NRG stun MOUZ 2-1 at StarSeries Fall 2026, leap 18 places in VRS rankings

NRG beat world number two MOUZ 2-1 in the opening round of StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026, reaching the upper-bracket semi-final and rising 18 places to 33rd in the global Valve Regional Standings.

Turning Off Ray Tracing Is the Most Self-Defeating Thing You Can Do

Turning off ray tracing for better frame rates has become a ritual for PC gamers who've decided the technology is an overpriced gimmick. They're wrong about the quality, wrong about the development costs, and wrong about the future. Here's why.

I’ve Got a Steam Controller. You Probably Haven’t. Here’s Why That’s Everyone’s Problem.

The Steam Controller went on sale on 4th May 2026. It was gone in 35 minutes. Within the hour, the same controller you'd just missed buying for £85 was available on eBay for £200. Same controller, different breed of parasite. This is the piece where we talk about scalping properly, because it's time someone did.

How to Build a Gaming PC in 2026: The Complete Beginner’s Guide

Building a gaming PC is less like assembling complex machinery and more like expensive Lego with better instructions and a significantly more satisfying power-on moment. The difficulty is not high. The satisfaction is.

The Next Xbox Is Just a PC with an Identity Crisis

Microsoft's next Xbox is a Windows PC with a console UI bolted on top and a rumoured £850 price tag attached. This is either the most honest thing a console manufacturer has done in thirteen years, or a very expensive identity crisis. Possibly both.

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The 25 Best PC Games Of All Time

Thirty-plus years of the greatest gaming platform ever built, distilled into one list. Prepare to be furious.

Who Reviews the Reviewers? Why Games Criticism Has a Problem

IGN gave Crimson Desert a 6/10. Players are having a considerably better time than that suggests. So who's right — and does it matter? A look at what games criticism gets wrong, what it gets right, and why the gap between critic scores and player experience keeps getting wider.

DLSS 5 Backlash: The Real Reason Everyone’s So Angry

The forum-flaming over NVIDIA’s latest AI wizardry has reached peak unhinged, but it’s not the core tech that’s got so many knickers in a twist. It’s the creeping dread of AI disruption.

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