Stable unicorns. Company president George Kamitani wasn’t kidding when he teased that the studio’s next project was “one of Vanillaware’s biggest productions” last year. The game he was talking about was Unicorn Overlord, a tactical RPG that, on the surface, looks like a homage to the SRPG greats of the ‘90s. Compared to the hugely…
No Man’s Sky nearly burned up on its atmospheric entry back in 2016—it promised the universe, and only delivered a sort-of-okay space game. PC Gamer gave it a middling 64 at launch in our No Man’s Sky review, with Christopher Livingston remarking: “I’ve touched an infinite universe and walked away with some nice vacation photos.”…
Survival games, what would we do without them? Much less rock punching, I would imagine, but it wouldn’t be a year in PC gaming without several of the little tikes, all competing to capture the lightning in a bottle of big survival games releases past. Potential contender Nightingale is due to release into early access…
Advance Wars, WarioWare, Tomb Raider and more! Nintendo has today announced its next big eShop sale of 2024, and we are ready to grab some discounts. The ‘Play On’ sale begins on the Switch eShop today and will be offering deals of up to 70% off until 25th February 2024. There is a good range…
The cabinet appears to be a tie-in to the upcoming Disney+ show. Yesterday, Arcade1UP accidentally leaked an upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom 2 arcade cabinet on its website that appears to be a tie-in to the new X-Men 97 animated show (scheduled to start streaming on Disney+ on March 20th). The X-Men 97 Marvel Vs. Capcom…
Need to know What is it? The sequel to 2015’s Helldivers, an online squad shooter inspired by Starship Troopers. It switches the original’s top-down perspective for a fully 3D, over the shoulder view. Expect to pay £35/$40 Release date Out now Developer Arrowhead Game Studios Publisher PlayStation PC Reviewed on RTX 2070, i7-10750H, 16GB…
Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3’s story and the Dark Urge origin. From the opening cinematic, where you find yourself trapped in a pod and watch as a razor-mouthed leech is lowered into your eye, Baldur’s Gate 3 makes it very clear that it is a game about the body—about what…
Somewhere in a filing cabinet is a contract. On that contract is my name and the name of my employer—PC Gamer’s publisher Future PLC—and a job title: “news writer”. And look, if someone assassinates the JFK of videogames* I’ll be there to break it down for you, but personally? I think my true job is…
A state-of-the-art airship hovers above a vast toxic dust cloud, shrouding an ecologically devastated Earth. That’s what most people notice when they see Forever Skies for the first time. And while this creates an interesting and unique premise to explore, it’s one that was inspired by rather somber real-world circumstances. Read on to learn about…
To celebrate the Capcom Cup X. Capcom has teamed up with Humble Bundle to offer over 70 classic titles for $20. The Fighters & Arcade Classics bundle features the likes of Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Ultra Street Fighter IV and Capcom Arcade Stadium 1 and 2, which each feature…