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services and streaming have begun offering intriguing new ways for us to play some of the best PC games ever made.Here are the highs and
rigs designed for the sole purpose of mining cryptocurrency (pretty much the PC hardware equivalent of a battery chicken farm)
GPU stocks ran dry, prices skyrocketed, and PC gamers lost out.Thankfully, with the demand for crypto subsiding in 2019, we can once again
been as tumultuous and unpredictable as recent general elections in the UK
People swing one way on it when it dishes out high-quality free games, then the other way when Epic poaches major titles initially slated
for a Steam launch right from under our noses.No one is arguing that a bit of competition for Steam is a bad thing, but beyond throwing bags
yet a platform that feels worthy of the big-name games it hosts, yet PC gamers are forced to settle for it if they want to play them.(Image
credit: Microsoft)Xbox Game Pass is exceptionalThis year, Ubisoft and Microsoft joined the fray of subscription-based PC gaming services,
makes Game Pass stand out is the element of pleasant surprise
games of 2019 like Metro: Exodus, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Outer Worlds are here, as well as indie hits like Hollow Knight,
a great concept, and perhaps it should have had more time in the oven before launching with a weak games catalog, confusing (and not cheap)
pricing, and performance issues
beautiful space exploration game
its not-quite triple-A budget.Other notable titles in this year of refreshing oddities are the likes of Untitled Goose Game, Sunless Skies
and the inimitably weird Hypnospace Outlaw, which sees you doing detective work on a trippy 90s-style interwebs.(Image credit: Blizzard)Loot
Battlefront II at the crux of the debate around the randomised bundles of in-game items that players (often children) spend real-world money
the University of York found that the presence of loot boxes continues to rise
In 2019, 71% of the 463 most played Steam games studied contained loot boxes, up from 4% back in 2010.They may not be garnering the
headlines like before, but loot boxes continue to be common practice in 2019, which leaves a lot of young people at the mercy of this
technologically mind-blowing niche in gaming
Anyone who dons the headset comes away impressed, and yet uptake continues to remain fairly low.Enter the Oculus Quest, a deceptively
powerful headset that plays many of the best VR games using its internal hardware
The update is still in beta, but already makes the Quest work largely like a PC headset, making it the most versatile VR headset
The wireless Quest seems to be just what people have been waiting for, but its PC compatibility makes it hands-down the best value VR
people from playing the game, Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC is one of the worst triple-A game launches in recent memory.Yes, the inherent
shambolic launch of Red Dead Redemption 2 shows that PC still too often remains an afterthought for publishers.(Image credit: Valve
been meming about, but given that the development team is bigger than has worked on any previous Valve title, Half-life: Alyx is clearly a
game that the studio is taking seriously.It will be a fully VR game, and prequel to Half-life 2, casting you as freedom fighter Alyx Vance
as she tries to survive the streets of City 17, an eastern European city taken over by an intergalactic empire called the Combine
conversions of games like Skyrim as its landmark titles until now, this is set to be among the first truly dedicated VR titles from a
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