LG makes a ton of monitors, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that I wasn’t familiar with their 34WP60C-B ultrawide model. This unassuming choice normally retails for $450, but does offer a higher-than-average 160Hz refresh rate to go along with a 34-inch VA panel and 3440×1440 resolution.
Today though, this monitor crashes into new relevance as it’s been discounted to just $200 at LG’s US store, an incredible price that makes it almost an impulse buy pickup for anyone that wants to try out the majesty of an ultrawide monitor.
One thing that keeps luring me back to Starfield – other than the idea of building space stations out of onions – is a mysterious game within the game. Titled “Symbol Game”, it consists of chunky, etched, sloping pieces and a 4×6 grid mat adorned with stars, dots and lines. You may have pocketed a few sets, during your journeys across the Settled Systems. They’re not hard to find. But as far as I can tell, nobody has discovered the rules, though there are plenty of theories.
Alienware’s AW3423DWF is a fantastic gaming monitor – and the one that I was the most sad to return after my review. This 34-inch QD-OLED ultrawide debuted at $1100 last year, but it’s now available for $300 off at Dell’s US store in a nicely-timed Anti-Amazon deal. That brings it to $800 – still a lot of money for a monitor, but absolutely worth it for a monitor that has become well-loved for users and critics alike.
If you’ve been gunning for a CRPG in the classic Baldur’s Gate or Fallout vein, and you don’t have many leisure hours to spare, you might get a kick out of Space Wreck. Created by Latvia-based Pahris Entertainment, it launches out of Early Access today with a brace of Very Positive reviews, tantalising perma-hungover Disco Elysium players like me with flirtatious mention of “an intentionally short”, very non-linear campaign in which combat is totally optional and there are “three to eight ways” to complete any quest. “It’s okay to fail,” you say? Every NPC can be killed, even those apparently central to the story? Be still my beating heart.
Are you a Mac player who’s been hungrily looking forward to the eventual Mac port of Counter-Strike 2, released last month, after sinking many hours and much pocket money into the preceding Counter-Strike: Global Offensive? Fantastic news, it’s been binned off! In the course of making what they’re calling “the largest technical leap in CS history”, Valve have decided to discontinue support for MacOS. They’re also doing away with support for older PCs, including DirectX 9 and 32-bit operating systems – in future, the game will be exclusive to 64-bit Windows and Linux systems.
Here’s a little stocking stuffer of an Amazon Prime Big Deal Days deal: Jsaux’s Steam Deck thumbstick covers, tried-and-testing members of the best Steam Deck accessories club, are one sale for even less money than usual.
Good morning, American friends, and welcome to an Amazon Prime Big Deal Days highlight just for you. See, I was rifling through the available deals on gaming laptops, and nothing caught my eye quite like this high-spec, current-gen Asus ROG Strix G16 – with a chunky $320 sliced off the MSRP.
I like the Steam Deck but its storage options don’t really reflect the grand-scale gigabyte munching that modern PC games indulge in. An added microSD card feels very much like a necessity, and in the UK, Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale is knocking 50% off one of the best.
Meta may have spent the last couple of years tumbling down a metaverse rabbit hole, but the company is still responsible for creating the best VR hardware around. The Meta Quest 2 was the ideal gaming VR package: powerful and accessible enough to provide easy, convincing immersion, while also staying highly affordable. Nonetheless, Meta’s sudden fixation on creating a legless version of Second Life did have me worried about the future trajectory of its VR hardware. What daft gimmickry would their next headset come festooned with, and what would it mean for the future of the Quest as a gaming device?
With the Meta Quest 3, we have the answer. And the truth is, Meta’s latest headset does have a whiff of Metaverse about it. Dubbed a “mixed reality” device, its raison d’être is to break down the barrier between reality and the virtual world. While mixed reality is an angle I’m not wholly sold on from a gaming perspective, crucially, the features that make it a mixed reality device are useful even if you don’t want to hold a meeting in your office with a bunch of bisected Sims. Moreover, they’re built into a headset that is more powerful, more comfortable, and generally better than the Meta Quest 2.
Now that I’ve spent two breathless hours updating our main Amazon Prime Big Deal Days PC gaming deals hub, it’s time to focus in on some of the standout offers that Amazon’s latest sale is serving up. As expected, SSD prices have been widely cleaved; friend of RPS Will Judd already caught the superlative WD Black SN850X going for a bargain, and it turns out a bunch of excellent Crucial drives are on sale for even less.
