“Sony licensing couldn’t get their act together about the royalty terms”. Sony almost crammed a PlayStation inside a DualShock controller, it has been revealed. The unreleased hardware was shown off by former Sony and DMA Design staffer Brian ‘Biscuit’ Watson at an event hosted at The Retro Collective museum in the UK (thanks, GamesRadar). Read…
“The biggest moment in Commodore’s modern history”. Much has been said about Commodore International’s upcoming Callback 8020 “dumbphone”, but, according to the revived company, the device has already become its most successful product. “In just three days, Callback matched the first month’s sales of the Commodore 64 Ultimate,” says Commodore on social media. Read the…
Anytime you’re talking about the hottest game on Steam, there’s an evergreen unspoken caveat: ‘after Counter-Strike, of course.’ CS2 is unquestionably Steam’s killer app—it has well over a million concurrent players as I write this according to SteamDB, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. But don’t count out the game it once absorbed…
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…
A new Fallout 4 mod, Double Feature, is the fourth collaboration by modders Kinggath and co. with Elder Scrolls icon Wes Johnson—the man behind characters like Molag Bal, Sheogorath, and a whole lot more—as well as Fallout actors Jan Johns and Leer Leary. It’s part of Kinggath’s annual modding for charity project, which led to…
A tasty snack. There are so many leverless controllers on the market at this point, yet few come quite as small as the Snack Box Micro from Junkfood Arcades. This no-nonsense controller is a delightful option for you if you’re after something simple, stylish, and easily portable for all of your fighting game needs. Weighing…
At the bidding of BioWare’s bosses, David Gaider created the world of Thedas, the setting of Dragon Age. And lo, it was beautiful, for a time. But he left the company after an abortive spell on Anthem, and today he’s working on a new RPG. “You play a crew of rogues in an airship that…
Andy Edser, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been: Testing the Steam Machine, and trying to get my head around its price tag. Also, I’ve suddenly found myself surrounded by refreshed gaming laptops. A nice problem to have, ey? I like handheld gaming PCs. Note that I’ve carefully used the word “like,” rather…
Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. World…
…plus some others, for good measure. As outlined in the first of what will be two pieces, my family and I recently returned to my homeland of South Africa. This was mainly to reconnect with my birthplace and see how much it had changed, but I also wanted to rediscover the video game, comic, and…