Judge Dredd Pinball FX VR First Look
It’s launch day, and I’m taking my first real look at Judge Dredd in Pinball…
Steam Week in Review: AI disclosures enter the discourse again, as Epic CEO calls them ‘just as partisan as mandatory political essays’
Valve’s mandatory AI disclosures are once again at the centre of the discourse, mostly thanks to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, who has long been vocally against them. The debate has been reheated in the same month Epic Games proudly announced it will pivot to “AI first” development on its forthcoming Star Wars and Marvel…
Commander Shepard actors Jennifer Hale & Mark Meer mourn BioWare: ‘It was in the hands of ownership that may not have understood what BioWare fully is”
As reported by IGN, veteran actors Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer, who voiced the female and male Commanders Shepard in Mass Effect, respectively, directly addressed fans of the series in an October 21 Instagram Live. The two reflected on BioWare, and commiserated over its tragic fate. Here are some highlights from each I pulled from…
Indies and non-sequels have exploded in the last year, and it’s not all friendslop
You’ll never play every game. In fact, most people won’t play most games—plenty of games release on Steam to approximately 0 user reviews, and last year, more than half of the 19,000 games that came out had fewer than 10. But that doesn’t mean indies and anything else outside of the biggest blockbusters are all…
‘Save Mass Effect’ petition hits over 180,000 signatures within days of BioWare’s closure
Last week, the other shoe dropped for legendary RPG studio BioWare: shortly after EA’s acquisition by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and investment firms Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, the gaming giant shut down BioWare and canceled Mass Effect 5. Fans have spent the intervening days combing through the detritus of the next game in…
The creator of our running RPG of the year weighs in on BioWare’s closure: ‘They were fundamental to the genre’
With the closure of RPG standby BioWare, we’ve been consulting the PC Gamer rolodex and reaching out to developers for their thoughts and reflections on the legendary studio. Lead SEO editor Lauren Morton spoke to 16 devs who joined this industry because of BioWare games. I was happy to hear back from Christoffer BodegĂĄrd, developer…
Riot resurrected 3 of its biggest League of Legends pop groups, but only one emerged victorious
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. Despite my experience with League of Legends (the videogame) being incredibly minimal, I’ve spent years in admiration…
New Toaplan Clothing Range Pays Tribute To A Truly Iconic Video Game Moment
“How are you gentlemen!!”. Well over 25 years ago, I recall seeing the first example of what we now call a ‘meme’. The coverage appeared in a British newspaper and focused on the iconic ‘All Your Base’ meme, which started in the Genesis/Mega Drive port of Toaplan’s Zero Wing. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Overwatch devs took one look at Jetpack Cat and Bastion’s combo and went ‘oh, that’s a little scary’
Almost a year ago now, Team 4 debuted a new kind of Overwatch, and as part of the huge spotlight we learned that the live service FPS would undergo a new cadence with yearly themes comprising several seasons. Five new heroes were also added straight away; Mizuki, Emre, Anran, Domina, and of course Jetpack Cat….
The Making Of: Addams Family Values, Ocean Software’s Attempt to Mix Hollywood & the Legend of Zelda
“Management didn’t really understand development or the creative process”. The Addams Family Values for the SNES and Sega Mega Drive isn’t exactly regarded as a 16-bit classic, but it’s a game I still have a lot of affection for, having grown up obsessively playing it on my Super Nintendo. Arriving in stores in 1995, nearly…
Dark Souls 2 Seamless Co-op is the chillest way to play FromSoft’s most frustrating game
I have always been one of those pro-Dark Souls 2 revisionists, but man, they really chafe your hams on this one. Iron Keep, Shrine of Amana, Dragon Shrine: Mention these levels to even the most hardened Souls veteran, and they’re liable to break into a cold sweat, flashing back to waves of frustrating, overlapping enemies…
