Gaming

We’ve spent hundreds of hours testing VR headsets for PCs and phones, and we also have recommendations for PS4 owners and people who want a standalone headset.

The voice assistant turns out to be an effective and impartial ally in maintaining a competitive board-gaming family’s holiday-season peace.

We gathered recommendations to our favorite gifts for video gamers, from popular games to give with new consoles to lesser-known greats for experienced gamers.

We’ve researched and tested dozens of cases, controllers, stands, docks, and other accessories for the Nintendo Switch to separate the good ones from the junk.

Give the gift of gaming this holiday season—and save money while you do it.

After spending more than 60 hours researching and testing nine cheap gaming laptops, we found that the Acer Predator Helios 300 is the best one.

We tested eight gaming laptops and recommend the Acer Predator Triton 500. It’s thin and light, it fits comfortably in a laptop bag, and it can play games.

Sony’s PlayStation 4 is the game console we’d buy based on its game library, features, and price, but any console is good if it has the games you want to play.

The Oculus Rift S is the best PC VR headset because of its great controllers, easy setup, and large selection of games and other content.

We tested nine wireless gaming mice and found that the Logitech G703 Lightspeed is the best because it’s comfortable, reliable, and accurate.

The Asus ROG Swift PG279QZ is the best gaming monitor for people with Nvidia graphics cards, and the Samsung CHG70 is the best for those with AMD cards.

The HyperX Cloud Alpha is the most comfortable, best sounding gaming headset for most people, hampered only by its mediocre microphone.

We tested 20 gaming mice and had four panelists log over 50 hours of Overwatch with the finalists. The Razer DeathAdder Elite is the best one for most people.

You can make a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ into an easy-to-use retro game console with the Recalbox software, the NESPi case, the Buffalo USB Gamepad, and a microSD card.

A standalone VR headset gives you a good VR experience without an expensive game console or gaming PC, and Oculus Quest is the best one you can buy right now.

The Raspberry Pi offers a good, inexpensive way to stream games from a PC to a TV now that Valve has discontinued the Steam Link. We’ll show you how to do it.

We tested 40 gaming keyboards by playing dozens of hours of games, and we found that the Cooler Master MK730 is the best RGB gaming keyboard.

Here’s the best audio and video gear, plus accessories, to improve your gaming enjoyment.

We've tested hundreds of gaming laptops, keyboards, mice, and other essentials to make your PC gaming experience even more immersive and enjoyable.

The HyperX Cloud Alpha has a clear microphone, solid build quality, and includes a four-foot removable cable perfect for the DualShock 4’s headset jack.

We tested 10 gaming chairs and found that the inexpensive BirdRock Home Adjustable Memory Foam Chair—not an X Rocker—is the best for most living rooms.

We tested 14 controllers on three computers and found that the Sony DualShock 4 Wireless Controller is the best controller for PC gaming.

The Samsung Gear VR is the best mobile VR headset, closely followed by the Google Daydream View; the Oculus Go is the best standalone VR headset for most people.

PlayStation VR is a great way for beginners and PS4 owners to play VR games because it's comfortable, easy to use, and less expensive than VR headsets for PCs.