A review of Yap and the Enchanted Bubbles
Technically speaking the box sold by Homebrew Factory just says Yap, but the original game by CeL does have the full subtitle, which is also a lot easier to search for. Bit of a weird name for a hero. I do like his character design though. He’s like something halfway between a farmer and…
Australians must now prove their age to buy R18+ games on the Xbox store
If you use the Xbox store to buy either Xbox or PC games—and yes, the latter is possible—you may be prompted to verify your age the next time you try to buy an R18+ game. Microsoft confirmed as much via emails sent to users over the weekend, which I received. “Starting August 2026, to comply…
Steam Week in Review: Games about sorting 1000s of mundane objects onto shelves is the new craze sweeping PC gaming
Games about cleaning are the rage. The recent success of House Flipper, Power Wash Simulator and Unpacking demonstrates there’s a mainstream-sized appetite among PC gamers for making messy places neat and tidy. But the micro-genre goes back way further than that. The 1982 arcade game Bubbles was about using a bubble to clean a filthy…
Free-to-play Division game launches on Steam to mixed reviews: ‘Calling it slop disrespects actual slop’
Tom Clancy’s The Division Resurgence originally launched on mobile before coming to PC via Ubisoft Connect (the artist formerly known as Uplay) in April. Earlier this month it arrived on Steam, where it hasn’t received the warmest welcome. Overall its review rating is currently sitting at “mixed” with just 46% of reviews leaning to the…
The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield’s Neon thinks Bethesda’s galaxy was just too big: ‘I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts’
In a new episode of The Examined Game podcast (spotted by GamesRadar), longtime Bethesda environment artist and The Axis Unseen dev Nate Purkeypile spoke about his time at the legendary studio, including what he found to be Starfield’s biggest design misstep. Purkeypile had the title of “environment artist” at Bethesda, but his work seems to…
Lies of P studio reveals name change and hypes up sequel: ‘My goal has been to create the world’s greatest action game.’
Lies of P studio Nough, formerly Round8, has released a 16-minute mini documentary about its culture and work on the Lies of P series, including development anecdotes and talk of the developers’ ambitions for Lies of P’s in-production sequel. But first, the name change: According to the video description, Nough is “upholding the development philosophy…
Deltarune’s ‘The Third Sanctuary’ is an affront to time signatures, and also one of my favourite songs in a videogame ever
Critical Hit (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Critical Hit, where Mollie (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. This week I’m that “someone else”, and I’m here to talk your ear off about time signatures!…
The last season of Netflix’s Witcher show has reportedly been delayed
Excited for The Witcher to finally wrap up? No, I’m not talking about that Witcher 3 playthrough you abandoned after 70 hours of wandering around, I’m talking about the Netflix show probably best known for its prominent recast of Geralt and for being very different from the books and games. Well, it’s been delayed (via…
Blizzard is now reportedly Microsoft’s top studio, according to leaked email
The studio behind Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch just had its third-biggest year for top line revenue ever, according to a leaked email. The email (via Windows Central) reportedly contained Blizzard president Johanna Faries praising the team for finishing off FY26 as “the top-performing studio in Xbox’s studios division.” “Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch…
Hit markers are an FPS crutch
Activision Id Software Crytek You’ve been shot, and I have the hit marker to prove it. FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the…
