“I’ve Never Seen A Review Asking For More Escort Quests” – Fallout’s Creator Comments On Why Escort Missions Are Rarely Done Well

And why developers probably shouldn’t include them. As you may or may not already know, the Fallout creator Tim Cain has a popular channel on YouTube where he shares everything from anecdotes about his career to specific insights into game design and other aspects of game development. For those who grew up playing some of…

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According to Steam, the average PC Gamer writer played 72 games this year (56% of which were new) and used a controller more than we’d like to admit

Harvey Randall, Staff Writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Defending Hades 2’s honour in the Game of the Year awards, failing. Last week I was: Appreciating player housing in MMORPGs. So—the Steam replay for 2025 debuted recently, giving every Steam user a more granular look at their gaming habits. And I, being a…

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You won’t be able to play Valorant until you update your motherboard BIOS: ‘this is a necessary step in our arms race against hardware cheats’

If you have an Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, or ASRock motherboard, you need to update the BIOS if you want to continue playing Valorant. That’s because a critical flaw was recently found that allows cheaters to bypass hardware-based security checks and potentially inject code before Riot’s Vanguard anti-cheat can wake up. As laid out in the…

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