Hayden DingmanGames Reporter, PCWorld
Hayden writes about games for PCWorld and doubles as the resident Zork enthusiast.
The best gaming headsets: Reviews and buying advice
We pick the best wireless headsets and the best overall headset for your PC gaming pleasure.
This week in games: A Cities: Skylines com-poo-ter, a new story for PUBG, and a new Valve game
Plus: Netflix's Witcher adaptation continues to look uninspiring, Ubisoft details its upcoming subscription service, and more. This is gaming news for July 15 to 19.
Audeze Mobius review: This gimmick-ridden headset doesn't need the gimmicks to sound great
Audeze's debut gaming headset, the Mobius, boasts sound quality that justifies its high sticker price—but it's undermined slightly by some first-time-out errors.
Acer Nitro 7 review: A good budget gaming laptop that made some hard choices
Acer's Nitro 7 focuses on its display and storage instead of its internal components, an odd choice for a gaming laptop. Acer's own Predator Helios 300 may be a better budget option.
Elgato Stream Deck Mini review: All your streaming actions and enhancements are a button push away
Elgato's refined Stream Deck Mini is the perfect tool for any streamer, with the same power and most of the flexibility of the larger sibling, but in a smaller, cheaper, and more durable package.
Elgato Stream Deck review: A streamer's best friend
Elgato's programmable Stream Deck wants to make your streaming life easier. Despite glitchy software, it does its job.
Best gaming keyboards: Our picks for the top budget, mid-tier, and RGB boards
We sifted through the latest and greatest mechanical keyboards to come up with our top recommendations.
This week in games: Blizzard sics DeepMind on its StarCraft II players, Cuphead heads to Netflix
Plus The Bard's Tale IV is getting a director's cut with "thousands of fixes and tweaks," Amazon announces a Lord of the Rings MMO, and Ion Maiden loses its fight with Iron Maiden. This is gaming news for July 8 to 12.
GOG Galaxy 2.0 hands-on: The only game launcher you need? Not yet, but maybe someday
As PC gaming becomes more and more fractured, the next logical step is for someone to come along and hook all these disparate launchers together. GOG Galaxy 2.0 tries to do exactly that, and the results are already promising—with a few exceptions.
Valve's intriguing 'Steam Labs' experiments help you find new games to play in a sea of releases
Meet Steam Labs: Six-second trailers, an automated video of all the latest Steam releases, and machine learning are Valve's latest tools to combat the nonstop glut of new releases.
15 of the best indie PC games you might have missed in 2019 (so far)
Over 4,000 games have been released on Steam in 2019. It's easy to miss some gems, so we've rounded up a few of our favorites from the first half of the year.
Valve Index review: The new bar for VR headsets
It's pricey, but Valve's new Index virtual reality headset is the one to beat thanks to its crisp display and high field of view.
Valve's Index Controllers have the potential to be a huge leap forward for motion-tracked controls and virtual reality, but it'll take patience—and a lot more developer support.
The best PC games of 2019 (so far)
We're only halfway through 2019 but our annual June check-in list of favorites is so strong it feels like a proper end-of-2019 Game of the Year list. It's been a good one.
Steam Summer Sale 2019 kicks off with a Grand Prix and some of the best deals in years
The 2019 Steam Summer Sale is one of the better ones in recent memory. Maybe Valve's feeling the heat from the Epic Games Store? Regardless, you win.
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