As reported by Eurogamer, FromSoftware has shut down multiplayer (invasions, co-op, messages) in Dark Souls 2 and 3 for an indeterminate amount of time due to an undisclosed “server issue.” The company shared the news in an October 30 post on X, “The Everything App.” The closure affects all platforms for each respective game, and…
On October 29, bedrock fanfiction website Archive of Our Own (AO3) was taken down for maintenance that was initially predicted to last 12 hours. Later that day, the estimated downtime was upped to two to four weeks. On October 30, the site’s volunteer leadership shared a more substantial update about the security intrusion behind the…
The case as presented by Rebelzize seems fairly open and shut: A volunteer team being sued by a former volunteer over contributions excised from the project? There are potential material benefits to consider: Skyblivion has a level of scope and popularity that could leave participation in it as strong a resume line as shipping a…
The original Extreme-G games for the Nintendo 64 are very much of their era. You drive very fast bikes around futuristic tracks while listening to trance music. Most racing games are aiming to get the player into a particular zone and in the case of these games, that zone is the sheer satisfaction of…
Earlier this month, Big Walk developer House House explained why their co-op puzzle adventure wouldn’t be available for sale on Xbox: Microsoft’s gaming division is a priority target of the the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement, which names the tech giant in general as a pressure target alongside Google, Amazon, and a host of…
As reported by MMORPG.com, Square Enix has delayed Final Fantasy 14’s Evercold expansion to February 2 from its initial January launch window. Preorders for the add-on will open up on Wednesday, November 4—those preorders also come with early access to the expansion on February 19. The news was delivered by FF14 honcho Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida…
Spirited attempt? Or morbid mistake? We take a look! When Universal and Amblin’s supernatural comedy Casper, based on the cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost, was released in cinemas in 1995, reviews of the film were fairly mixed. But that didn’t stop it from going on to be a huge success. In total, it raised…
Back in the ’10s, Yacht Club cultivated a reputation as the studio that kept on giving—Shovel Knight Treasure Trove morphed into one of the best deals in the platformer genre, with one free update after another (including full story campaigns) for those who owned the original NES throwback. But those awaiting the studio’s follow-up, Mina…
‘Tis the season, spooky season, and I am also one of PCG’s RPG guys. Thus, scary RPGs to celebrate the Halloween spirit must be organized and expounded upon. In a genre that often delivers numbers-based power fantasies in no particular rush, it can be difficult to elicit fear from the player. So when that does…
A week ago, I asked PC Gamer readers to nominate the scariest PC games they could think of. I collected the top 16 submissions from that comment section (with some editorial discretion) and randomly seeded a bracket. After a week of voting, we’ve finally got a winner. The scariest game on PC is… 🏆 Alien:…