Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the newest installment in the Final Fantasy VII remake project and one of 2024’s most-anticipated games, tells the tale of main protagonist Cloud Strife and his loyal companions who explore a massive world outside Midgar, the city of Mako, as they pursue Sephiroth, one of the most iconic antagonists in video…
Game designer Laralyn McWilliams, known for her work as lead designer of Full Spectrum Warrior and creative director on the Sony Online Entertainment MMO Free Realms, has died at the age of 58. McWilliams’ career began in the mid ’90s as a beta tester on games including Daggerfall, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and Pirates! She…
A team of modders have breathed new life into cult PlayStation RPG The Legend of Dragoon, a first-party game for the original console developed by Sony Japan. The game was released in Japan in 1999 but wouldn’t reach North America until 2000 and Europe by 2001, and the combination of a mixed critical reception and…
About 10 years ago, I sat down in a San Francisco coffee shop across from Henrik “Doomdark” Fåhraeus, then game director for Crusader Kings 2, and asked him about the possibility of playing landless characters in Paradox’s rich medieval sandbox. Normally, you take the role of a count, duke, king, or emperor permanently tied to…
Just in case your massive backlog of games isn’t quite massive enough, Steam’s 2024 Lunar New Year Sale is here to help you bulk it up a little bit more. You might recall that in 2022, Valve announced that it was replacing its annual Lunar New Year Sale with a Spring Sale, giving it a…
If you thought the four playable villains of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League were already a lot to juggle, get ready for Task Force X to grow. Rocksteady is planning to release four new characters over the next year of updates, with Joker already announced as the first to arrive in March. Now, thanks…
Hello there, Survivors! I’m Evan Wolbach, co-founder of Dead Drop Studios. Today we’re excited to share more info about the present and future of Railbreak, our mind-meltingly entertaining on-rails shooter, which is currently available on Xbox Series X|S! The new free Time Korrisis content update is available now, our ferocious Tailbreak DLC expansion arrives in…
Co-op survival RPG Enshrouded has gotten quite a few hotfixes since it entered early access in January, but its first properly big patch arrived today. It brings a bunch of fixes for stability and performance, and some tweaks for crafting and skills, but it also puts the kibosh on a few fun exploits players were…
Persona 3 Reload is a faithful remake of the 2006 original—and I loved it—but given that the remastered Persona 3 Portable released on Steam just last year, one might wonder why Atlus chose to return to that source material so soon. Speaking to PC Gamer in an interview translated by Atlus West staff, Persona team…
If you’ve ever approached a new save file in The Sims 4 with a goal in mind—whether that’s becoming a world famous chef or a Sim serial killer—chances are you made it happen without too much trouble. Your Sim’s entire life of building up a career or raising a family can play out in just…