North Korean hackers are said to have stolen $1,300,000,000 in crypto in 2024, an estimated 61% of the total funds swiped this year

If you’ve experienced a crypto-jacking from an online exchange in the past twelve months, there’s a decent chance your cyber cash may have been the victim of a North Korean hack. That’s according to a report from blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, which says that a massive $1.3 billion worth of stolen internet funny money this…

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I was skeptical of Supergiant making a sequel, but Hades 2 has more than earned its place in the roguelike pantheon, and it’s not even finished yet

Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, 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. Supergiant is known for pushing the…

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Resurfaced Metal Gear Solid interview shows how Kojima made Yoji Shinkawa’s designs the game’s beating heart: ‘Hell yeah, a cyborg ninja!’

While it was far from his first game as director, 1998’s Metal Gear Solid is the title that established Hideo Kojima as one of the gaming greats. Pioneering in its cinematic approach, playfulness and outstanding imaginative parameters, the game marked a huge leap forward for 3D action generally, and single-handedly made stealth a genre that…

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‘The only way to beat China is to stay ahead of them’ says US commerce secretary as she backs CHIPS investments handed out to Intel, TSMC over sanctions

The outgoing Biden administration has made a point of prioritising chip manufacturing over its four year run, while also enforcing tough sanctions on China in order to slow down its chip making progress. With only a few weeks until the incoming Trump administration takes over, US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo has given an interview (via…

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The OG creators pitched Dead Space 4 to EA this year, but the publisher gave a flat ‘no’ so ‘we didn’t take it any further’

The key creatives behind Dead Space have revealed that earlier this year they tried to interest Electronic Arts in Dead Space 4, but the publisher took a pass. The 2008 game, developed by Visceral Games and directed by Glen Schofield, is an action-horror classic and inspired an excellent remake by Motive Studios released last year….

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