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Monster Hunter Wilds reportedly gives better FPS and performance to players who bought more DLC — will Capcom respond?

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We're just a couple of weeks away from Capcom's promised performance-improvement patch for Monster Hunter Wilds on PC. However, a player has discovered one of the biggest causes of its subpar optimization, which has gone overlooked by Capcom for nearly a year, and it's related to aggressive DLC checks.

Promotional screenshot of a player fighting Xu Wu in Monster Hunter Wilds

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Valve's Steam Machine will have "fewer constraints" for games to be Verified than Steam Deck — plus, an explanation for that weird Steam Controller puck

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Valve's new Steam Machine will have "fewer constraints" for getting games Verified than the Steam Deck does, which is good news for game devs.

Valve Steam Machine render showing the cube-shaped desktop PC on a cream-colored background

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GOG's new owner brands Windows as poor quality while he ponders Linux support — "I'm not surprised that people gravitate outside of the Windows ecosystem."

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GOG’s new owner, Michał Kiciński, has criticised Windows as poor-quality software, as the DRM-free PC game store begins exploring stronger Linux support for the future.

GOG clashing with Windows, generated with Gemini

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One of the best Xbox Play Anywhere games just got its notorious save bug fixed for Xbox Ally and Xbox PC

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
We complained and moaned, and Xbox listened. Kojima Productions, Xbox, and 505 Games collaborate on a strange bug preventing save files from working correctly for Death Stranding on Xbox PC / Xbox Ally.

Death Stranding running on an Xbox Ally X

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Lead dev of one of 2025's best games goes on a wild ramble about pricing, but hold up, let him cook — it actually makes perfect sense, and he's right

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
The co-creator of the hit co-op climbing game PEAK has a theory about how players think about the prices of games, and used it to choose the title's price.

Official screenshot of PEAK.

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Missed Black Friday? The SteamOS Legion Go S is still $150 off — plus 4 deals on essential accessories

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
The Lenovo Legion Go S (Z1 Extreme) is $150 off for the holidays. If you missed Black Friday, this is your best chance to grab the 32GB SteamOS handheld.

Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS) standing up and displaying Steam library.

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Valve's "Steam Machine" gaming PC will be in trouble if this RAM pricing crisis worsens — should we expect gamers to foot another unwanted bill from AI-obsessed megacorps?

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
AI advancements are driving up the price of RAM, and it's giving gamers an awful reminder of how cryptocurrency did the same to GPUs. Can Valve navigate this crisis for its Steam Machine PC?

Valve Steam Machine gaming PC with Crucial DDR5 memory edited with artificial flames added by Gemini

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Black Ops 7 fans could have been tempted by this limited edition graphics card, but I doubt you'll stand a chance of buying it — and no, it isn't NVIDIA this time

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ASUS TUF Gaming's limited-edition RX 9070 XT GPU with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 branding is limited to 1,000 units, but you could get one for free in AMD's sweepstakes.

ASUS AMD TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 branding

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Razer's BlackWidow V4 Pro Keyboard is now $50 off on Amazon — it's outstanding for gaming, work, and RGB-fuelled discos

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There is a 20% discount going on for the Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro Keyboard on Amazon, providing PC gamers and RGB lovers a prime opportunity to enjoy its rich technical features and high polling rates for a cheaper price.

Photograph of the Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro Keyboard's side profile

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Hackers infiltrate Discord’s ID checks, and it's bad news — 70,000 users' personal data exposed

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Discord has confirmed a major third-party breach that exposed government ID photos and personal data from roughly 70,000 users worldwide, raising serious questions about the safety of new age verification systems.

Discord desktop app showing The Division server

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