Metroid shred. The cultural consciousness loves the ‘Akira Slide’; a single moment in the 1988 anime movie Akira where Shōtarō Kaneda, following a bike race, skids across the tarmac to slow himself down, facing the screen, his bike side-on, trails of smoke billowing up from the road. Of course, he could use his brakes, but…
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! Ah, licensed music in videogames. An embarrassingly big contributor to my music taste over…
Give Chun-Li and Ken a new look. Following the arrival of Chun-Li in the SNK title Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves earlier this week, Capcom has released some free “special EX” colours for the same character (and the previous CotW DLC character, Ken) in Street Fighter 6. This will change the colours of Outfit…
Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, Black Lab Games’ well-regarded interstellar tactics game, will be delisted from Steam and all other platforms as of November 15. Publisher Slitherine announced Deadlock’s removal from purchase on its website, stating the game and all its expansions are to be “phased out” from sale and “will no longer be available for purchase…
It’s been a big year for No Man’s Sky, although you could argue that every year since 2016 has been a big year for Hello Games’ spectacularly redeemed space exploration sim. 2025 brought another helping of reworks to its universe simulation in Worlds: Part 2, as well as space palaeontology in its Relics update, stellar…
Where does Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake rank? Updated with Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake! Dragon Quest — or maybe you know it better as Dragon Warrior — might be one of the most well-known JRPG franchises in the world. It’s known for bringing crowds in Japan thanks to its cosy,…
Terminator 2D: No Fate has been delayed a second time, with the release date now pushed back into December. Bitmap Bureau’s action throwback was originally slated to launch on October 31, but was bumped back to November 26 due to global financial instability. This remains the cause of the additional delay, though significant progress has…
Here’s the English voice cast. This week marks the arrival of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment on the Switch 2, and it’s packed with a huge cast of characters. As part of the new Zelda Musou’s recent launch, the voice actors of many of the characters have now officially revealed who they played. Fan site…
Last month, Facepunch Studios began overhauling player progression in its nihilistic survival sim Rust to coax players out of their bases and encourage more PvP combat, introducing a “controversial” blueprint fragment system that requires players to locate and piece together blueprints to upgrade their workbenches above level one. Despite the apparently mixed reception of blueprint…
This is a wild one, folks. Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we checked out the wonderful Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS and, as expected, the western design won the day with a whopping 84%. Good effort Japan, but this one just ain’t it. Read the…