March 2026

European game rating agency PEGI is about to make life more complicated for some game developers, as it plans to expand its system later this year with new “interactive risk categories” specifically targeting games with loot boxes, in-app purchases, or unmoderated in-game communications. Videogame age rating systems were initially established over fears about the presence…

After Embark Studios’ “playtest battles” and slew of competing plans caused it to pivot Arc Raiders away from its PvE boss-killing roots, it decided to add PvP to spice things up. While the rest isn’t quite history (development was still far from simple), it would be a defining factor in how it became the PvPvE…

Seven years on from Disco Elysium’s release and we are once again getting a game with the ZA/UM studio name on it. Zero Parades is a CRPG spy thriller that—when I played its demo a few weeks ago—felt very Disco-Elysium-shaped indeed. Which is weird, because when our Wes Fenlon chatted to principal writer Siim Sinamäe…

According to games industry market research firm Newzoo (PC Gamer’s official data partner), PC games revenue has trailed console software sales for over a decade. That, however, is changing. In its 2026 PC and Console report, Newzoo says that PC revenue growth outperformed consoles in 2025 as the industry began to emerge from its “post-2020…