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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Demo Now Available At Switch 2 Kiosks (US)
Samus returns this December. Nintendo has been promoting the Switch 2 in stores with kiosks, where you can go and play the latest and upcoming titles. We’ve already seen games such as Donkey Kong Bananza added to these store units, and now in a very exciting update, it seems Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo…
Great moments in PC gaming: Chilling in my Zen Garden in Plants Vs. Zombies
Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. Plants vs. Zombies (Image credit: PopCap) Developer: PopcapYear: 2009 Plants vs. Zombies is a cute game unless you really take a close look at what’s happening. My melon-pult flings a watermelon across the screen where it collides with a zombie,…
Valve coder confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, albeit at a ‘good deal’: ‘If you build a PC from parts and get to basically the same level of performance, that’s the general price window that we aim to be at’
The Steam Machine might remind you of a console—it’s a cute little box instead of a monolith of noisy fans, it’s well-suited to play on a TV, and you don’t have to build the damn thing yourself. It’s like the Steam Deck in that way, but it might cost quite a bit more than Valve’s…
This absurdly stylish side scroller feels like playing two different genres of retro shooter at the same time, and I love it
Neon Inferno looks like a lot of new games that gleefully throw back to the golden age of the run and gun side scroller—delights like Blazing Chrome and Huntdown. Cyberpunk city, dirty cops, laser sword-wielding Yakuza, and just enough slugs to send ’em all to hell; it’s all pretty by the numbers on the surface,…
This GTA 6 fan’s fascinating deep-dive into co-protagonist Jason’s military background is a must-read for all you lore heads out there
The GTA 6 community is famous for its obsessive detective work—from trailer frame counts to map-sizing spreadsheets—but few fan theories show quite this level of craft. Over on GTAForums, user JohnCGaming has written something that can only be described as a scholarly breakdown of co-protagonist Jason’s military background, and it’s quickly become required reading for…
El Chef – A delirious C64 platformer with an upbeat soundtrack! (DEMO)
Fancy playing a new Commodore 64 demo that is not only fun to play but will also have you tapping your feet listening to its great soundtrack. Then make sure to check out this upcoming Commodore 64 platformer by Bonette2020, Adrian Bonnette, Dirk Roosen, and Richard Bayllis called ‘El Chef’. A game whereby you play…
Confession time: Which game soundtrack actually made you cry?
Soundtrack Sunday Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack from one of their favourite games—or a broader look at videogame music as a whole—offering their thoughts or asking for yours! I am, what scientists and scholars might call, a big fat crybaby. I’ll cry…
Poll: 20 Years After Settling On DS, Do You Still Play Animal Crossing: Wild World?
Is your World Wild two decades on? Animal Crossing was a bit of a cult hit when it launched on GameCube back in 2002 in the West. While it didn’t start life on the purple box, that’s where it made its name internationally. At least for a few million people who picked the game up….
I grew up thinking Pyramid Head was one of the scariest video game villains ever, but thanks to cosplay, I no longer have to hide in fear
For as long as I can remember, my older sister has had two significant fears: zombies, and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2. When I was younger, you couldn’t even mention Pyramid Head to her, and because of how petrified she was of the character, I couldn’t exactly look him up or even play Silent…