Arc Raiders PvE Test “To make a long story short, we’re going to be running a test with a PvE matchmaking toggle. This is how it will work: The test will run from October 13-20, 2026. During the test, you will be able to toggle between the classic Arc Raiders PvPvE experience and the PvE…
Today is Control Resonant’s launch day, and as I wrote in our review, it’s peak Remedy. It’s a gorgeously surreal atmosphere to sink into—but I had one main complaint. Its combat system centers around building ways to turn your piddly attacks into heavy hitters, which has the unfortunate side effect of making most of its…
Mind our dust! And don’t let any of it get into your PC’s fans. We’re temporarily testing a new version of the PC Gamer homepage called the Hyperfeed that you’ll see getting lots of updates over at pcgamer.com/hyperfeed. This is a very early, pre-pre-proto-alpha test, a minimum-viable version for early data gathering and experimentation. You’ll…
A few illustrative quotes from the “Future of Marathon Part 1” video that Bungie published today. The team (recently reduced by Sony layoffs) were candid in their plans to transform Marathon from purely an extraction shooter to something more Destiny-shaped: Easier onboarding, dedicated PvE options, a wider variety of PvP (Including a team deathmatch mode),…
I love modders. Instead of just wishing a game had a new feature, they make their wishes a reality. Modder LM6 decided it’d be nice if Skyrim NPCs who were shopping or studying had some new dynamic “I’m thinking” animations. Now they do. (Image credit: Bethesda / LM6 on Nexus Mods)
(If you consider $300 glasses to be cheap, that is…). While many people were confident that XR glasses were nothing but a fad, the market for this tech appears to have grown over the past couple of years, and it’s not hard to see why. These glasses are now lightweight enough to wear comfortably, and…
Starting today, XBOX Insiders can join the Chicken Invaders Collection preview from InterAction studios on XBOX consoles and Windows PC. Chicken Invaders puts you on the front line against invading intergalactic chickens bent on revenge against humanity. For the first time since the series debuted in 1999, the Chicken Invaders saga is together in one…
This one’s for the Neo Geo freaks. The Video Game History Foundation’s free digital archive of game magazines has passed 5,000 issues, a major milestone. More importantly, the archive is now expanding beyond English to support Japanese mags, starting with Neo Geo Freak (1995-2000), which require a unique approach to preserve: “Professional archivists in Japan…
Los Santos Customs I’m modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I’ve done to Rockstar’s baby, or check out what I got up to earlier. It’s the greatest challenge…