Remember some years back when the US Army formed an esports team to be more hip with the youths, and then tried its hand at streaming and was promptly bullied off of Twitch—not just once, but twice? You might have expected that to be the end of it, and in some ways it was: The…
It’s almost Christmas! Okay, maybe not quite just yet, but now’s a good time to open up your heart (and your wallet) and start stocking up on the best gifts for PC gamers. And who better to assist you than the team here at PC Gamer? Why are we qualified to tell you what gifts…
Today, I have a new favorite phrase: “Adversarial poetry.” It’s not, as my colleague Josh Wolens surmised, a new way to refer to rap battling. Instead, it’s a method used in a recent study from a team of Dexai, Sapienza University of Rome, and Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies researchers, who demonstrated that you can…
Category: ID@Xbox November 21, 2025 Spikeball Smash Brings the Party to Xbox Today Hilary Goldstein, Head of Marketing – The Munky If you don’t live near a beach, you might not know roundnet, the clever twist on volleyball invented by Jeff Knurek in 1989. The game simmered for years, then exploded when Spikeball was founded….
If you’ve ever been obsessed with a co-op game, you know the hardest part of playing one: convincing your good-for-nothing friends to buy a copy and join the fun. I have great news for you if you’ve ever experienced this particular pain point with Warhammer Vermintide 2—the game is free to own on Steam until…
2025 has been a shockingly great year for games, but as we at PC Gamer began work on our GOTY list, we realized that a lot of us hadn’t enjoyed the same great games. My tastes as a PC gamer tend toward the crusty and obscure, and I always want to celebrate the games whose…
I’m afraid it’s that time again when I have to break out a bowl of genre word salad. Brace yourself. Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road is a survival, resource-gathering, tower defence, roguelike, city-builder, Vampire Survivors-like. Phew. (Image credit: Ludogram) Ok, now that’s out of the way, we can break down what that actually means….
Hytale is saved, yes, but there’s still a long way to go. The ambitious Minecraft-inspired sandbox RPG was canceled by Riot after developers “couldn’t bring Hytale to life in a way that truly delivered on its promise,” , and its new goal is to deliver “the original vision for Hytale,” from before it turned into…
Category: Xbox Insider November 21, 2025 Starting today, Full Screen Experience for Windows 11 PCs is available for Xbox Insiders! Cassie Chou, Senior Technical Program Manager Today the full screen experience (FSE) is generally available on Windows 11 handhelds currently in market, bringing performance optimizations and the ability to boot directly into Xbox for a smoother, more seamless way to play. Designed to minimize friction…
Coins not required. While we’ve all become accustomed to using fancy analogue controllers these days, there’s still a large sector of the market which loves a good, old-fashioned eight-way digital arcade experience – and to that end, accessory company iMP has produced the Gaming Mini Arcade Pro for Switch and Switch 2. On the surface,…