Dark Souls 2 dataminer shows off massive prototype coliseum level from early development
At a glance The rough prototype looks to have been binned early in development, and it’s largely avoided discussion before Doneda’s work. Some portions appear to have been part of an interconnected area, others are likely different versions of the same concept. It may have been related to what became the Undead Crypt in the…
Leaked AI safety bill from Anthropic only requires government intervention if 50+ injuries or $1 billion are at risk
Politico recently reported on a confidential draft of a proposed AI safety bill from Anthropic, the company behind Claude LLMs (via Tom’s Hardware). The bill, which has been pitched to US lawmakers, would let the government crack down on a given AI model “only if it poses a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1…
The Outlast Trials’ initial playtests went poorly: Designer says 6-year development took ‘a f**king long time’ and ‘a s**t-ton of prototypes’
Gamedev may as well be conducted in a black box as far as many players are concerned, so it can be easy to think of a good game as one where development went smoothly and a bad game as one where things went terribly awry. But in the case of The Outlast Trials, making something…
No soundtrack does it like Hades 2
Critical Hit (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Critical Hit, where I (or someone else on the PC Gamer team) celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the ways our favourite games make our ears tingle. I have not played Hades 2 since October 4 of 2025. That’s not because I “fell out…
Mega Man-Inspired Platformer ‘Gravity Circuit 2’ Unleashes New Electrifying Demo
Current-ly targeting Spring 2027 release. Remember Gravity Circuit, the acclaimed Mega Man-inspired action platformer from 2023? Well, it appears the developer and publisher team of Domesticated Ant Games and Dear Villagers are currently working on a sequel for PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and PC (via Steam), due out next year in Spring, and they’ve just…
Frozen Trail finally puts the ‘raid’ in Arc Raiders
Play This Right Now Welcome to Play This Right Now, the site version of our weekly newsletter in which we celebrate a new game, update, or DLC that we think is well worth checking out. You can subscribe to the newsletter at the link if you want to get our thoughts about a new videogame…
Feature: The Seven-Year Silence: How Ocarina Of Time Held My Grief At Seven Years Old
A safe space to process the unthinkable. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is frequently crowned the greatest game ever made, celebrated for its dungeons, its music, and a critical legacy that stands as the highest-reviewed title in gaming history. For those of us who were there at the time, it was for gaming…
‘There were a lot of disagreements across the place’: Former Marathon director Joe Ziegler on leading Bungie’s extraction shooter, playing Path of Exile for 3,437 hours, and why he’ll never uninstall Kingdom Hearts
Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Joe Ziegler might be best known for…
Retro Recap: All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (October 18th 2026)
Dungeon Master! M2 ShotTriggers! Schrödinger’s Cat! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Dungeon Master! M2 ShotTriggers! Schrödinger’s Cat! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
Charity Drive ‘Desert Bus for Hope 2026’ Hits the Dusty Highway Again This Week
Row, row, row your boat! Come on! Sing! It’s that time of year again. Time to slather yourself in sun lotion, grab your biggest paperback, and hop on board the Desert Bus for another sweaty, non-stop, 45 M.P.H. trip across the empty plains of Arizona. Friday, October 23, will see the return of Desert Bus…
