From the archives: This feature was originally published in PC Gamer #305 (UK, June 2017). It appears below as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation.

Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign Alejandro Garnacho from Chelsea.

The arrangement is for a loan with a conditional obligation to buy, which is easily achievable.

The total package, including the loan fee, is understood to meet Chelsea's valuation.

Tottenham made a winning start to pre-season with a 1-0 victory over newly-promoted League One side MK Dons at Hotspur Way.

The win came courtesy of a stunning volleyed goal from new Spurs signing Mateus Fernandes.

Former Australia batter Aaron Finch likened England's recent coaching and captaincy upheaval to a 'circus' and says many Australians have been watching things unfold from afar 'giggling' at their old rivals.

Amazon is required to pay out $1.5 billion to affected customers as part of its FTC settlement — and you have less than a week left to claim your share.

On Wednesday, IBM officially reported earnings and the news was as bad as everyone knew it would be.

While the 115-year-old company still generates boatloads of cash — $17.2 billion in revenue, $9.9 billion in gross profit, nearly 58% margins, and $2.2 billion in net earnings for the quarter — its results fell well short of Wall Street’s expectations.

At this point being into the digital versions of Blood Bowl is basically masochism. In the 1990s MicroLeague published a version that was so cheap and nasty I said, "to call it barebones would be an insult to skeletons." Cyanide picked up the licence after that, releasing two decent adaptations whose DLC model was controversial at the time but seems blessedly sensible compared to Blood Bowl 3, a live-service seasonal microtransaction confusatron that's basically a poster child for "look how they massacred my boy" memes.

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The differences between tires for cars and semi trucks go beyond size, construction, and load capacity. Car owners have it easier since sedans, crossovers, and pickup trucks don't need specialized sets of tires for steering duties and power delivery. Meanwhile, tire blowouts are among the top causes of fatal semi truck crashes, and an optimal tire setup is a non-negotiable on a 70,000-pound long-haul machine. That's why, unlike modern cars that require sets of all-season, high-performance, or summer tires in dry weather and all-weather, all-terrain, or snow tires in winter at all four positions, semi trucks need custom tires for the front, middle, and rear, and each is specifically made for the job at hand.