In case you missed it: this past weekend saw social media platform TikTok banned completely in the US, then restored about 12 hours later thanks to the personal intervention of Donald Trump. Watching the whole series of events unfold on the app itself was chaotic, revelatory, and fascinating—and now it all feels like the morning…
There are a surprising number of RTS romps knocking about these days, but few of them have managed to leave a mark. Pessimism has overtaken me, but there are some exceptions. Tempest Rising—Slipgate Ironwork’s sci-fi throwback—is one of them. If you’ve ever dreamed of a reality where EA didn’t completely wreck Westwood’s Tiberium saga, this…
Grinding Gear Games says it’s sorry for the slow response times to Path of Exile 2 customer support requests, but it’s dealing with an absolute avalanche of them—roughly 545,000 email requests since the game launched in November, far more than it was prepared to deal with. “In the lead up to the launch of Path…
Over the weekend, Marvel Rivals put on one of the first tournaments that the new hero shooter has seen in conjunction with Twitch, and while it was certainly set out to be a big success, some of the streamers involved had some not-so-nice things to say about it. Marvel Rivals tier list: Best characters for…
If a “really talented developer” has a crack at it. There was once a time when Banjo-Kazooie was rightly considered to be a close rival to the Super Mario franchise when Rare launched two outstanding entries on N64 in the form of the self-titled debut and its sequel, Banjo-Tooie. That was a long time ago,…
Before there was Discord, there was TeamSpeak. I never partook in it myself, but I remember my college boyfriend being a die-hard TeamSpeak loyalist before reluctantly jumping ship to the newer, shinier, and crucially more user-friendly gamer platform. But TeamSpeak never went away, and it looks like 2025 may be the year of its triumphant…
“I felt I could not do it justice”. Lizardcube did some absolutely amazing work with Wonder Boy: Dragon’s Trap and Streets of Rage 4, and it seems the company is currently working on a new Shinobi title, if rumours are to be believed. With its amazing visual style and keen sense of what makes for…
When I had the Obsbot Tiny 2 Lite and Obsbot Meet 2 webcams sat on my desk, I had a feeling I would think the latter was a better choice. Both are 4K quality, which in a webcam is superfluous for most, but the Meet 2 is the cheaper and cuter of the two. However,…
Remember when we were all going to the movies wearing Michael Caine’s glasses? The promise of 3D cinema never really materialised in the way many had hoped (with some noticeable exceptions), but glasses-free 3D gaming? There’s a tantalising concept that’s been toyed with by various manufacturers for a while. Now Samsung has announced a partnership…
For PC Gamer magazine’s upcoming The Blood of Dawnwalker issue I spoke directly to Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, the developer who is right now best known for being the game director on the legendary fantasy RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Fast forward to 2025, and Tomaszkiewicz is now founder and leader of Rebel Wolves, his own…