Earning XP for simple upgrades is one of the coolest and most unique additions Arc Raiders brings to the extraction genre. I’ll admit, I’m surprised by how much a permanent upgrade feature feels at home in a space that’s usually all about temporary upgrades like new, stronger gear that you’ll inevitably lose. That said, it’s…
Jerry Momoda on his eventful journey from expert gamer to industry veteran. In 1982, Jerry Momoda was playing Donkey Kong at The Spot Tavern in Renton, Washington, following his girlfriend’s softball game, when he noticed something unusual. To the side of him, out of the corner of his eye, watching him closely, was a man…
Is your life really busy? So busy that any time spent going through the motions of online shopping is time wasted? Then there’s a good chance that you’re already using an AI agent to do it for you. However, not everyone is happy with this way of shopping, so much so that Amazon is threatening…
Growing the Mushroom Kingdom. Nintendo has provided the clearest indication yet that it intends to acquire more development teams to “strengthen its internal development organisation”. The comment can be seen on page 54 of its latest financial report (thanks, ResetEra), in which Nintendo lays out the steps involved in utilising funds to build the business…
Reactions to The Outer Worlds 2 have been pretty mixed here aboard the good ship PC Gamer. Ted Litchfield was pretty hot on the game in his Outer Worlds 2 review, scoring it 83% and calling it “A great RPG that surpasses its predecessor.” Others? Less hot, like our Fraser Brown, who found the game’s…
There’s a feeling I’ve been trying to shake off, as I write about MMOs for this very site—that MMOs are a relic of the past. Dying not just to our shared lack of time, but also to an era of player that has aged out of its prior old school tendencies, like the elves sadly…
Waka Waka! Atari has announced that the Namco Legendary Pack expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration will launch on Switch next week on 13th November 2025. The DLC will include the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man alongside the likes of GALAGA, DIG DUG, XEVIOUS and GALAXIAN from the Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Atari…
It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. October players were hunting down the Yōtei Six and enemy soldiers as Ghost of Yōtei and Battlefield 6 dominated the US and EU PlayStation Store charts. Battlefield Redsec won the battle royale to claim the top spot on…
AMD’s Strix Halo chip, otherwise known as the Ryzen AI Max, has always been technically interesting. But it hasn’t really added up for gaming. Until, perhaps, now. It seems the variant we always wanted to see, which majors in graphics rather than CPU grunt, is set to be released. Chinese PC specialist SixUnited has a…
Oh dear. Football Manager 26 has gone down about as convincingly as Luis Suárez in the penalty box. Released yesterday after a year-long delay and the cancellation of FM25, the latest iteration of the world’s most riveting spreadsheet has immediately incurred the ire of players. Within 24 hours, FM26’s Steam rating has plummeted to a…