Countdown to Pinball Expo
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Nier creator Yoko Taro says he’s achieved his career dreams, but he continues working because it’s ‘good for preventing dementia’
They say that art is never finished, only abandoned—but that doesn’t seem to be the case for Yoko Taro, creator of Nier and Drakengard, who you might recognize by the round, smiley Emil mask he wears. According to a report from Denfaminicogamer (via IGN), Taro said at the Tokyo French Institute last month that he’s…
Arc Raiders 2.0 is here, and you can finally turn those lights on your backpack off
I remember being a kid and wishing I had shoes that lit up. I know now that I was a fool. If I festooned myself with garish lights, how would I scavenge for supplies in a frozen wasteland without being spotted by strangers who may or may not kill me before I can use my…
Interview: “We Don’t Want This To Be A Forever Project” – Super Mario Kart DX Dev On The Impressive SNES ROM Hack Nearing The Finish Line
New characters! New items! New courses! & More! Earlier this week, the news broke that the long-awaited ROM hack Super Mario Kart Deluxe finally has a release date: December 25th, 2026. The ambitious project, led by MrL314 and ScouB, has been on Time Extension’s radar since the site began in 2022, and looks to be…
RPGs are simply better when you’re an idiot
Dungeon Master (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Dungeon Master, PC Gamer’s regular RPG column, where Online Editor Fraser Brown delves into PC gaming’s most beloved and enduring genre. Grab a seat in our badly-lit tavern and please ignore the goblin puke. Most videogame RPGs are selling a power fantasy—the idea that you are competent, clever…
Escape from EloHello has me reliving my worst online PvP nightmares in roguelike-form
I was stuck in elo hell for a good four years, then I entered elo purgatory for another five years, and now I’m apparently in elo heaven, but for some reason it still feels like elo hell. I guess that’s just part and parcel of playing online competitive multiplayer games. While I’d never want to…
Game Changer: Secret of Mana – the SNES Classic That Tided Me Over Until the 32-Bit Revolution Arrived
Secret weapon. Secret of Mana (or Seiken Densetsu 2, if you prefer) is one of those games that, when I think back to my first time playing it, felt like it arrived at a pivotal moment in my gaming history. That is because the day in early 1995 I bought a copy (pre-owned from a…
This Control-inspired action game set in a ‘planet-scale alien mind’ has one of the most stunning art styles I’ve seen this year
In the age of near photorealism, it takes a lot for a game’s visuals to impress me. As cramming yet more pixels into a videogame character’s face provides diminishing returns, standing out from the crowd is increasingly about how creative developers get in applying that power. All that said, I was genuinely mesmerised by the…
Feature: How Do You Pronounce These Words From Zelda: Ocarina Of Time?
Sheikdown. The upcoming return to 64-bit Hyrule has us discussing Ocarina of Time memories, chatting about our favourite characters and bosses, and generally looking wistfully into the middle distance with a smile on our faces, wondering how all these people and places will look in reimagined form on Switch 2. In the course of these…
‘I’m the type of player who loves to 100% a game’: SungWon Cho on achievement hunting, why he doesn’t like multiplayer games, and the one Balatro joker that nearly drove him to despair
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?” SungWon Cho got into PC gaming through…
The developer of an AI-powered driving instruction simulator is spending $1,000 per month just to keep its demo running
One of the many ways AI will (supposedly) revolutionise the games industry in facilitating highly reactive NPCs via LLM-powered chatbots. Yet so far, only a handful of games like Where Winds Meet have attempted to implement the tech, and the results have been less than spectacular. But there might also be another reason why relatively…
