2025 was the year of friendslop: bite-sized, inexpensive games that center co-op and proximity voice chat as vehicles for silliness, scares, and slapstick. One of the genre’s biggest smash hits, Peak, is a poster child for the slightly maligned, kind of derogatory label. But in an interview at GDC, Aggro Crab studio head Nick Kaman…
Forza Horizon 6 might be more of the same—in his 84% review, PC Gamer EIC Phil Savage said it was “riding a well-worn track”—but throw in some giant mechs, kei trucks, and Babymetal, and it turns out the world’s biggest open world racing series still sells like hotcakes. As I write this, it’s sailing comfortably…
Real life is terribad right now. What better way to cope than shedding this reality in favour of becoming worryingly invested in the lives of fake videogame people, watching them cock up a grilled cheese as I ignore the fact I haven’t eaten anything for several hours? Critical Hit Welcome to Critical Hit (formerly known…
Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Alasdair Beckett-King first encountered games through playing Dizzy on a…
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 review – PC Gamer issue #197 (UK, February 2009) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. By Tom Francis (Image credit: Relic Entertainment) Here’s something I never thought…
Sweet little mystery? The latest adventure of T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas hit Switch 2 earlier this week, and we’re sure the biggest Yoshi fans among you have been spending this weekend with it. It seems to have gone down well with plenty of critics, currently flutter-jumping with an impressive 81 on Metacritic. In our review of…
Hatsune Miku is no stranger when it comes to videogames. From her very own desktop mate DLC, to her rather questionable Fall Guys skin, and even the Fortnite collab which actually pulled me back into the battle royale for a brief amount of time, we’ve seen Hatsune Miku in all sorts of games. As a…
Add a Gyarados to your party. The recently released Switch title Pokémon Champions has announced a new mystery gift event is now live. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Back in the halcyon days of 1998, Ritual Entertainment’s Sin was shaping up to be the hottest shooter released that year. An over-the-top, hyper-violent gunfest with the backing of John Romero and a dash of what, at the time, qualified as sex appeal, Sin seemed destined to be the shooter on everyone’s hard-drive by the…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mark Robichek who is displayed on card number 40, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Mark is another original Twin Galaxies alumnus from 1982. He can be seen alongside the greats in the Time Life Magazine photograph taken on November 7, 1982. Mark early on set the bar for…