused with that time in July 2021 when a War Thunder player posted classified documents related to the British Challenger 2 tank to the forums, the brisk morning in October 2021 when a War Thunder forum goer shared classified documents related to the French Leclerc Serie 2 main battle tank, that astounding day last June when a wayward child of God dropped classified deets on the Chinese DTC 10-125 125mm anti-tank …

The answer to today’s Wordle is just a quick click away, ready to help if you need it. Don’t need it (not yet, anyway)? Then keep on scrolling and you’ll soon find our fantastic selection of Wordle tips and advice, as well as a handy clue for the November 27 (891) puzzle.

Wow, that was close. I gave my Wordle a classic “skyscraper” look for much of today’s game, tall green towers surrounded by increasingly panicked grey guesses. A little pause to break my losing train of thought was a big help today, just the change I needed to look at the puzzle with fresh eyes—and find the answer.

Wordle today: A hint

Wordle today: A hint for Monday, November 27

This word is a colour and an owl. The colour is a sort of warm, sandy brown. The owl is found …

An indie tower defense/shooter hybrid that hit Steam Early Access late last month is getting pretty positive reviews from early players. In Sentry your job is to defend a ship of frozen human survivors fleeing alien attack by setting up a gauntlet of traps, tricks, and environmental hazards between enemy boarders and the energy core of your ship.

Sentry’s also an first-person shooter hybrid, letting you use a variety of guns to blow out enemy weak points, or convenient windows, to defeat the oncoming horde. It’s just singleplayer for now, but Sentry plans to add two player co-op in the future.

You might remember Sentry from its trailer a couple years back.

Individual levels aside, Sentry is set up on a node-based map like a lot of popular roguelikes. As your ship moves…

Get as much or as little help with your daily Wordle as you want, thanks to our wide range of helpful hints and tips. Whether you’re looking for general advice, a clue for the March 13 (632) game, or the answer to today’s Wordle delivered on a platter, you’ll find it all right here.

I unearthed three yellows on my first go today—talk about luck. Taking four more goes to finally pin them down and find the other missing two letters wasn’t ideal, but at least I got today’s answer just in time.

Wordle hint

A Wordle hint for Monday, March 13

This word means to take responsibility for a mistake or something bad that’s happened. It’s also used when someone else holds another person (or thing) accountable for a similar negative situation. There are…

Spend some time reading through our helpful Wordle tips, guides, and archives, take a quick peek at today’s clue, or skip straight to the part where you win Wordle by scrolling or clicking to the April 1 (651) answer. Whatever you need, we’re here to help with the daily puzzle.

I’ll admit I didn’t really think about my opener today, choosing to plough straight on in there with the first word that popped into my head—and luckily for me, this turned out to be a great start. The answer came quickly, although I did worry when I turned over four greens, thinking I was about to be stuck playing hunt-the-consonant before I found today’s Wordle answer. 

Wordle hint

A Wordle hint for Saturday, April 1

Today’s answer is the word used to…