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Women in the Gaming Industry We Stan!
This International Women’s Day, we’ve decided to celebrate all of the fantastic and influential women in the gaming industry. There are thousands and we couldn’t possibly name them all, but we’ve selected a few of our favourites that deserve a shout out! Amy Henning: Amy Henning is a video game director and script writer, who has worked on some of the most popular game franchises, including Jak and Daxter and Uncharted. Henning has worked in several different areas and companies in the gaming industry. Starting off…
Console Controllers: What You Need to Know
Console controllers are a must-have gaming accessory. Perfect for playing your favourite games on your next-gen console and gaming PC. Here at Overclockers UK, we’ve got a fantastic range of console controllers, plus flight and racing sim peripherals, designed to take your gaming to the next level. Today, we’re showing you a selection of our favourites that are compatible with both PC and console. Before we go into our round up of all the different console controllers, here's how you can connect your controller to…
Add a Splash of Colour With These Colourful Gaming Peripherals
Everything looks great in black? Poppycock! Nothing beats a modern white aesthetic? Balderdash! Life is better in full colour and your gaming setup is too. RGB lighting isn’t the only way you can add a splash of colour though. That’s why we’ve scoured the Overclockers UK website to find these gorgeous colourful gaming peripherals just for you. Better Off Red If PC gaming had its own trinity of primary colours, its members would be black, white, and red. That being said, a little bit of…
Cyberpunk 2077 is Steam Deck Verified!
We can finally play Cyberpunk 2077 on the go! Enter Night City, succumb to cyber-psychosis, and hang out with our chooms. Valves Steam Deck packs some impressive performance into a relatively small package. With an APU based on AMD’s Zen 2 and RDNA2 architecture alongside optimisation for handheld gaming, the Steam Deck is more than capable of AAA gaming. Is the Steam Deck Good Enough for AAA Gaming? Read More Earlier this week, CD Project Red took to Twitter and Steam to announce Cyberpunk 2077…
Great Visual Novel Games to Play This World Book Day
World Book Day is all about celebrating the magic of books and reading. As avid readers, we’re always looking for ways in which we can incorporate our favourite books into video games. In fact, there is a whole genre of games called visual novels, which often tell an interactive and thrilling story with beautiful illustrations and an element of decision-making. Therefore, to celebrate World Book Day, we asked around the Overclockers UK office and put together this list of our favourite visual novel games. Digimon…
Our Favourite New Game Releases in March!
It’s another month and that means it’s time for our top five new game releases in March! Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – 3rd March Experience a brand-new dark RPG fantasy in Wo Lang: Fallen Dynasty. As demons roam free and plague the entire Three Kingdoms, only you, a nameless militia soldier, have what it takes to defeat them and awaken the true power within. As you battle for your survival, fight off these deadly creatures and enemy soldiers utilising fast-paced, dynamic swordplay, inspired by Chinese…
Upcoming LGBTQ+ Games We’re Heckin’ Excited About
2023 looks to be chock-a-block with LGBTQ+ representation in gaming. In this article, we’re taking a look at some queer positive games we’re heckin excited for this year. Janet DeMornay Is A Slumlord (and a witch) The name alone makes it a contender for game of the year, as far as we’re concerned. Like the title implies, it is true! Janet DeMornay is a slumlord, and unfortunately, she’s also a witch. Information that comes too late for our main characters and Janet’s victims tenants, a…
The Ultimate NVIDIA RTX 40 Series Gaming Laptop Guide
The RTX 40 Series Gaming Laptops come packed with all the latest and greatest in gaming hardware. Built upon Ada Lovelace architecture, with enhanced Ray Tracing and AI support, achieve superior performance that is sure to make you the envy of your friends and teammates. If you are looking to upgrade to one of these incredible gaming laptops, we’ve compiled everything you need to know into one handy ultimate RTX 40 Series laptop guide. This includes each of the graphics cards in the series and…
Work From Home: Make The Most of Your Desk (Part 2)
There is no doubt about it. Working from home rocks. In this series of articles, the OcUK content team are showcasing our WFH setups and offering advice on how to make yours. Welcome to part two of the Overclockers UK content team showing off sharing tips and tricks about how we make our home offices awesome. If you missed it, make sure to check out part one. Emily Read More Glyn Read More Ruth Read More Jacob Read More Simon Read More Small Office…
Who Will Be Last Player Standing? Great Battle Royales for the Weekend
The weekend has rolled back around, and it’s the perfect time for some multiplayer madness. This time it’s of the Battle Royale variety this time! We’ve already looked at MMORPGs, and now our multiplayer gaming is ready for another genre. Battle Royales are a firm favourite at Overclockers UK. A test of skill and mettle, they may put your friendships through their paces, but they’re always great fun. Therefore, we had a quick whip round the office to find out everyone’s favourite Battle Royale, perfect…
Did Sons of the Forest Break the Internet?!
Although it only launched for early access on February 23rd, 2023, Sons of the Forest may well have broken the internet. Ok, so maybe it was more specifically Steam that it broke, but that is still some pretty impressive stuff. What is it about this horror, open world survivor game that has us flocking in droves to play it? The crafting? The photo-realistic graphics? Or is it the spine-tinglingly terrifying mutant cannibals? (We all know it’s Kelvin, c’mon.) We all love a good gaming stat…
What Did We Really Lose when Adobe Flash Player Died?
Afternoons after a long laborious day at school were well spent browsing the internet. As we avoided our homework whilst trying to watch the latest viral clip or playing games on Miniclip, we all inevitably received the same annoying pop-up that now sparks a feeling of nostalgia, "Please install Flash Player’’. Regarded as the hallmark of the early years of the Internet, Adobe Flash Player shaped the way in which people watched videos and played games for 20 years. When Adobe finally pulled the plug back…