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It wasn't so long ago that the PC was being written off in the face of tumbling shipments, a widespread dislike for Windows 8 and the rising popularity of tablets.

Mobile computing has undoubtedly changed how people buy and use PCs, but for gamers it's business as usual. For people who need the latest (and best) hardware to deliver eye-popping visuals and face-melting performance, the PC is king. And if it has been away on royal business in recent years, it's back to rule with an iron fist.

While PS4 and Xbox One owners are only just beginning to enjoy the fluidity and clarity offered by 1080p titles running at 60 frames per second, PC gamers are looking well ahead into the future. And boy, does it look good.

Rack 'em up

Gaze into a crystal ball and you'll find a whole host of mouthwatering trends — including high-powered VR (hey there, Oculus Rift), Windows 10 and DirectX 12, 4K and 120Hz/144Hz frame-synching monitors, meaty graphics cards like the Nvidia Titan X and much more.

So plug in your keyboard and mouse, check your water cooling temps and map your key bindings. For the next seven days TechRadar will be bringing you interviews with leading PC gaming industry experts, previews of unmissable titles on the horizon and plenty of tips on how you can squeeze the most of your gaming PC.

Check back here for all the latest updates and articles during PC Gaming Week.

These 10 games will make PC gaming (more) awesome

They're going to be massive

It's all well and good talking about virtual reality and powerful hardware: what you really need are the triple-A to go with it. It's a good job then, that there's more exciting titles on the horizon than you can shake a stick at — from Star Citizen to Unreal Tournament. And then the possibility of a new adventure starring a certain bearded, crowbar-wielding guy... Read: PC gaming's future rides on these 10 unreleased titles

Is Blizzard's Overwatch the next Team Fortress 2?

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It's all guns-a-blazin'

Blizzard is best-known for producing the mighty popular World Of Warcraft, StarCraft and World of Warcraft series. As you'll be aware, none of those are first-person shooters, which makes the fact that the company's next title, a colourful gun-packed FPS called Overwatch, much more exciting. It's been compared to Team Fortress 2, which alone is enough to make our trigger fingers that bit itchier. Read: Forget Team Fortress 2, Overwatch is Blizzard's next PC colossus

Will your next gaming machine be a laptop?

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Don't sweat the small stuff

Minecraft is known as a game that fosters creativity and encourages exploration, but one teacher has found that it can be used in the classroom too. Based in the UK, Ray Chambers is using the sandbox game to teach students the tenets of programming — from constructing logic gates to problem solving solving and analysis. Chambers reveals that Minecraft is perfectly suited to teaching other subjects too. Read: Could a gaming laptop replace your desktop PC?