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BEST GAMING MONITOR
VIEWSONIC ELITE XG270QG
$599.99 EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllh
What do you want in a gaming monitor? High resolution? Fast refresh? Functional design?
Look no further, because the 27-inch ViewSonic Elite XG270QG has it all. Featuring one of the
lowest input-latency figures we’ve seen while testing a gaming monitor, the XG270QG fills a
niche for gamers who want to play at 1440p but don’t want to sacrifice on refresh rates to do
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BEST GAME CONSOLE
SONY PLAYSTATION 5
$499.99 EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllm
Sony and Microsoft’s impressive new systems house similar tech—powerful AMD Zen 2-based
CPUs, raytracing-compatible RDNA 2 GPUs, and SSDs that produce lightning-fast game load
times. But the PS5’s cool, haptics-loaded DualSense controller and few exclusives (Godfall,
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales) give it an ever-so-slight edge in the console war.70
BEST MICROSOFT XBOX GAME
ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS
$29.99 EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllh
Ori and the Blind Forest proved that Microsoft could publish more than just military shooters
and racing sims. Ori and the Will of the Wisps takes us once more into a hauntingly beautiful
forest and the secrets it contains. Once you’re done admiring the look and sound, prepare
yourself for the steep challenges throughout this nonlinear, 2D world. Perfect controls and
clever abilities let you overcome obstacles, and intriguing fairytale storytelling pushes you to
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