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Welcome to your first Wordle win of the weekend. Whether you use our hint for today’s puzzle to quickly get yourself on the right track, or decide you don’t want to stop scrolling until you’re looking straight at the answer for the November 16 (1246) Wordle, all you need is right here.
After the struggles I’ve had this week, today’s Wordle felt like I’d been given the day off. I wasn’t about to break any speed records for my performance today, but I did at least have a comfortable, uneventful, and successful trip down the board. Thank goodness for that.
In a car, this can be pulled down to protect your eyes from the sun. Also the name for the moveable bit at the front of a helmet.
No, there are no double letters in today’s puzzle.
A good starting word can be the difference between victory and defeat with the daily puzzle, but once you’ve got the basics, it’s much easier to nail down those Wordle wins. And as there’s nothing quite like a small victory to set you up for the rest of the day, here are a few tips to help set you on the right path:
There’s no racing against the clock with Wordle so you don’t need to rush for the answer. Treating the game like a casual newspaper crossword can be a good tactic; that way, you can come back to it later if you’re coming up blank. Stepping away for a while might mean the difference between a win and a line of grey squares.
Here’s your win. The answer to the November 16 (1246) Wordle is VISOR.
Past Wordle answers can give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle-solving fresh. They are also a good way to eliminate guesses for today’s Wordle, as the answer is unlikely to be repeated.
Here are some recent Wordle answers:
Wordle gives you six rows of five boxes each day, and you’ll need to work out which secret five-letter word is hiding inside them to keep up your winning streak.
You should start with a strong word like ARISE, or any other word that contains a good mix of common consonants and multiple vowels. You’ll also want to avoid starting words with repeating letters, as you’re wasting the chance to potentially eliminate or confirm an extra letter. Once you hit Enter, you’ll see which ones you’ve got right or wrong. If a box turns ⬛️, it means that letter isn’t in the secret word at all. 🟨 means the letter is in the word, but not in that position. 🟩 means you’ve got the right letter in the right spot.
Your second guess should compliment the starting word, using another “good” word to cover any common letters you missed last time while also trying to avoid any letter you now know for a fact isn’t present in today’s answer. With a bit of luck, you should have some coloured squares to work with and set you on the right path.
After that, it’s just a case of using what you’ve learned to narrow your guesses down to the right word. You have six tries in total and can only use real words (so no filling the boxes with EEEEE to see if there’s an E). Don’t forget letters can repeat too (ex: BOOKS).
If you need any further advice feel free to check out our Wordle tips, and if you’d like to find out which words have already been used you can scroll to the relevant section above.
Originally, Wordle was dreamed up by software engineer Josh Wardle, as a surprise for his partner who loves word games. From there it spread to his family, and finally got released to the public. The word puzzle game has since inspired tons of games like Wordle, refocusing the daily gimmick around music or math or geography. It wasn’t long before Wordle became so popular it was sold to the New York Times for seven figures. Surely it’s only a matter of time before we all solely communicate in tricolor boxes.
Earlier this week, Blizzard said 63% of all Diablo 4 players are spending their time with its newest class, the spiritborn. The other 37% of players who choose to play lesser classes are probably standing off to the side as their new sibling wipes out entire dungeons in seconds. It’s rough out there for non-spiritborn players, but the next patch will at least make life at the bottom of the meta a little more fun.
Next Tuesday, Diablo 4 will drop a patch with some meaty buffs for its weakest classes. Some of them seem targeted at builds that have either been popular with players before or have yet to be more than a novelty. Rogues, for example, will get to return to using Twisting Blades, a skill where you stick your blades in monsters and have them return to you after a short delay, killing everything in their path. And sorcerers who have been patiently waiting for fire skills to have their time in the spotlight will be delighted to see huge improvements to Meteor and Incinerate.
None of the changes will boost the classes up enough to start dealing quadrillions of damage like the spiritborn can. Blizzard is leaving the bugs fueling the new class mostly untouched until the next season so players who have invested time into gearing their spiritborn won’t feel robbed.
Here’s what next week’s patch will look like for the other classes:
As far as midseason patches go, this is actually a fairly light one. In past seasons, Blizzard would use midseason patches to make major changes to the season’s new systems. A lot of those changes already happened with the release of the expansion. Even the balance changes are mostly number increases—vital ones, but nothing world-shattering.
Next week, Blizzard will detail what to expect in season 7, which it says will have some major new features. There were hints in the recent stream that one of them could finally allow you to swap between builds using a system similar to Diablo 3’s armory. As someone who can’t stop themselves from playing several builds and classes every season, I’m both excited and a little scared for what that’ll do to my free time.
Every time I check out the new system requirements for an upcoming release these days, I hold my breath as I scroll down to the storage requirement.
Stalker 2 wants a massive 160 GB. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 demanded 102 GB (at least, depending on how much COD you wanted to download). And God of War: Ragnarok? A truly gigantic 190 GB of precious SSD space.
Obsidian’s upcoming first-person RPG slash-and-magic-athon, Avowed, however, seems rather light by comparison. According to the Steam page, you’ll need 75 GB of free storage space, and there’s no current mention of an SSD requirement—although I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that you really, really should be running your games on one these days regardless.
The rest of the specs look relatively achievable for most PC gamers, too. While no detail is given for target resolutions or settings, the minimum specs demand an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel i5 8400, 16 GB of RAM and either an AMD RX 5700, an Nvidia GTX 1070, or an Intel Arc A580.
I’d hazard a guess that’s for 30 fps 1080p low settings. There’s no mention of whether upscaling is factored in, although a teaser video has already confirmed that DLSS 3 will be supported from launch.
Looking at all the Lumen lighting and ray-traced reflections, I’d say its likely to be needed with all the settings turned up for a super-smooth framerate, as Unreal Engine 5 can be quite the demanding engine with all the visual gubbins set to kill.
There’s also been no mention of FSR support to date, so one can only hope there might be a choice of upscalers for those of us not running an Nvidia card.
Speaking of turning the settings up, however, the recommended requirements are substantially chonkier. Obsidian reckons you’ll need a Ryzen 5 5600X or Core i7 10700K, in combination with 16 GB of RAM and either an RX 6800 XT or RTX 3080.
| Row 0 – Cell 0 | Minimum | Recommended |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel Core i5 8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600 X / Intel Core i7 10700K |
| Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580 | AMD RX 6800 XT / Nvidia RTX 3080 |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 |
| Storage | 75 GB available space | 75 GB available space |
Those are still pretty beefy GPUs in this day and age, although again we’ve no idea if that’s for 1440p High, 4K Ultra, or anything in between. As expected though, UE5 strikes again with some fairly demanding hardware requirements with the shiny stuff engaged, although whether ray tracing is included in those recommended specs is unclear.
It’s also worth noting that the game has already caused a bit of controversy in the console community with the declaration from the devs that “you don’t necessarily need 60 frames” for a first-person single-player RPG, with 30 fps targeted for both the Xbox Series S and Series X.
Presumably, given the custom AMD GPUs at their hearts, that means we’ll be getting some sort of FSR upscaling involvement—even if 30 fps is the target. Time will tell, I guess.
Still, your SSD can breathe easy, at least. Should 75 GB be too much for those of you on a 512 GB model or less, this is the part where I shout out our cheap SSD deals page and its Black Friday SSD deals equivalent. Sure, prices have been up and down this year, but it’s still possible to find a good deal on something roomy.
After years of development and beta-testing, Vermintide 2’s long-awaited versus mode is finally here. In this mode two teams of up to four players take it in turns to play as the heroes or the villainous Pactsworn. When it’s your turn to be the heroes you’ll be completing objectives to rack up points, and when it’s your turn to be the Pactsworn you’ll want to slow down the heroes or kill them off, with your scores being compared once both teams have had a turn.
The five Pactsworn Specials you can choose between—the ratling gunner, gutter runner, warpfire thrower, packmaster, and poison wind globadier—play quite differently from the furless manthings you’ll be used to controlling. They can’t dodge for starters, though they can climb to get into ambush positions. You’ll need to be careful when setting those up, because the Pactsworn Specials all make distinctive noises when moving, and are only silent when standing still.
Versus mode plays out on reimagined versions of the base game’s maps, familiar yet different. It also comes with a new progression system, with challenges you can complete in versus mode matches giving rewards you can show off in other modes as well.
For the next five weekends, Vermintide 2 will be host to a series of “versus spotlight” events to show off the new mode. The first one is devoted to highlighting Kerillian and the gutter runner, with a mini-season pass of rewards to unlock including in-game currency, portrait frames, skins, and weapon poses. You can earn those rewards even if you’re not playing versus mode, though doing so will let you contribute to a kill counter by doing in those pesky heroes, unlocking a gutter runner skin for all players if it gets filled in time.
Vermintide developers Fatshark announced that another free addition is on the way as well, a three-map expansion called Verminous Dreams. The first map will be added on December 9, with the ones after that coming out early in 2025.
The first time I put the Quest 3S on my head, I was met with a familiar sight. “This is quite a lot like the Quest 2”, I thought to myself. My opinion hasn’t changed on that since I’ve got more familiar with Meta’s latest VR headset. Neither should it. Turns out, the Quest 3S and Quest 2 are practically the same when it comes to optics. But I have come to appreciate the rest of the Quest 3 package a whole lot more. It does a few things a lot better than the Quest 2.
The Quest 3S comes in two storage sizes: 128 GB and 256 GB. To get one, you’ll need to depart with $299/$400, depending on which model you go for.
I have the larger capacity for review and if you’re going to want to install a large library of games on the device itself, i.e. use it as a standalone headset, the larger capacity sure helps. Though I wouldn’t generally recommend the 256 GB model.
For reasons I’ll get to throughout this review, if you’re considering spending $400 on a Quest 3S, you instead should consider splurging on the $500 Quest 3. Further to that, more storage isn’t necessary if you’re using this primarily planning on tethering to the PC, nor if you have fast internet connection and don’t mind deleting and redownloading games on demand. VR games don’t usually require large file sizes—for example, the hot new ticket in town, Batman: Arkham Shadow, only requires 19 GB.
Quest 3S specs
Screen: LCD
Resolution: 1832 x 1920 (per-eye)
Refresh rate: 72Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz
Field of view: 96 degrees horizontal, 90 degrees vertical
Lens type: Fresnel
IPD adjustment: 58, 63, 68 mm
Processor: Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2
RAM: 8 GB
PC connectivity: Wireless or wired over Type-C
Controllers: 2x included
Weight (without strap): 464 grams
Price: 128 GB: $299/£289 | 256 GB: $400/£379
Batman actually helps to explain one of the main improvements with the Quest 3S over the Quest 2. That’s the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor. You see, this is the same processor as within the Quest 3—the 3S and S even share the same 8 GB of RAM—and as a result, the Quest 3S has a lot more power available to it versus the older Quest 2. That means it is able to play games that might otherwise been Quest 3 exclusive, such as Batman: Arkham Shadow.
Now whether Batman could be made to run on a Quest 2—well, it can, people have done it—but it’s a Quest 3/3S exclusive whether it could or not. The Quest 3S is likely to see increasing support for software that takes advantage of that more powerful Qualcomm chip as time goes on.
This new processor feels like a pretty darn good quality of life upgrade, as it improves various aspects of the headset. Gaming through the built-in chip feels responsive and latency-free, which is key to avoiding vom-inducing visuals, but it also feels snappy outside of games when navigating through menus or entering your details on a login page. Speaking of logins, just a reminder that you don’t need a Facebook account to use a Quest, but you will have to make a broader Meta account. Whether you connect that to your Facebook profile is up to you.
The Quest 3S also features full-colour passthrough thanks to the improved cameras on its exterior—2 RGB cameras, 4 IR tracking cameras, and 2 IR illiminators—and this is one of the biggest upgrades that I felt when using the headset. It’s part the full-colour passthrough just illuminating the world around you and reducing the need to lift the headset off, then back on, your head. But it’s also the ‘action’ button added to the headset beneath your right eye that lets me swiftly toggle between passthrough and full VR modes.
You can also tap the side of the headset to use passthrough, as with previous Quest models, but I find the action button more reliable.
I found the main benefit to this new and improved passthrough as a PC VR user is the ability to quickly switch between VR and actually seeing what’s happening on my computer screen. That’s pretty handy if you’re troubleshooting SteamVR or some PC VR game. Admittedly, these new cameras still aren’t anywhere near the sort of resolution required to actually use your PC adroitly and then flick back into VR without issue—it’s still a pretty grainy picture—but you can see much more of what’s going on than the Quest 2’s greyscale affair.
One good use case for this is when you’re setting up the Quest Link connection, which allows you to use the Quest 3S as a stand-in PC VR headset. This process requires downloading the app on your PC, logging in, and confirming some details about your headset. After that, enabling the Quest Link connection in your headset to discover your PC, which requires entering some codes on both devices. You can do all of this pretty comfortably from within the headset, using the passthrough to glance between devices.
Considering connecting a VR headset to a gaming PC was a fiddly job not all that long ago, Air Link—Meta’s built-in wireless protocol—is actually pretty easy to set-up. Not only that, VR games are playable without a cable. I booted up a couple of games via the fairly recently updated SteamVR UI and it’s pretty slick. I only ran into issues once my Steam started downloading a game in the background, which killed my network stability.
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There are a few other options for streaming your PC over to your headset wirelessly: Virtual Desktop and Valve’s own Steam Link. I used to use Virtual Desktop a lot but I tend to stick with the built-in Air Link nowadays. Mostly just for ease of use—it’s right there in the Quest’s menu. The main thing is, while these wireless connections are quite good, I still prefer to use my extra long Type-C cable connection for a more reliable and snappy experience. And to keep some charge going back into the device.
Comparing the Quest 3S to the Quest 2, the newer headset is a similar size to the older one. The ‘arms’ that hold the strap are a little longer on the Quest 3S, however, which means straps intended for the Quest 2 aren’t compatible. Boo. Also the speakers within these ‘arms’ are downward facing on the Quest 3S, which, in theory, directs the audio more towards your ears. I say in theory just as I didn’t notice a massive difference in practice, but it seems like a good change nonetheless.
Though I’m yet to try it, the Quest 3S is also compatible with straps made for the Quest 3, including Meta’s own Elite Strap. Though they share the same standard strap in most ways, which is made of a white fabric and a little better than the one included on the Quest 2, there is one difference: the Quest 3S strap doesn’t come with a cut-out for a 3.5 mm audio jack. That’s because it doesn’t have one.
You’re stuck with the built-in speakers, using a set of USB headphones, Bluetooth, or an adapter on the Quest 3S. A lot of options, sure, but you have to consider you might already have the USB port occupied by a data cable for playing on the PC. I have found some USB Type-C adapters on the market that suggest they can be used for both charging and headphones at the same time, though I haven’t tried any out myself. As far as upgrades go, an adapter is a cheap one, though the Quest 3 includes a 3.5 mm port.
The Quest 3S, Quest 3, and Quest 2 are more or less the same weight. I measured all three without straps or extenders for glasses and they all were within four grams of one another.
The Quest 3S appears the more trimmed model compared to the Quest 2, but it’s more of a style tweak than anything else. They both share practically the same Fresnel optics, which means they’re about as compact as they can be. The Quest 3, on the other hand, uses pancake lenses, which allow for a much reduced size.
I wore all three headsets one after the other, turning my head left and right rapidly like a wild man, and I didn’t notice a massive difference between them. While the weights are similar across all models, the Quest 3S and Quest 2 are minutely more cumbersome for their larger profiles. But there’s not a huge amount in it.
The Quest 3S sticks with a plastic extender for people that wear glasses, which includes me. I tend to keep it installed most of the time, as it only marginally increases the profile of the headset, though the Quest 3S is one of the few headsets I’ve used where I can happily wear my glasses without hitting lenses against one another. The Quest 3S also blocks out a good amount of the light around your nose while wearing it and it’s just as effective as the Quest 3 in this regard.
As for the controllers included with the Quest 3S, they’re lightweight, responsive, and intuitive. That last bit matters for VR. Powered by a single AA battery, I recommend picking up some rechargeable batteries to save yourself going through heaps of single-use ones. They’re the same controllers that come with the Quest 3, too, so you’re not losing out on the latest gear here.
But at some point I have to deal with the elephant in the room. And not just one inserted into my office through the power of XR. The Quest 3 is $200 more than the Quest 3S but the pricier model is worth spending the extra to get, if you’re able.
It helps to compare a couple of key specifications between the Quest 3S and Quest 3.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Quest 3S | Quest 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LCD screens | One | Two |
| Resolution (per-eye) | 1,832 × 1,920 | 2,064 × 2,208 |
| Optics | Fresnel | Pancake |
| Field of view (horizontal) | 96 degrees | 110 degrees |
| Field of view (vertical) | 90 degrees | 96 degrees |
| IPD adjustment | 58, 63, 68 mm | 53 – 75 mm (any value between) |
| Price | 128 GB: $299256 GB: $400 | 512 GB: $500(128 GB model phased out) |
These numbers in a table make a big difference to the clarity and quality of the VR experience. When I first put the Quest 3S on, I noticed when you look to the extremities of the lenses the image is blurry and slightly distorted. It’s the same on the Quest 2. The Quest 3, on the other hand, is much clearer. You can look around to the top, bottom, and far left and right of the picture in the Quest 3 and it looks more or less the same as anywhere else.
Both Quest 3S and Quest 3 have a slight chromatic aberration effect when viewed through the extremities of the lenses, or when not correctly aligned with your eyes, though the Quest 3 is undeniably a much sharper image overall and its imperfections appear less noticeable as a result while gaming.
Buy if…
✅ You want to try VR for the first time: There’s no simpler set-up than a Quest 3/S, thanks to solid inside-out tracking.
✅ You want to mix-and-match between playing standalone and on your PC: You can get play loads of great games without even a PC, thanks to the Qualcomm chip inside this headset. Quest Link and Air Link are easy ways to connect this headset to your PC, via a cable or Wi-Fi, when you’re ready.
Don’t buy if…
❌ You already own a Quest 2: While there are some Quest 3/S exclusives that won’t run on a Quest 2, the Quest 3S doesn’t offer such an improvement in key ways over its predecessor as to be worthy of upgrading. The Quest 3, however, does.
In comparing the Quest 3 to the Quest 3S, it’s in an entirely different class for VR headsets. Even in the finer details, such as the built in glasses adjustment, IPD scroller, or auto-wake functionality that the Quest 3S lacks, it’s a step above. The Quest 3 is up there with the latest generation of VR headsets, such as Sony’s PS VR2 I tested last year, whereas the Quest 3S feels older out of the box.
Sony’s PS VR2 now has a PC adapter, I should add, though it’s reportedly a bit of a flaky experience. Priced the same as a Quest 3 but without the standalone features or slick experience, its comfortable design and OLED screen is still largely wasted on PC gamers.
For someone looking to try VR for the first time or looking for a gift for a gamer, there’s absolutely value in the Quest 3S. It is more of a quality of life improvement over the Quest 2, and for that reason isn’t a worthy upgrade for owners of a Quest 2, but it’s nonetheless a fantastic one. The improved processor is a massive leap and the full-colour passthrough make set-up and finding where you placed your damned controller a breeze.
Considering the Quest 3S launches at the same price the Quest 2 was at for most of its life—the 128 GB Quest 2 was reduced to $199 briefly before it was sent to the scrapyard—it’s a simple swap-in as my pick for the best budget VR headset. Only the 128 GB model, however. If you’re thinking of buying the 256 GB model for $400, save up a little longer and buy a Quest 3. It’s worth it.
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Mix up your daily Wordle puzzling with our selection of tips and tricks. They’ll help inspire and refresh your guessing, and hopefully make finding today’s answer just that little bit easier. Need to get to the point? Then you might want to take a peek at our November 14 (1244) hint or head straight for the answer to Thursday’s Wordle.
I was about five seconds away from having a full-blown argument with Wordle today, convinced it was hiding the answer from me on purpose. Which was technically true, just not in the cheating way I imagined it to be. I had a tough time with this one, but you don’t have to struggle—today’s clue should help.
You’ll need to think of body parts to win today, specifically the mouth, and more specifically a part at the back of the mouth most people don’t usually feel the need to specify.
Yes, there is a double letter in today’s puzzle.
If you’re new to the daily Wordle puzzle or you just want a refresher after taking a break, I’ll share some quick tips to help you win. There’s nothing quite like a small victory to set you up for the rest of the day.
You’re not up against a timer, so you’ve got all the time in the world—well, until midnight—to find the winning word. If you’re stuck, there’s no shame in coming back to the puzzle later in the day and finishing it up when you’ve cleared your head.
Let’s get this solved. The answer to the November 14 (1244) Wordle is UVULA.
Keeping track of the last handful of Wordle answers can help to eliminate current possibilities. It’s also handy for inspiring opening words or subsequent guesses if you’re short on ideas for the day.
Here are the last 10 Wordle answers:
Wordle presents you with six rows of five boxes every day and the aim is to figure out the correct five-letter word by entering guesses and eliminating or confirming individual letters.
Getting off to a good start with a strong word like ARISE—something containing multiple vowels, common consonants, and no repeat letters—is a good tactic. Once you hit Enter, the boxes will show you which letters you’ve got right or wrong. If a box turns ⬛️, it means that letter isn’t in the secret word at all. 🟨 means the letter is in the word, but not in that position. 🟩 means you’ve got the right letter in the right spot.
Your second guess should compliment the starting word, using another “good” word to cover any common letters you missed last time while also trying to avoid any letter you now know for a fact isn’t present in today’s answer. With a bit of luck, you should have some coloured squares to work with and set you on the right path.
After that, it’s just a case of using what you’ve learned to narrow your guesses down to the right word. You have six tries in total and can only use real words (so no filling the boxes with EEEEE to see if there’s an E). Don’t forget letters can repeat too (ex: BOOKS).
If you need any further advice feel free to check out our Wordle tips, and if you’d like to find out which words have already been used, you can scroll to the relevant section above.
Originally, Wordle was dreamed up by software engineer Josh Wardle, as a surprise for his partner who loves word games. From there it spread to his family, and finally got released to the public. The word puzzle game has since inspired tons of games like Wordle, refocusing the daily gimmick around music or math or geography. It wasn’t long before Wordle became so popular it was sold to the New York Times for seven figures. Surely it’s only a matter of time before we all solely communicate in tricolor boxes.
We didn’t get too excited when Blizzard unveiled Warcraft Rumble in 2023: It was the company’s first new RTS in years, which made it kind of a big deal given that Blizzard made its bones on legendary RTS games like Warcraft and StarCraft, but it was a mobile game, and so we were left out of the fun. Until now, that is.
As part of today’s celebration of the 30th anniversary of Warcraft—and boy, am I feeling old right now—Blizzard announced that Warcraft Rumble is on the way to PC, with a beta test set to begin on December 10.
It’s not an entirely surprising move. Diablo Immortal, the mobile take on Diablo that caused such a stink when it was announced in 2018, did the same thing, coming to PC in 2022. And while mobile ports are sometimes not great, Warcraft Rumble looks not terrible: PC Gamer’s Fraser Brown said it doesn’t stand up to Blizzard’s classics, but acknowledged that “as mobile games go, it’s not a bad one,” with both a PvE campaign and support for online PvP skirmishes.
Warcraft Rumble will be available on PC via Battle.net, and like its mobile counterpart will be free to play. If you don’t want to wait for December, you can take a shot at the mobile version on Android and iOS devices.
Grab your wellies and fire up your tractor, folks: Farming Simulator 25 is finally upon us, and it’s one you don’t want to miss. GIANTS Software’s premier agricultural simulation experience is out right now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and, most importantly for us here at PC Gamer, on our own humble rigs.
There’s an array of fantastic new additions that’s sure to have both upcoming and veteran farmers psyched to take to the field in Farming Simulator 25. For the first time ever in Farming Simulator, players can cultivate their empire on a gorgeous East Asian landscape complete with sprawling rice paddies, along with a wealth of new specialised machinery to complement this new way of farming.
Don’t worry, there’s still your classic North American and Central European farms too, with over 20 new crops to grow across all three locations for maximum variety. Plus, renowned agricultural brands like CLAAS, Fendt, Massey Furguson, and Valtra have you covered for all your vehicular and tool needs. It’s sure to be the perfect blend of simulation and a fun, in-depth gameplay experience that can be enjoyed solo or with pals.
All of this is bundled up with some fantastic tech upgrades that should really help you get fully immersed. There’ll be improved distance fog, dynamic weather effects, ground deformation, enhanced shadows, and better graphics that’ll further bring your croplands and pastures to life.
Now listen, modern graphics are great, but there’s actually some neat retro vibes waiting for those who purchase the PC-exclusive Collector’s Edition. It comes with an entire Sega Genesis-inspired version—that’s the Mega Drive for European farmhands—complete with a 16-bit retro soundtrack courtesy of German composer Chris Hülsbeck, composer behind the Great Giana Sisters and Turrican series.
If that wasn’t enough, there’s a ton of other goodies as part of the Collector’s Edition. There’s a Farming Simulator keychain, a bundle of brand stickers, posters, a modding tutorial to take full advantage of the latest GIANTS Engine 10, and a shiny gold New Holland CR11. I’ve saved the best ’til last, because the coolest part about this whole edition may very well be the USB ignition lock. It plugs straight into your PC and comes with a set of keys that actually can be used to switch on your in-game tractor engines. If that’s not peak immersion, I don’t know what is.
Farming Simulator has solidified itself as one of the neatest simulation series out there, accruing over 30 million copies sold worldwide and having over 3.2 billion downloads across over 6,000 mods over on ModHub. Farming Simulator 25 is available digitally on Steam and on the official Farming Simulator website, while you can purchase the Collector’s Edition over on Amazon.
