It’s brutal out there: Deus Ex and Unreal composer says he’s submitted 50 resumes and gotten one interview in the last year

If you don’t pay close attention to game credits you may not know the name Alexander Brandon, but you’ve almost certainly heard his work. The composer of Deus Ex’s soundtrack has some 30 years of games to his name as a musician (Unreal, Stormgate), audio director (Wasteland 3, Neverwinter Nights 2), and even voice actor—who…

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That Hunter: The Reckoning game that was accidentally leaked on Steam is now officially revealed as a new FPS RPG

Remember a few weeks ago when someone botched a Robocop: Rogue City update on Steam and revealed the existence of an entirely new game called Hunter: The Reckoning? Now it’s official, thanks to an actual, intentional reveal during today’s Xbox Partner Preview showcase. Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish, as it’s known in full, takes places…

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Our full chat with Embark: How Arc Raiders was saved mid-development, the balancing process, and the possibility of vehicles

Earlier this month at the 2026 Game Developers Conference, Embark production director Caio Braga gave a talk titled “When your AAA game isn’t fun: the Arc Raiders story of starting over with intent.” PC Gamer spoke with Braga after the talk to answer some questions on our mind: Will Arc Raiders ever have vehicles? What…

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Feature: “Virtua Fighter Really Needs To Run At A Steady 60fps” – Producer Seiji Aoki On Bringing An Iconic Series To Switch 2

“I see this game as the foundational product for the future”. Virtua Fighter isn’t a series you’d generally associate with Nintendo systems, and that’s probably because the closest we’ve had to an entry is Virtua Quest, a GameCube spin-off from 2004 (though we also had a Virtual Console release of Virtua Fighter 2 back in…

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How to extract from Cryo Archive in Marathon

It’s fine and dandy loading into Cryo Archive in Marathon and looting it for all its worth—seriously, there’s high-end loot everywhere—but you actually need to escape for it to count. The Cryo Archive extract system functions very differently from the other maps, where you casually stroll on over to an exfil beacon and beam outta…

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