Keeping the spirit alive. 2D platformers are easy to find. They’re one of the oldest genres in video games, and thanks to that long pedigree, they’ve been getting made for nearly the entire industry’s history. It would be impossible to play through them all in your lifetime. Great 2D platformers, though, are rare. TetherGeist belongs…
Category: Games May 6, 2026 Riding on Community Feedback, Descenders Next Gets Bigger with the Grand Tour Update Pip Hoskins, Marketing Lead, No More Robots Summary The Grand Tour Update for Descenders Next adds new challenges, locations, and features like Career Mode. All of our big updates have been led by our Descenders community, and…
Multiple notable groups, including Stop Killing Games, Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and numerous others have come together to pressure the UK government to stop “[undermining] the open internet.” In a joint statement, 19 organisations (listed below) wrote that “the open Internet is a global public resource that has long since become foundational to the…
If you recognise the name Galax, it’s probably because you’ve seen one of its graphics cards at some point. As PC gaming gear only gets more expensive, fans thought the brand was closing last week, but it now clarifies that it was all due to a misunderstanding. Last week, in a now-deleted tweet, Ronaldo Buassali…
Witcher fans have long speculated as to why our beloved Geralt decides to name every single one of his horses Roach—it’s not exactly a term of endearment after all. Every mare Geralt rides on the path has borne this mysterious moniker, and until late last year, all us English-speaking folks could do was speculate as…
Some big changes out of EVE Online developer CCP Games today, including that it is no longer called CCP Games: The studio has parted ways with Crimson Desert maker Pearl Abyss, entered into an AI research partnership with Google DeepMind, and ditched its nearly 30-year-old name, rebranding itself as Fenris Creations. Pearl Abyss acquired CCP—sorry,…
Category: ID@Xbox May 6, 2026 Indie Selects for May 2026: Big Moments, Bold Games Amy Connors, Steven Allen, Jessica Ronnell, Raymond Estrada, Chloe Giusti – ID@Xbox Stunt Coordinators Every Wednesday, dive into the Indie Select Hub — your gateway to a fresh, curated indie collection plus four themed spotlights that rotate weekly! You can always…
But then others are worrying about that too! If you like keeping up to date on Nintendo’s share price, then you’ll no doubt be aware that it’s been on a bit of a downward turn since it hit its peak back in August 2025. At the time of writing, it’s sitting at 7,597 JPY, which…
WHY I LOVE (Image credit: Valve) In Why I Love, PC Gamer writers pick an aspect of PC gaming that they love and write about why it’s brilliant. This week, Harvey waxes lyrical about Deadlock’s great map design. MOBAs are an unassailable genre at the best of times—they require not just a high level of…
Earlier this week Gabe Newell made a surprise appearance in an ad for Oceanco, the company he liked so much that last year he just straight-up bought them. Oceanco is, of course, behind the construction of the Valve co-founder’s $500 million custom superyacht, Leviathan, and it looks like this is PR week for the company:…