November 2025
Anniversary: 20 Years Ago, ‘GUN’ Brought America’s Old West (And An All-Star Cast) To GameCube
Kris Kristofferson is my dad now. Ever feel like getting your video game cowboy on, but Red Dead Redemption and its kinda bloated sequel, as good as they are, just take way too long to bed into? You know what I mean. Rockstar’s epics are the obvious go-to choices in this scenario. However, sometimes I…
Finally, Arc Raiders is the extraction shooter for people with jobs, and it’s all the better for it
Rory Norris, Guides Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: making friends with every raider over a mutual hunt for lemons in Arc Raiders. This week I’ve been: continuing to team up with players in Arc Raiders, and blasting the mean ones. As much as I love the nail-biting tension of extraction shooters, it’s…
You use Steam every day, but how well do you really know it? Our latest quiz tests you on everything from long-lost features to surprise free game releases to the most expensive thing ever sold on the storefront
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. If you’re reading this website, you almost certainly use Steam. In fact, I’ll go one further: you probably use it…
The weirdest FPS of the decade just got a free, standalone PvP mode that’s a blast if you can keep your lunch down
2022 wasn’t exactly a banner year for first-person shooters, but it did bring us Hyper Demon. Like its predecessor Devil Daggers, Hyper Demon boasted a trippy art-style and emphasised fast-paced, high-challenge shooting, but its emphasis was less about survival and more about being an aggressive killing machine a-la Doom Eternal. The result utterly entranced Sam…
After Helldivers 2 stole its thunder, Starship Troopers: Extermination is now cribbing from Arrowhead’s worksheet by adding airstrikes in its next update
Imagine how awkward it would be to end up trapped in a lift with Starship Troopers: Extermination and Helldivers 2, what with the latter taking the themes and ideas behind the former’s licence and implementing them in a way that massively stole Extermination’s thunder. Sure, Helldivers 2 deserves its success, but Extermination’s developer, Offworld, must…
Civilization VII ‘Tides Of Power Collection’ Free DLC Now Available For Switch
Part 1 launches alongside Update 1.3.0. Civilization VII has received multiple updates since it launched earlier this year and alongside Update 1.3.0, Firaxis Games has now released the Tides of Power Collection. This is “free to claim” on the Switch and Switch 2 eShop until 5th January 2026 and is “yours to keep permanently at…
The roguelike’s unstoppable conquest of gaming continues with Age of Empires 4’s latest DLC, and players declare the invasion successful: ‘It may be my new favourite way to play’
Every game is a roguelike now. And if it isn’t a roguelike, then it’s a roguelite. The beat ’em up is a roguelike. The FPS is a roguelike. Poker is a roguelike. Breakout is a roguelike. Even the flippin’ city-builder is a roguelike. It’s overwhelming. They’re all around us, man. They’re coming out of the…
Underrated avian action adventure The Falconeer just got a free remaster that overhauls ‘literally everything’ about it: ‘I hope and pray this remaster shows the dedication I have for my games’
Originally released in 2020, The Falconeer is an aerial combat RPG about piloting enormous predatory birds through the skies of a crumbling oceanic empire. It was warmly received on release, nominated for a BAFTA and earning a respectable score of 78 in our The Falconeer Review. But developer Tomas Sala wasn’t satisfied with the end…
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th November)
Hyrule? No, you rule! The weekend is finally upon us, and we’re ready to play some games… once we’ve recapped this week’s big news, of course! In the absence of a major Animal Crossing announcement, this week felt a little quieter than last, but there was still plenty to get excited about. The Pokémon Legends:…