Gaming laptops have long perpetuated the myth that they’re designed for ‘gaming on the go’ but the reality is very different: gaming battery life is generally measured in minutes rather than hours. That means you’re unlikely to be spending long thrashing around Baldur’s Gate 3 away from a plug socket when your high-end notebook’s GPU…
Secret Level This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 392 in January 2024, as part of our Secret Level series. Every month we talk to the unsung heroes of games development, and explore what makes their roles vital. Although recently promoted to art director at Larian, Alena Dubrovina hadn’t originally planned a career…
Anomaly Agent feels like a tie-in game for an ’80s movie that never existed. The first game from developer Phew Phew Games, Anomaly Agent starts with a bang. You’re dropped into the action mid-mission, your boss harping at you over the radio to stay focused while interdimensional anomalies crop up all around you. You play…
Hi everyone, we are Elise Galmard, Lead Narrative Designer, and Simon Svoboda, Lead Level Designer at Don’t Nod. We’re a part of the team bringing you Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, a supernatural tale of two lovers and ancient secrets. In this supernatural Action-RPG, play as two ghost hunters and lovers who face impossible choices…
Valve’s monthly analysis of its Steam Hardware Survey for January was published the other day and the figures made for interesting, if not unexpected, reading. For example, Windows 11 was making small gains against Windows 10, and the number of CPU cores and amount of system RAM are all steadily increasing. I’ve been monitoring the…
Help us rank PlayStation’s premier racing series. Since it raced onto our PlayStations in 1997, Gran Turismo has arguably set the bar for console-based racing excellence. Showcasing an unprecedented level of realism for a ’90s racer, the original Gran Turismo would be followed by a raft of sequels, each pushing the envelope further in terms…
Until Then is an indie game with unexpectedly profound things to say and a breathtaking art style set among Philippine-inspired landscapes. Don’t mistake its simplistic controls for a lack of substance—from its addictively mundane minigames to its meaningful look at healing from trauma. This game has the potential to stand among the classics in the…
Room for more? After being revealed earlier this year, Koei Tecmo has today announced that Fate/Samurai Remnant‘s ‘DLC Vol. 1’ will be landing on Switch on 9th February. Officially titled ‘Record’s Fragment: Keian Command Championship‘ (catchy little name that, eh?), we still don’t know all that much about what the add-on will hold. Koei Tecmo’s…
Full-size Sonic Tubbz also restocked. If you’re a fan of the Numskull’s ‘Tubbz’ line of collectables, then you’ll be pleased to learn that it’s expanding with new ‘mini’ Sonic variants. Joining the range as part of the Mini Tubbz line are Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose, Shadow, Knuckles, Tails, Dr Eggman and Super Sonic. Read…
Pretty rocky. The best thing we can ever say about a game is that we wanted to keep playing it on our own time after we’ve wrapped up a review. We wish we could tell you that’s the case with Grime. It should be; there’s a really great Souls-inspired Metroidvania here. But a number of…