Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous’ 232 subclasses make it the ultimate RPG for buildcrafting freaks—especially the overpowered Ranger who gets to ride a griffon from level 1

If Baldur’s Gate 3 is the game to recommend to your friends who aren’t into RPGs, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is the pinnacle of freaking out the normies. This game embraces and celebrates the stinky, crusty, CRPG weirdness Larian (understandably) left behind. Semi-permanent status ailments, save-or-die spells, fear effects that send your party running…

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‘Early on in the 2000s, we got enamored with consoles and I think certain games didn’t make the leap right:⁠’ Star Wars Zero Company’s director has a theory about why old school PC gaming genres are back with a vengeance

Greg Foertsch, creative director on the upcoming Star Wars Zero Company, gave his take on the resurgence of crustier PC gaming genres like RTS and turn-based tactics over the last decade in a recent interview with PCG associate editor Ted Litchfield. He also explained why he thinks there was such a long fallow period for…

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Owlcat says everything in its new Expanse RPG ‘will definitely 100 percent be human-made,’ but also that generative AI will be used for ‘vision coordination’ and ‘inspiration’

It’s only Saturday afternoon, so there’s still time for you to be at your most disappointed this week. CRPG magnate Owlcat recently reiterated that its upcoming action RPG, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, is making use of generative AI in its development—though the studio is trying to assure players it’s not a big deal. As PR…

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Were PC gamers right to take against Syndicate’s FPS reboot? Only one man with an ancient disc copy can find out

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…

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Elder Scrolls mobile spinoff Blades is shutting down this summer after eight years, but at least all its store items are ultra-cheap now

Whenever I need a reminder of how long I’ve been impatiently waiting for the next mainline Elder Scrolls game, I think back to how excited I got when I first heard the premise for The Elder Scrolls: Blades. A dungeon crawling, town-building spinoff with roguelike and PvP modes? Count me in, right up until I…

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Meta to pay $375 million for ‘thousands’ of children’s safety violations, a whole 0.19% of its 2025 revenue

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has suffered a legal defeat over children’s safety on its platforms⁠.d. Last week, a New Mexico jury decided against the company in a lawsuit brought by state prosecutors after an undercover investigation by the state. As reported by the Associated Press, the trial went on for seven weeks, with…

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Starship Troopers: Extermination’s latest update adds a big stompy mech, ideal for squashing the shooter’s newly polished bug holes

I liked Starship Troopers: Extermination when I reviewed it back in 2024, even though it was technically uneven and added a truly awful single player experience that it did not need. Regardless, there’s something about Extermination’s take on tower defence that felt distinct from anything else I’ve played. The way you had 16 players constructing…

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