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It’s yet to overtake Fallout 4, though Having already surpassedSkyrimandFalloutby becomingBethesda’s biggest launch to date- with over six million players, according to the developer -Starfieldhas now smashed another of its predecessor’s records. The strong start for Starfield means it’s currently the fifth biggest game on Steam at the time of writing, behindPUBG: Battlegrounds, Baldur’s Gate 3,Dota 2andCounter-Strike: Global Offensive.

One of my personal favourites, thanks to its OLED screen, PBT keycaps and compact layout. The SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL is an outstanding gaming and typing keyboard - and now it’s $70 off MSRP at Amazon in the US. Over at Eurogamer, this isour runner-up ‘best gaming keyboard’pick - and there are strong arguments that it should be our number one option if you prefer a more compact design! So this keyboard is, right out of the box, a brilliant keyboard to use....

Time crisis Hitting pause in a video game is like dropping a wall across it. On one side of the wall lies what is called the diegetic space of the game, aka the fictitious world, which is generally the aspect that receives the most interest, the aspect that tends to attract the weasel word “immersive”. On the other side of the wall lie menus, settings and other features that form a non-diegetic layer of bald operator functions - technical conveniences and lists of things to tweak or customise, from graphics modes to character inventory, that are cut adrift in a vacuum outside of time....

A good price for this spec, including current-gen CPU and GPU. Lenovo’s Legion laptop line looks lovely, and today the Legion 5 Slim gaming laptop with an RTX 4060 graphics card and Ryzen 7 7840HS processor has been discounted from £1500 to £1150 with codeMEGADEAL111. That’s one of the best prices we’ve seen for this spec - if not the outright best; that’s reserved for Black Friday - and well worth considering if you’re in the market for a high-end gaming laptop....

Stuck on Wordle word for September 11? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough. Wordle can be tricky, you see, and it’s not unusual to look for a little bit of help if you want to preserve your year-long winstreak....

The release of the RX 7800 XT has pushed this last-gen card to a new level of value. Today we’ve got a deal on the RX 6800 non-XT, with an MSI model going for just under $400 at Newegg. That’s a $70 reduction from its usual price and $20 cheaper than the cheapest RX 6800 model on Amazon. That’s an awesome deal for a strong 1440p graphics card that comes with a copy ofStarfieldPremium Edition (which includes the Shattered Space story expansion, a digital art book, the game’s OST and a few weapon/suit skins on top of the base game)....

Learn how to romance Barrett in Starfield Wondering how to romance Barrett in Starfield?Barrett is the firstromance optionthat you’ll meet inStarfield. Sure, you then leave him stranded on the moon of Vectera for a bit, but fortunately you can soon head back to save him and kick off your romantic relationship. The romance mechanic is mostly hidden inStarfield, though, which makes it hard to know exactly what you should do to romance Barrett....

Learn how to romance Sam Coe in Starfield Wondering how to romance Sam Coe in Starfield?If you want a space cowboy at your side inStarfield, then you’ll want to romance Sam Coe. A member ofConstellationthat you meet on one of your first visits to theLodge, Sam Coe is a loving father, a brave fighter, and one of the fewromance options in Starfield. However, the romance mechanic isn’t very clear inStarfield, as there’s no way to see how much a companion likes you or what you should do to earn their affinity....

Should you side with the Emissary or the Hunter in the Unearthed mission? Should you side with The Emissary or The Hunter in Starfield?At the end of the Unearthed mission inStarfield, when you’re done exploring NASA headquarters onEarth, both The Emissary andThe Hunterare waiting for you on the surface with a dilemma. You must pick which of them to side with and by association, which of them to make an enemy of....

Should you stay at The Lodge or go to The Eye? Should you go to The Eye or stay at The Lodge during High Price To Pay in Starfield?The High Price To Pay mission happens right in the thick of the main story inStarfieldand it presents you with a very tricky dilemma that can have fatal consequences if you don’t pick the right one - and if you’ve been exploringromanceoptions, you definitely want to ensure you understand the weight of the choice in front of you....

This flat IPS panel provides a good mix of colour, viewing angles and pixel response times. 1440p 144Hz monitors have been the most popular category for PC gamers for a little while now, offering a good blend of detail and responsiveness, and over time we’ve seen what was once a £500+ spec drift down to below £300. It’s still rare to see a good example closer to £200 though, and that’s exactly what we’ve got today: a 27-inch model from system integrators AWD-IT, the X= XRGB27WQ, available for £210 after a £70 discount....

Stuck on the Wordle word for September 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough. Wordle can be tricky, you see, and it’s not unusual to look for a little bit of help if you want to preserve your year-long winstreak....

A spectacle puzzler I can’t get enough of physics destruction toolkits, whether it’s devastating dioramas with ballistae in Besiege or tunneling through the modernist homes of the affluent inTeardown. You can now addAbrissto that list. Abriss has you destroying brutalist architecture in a futuristic cityscape using rockets, wrecking arms and laser pinwheels of your own design. Whatever you construct, the result is a glorious physics spectacle. After a little over a year in Steam Early Access, it hit 1....