Crimson Desert, a game about simulating a large Scottish man and his friends and sometimes their adventures in space, is pretty weird. Depending on which precise member of the PC Gamer editorial staff you ask, that’s either high praise or venomous criticism (I’m neutral—the game runs terribly on my machine, so I’ve not played much…
We know the trope of the cozy life sim: you’ve inherited a tumbledown farmhouse from a distant relative and need to grow crops, make friends with the locals, and restore the farm to its former glory. That’s not quite the case in Crop, the “gritty farming simulator” developer Carbonara Games described to me as “Stardew…
Features ‘Spica Adventure’ & ‘Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III’. Taito and ININ Games’ retro collection Parasol Superstars will finally launch digitally on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch next week (April 14th). As you may recall, the collection, which contains Spica Adventure and Parasol Stars: The Story of…
And the box art’s a looker, too. Nintendo today lifted the lid on Rhythm Heaven Groove’s release date (2nd July, if you missed it), and followed it up by opening pre-orders and revealing the all-important price. The upcoming rhythm title will set you back £33.99 / $39.99, with pre-orders now live on both the European…
Most games are built to entertain. A select few are built to challenge the way you think, and those are the ones that tend to stay with you long after you put down the controller. Strategy-based games force you to process information under pressure, anticipate outcomes, manage resources, and make decisions with incomplete data. Research…
Category: Games April 9, 2026 Free Play Days – Subnautica, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Project Motor Racing and Graveyard Keeper Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, Xbox Clear out your weekend plans, we have got plenty to try with Free Play Days! Subnautica is available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members to…
An unbreakable block. This week’s physical games chart from Famitsu are here, and they paint a very familiar picture, as Pokémon Pokopia is once again the number-one selling physical release of the week. While last week saw a big dip in sales across the board, the drop this week is much smaller, with Game Freak…
The Witcher 3 is a deep, textured game with incredible worldbuilding—worldbuilding that the Witcher Online mod on NexusMods delves deeply into. Finally, you can explore the Continent with your friends, doing setting-appropriate activities like (checks notes) er, riding about on each other’s shoulders, and (frantically sweating, flipping through notes in a panic) turning into a…
Earlier this year, dark web hackers claimed to have exfiltrated a huge amount of data from the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin, China. The hacker group FlamingChina claims that it stole 10 petabytes of data pertaining to advanced science and defence agencies within China. However, a number of security researchers have since cast doubt…
Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous name of the inventor of bitcoin, has never been publicly unveiled. The New York Times believes it may have finally nailed the right guy, but said guy says it’s not him. In a video report from the New York Times, investigative reporter John Carreyrou argues it is British cryptographer Adam Back….