Ready or Not has taken the gaming world by storm since its console release. With controversy, gritty realism, and overall, a no-nonsense, very non-PC approach to the tense and brutal world of a SWAT team.

What is the best BO7 Ryden 45K loadout? With the way progression works in Call of Duty games, you need to put hours into any one weapon to level it up fully. Choosing the right one, then, especially in the first few hours, is an important choice.SMGs are often considered among the best BO7 weapons, and, as ever, there are a few to choose from, so picking a favorite can be tough. If you're struggling to decide which Black Ops 7 SMG to level up, this Ryden 45K loadout offers a solid early-game choice as you work towards unlocking others, including the Dravec 45.Read the full story on PCGamesN: Best Black Ops 7 Ryden 45K loadout

I hear the words "strategy game" and I groan. I'm a League of Legends player, a Valorant zoomer - someone for whom patience is absolutely not a virtue. Imagine my face, then, when my Gamescom 2025 schedule included the likes of Europa Universalis 5 and Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era - much groaning. But what initially felt like a kick to the proverbial crown jewels actually turned out to be two of my favorite appointments of the entire show, with Olden Era specifically ranking high in my 'top five games of Gamescom' list. Perhaps the tides are turning: I'm getting older, and my clutches aren't clutching as hard and my headshots are whiffing. I've been thinking a lot about Ubisoft's fantasy adventure ever since, and I'm finally able to play it again.Read the full story on PCGamesN: I'm obsessed with the new Heroes of Might and Magic, and now you can be too

What are the 2XKO ranks? After spending all that time completing the games tutorials and combo trials, after agonizing for hours in the lab to nail your bread-and-butter combos, its finally time to take on the world. 2XKOs ranked mode isnt available for everyone at first, forcing newcomers to prove themselves before attempting to climb the ranked ladder.As you earn more Ranked Points (RP) in the fighting game, youll rise through the ranks, challenging progressively stronger opponents before you reach tournament-level players. Going through the 2XKO ranks will be a tough experience for most players, but you can improve your odds using our 2XKO tier list to see which champions are crushing the competition.Read the full story on PCGamesN: All 2XKO Ranks - how to access ranked mode

How do you change your appearance in Blue Protocol Star Resonance? You won't need to craft a whole new character if you've found a misplaced freckle a dozen hours into your story. A few clicks is all it takes to give your hero a fresh new look, cut, or even a whole new body type. That's not to say it isn't without its pesky limits, though. Here's how it's done.Blue Protocol Star Resonance is a multi-platform anime MMORPG with a robust character creation system. Just getting started? The class you pick is just as important as how you present yourself, and the Blue Protocol Star Resonance tier list can help you make that decision. And if you need a few more Rose Orbs to pay for your new look, try the latest Blue Protocol codes as well.Read the full story on PCGamesN: How to change appearance in Blue Protocol Star Resonance

What is the best M10 Breacher loadout in Black Ops 7? Breacher by name, breacher by nature, the M10 Breacher can absolutely clean house with its obscene range and one-shot potential. But theres a kicker. Youd think, being a pump-action shotgun, the M10 Breacher would give your target an instant transmission to the afterlife. However, its balanced out by having a noticeable charge delay before firing. The good news is that you wont be waiting six episodes for the spirit bomb to charge like Goku in Dragon Ball Z, and our top loadout will only mitigate that delay further so you can drop bombs of your own in lobbies.Although the Black Ops 7 beta only featured a limited curation of Black Ops 7 weapons, the M10 Breacher was a standout pick. Primary, secondary, it doesnt matter; this thing absolutely slaps regardless of where it features in your setup within one of the best FPS games. Its initially an awkward beast to get to grips with due to its delay, but once you lock it in, its plain sailing all the way up the leaderboard. Below youll find our recommended M10 Breacher loadout, as well as our recommendation for a certain perk that will take it to the next level.Read the full story on PCGamesN: Best Black Ops 7 M10 Breacher loadout

Future gaming laptops featuring Intel CPUs are about to get a graphics boost that will set a new standard for the industry, according to an Intel engineer. Intel Panther Lake gaming CPUs, built using the companys new 18A semiconductor manufacturing process, feature powerful new Xe3 GPUs that include support for multi frame generation, a feature previously only available to Nvidia GPU owners.This new Intel lineup could, if the performance matches the hype, seriously rival AMD chips, not to mention Nvidias own RTX lineup. More powerful integrated GPUs could improve gaming performance on lower-powered laptop models, with the potential to join our best gaming laptop guide in the future.Read the full story on PCGamesN: Intel Panther Lake to "set new standard" for gaming performance, due to new GPUs

AMD says its about to adopt a brand-new rendering approach when it comes to ray tracing, and specifically path tracing, in the latest games, thanks to a new dedicated hardware block in its next-gen AMD Radeon gaming GPU tech. Developed in collaboration with Sony, AMD says the new dedicated ray tracing hardware, called the Radiance Core, will push lighting performance to a whole new level in the latest games.Path tracing is one area where the latest AMD GPUs still significantly lag behind Nvidias new Blackwell chips, as demonstrated in our recent Doom The Dark Ages path tracing test. However, AMD is clearly looking to close this gap with its new Radiance Core, which looks to move a key area of the ray tracing pipeline to a dedicated hardware block.Read the full story on PCGamesN: AMD just announced a new ray tracing gaming GPU core, promises big speed boost

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