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Crimson Desert, don’t let your slippery combat break my heart
Because just powersliding horses for 20 hours isn’t an option
James Archer
Hardware Editor
James had previously hung around beneath the RPS treehouse as a freelancer, before being told to drop the pine cones and climb up to become hardware editor. He has over a decade’s experience in testing/writing about tech and games, something you can probably tell from his hairline.
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God of War Ragnarök on Steam Deck shows the best and worst of handheld PC-ing
Stay at home dad
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Final Fantasy XVI is an uneven PC port with performance to match
Upscaling to the rescue, again
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Menace’s turn-based battles are the galaxy’s deadliest teambuilding exercises
The Battle Brothers devs’ next strategy game wants you to keep its soldiers sweet
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How S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 moves the series forward – and why it reflects Ukraine’s "rebellious" spirit
A play and a chat with GSC Game World
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The best microSD cards for the Steam Deck
Expand your Steam Deck’s storage with these tried-and-tested cards
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Reignbreaker is an anti-establishment roguelike that’s clearly pro-Hades
From the makers of Say No! More
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Starfield: Shattered Space looks like a wise return to Bethesda basics
Assuming you take "basics" to mean "massive complicated things"
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Let’s beat some usefulness out that Black Myth: Wukong benchmark tool
Journey to the Best… settings
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Valve are still taking SteamOS beyond the Steam Deck, though dual booting is a ways off
The Asus ROG Ally could be first up for SteamOS support
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Even with some annoyances, game streaming can feel like a Steam Deck cheat code
How services like GeForce Now let you dance around the Deck’s limitations
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I spent a week using supermarket own-brand gaming peripherals, and suggest that you don’t
This seemed like a good idea eight days ago
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Asus ROG Ally X vs Steam Deck OLED: battle of the beefed-up handhelds
Which portable gaming PC’s upgrade hammer swings the hardest?
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Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows handheld, if you can afford it
Where the Steam Deck OLED sought efficiency, the ROG Ally X powers up
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AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 is the all-games-welcome DLSS 3 alternative that the first version should have been
Let the good frames roll
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The 30 best Steam Deck games
Thousands of PC games are playable on the Steam Deck - here are some great ones to try
