Sins absolved? Hitman: Absolution is widely regarded as the ‘black sheep’ of the series thanks to its focus on cinematic storytelling over player freedom. This is very much still the case with this fresh release on Switch from Feral Interactive, but now that original developer IO Interactive has righted the ship with the excellent World…
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. Not enough respect is given to the humble videogame goblin. More than just a level 1 enemy for you to…
When The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released in 2015, its success was so overwhelming that it’s hard to imagine it would have gone any other way. But from CD Projekt’s perspective, success seemed far from certain in the runup to launch. In particular, the Polish studio was deeply concerned about competition from another game…
Released just as the survival craze was really kicking into high gear, Salt was a quietly enjoyable survival game about sailing through a virtual archipelago in your own personal pirate ship. It didn’t break through in the same way as Subnautica and Raft did, perhaps because it was a little rough around the edges—particularly visually….
Bumpy LANding. Since the introduction of the OLED model, there’s been an Ethernet port built into the dock of Nintendo’s flagship Switch, and that continued this year with Switch 2. If you’re after the fastest download speeds or you play competitive online games while docked to your TV, you may benefit from wiring up your…
One of the earliest and most ambitious mods for Elden Ring, which revised and remixed its core systems to facilitate more tailored runs through The Lands Between, has just got a huge overhaul. Elden Ring: Reforged adds a vast array of new features like difficulty modes, runeforging, new combat mechanics like deflection and ducking, new…
Part of me still believes Shadow Labyrinth is some sort of collective hallucination brought on by humanity’s overconsumption of digital cherries, as the idea of a grimdark Metroidvania starring Pac-Man is just too ludicrous to comprehend. Nonetheless, the trailer, the Steam page, and our own Shadow Labyrinth Review all point to this being a real…
And we might know another cast member… If you can turn your attention away from The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for one moment, it seems we might have the very first leak from The Legend of Zelda Movie set. While very little has been revealed about the film so far, it was confirmed earlier this…
Urobororororos. Eeeeeeyyyyy, it’s the weekend! This week has been surprisingly busy, huh? We’ve had a brand-new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie along with confirmation that Brie Larson and Benny Safdie are joining the cast as Rosalina and Bowser Jr. We also finally received the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond trailer we’ve been waiting for,…
Return to the MAZE. Bandai Namco announced at the end of last month that it would be revamping Shadow Labyrinth with a major update. It’s now officially rolled out Version 1.1.0 across multiple platforms. These updates aren’t out on the Switch 2 and Switch just yet, but will “release soon”. For now, here’s the full…