Do you remember any of these classic commercials? Like any commercial product, video games sell in vast quantities at Christmas – and, over the decades, we’ve seen a flood of festive commercials attempt to hawk us the latest and greatest gaming hardware and software. We thought it might be an excellent time to look back…
Regulators of the Chinese Communist Party have come down hard on several key pieces in the live service model, leading to spiralling shares for major players in the market as investors scramble to assess the damage. According to a Reuters report, “nearly $80 million in market value” has sloughed off Tencent Games and NetEase Games:…
I was maybe a little bit off in my prediction that 2023 would be a landmark year for strategy games. Disappointments, delays and the purgatory of early access meant that it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. Games like Jagged Alliance 3, Age of Wonders 4, Aliens: Dark Descent and Company of Heroes 3,…
Outbreaks, Tera Raids – it’s a holiday special! The holidays are very close right now, but there’s no need to wait for Delibird to come down the chimney and deliver your presents — you can go catch them right now in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. There are actually two different Delibird-esque events going on right…
FromSoftware’s glorious return to mech combat became our pick for the best action on PC this year. For more awards, head to our Game of the Year 2023 page. Ted Litchfield, Associate Editor: When I fired up Armored Core 6 for the first time, I felt like Milhouse playing Bonestorm in the Simpsons, the protagonist…
I spent half of 2023 being cranky about Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. I caught a theater demo at Ubisoft Forward in June and came away confused and disappointed that Ubi wasn’t making the Avatar Assassin’s Creed I’d been building up in my head. It seemed so obvious—you could climb up trees, ride an alien horse,…
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2023, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. I’m not a big fan of scary…
Ending the year with a bang. 2023 has been an exciting year for retro gaming handhelds. We’ve already seen the AYANEO Pocket Air with its impressive specs and price, and there are a multitude of cheaper options from the likes of Anbernic and Miyoo. If you are still on the fence about which Chinese Android-based…
There’s just over a week left before Friday the 13th: The Game, the awkwardly titled yet surprisingly decent multiplayer slasher, sinks back into Camp Crystal Lake forever, as it’s to be delisted from sale on December 31st. Developed by IllFonic and launched in 2017, Friday the 13th: The Game saw groups of survivors trying to…
“…for the first time in a while”. Japanese studio Treasure has created some of the finest games of the ’90s and ’00s, with the likes of Gunstar Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, Guardian Heroes, Ikaruga, Alien Soldier, Sin & Punishment and Gradius V in its back catalogue. Its games have continued to be in the spotlight thanks…