I’ve only played an hour or so of Frictional’s horror sequel Amnesia: The Bunker, partly because 2023 is stacked with huge games, but also because I find it incredibly intense. Its ingenious combination of, player-driven objectives, self-induced time pressure and a big, nasty something that stalks you dynamically through its First World War bunker setting,…
They ain’t pleased. Unity recently announced plans to charge developers a fee each time a game utilising the Unity engine is installed via its new ‘runtime fee’ policy. While there are caveats to the policy in terms of its structure (there are minimum revenue and total install numbers to consider, for example), there’s no doubt…
The Genshin Impact 4.1 livestream is the first to air since the new aquatic region of Fontaine launched, and so it’s a great opportunity to grab some livestream codes for wishing on new and upcoming characters. With Fontaine’s release, we had the three siblings, Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet, but in 4.1, the slightly terrifying-looking Neuvillette…
This week lead character artist at Larian studios, Alena Dubrovina, took to Artstation with a heartwarming Artblast entry. Not only does it showcase some of Baldur’s Gate 3’s incredible 3D work, concept art, and animation, it also stands as an attempt to inspire future generations of game artists. “It is in the artists’ nature to…
When it comes to force feeding Windows users with in-house product, let’s just say Microsoft has form. But even by Microsoft’s standards, the revelation brought to our attention by Rudeism on X that keying up “Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+L” takes you straight to Linkedin in your default browser is still incredibly icky. And, yes, Microsoft owns Linkedin and…
From the developers behind ‘Moon’. Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct had a bunch of incredible announcements for retro gamers, but as is typical the Japanese broadcast hid some incredible announcements that we didn’t get to see outside of Japan. Case in point, the developer Onion Games — which is a company formed by individuals who worked on…
Receiving a worldwide release. Revealed during yesterday’s Japanese Nintendo Direct showcase, we got a first look at Shin chan: Shiro of Coal Town — another holiday adventure game in the same vein as Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation, which stole our hearts last year. This one will be released in Japan this winter…
Stig Asmussen, the director of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is leaving Respawn Entertainment “to pursue other adventures”. Originally reported by Bloomberg, Asmussen’s departure was later confirmed by EA in a statement, explaining “Stig Asmussen has decided to leave Respawn to pursue other adventures, and we wish him the best of luck.” Asmussen joined Respawn Entertainment…
Reinstall This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 385 in June 2023, as part of our Reinstall series. Every month we load up a beloved classic—and find out whether it holds up to our modern gaming sensibilities. Has Jedi Outcast finally had its day? For over 20 years, Raven Software’s sequel to 1997’s…
Don’t stop me now. The latest Japanese charts are in and it’s another successful week for Pikmin 4, which once again beats out the competition to claim the top spot after selling an additional 31,013 units. Otherwise, we’ve got a couple of new additions to the top ten, while Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon…