August 2025

Meta has announced it’s updating its rules and training processes for its AI chatbots after a controversial Reuters report published earlier this month shed light on serious child safety issues. The report revealed disturbingly loose policies outlining how Meta’s chatbots can interact with and describe minors, particularly concerning romantic or sexual conversations. Meta spokesperson Stephanie…

Paramount’s new chairman and CEO David Ellison may have the film rights to Call of Duty in his crosshairs, but don’t get your hopes up for a CoD movie just yet. According to entertainment journalist Matthew Belloni’s latest newsletter, Ellison is eyeing Call of Duty as the next videogame to be adapted at Paramount, following…

“I’m honestly heartbroken right now.” Reddit user Naoness shared those words alongside a video of their badly damaged limited edition Baldur’s Gate 3 vinyl earlier this month. It was accidentally left out in direct sunlight hot enough it melted the record (sparking plenty of memes about Astarion’s “full concentrated power of the sun” quote). Naoness…

Vampire Survivors‘ long-anticipated online mode is finally here, sort of. Developer Poncle announced at the end of this week that online multiplayer has been implemented in the game’s beta branch. Vampire Survivors has of course had multiplayer functionality for several years. But playing with pals was previously limited to local co-op. Getting Vampire Survivors to…

Terraria has been nearly finished for around half a decade now. Developer Re-Logic began the process of rounding out its 2D survival game way back in 2020, and it’s been almost three years since the most recent update—1.4.4. Now though, it really does seem like the end is nigh. Re-Logic has assured players that it…

More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. MMORPGs are, next to live-service games, some of the most time-intensive wagons to hitch yourself to. Filled with endless grinds,…

Faming simulators are known for creating worlds for us to throw ourselves into, so it’s not too surprising that Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar—a remake of the 2010 DS game—follows suit. But, instead of just being your bog standard, friendly but still somewhat stand-offish farming simulator setting, there is something incredibly special about Zephyr Town….