On June 30, US president Donald Trump was in a conference call “with faith leaders from all over the country” when it failed. He promptly took to Truth Social to blame AT&T. AT&T disagrees with his assessment. Following up — Our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call…
Palworld’s latest Terraria-themed update brought a ton of new equipment, dungeons, enemies, and even a fishing mini-game for players to check out. So it’s not that surprising to see Palword jump back into Steam’s Top 10 most-played games. Previously sat at number nine, Palworld was wedged between Stardew Valley and Elden Ring Nightreign with a…
A lotta stuff happened in videogames in 2023: Baldur’s Gate 3 released, a staggering number of layoffs occurred, and Dave the Diver was controversially nominated for Best Indie at The Game Awards. It’s got all the cosy, pixellated vibes that you’d associate with the Stardew Valleys and Celestes of the world, worked on by a…
We’ve long resisted the idea of recommending PCIe 5.0 SSDs here at PC Gamer, as the early iterations were expensive, ran hot, and didn’t really do much for your gaming experience over a Gen 4 drive for the extra cash. Well, that last one is still debatable, but our buying guide now features two drives…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and COO Brad Lightcap were the guests on a recent live episode of the New York Times’ technology podcast, Hard Fork, and entered the San Francisco venue like a pair of WWE wrestlers. I’m not kidding: hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton began their introduction before Altman and Lightcap strode out…
Deus Ex marks one of the first times I realised videogames could be about things, man. That conversation between the two NSF troopers on Liberty Island—where they discuss the reduction of people to version numbers and functionality—was a real eye-opener for a young Josh who had previously only played Rayman and Quake 2. But as…
Can someone cast Haste on Square Enix? Final Fantasy IX is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary; the incredible turn-based RPG launched on the PS1 on 7th July 2000, and in 2025, Square Enix has been busy building up to the event with frequent new merch drops (much to the chagrin of this author and…
After a long and difficult journey, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is finally mere months away from coming out. But as any ’90s TTRPG fan will tell you, there’s more to the World of Darkness than just blood-suckers, and according to Jason Carl, brand marketing manager of the franchise (and veteran tabletop writer), this…
When was the last time you updated your web browser? Are your palms sweaty? Knees weak, arms heavy, mom’s spaghetti? Well, as the saying goes the best time to plant a tree/update your web browser/begin your illustrious rap career was probably long before today but the next best time is right now—and it’s just as…
Occult Crescent—Final Fantasy 14’s newest field operation mode—is good fun, but it’s an absolute pain to tackle its 48-player dungeon Forked Tower as a static. That’s thanks to the fact the game currently doesn’t let you enter in groups larger than eight, leaving folk playing what’s been dubbed as ‘instance gacha’ to try and land…