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January 2026

‘I’m over making other people really wealthy with my own creations’: Fallout co-creator Tim Cain isn’t interested in making a new IP or a sequel to one of his classic RPGs and, at this point, he’s ‘exasperated with the question’

The Fridge07 mins

Tim Cain, designer and lead programmer on the original Fallout, hears a particular sort of question a lot these days—why not make a new, original RPG? Better yet, why not return to Fallout or make a sequel to one of his other classic games like Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura or Temple of Elemental…

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2025 was so stacked with great games I missed the free, ass-kicking Christmas update to its best singleplayer shooter

The Fridge03 mins

The boomer shooter renaissance continues to ferment and flourish with great new games each year, and a particular highlight of last year was Cultic. PC Gamer associate editor Ted Litchfield called it “one of the best shooters of 2025” that, even among the Dusks and Turbo Overkills of the world, “distinguishes itself by executing everything…

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Medieval 3 may be on the way, but how many characters can you name in Creative Assembly’s masterpiece, Total War: Three Kingdoms?

The Fridge03 mins

More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. Us Total War fans are eating good at the moment; we’ve got Total War: Medieval 3, Total War: Warhammer 40,000,…

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Why did we forget Bump ‘n’ Jump?

The Fridge08 mins

  The 1982 arcade game Bump ‘n’ Jump has a lot of points in its favor. Especially compared to other games of its era, Bump ‘n’ Jump is…very fast-paced. The premise is simple enough. You play a car. Unlike normal cars, this one can jump very high. Which is helpful, because other cars are often…

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