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One of Phasmophobia’s greatest successes is its lasting effect on the horror genre. Multiplayer horror has always had a foothold amongst the subgenres’ finest, but after Phasmo’s release five years ago, the scene has totally exploded with more horror games, both intense single-player experiences and wacky multiplayer romps. Part of this was certainly thanks to…

If there’s a recent game-dev story I’m ravenous to hear more about, it’s this: what the hell happened with Hardsuit Labs’ version of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2? If you can cast your mind back to the heady days of 2019, you might remember the game’s initial announcement, when Paradox got Brian Mitsoda—writer on…

It’s been a big year for Phasmophobia, not only did the ghost-hunting multiplayer horror game celebrate its fifth anniversary last month but the dev team are also gearing up for its highly anticipated 1.0 launch. “So we’re heading towards our 1.0 release, still in early access,” creator Daniel Knight tells me. “We’ve got quite a…

When I first tested Copilot many moons ago, I wasn’t particularly impressed. Chief among my complaints was its lack of integration with common Windows features, but it looks like that’s about to get a boost—as the latest Windows Insider build allows users to request changes to their PC settings through Copilot, to which it will…

Aggro Crab, the developer of hit co-op game Peak and arbiter of “friendslop” (although we’re still undecided on that phrase here at PC Gamer), have released a demo for its new game for Steam Next Fest—and it’s already utter chaos. Though it’s of a different flavour. Crashout Crew sees you and up to three other…

A year ago today Intel and AMD teamed up to defend x86, establishing an advisory group called the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group (EAG). It’s job is to help simplify, improve compatibility for, and increase the capabilities of x86. Now, exactly one year on, AMD and Intel are letting us know the fruits of this perhaps…

For all its modern graphical bells and whistles, I have one major gripe with Battlefield 6‘s visuals. And no, it’s surprisingly not to do with the performance, as it’s one of the only games in recent memory that actually runs really well. My gripe is much more odd: why is the sun so bloody bright?…

Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke to CNBC earlier this week, ruminating on a variety of topics, including AI. When asked whether he thought the tech industry was in the middle of an AI bubble, he responded: “Of course. Of course we are. We’re hyped, we’re accelerating, we’re putting enormous leverage into the system. “That said,…