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Play six hours of Dragon Age: Inquisition for completely free

Did you miss out on Dragon Age: Inquisition last year? Well for some weird reason, EA and BioWare are now letting you try the game out for free. I know, right? Someone released an actual game demo in...

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Batman: Arkham Knight's diastrous PC port may not be fixed until fall

Your superhero dreams will have to be put on hold just a bit longer. According to a leaked email obtained by Kotaku Australia, the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight—you know, the one so bad it was...

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Virtual reality for beginners: Everything you need to know to wrap your head...

Two years and five iterations of the Oculus Rift later, it’s finally time to start writing about virtual reality as a thing that’s happening, not something that will happen. Less than six months from...

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Acer Aspire Switch 10 E review: A solid choice for those who need maximum...

It's a laptop! It's a tablet! It's…the Acer Aspire Switch 10 E. Yes, the most portable of the laptops we looked at in the $500 tier is also the weirdest, being that it's one of those "tablet hooked to...

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Toshiba Satellite C55-C5240 review: The best performance you'll find under $500

  The question you need to ask yourself with the Toshiba Satellite C55-C5240 is this: "If someone cobbled together performance car parts into a go-kart frame, would I drive it to work/school each...

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Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series review: One of the most attractive budget...

I have to hand it to Dell: In the category of "$500 laptops," the veteran manufacturer came pretty close to nailing a well-rounded machine with few major compromises.That's more impressive than it...

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HP 15t Touch review: Great looks, good performance, this budget laptop's got...

If I didn't know better, I'd say HP had something to prove. Early on in this reviews round-up HP sent over its Pavilion x360 11T Touch Select—a beautiful machine, and already one of our top...

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Lenovo S21e review: For those on the tightest of budgets, there's this...

I must admit—looking at the Lenovo S21e triggers a small bit of nostalgia in me. Nostalgia for a time when laptop manufacturers were seemingly obsessed with miniaturizing laptops. A time of pre-iPad,...

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HP Pavilion x360 11T review: An IPS display and zippy storage for under $500

Listen, I'll say right off the bat: I don't think any person in the history of ever has picked up one of HP's Pavilion x360 models and thought "I can't wait to use this thing as a tablet." Sure, HP...

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Back to school on a budget: Choosing a cheap laptop to fit your needs

Bargain back-to-school laptops exist for a reason: Not everybody can afford a $2,000 laptop. Honestly, most people don't even need a $2,000 laptop. For this set of reviews, we're looking at the other...

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Lenovo IdeaPad 100 review: This big laptop's got a tiny little processor, but...

If you're really on a budget, maybe the Lenovo IdeaPad 100 is right for you. Maybe. Maybe. Lenovo intends for the IdeaPad 100 to take on Chromebooks, and thus it's selling these laptops for as little...

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Newly-launched Fig allows crowdfunders to properly invest in (and profit...

Brian Fargo. Tim Schafer. Feargus Urquhart. Those are some pretty big names to attach to any gaming project—the CEOs of inXile, Double Fine, and Obsidian, respectively. Unfortunately, the three...

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Grand Ages: Medieval preview: Economics, warfare, and economic warfare

Picture it: You are the mayor of the unfortunately-named town of Buttsville. It’s a small pre-industrial town in the south of England, a quiet collection of buildings churning out wool and...

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Acer Aspire E-15 review: This laptop packs solid performance, but at too high...

Poor Acer. Nothing about the Aspire E-15 (model number E5-573-516D) that Acer sent us is wrong. Literally nothing at all. It's a perfectly good machine.The problem? It's almost exactly the same...

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The 15 most anticipated PC games of (the rest of) 2015

Blow up the outside worldIt’s August, which means we’re technically two-thirds of the way through the year. But don’t tell that to video games. We’re about to enter the vaunted “fall release cycle,”...

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The state of VR: Where Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR, and others stand right...

Let the countdown begin: We are roughly T-minus one month from virtual reality. It’s hard to believe that after three years of developer kits and prototypes and trade shows and me-too headsets and so...

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20 terrifying PC horror games to play with the lights off

The horror, the HORRORHorror games are a dime a dozen. Good horror games—well, those are much rarer. We've rounded up some of the best horror games ever made, running the gamut from big-budget...

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Best gaming mouse: Find your perfect match

The mouse is a simple tool: Point and click. That’s it.And yet you’ll know if you need a gaming mouse. Pushing virtual paper around on your desktop isn’t the same as fragging bots and shooting...

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Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass's brutal new mode shines on Battlefield's...

Vive la France! The first Battlefield 1 expansion, “They Shall Not Pass,” went live to Premium Pass owners yesterday, and brings with it the French Army—arguably a faction and front that should’ve...

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Lenovo S21e review: For those on the tightest of budgets, there's this...

I must admit—looking at the Lenovo S21e triggers a small bit of nostalgia in me. Nostalgia for a time when laptop manufacturers were seemingly obsessed with miniaturizing laptops. A time of pre-iPad,...

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