Newcomer Spectre Divide is taking the big guns such as CS2, Valorant, and Call of Duty Black Ops 6 head-on. Built in collaboration with legendary FPS streamer Michael ‘shroud’ Grzesiek, the new 3v3 competitive multiplayer game infuses the Counter-Strike style of shooter with a  unique twist, whereby you control two bodies that you can switch between on the fly. It’s also packed with player-led customization - and now, just one day after launch, developer Mountaintop Studios announces that it’s dropping prices in response to feedback from players. Continue reading Free CS2 contender Spectre Divide lowers MTX prices after mixed launch MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best free PC games, Best multiplayer games

Paradox Interactive is giving away multiple Europa Universalis 4 DLC to all players for free, and you don’t even need to do anything to get them. Collectively, all of the expansions are worth $60, and massively expand the grand strategy game. They're about to be integrated into the EU4 base edition, which means you can get Europa Universalis 4 and a lot of its DLC for one single price - a price that's also significantly lower right now thanks to a new Steam sale. Continue reading Paradox is giving away $60 worth of Europa Universalis 4 DLC for free MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Europa Universalis IV DLC guide, The best Europa Universalis 4 mods, Play Europa Universalis 4

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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is ready to start selling its Qualcomm-powered Surface devices to businesses. Starting on September 10th, both the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 will be available for business customers for the first time, after launching in June to consumers as part of Microsoft’s Copilot Plus PC wave of devices and its Windows on Arm push. The hardware inside the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for businesses will be identical to the consumer options. Businesses will be able to pick between two main options for the Surface Pro 11. There’s the 10-core Snapdragon X Plus Surface Pro 11 with 16GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage, and the regular LCD display, or the OLED model with the 12-core Snapdragon X Elite, up to 32GB of RAM, and up... Continue reading…